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06HARARE1492	NEW LAND SEIZURE LAW; DUTCH FARMERS CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) An Act requiring most farmers whose land was compulsorily acquired by the GOZ to cease farming and vacate their homes during the present summer growing season passes into law on December 20. Over 700 farmers could face eviction if the Act is implemented. In the meantime, an internation [...]	2006-12-21 06:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR ZI

06HARARE1493	CONFERENCE PAVES WAY FOR EXTENDING MUGABE'S TERM, [...] (C) In a well-scripted development, the December 14-17 ZANU-PF conference adopted a resolution recommending that the ruling party unify the presidential and parliamentary elections in 2010. The recommendation, which will require amending the constitution in Parliament, must first be approved [...]	2006-12-21 07:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE1499	ZIMBABWE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request to update information for the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism. ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (SBU) Zimbabwe does not fit the criteria stipulated in paragraph 10 (a) and (b) of reftel instructions. Despite our str [...]	2006-12-28 06:11:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE1500	UPDATE ON EFFORTS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Retransmission of Harare 1490 with correct subject line. (C) Summary. Recent developments in the GOZ's efforts to combat trafficking are encouraging, but we remain guarded that they have the political will and resources to follow through on stated plans. Since April, the government has esta [...]	2006-12-28 07:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB USAID ZI
06HARARE158	ZIMBABWE RAW SUGAR TARIFF RATE QUOTA UPDATE [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Zimbabwe Sugar Sales (ZSS),Zimbabwe,s designated sugar certifying authority, on January 30, 2006. ZSS informed EconOff that it plans to use its current quota and could supply up to 17,000 additional metric tons of raw sugar if there is an increase in [...]	2006-02-13 12:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON ZI
06HARARE159	MDC MP COLTART: GOZ WEAKENING [...] (C) In a meeting on February 8 with the Ambassador, MDC MP for Bulawayo South David Coltart said the GOZ was beginning to show signs of crumbling under the strain of economic deterioration. The inner circle of the regime was getting rich but patronage was no longer reaching second tier membe [...]	2006-02-13 13:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI MDC
06HARARE160	MP ON "PRO-SENATE" FACTION ACTIVITIES, PLANS [...] (C) MDC pro-senate faction MP Priscilla Misihairabwa-Mushonga told poloff February 2 that little progress had been made in resolving the dispute that had split the MDC, though the tone was improving. She said the biggest challenge facing her faction was selecting a national leader. She repo [...]	2006-02-14 05:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM ZI
06HARARE165	STATUS OF PLANNING FOR ANNAN VISIT TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) During a February 10 meeting, UNDP Resident Representative Agostinho Zacarias told the Ambassador that the UN Secretariat was still actively working on plans for a visit to Zimbabwe by SYG Annan. According to Zacarias, the issue had been raised during a one-on-one session between Presid [...]	2006-02-14 10:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ZI
06HARARE177	WHERE'S THE LOVE? - VALENTINE'S DAY ARRESTS [...] (U) On February 14, approximately 300 members of women's activist group Women of Zimbabwe Arise! (WOZA) marched in Harare, demanding affordable food and social justice. Police arrested around 250 of the women along with their lawyer, Tafadzwa Mugabe of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights. The p [...]	2006-02-16 05:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
06HARARE178	GONO ON POLICY FRUSTRATIONS, SUCCESSION TENSIONS, [...] (S) In a February 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono bemoaned the GOZ's unwillingness to address deepening corruption, fiscal indiscipline and parastatal inefficiencies. Depicting himself as under seige politically, he said the leadership had talked him into wi [...]	2006-02-16 05:45:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ZI
06HARARE179	SANCTIONS INFORMATION FOR BUSINESS COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Embassy has received numerous inquiries from American companies about the USG's targeted sanctions policy in Zimbabwe and its implication for their operations here. To be responsive to our business community, pre-empt additional i [...]	2006-02-16 07:21:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD ASEC ZI
06HARARE180	BELEAGUERED BUSINESS LEADERS SAY POLICY CHANGES [...] (C) At an economic roundtable hosted by the Ambassador on February 8, five leading businessmen had little doubt about the inevitability of a GOZ shift to market-driven policies but differed on its likely timing. They agreed that the speed of economic deterioration was accelerating, the econom [...]	2006-02-16 14:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV ETRD ZI
06HARARE183	INFLATION SOARING EVER HIGHER [...] (SBU) The GOZ's Central Statistical Office (CSO) reported February 13 that the annualized rate of inflation reached 613 percent in January, up from 585 percent in December (ref D). Food and non-alcoholic beverages, which make up nearly one third of the consumer price index basket, posted an an [...]	2006-02-17 05:40:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV ZI
06HARARE185	SUPREME COURT REJECTS TSVANGIRAI ELECTION CHALLENGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court on February 12 rejected MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai's application to have it take over his 2002 presidential election challenge from the High Court, where it has languished for years. Strapped for resources, the MDC will likely scale back its strategy of ch [...]	2006-02-17 09:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC
06HARARE186	LAURIE ON POLITBURO SHIFT ON WEST [...] (C) John Laurie, a former leading post-independence businessman and parliamentarian who maintains regular contact with a Politburo member and has a personal relationship with Mugabe, relayed to econoff on Feburary 8 that the Politburo recognized the accelerating pace of economic deterioration [...]	2006-02-17 10:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ZI
06HARARE187	PARLIAMENT RESUMES, BUT FOR HOW LONG? [...] (C) Zimbabwe,s Parliament resumed on February 7, marking the first sitting of the Senate since that body was abolished in 1990. However, the legislative agenda is very thin and MPs could be sent home any day. Although two bills were introduced into the Senate, the supposedly august house rec [...]	2006-02-21 04:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE191	AMBASSADOR OBSERVES FOOD [...] The Ambassador recently visited a WFP food distribution in rural Zimbabwe. He witnessed the labor-intensive and complicated nature of the distribution process. Community members were involved in almost all aspects of the process, helping to make it transparent, fair, and apolitical. --- [...]	2006-02-21 13:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL US ZI
06HARARE200	MUGABE AT 82 - RIGID, DEFIANT, ISOLATED [...] (SBU) In a taped, edited 90-minute state media interview televised locally on Febuary 19, Robert Mugabe sounded familiar anti-western themes and evidenced little inclination to countenance economic or political reforms on the eve of his 82nd birthday. He was familiarly cagey about the process [...]	2006-02-22 12:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR KPAO ZI
06HARARE210	ZIMBABWE SHAKEN BUT NOT STIRRED IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) According to the United States Geological Survey, an earthquake registering 7.5 on the Richter Scale hit 140 miles southwest of Beira, Mozambique at 12:19 AM Central Africa Time (CAT) on 23 February 2006. The epicenter was at Espungabera, a small town right on Zimbabwe's eastern border wi [...]	2006-02-23 09:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TPHY PREL ASEC CASC ZI
06HARARE215	FORMER STUDENT LEADER EMERGES AS PRO-SENATE [...] (C) On February 19, former student leader Arthur Mutambara, who now resides in South Africa, announced his decision to run for president of the pro-senate faction of the MDC. A number of pro-senate MDC MPs expressed strong support for Mutambara and said he would breathe new life into the part [...]	2006-02-23 13:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC
06HARARE227	STUDENTS PROTEST IN RESPONSE TO COLLEGE TUITION [...] (C) Massive tuition increases at state colleges have triggered student unrest as the academic year resumes this month. The GOZ announced in early February that tuition for the coming year would jump from between Z$6 and Z$9 million to between Z$30 and Z$45 million. Upset that scholarships w [...]	2006-02-24 09:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM SOCI PREL ZI
06HARARE232	OPPOSING DEEPER IMF ENGAGEMENT WITH ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) By paying off its arrears to the IMF General Resources Account (GRA),the GOZ has met only one of two conditions for IMF re-engagement. The GOZ has failed persistently to implement - or even articulate - a comprehensive policy reform package to turn around the economy since falling subj [...]	2006-02-28 09:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
06HARARE252	ZIMBABWE ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe is a country of origin and transit for trafficked persons. This year there were also two cases of girls trafficked to Zimbabwe from South Africa. Most of the information about the scope of trafficking remains anecdotal, however, the government and the police investigate and tra [...]	2006-03-02 09:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB ZI KWMN KFRD
06HARARE263	MUTAMBARA ELECTED PRO-SENATE FACTION LEADER, [...] (C) Arthur Mutambara was elected President of the Pro-Senate faction of the MDC during its Congress on February 25. In his speech accepting the post, Mutambara praised Morgan Tsvangirai as a Zimbabwean hero but chastised him for becoming a "little Mugabe." Speaking primarily to a domestic [...]	2006-03-02 16:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE266	ZVOBGO ON ZANU-PF, CHANGE [...] (C) Eddie Zvobgo, Jr., the popular son of Robert Mugabe's late principal intra-party rival of the last ten years, told the Ambassador on March 1 that the ZANU-PF faithful all recognized the need for substantive change, including realignment to the West. Nonetheless, change probably would wai [...]	2006-03-02 18:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM ZI
06HARARE279	ZIMBABWE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) The Government of Zimbabwe,s misgovernance has severely crippled the local economy, making it unlikely to attract or absorb significant foreign direct investment in 2006. Investment prospects in Zimbabwe are bound to remain dismal due to the country,s unstable economic and political env [...]	2006-03-07 14:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
06HARARE281	AGRICULTURE EXPERTS PRESENT SOBERING VIEW OF THE [...] (SBU) At an agriculture sector roundtable on February 24, local experts provided a sobering overview of the sector to visiting USDA crop analyst Dr. Curt Reynolds. Reynolds said that he expected an increase in maize production over 2005. A Commercial Farmers, Union representative declined to [...]	2006-03-07 16:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HARARE298	GOZ EYING CONTROL OF MINING SECTOR [...] (C) Minister of Mines Amos Midzi announced on March 3 that Cabinet had approved in principle amendments to the Mines and Minerals Act that would force foreign-owned mining companies to hand over 51 percent of their shares to the GOZ. The GOZ is preparing to present the legislation to Parliamen [...]	2006-03-08 17:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EMIN ECON EFIN PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE300	GOZ EYING CONTROL OF MINING SECTOR [...] (C) Minister of Mines Amos Midzi announced on March 3 that Cabinet had approved in principle amendments to the Mines and Minerals Act that would force foreign-owned mining companies to hand over 51 percent of their shares to the GOZ. The GOZ is preparing to present the legislation to Parliamen [...]	2006-03-09 10:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE303	MORE ARRESTS, SUPPOSED MDC LINKS IN ARMS SEIZURE [...] (U) The GOZ-controlled Herald newspaper on March 9 reported that ten more suspects had been arrested in connection with the March 7 discovery of arms in Mutare (reftel). The article did not identify all of those reportedly in custody but claimed that a number of MDC officials had been arrest [...]	2006-03-09 16:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE308	EDUCATION BILL PASSES AS SCHOOLS CRY FOUL [...] (C) The widely unpopular Education Bill passed Parliament on February 28, enhancing GOZ powers to interfere with the operations of private schools. In consultation with school groups, the GOZ amended many of the more objectionable provisions. However, according to Jameson Timba, the chairma [...]	2006-03-10 12:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE309	GOZ BLAMES U.S., U.K., "RULE CHANGE" FOR IMF VOTE [...] (U) The state-controlled Herald Newspaper on March 10, under a headline "US, UK block IMF funds", claimed that the United States and the U.K. improperly engineered the IMF's March 8 decision to deny Zimbabwe technical assistance and restoration of its voting rights. The article claimed that [...]	2006-03-10 12:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KPAO PGOV ZI
06HARARE310	ZIMBABWE - INPUT FOR 2006 REPORT ON AGOA [...] Zimbabwe continues to fall short of AGOA,s qualifying criteria. Post,s input for the annual AGOA report (reftel) follows: ------- Economy ------- 2. The government has an interventionist approach to the economy and Zimbabwe is generally unwelcoming to foreign investment. Private sec [...]	2006-03-10 12:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM ZI
06HARARE317	ARMS CACHE SUSPECTS CHARGED, LINKED TO [...] (SBU) The GOZ on March 11 charged eight suspects connected to last week,s arms seizure in Mutare (reftel). The eight were charged under Public Order and Security Act (POSA) prohibitions against processing weapons to commit banditry, sabotage, or terrorism. Appearing in a Mutare court to be c [...]	2006-03-14 16:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE319	JUDGE FREES SEVEN ARMS CACHE DEFENDANTS [...] (C) Ruling that police had acted improperly, High Court Judge Charles Hungwe on March 14 withdrew charges against all suspects linked to the arms cache discovered in Mutare last week, except for Michael Peter Hitschmann (reftel). The seven were released the morning of March 15. Zimbabwe Lawy [...]	2006-03-15 16:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE321	CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER DISSES MDC FACTIONS AND [...] (C) The chairman of the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA),Lovemore Madhuku, told poloffs March 13 that the opposition MDC was failing to exploit Zimbabweans' deepening economic frustration and that civil society would take the lead if necessary. Madhuku said ZANU-PF was doing a better j [...]	2006-03-15 17:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE342	SUBJECT: ENGAGING ZIMBABWE: LOCAL DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) The GOZ,s latest charm offensive combined with the country's continuing downward spiral has resulted in another bout of diplomatic soul-searching in Harare. The international community here has been debating whether to engage the GOZ and if so what the message should be. Heads of OECD Mi [...]	2006-03-17 11:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID ZI
06HARARE349	MUGABE SIGNALS "FLEXIBILITY" ON MINING LAW [...] (C) Zimplats CEO Craig Sebborn told econoff March 16 that he and the visiting Implats CEO had made their case the day before directly to President Mugabe that the proposed changes to the Mines and Mineral Act (reftel) amounted to nationalization of the industry and would harm the sector's deve [...]	2006-03-20 16:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV ZI
06HARARE355	CONGRESS REAFFIRMS TSVANGIRAI'S GRASSROOTS [...] (C) Despite GOZ pressure, an estimated 15,000 enthusiastic delegates, many of whom traveled at their own expense, attended the MDC anti-Senate faction's Congress on March 17-19 and reaffirmed their support for Morgan Tsvangirai, who was unanimously reelected president. MPs SIPDIS Thokozan [...]	2006-03-21 16:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE372	MOYO ON POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, AVENUES FOR CHANGE [...] (C) Independent MP Jonathan Moyo told poloff March 22 that the growing proximity of Mugabe's departure and economic collapse were increasing a national impetus for political change. In this uncertain environment, securocrats were the only ones focusing on policy and stability, and they were [...]	2006-03-24 12:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE374	IOM CHIEF ON LACK OF GOZ COOPERATION, FUNDING WOES [...] (C) On March 22, Mohammed Abdiker, Chief of Mission for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Harare, told the Ambassador that the GOZ continued to hinder efforts to assist internally displaced persons (IDPs),many of whom were living in dire conditions. IOM nonetheless was bui [...]	2006-03-27 15:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL KWMN ZI
06HARARE376	ZLHR DIRECTOR ON ANTI-REGIME ACTIONS AT HOME AND [...] (C) Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) Director Arnold Tsunga on March 23 told the Ambassador that he enjoyed surprisingly good relations with many GOZ authorities, who he said were increasingly ambialent about GOZ repression. He said that despite GOZ harassment, ZLHR continued its act [...]	2006-03-27 17:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PGOV ASEC PREL ZI
06HARARE383	MFA OFFICIAL CRITICIZES GOZ FOR STATE OF U.S. [...] (C) In a March 27 courtesy call on the Ambassador, the outgoing MFA Head of Protocol and new DCM at the Zimbabwean Embassy in Washington, Gideon Gapare, told the Ambassador that the GOZ wanted dialogue with the U.S. The Ambassador responded that the U.S. was also open to dialogue but that the [...]	2006-03-28 13:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI
06HARARE384	MUTAMBARA OUTLINES STRATEGY ON MDC SPLIT. [...] (C) Arthur Mutambara, the recently elected president of the pro-Senate faction of the MDC, told the Ambassador on March 27 that he favored reunification but stressed that what separated his faction from that of Morgan Tsvangirai was values, especially democracy and the use of violence. Mutamba [...]	2006-03-28 15:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE413	BANK CEO ON FOREX RATE MOVEMENTS [...] (SBU) CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Washington Matsaira told the Ambassador on April 3 that a combination of attractive interest rates on GOZ Treasury bills and increased availability of fuel had contributed to a cooling of the parallel foreign exchange market over the past month. The parall [...]	2006-04-07 13:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HARARE42	MUGABE CONFIDANT FLOATS TRIAL BALLOON [...] (C) In a January 10 meeting with Ambassador, Father Fidelis Mukonori, Zimbabwe's senior Jesuit and a confidant of Robert Mugabe, recommended western re-engagement, including a secure "way out" for Mugabe. The Ambassador responded he would be open to discussing with GOZ leaders the post-Mugabe [...]	2006-01-12 15:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM ZI
06HARARE424	REENERGIZED ANTI-SENATE MDC WING PLANS INCREASED [...] (C) In a series of separate meetings with the Ambassador, leaders of the anti-Senate faction of the MDC depicted an opposition party that was reenergized by a successful Congress and prepared to confront the regime with greater energy and focus. Morgan Tsvangirai said he would conduct nation [...]	2006-04-11 11:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE43	ZIMBABWE AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Contrary to earlier indications (Ref B),the GOZ has not yet lifted its general ban on the export of poultry and poultry products following the discovery of type H5N2 avian influenza (AI) in Zimbabwe late last year. The GOZ is investigating the phyto-sanitary capabilities of ex [...]	2006-01-13 05:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ECON ETRD EAGR EAID PREL ZI
06HARARE434	NEW LEGISLATION WOULD TIGHTEN GOZ'S GRIP [...] (C) The GOZ in recent weeks has put forward several bills to Parliament, many of which would bolster the state's security apparatus. The Suppression of Foreign and International Terrorism Bill would update Zimbabwe's counterterrorism laws, and the Interception of Communications Bill would al [...]	2006-04-13 14:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PINR EAGR TBIO PGOV ECPS PHUM PREL
06HARARE46	INFLATION ENDS 2005 ON A HIGH, POISED FOR INCREASE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The GOZ,s Central Statistical Office (CSO) reported that the cost of living increased to 585.8 percent in December, up from the annualized November rate of 502 percent (ref A). A steep increase in the price of transportation services and food dominated the month-on-month ri [...]	2006-01-13 09:26:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HARARE469	AG EXECUTIVES GLOOMY ON ECONOMIC SITUATION, [...] (C) At an agriculture roundtable hosted by the Ambassador on April 12, five sector leaders lamented the GOZ's paralysis on economic policy and its continuing negative impact on agriculture. Expressing concerns over prospective chaos and even violence if the economy deteriorated further, some [...]	2006-04-21 12:39:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV BEXP ECON PHUM SOCI ZI
06HARARE49	TSVANGIRAI ON MDC CONGRESS(ES),ACTION PLAN, [...] (C) Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador on January 13 that he was pleased with progress on his party's provincial congresses and ongoing reconstitution of the party leadership. He reported on preparations for the March 18-19 MDC national congress, which included meetings [...]	2006-01-17 15:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE493	GOZ UNVEILS YET ANOTHER VACUOUS RECOVERY PLAN [...] (C) Long on grand targets, undefined "quick-win strategies," and unrealistic time frames for recovery, Zimbabwe's latest economic recovery plan falls woefully short on substance. The four priority areas outlined in the National Economic Development Priority Programme (NEDPP) announced on Apri [...]	2006-04-28 11:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HARARE532	AU REQUESTS "PROVISIONAL MEASURES" FROM GOZ IN [...] (C) Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) Executive Director Arnold Tsunga conveyed to the Ambassador on May 5 a copy of a letter dated April 7, 2006, to President Mugabe from Ambassador Salamata Sawadogo, Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' rights (ACPHR) (full text [...]	2006-05-09 14:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE533	DEMONSTRATORS TAP SCHOOL FEE RESENTMENT [...] (U) Police arrested 185 demonstrators who had been protesting school fees at a Women of Zimbabwe Arise! (WOZA) demonstration in Bulawayo on May 4; all were released as of May 8. A brief WOZA demonstration in Harare May 8 attracted 80-100 participants. None of the participants were arrested [...]	2006-05-09 15:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE553	ZIMBABWEANS ON THE EDGE OF A BREAKDOWN: THE VIEW [...] (C) During a May 2-3 visit to Bulawayo, Ambassador Dell met with both factions of the MDC, an activist organization, and a local economist. MDC anti-Senate faction Vice-President Thokozani Khupe argued that Zimbambweans were ready for mass peaceful action but needed to see the opposition taki [...]	2006-05-11 18:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE560	ZIMPLATS NEARS DEAL TO RELEASE PLATINUM CLAIMS TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 12:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV ZI
06HARARE563	ZIMPLATS NEARS DEAL TO RELEASE PLATINUM CLAIMS TO [...] (C) Zimplats CEO Greg Sebborn told econoff on May 2 that the company had agreed in principle to release undeveloped platinum claims to the GOZ. In a 4-way deal that could be close to conclusion, the claims would go to the Russian mining firm Norilsk, the GOR would provide Air Zimbabwe with Il [...]	2006-05-12 12:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV ZI
06HARARE583	"OPERATION ROUND-UP" SO FAR LARGELY ILLUSORY [...] (U) The GOZ-controlled Herald daily reported in a front-page story on May 15 that Harare police last week had picked up 10,000 "squatters, vagrants and street youths" for relocation to rural areas after "screening." According to the article, the exercise was part of "Operation Round-Up", an [...]	2006-05-17 16:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI
06HARARE586	IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED AT REFUGEE CAMP [...] (C) During poloff's May 10 visit to the remote Tongogara Refugee Camp, home to approximately 2,300 of the 12,300 refugees Zimbabwe hosts, UNHCR officials lamented budget challenges to camp operations and outlined areas of need, such as water distribution and opportunities for self-sufficiency. [...]	2006-05-18 14:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF EAID ZI
06HARARE59	HARARE BFIF PROJECT PROPOSAL [...] (U) Embassy Harare proposes to draw on the Business Facilitation and Incentive Fund (BFIF)(reftel) to sponsor a business/economic policy forum on "A Foundation for Economic Turnaround: Private Sector Perspectives." 2. (SBU) With Zimbabwe's GDP having contracted by more than a third in jus [...]	2006-01-20 04:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD AMGT BEXP BTIO ECON ETRD ZI
06HARARE610	ANTI-SENATE MDC FACTION WINS PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) The anti-Senate MDC faction candidate, Emmanuel Chisvuure, successfully defended the Budiriro constituency in a by-election held on May 20. The seat was vacant as a result of the February death of MDC M.P. Gilbert Shoko. In a tally confirmed by an independent election observing body, Ch [...]	2006-05-22 16:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV ZI
06HARARE626	ZCTU LABOR CONFERENCE LACKS SPARK [...] (SBU) At the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions' (ZCTU) Sixth General Conference in Harare May 19-20, the approximately 300 delegates in attendance reconfirmed most of the ZCTU leadership but took little concrete action to confront the GOZ over its disastrous policies. ZCTU Secretary General W [...]	2006-05-24 16:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM ZI
06HARARE629	ZIMPLATS TURNS OVER 36 PERCENT OF ITS GROUND TO GOZ [...] (C) Zimplats CEO Greg Sebborn told econoff on May 24 that the company was signing an agreement that day to release 36 percent of its ground to a GOZ mining development parastatal. In return, it would receive a not yet quantified "empowerment credit" in connection with ongoing GOZ plans to ind [...]	2006-05-26 10:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV ZI
06HARARE665	ZLHR ON INTRA-AU FRICTION OVER HUMAN RIGHTS; [...] (C) Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) representatives on May 31 advised the CDA on efforts by the Council of Ministers of the African Union, at GOZ instigation, to thwart the African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR) through procedural improprieties and budget manipulatio [...]	2006-06-05 17:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE666	BENNETT'S LAWYER ON ASYLUM CASE [...] (C) Arnold Tsunga, the attorney for MDC Treasurer Roy Bennett, on May 31 told the CDA that Bennett had appealed the South African Department of Home Affairs' recent rejection of Bennett's asylum application. (Embassy has forwarded the original application and judgment to AF/S.) However, Tsun [...]	2006-06-05 17:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE670	ZVOBGO ON STASIS, PROSPECTS FOR CHANGE IN ZANU-PF [...] (C) ZANU-PF businessperson and provincial official Eddie Zvobgo told poloff June 1 that the ruling party would remain in disarray and paralyzed by succession tensions until Mugabe passed from the scene. However, he did not believe Mugabe intended to leave office any time soon. Moreover, neit [...]	2006-06-07 14:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE683	BITI ON MDC PLANS, INTER-PARTY ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) MDC anti-senate faction Secretary General Tendai Biti on June 7 told poloff that resource constraints would probably delay faction plans to get people on the streets. He reported that ZANU-PF's Mnangagwa and Mujuru factions each were making pitches to faction President Morgan Tsvangirai, w [...]	2006-06-12 07:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC PREL ZI
06HARARE696	GOZ DIVIDING, CONQUERING PLATINUM INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Post's econoff and Johannesburg FSN resource specialist held meetings in Johannesburg on May 30 and June 2 with South African-based officials of the three platinum mining companies active in Zimbabwe. The meetings revealed that the sector is divided in how to respond to the GOZ's aggres [...]	2006-06-13 07:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV ZI
06HARARE698	FLAGGING PRO-SENATE MDC FACTION WRITES OFF [...] (C) MDC pro-Senate faction leaders on June 6 outlined their plans for the immediate future to emboffs, especially including outreach to the Embassy and a possible trip to the United States by the faction's president. Pro-Senate faction Secretary General Welshman Ncube and deputy Secretary Gen [...]	2006-06-13 11:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE7	DESPITE GOZ RHETORIC, COOPERATION WITH UN ONGOING [...] (C) In the month since UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland visited Zimbabwe, the GOZ has continued its vitriolic attacks against the envoy and the UN, especially over the issue of shelter for the victims of Operation Murambatsvina. [...]	2006-01-04 13:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE70	ZIMBABWE 2005-2006 INSCR: PART II: FINANCIAL [...] (U) Zimbabwe faces a serious and growing problem with official corruption and many other common risk factors associated with money laundering. Zimbabwe has the legal framework in place to combat money laundering but the growing economic vulnerability of Zimbabwean officials and the decline of [...]	2006-01-23 14:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR ZI
06HARARE702	TSVANGIRAI ON EUROPE TRIP, NEXT STEPS [...] (C) In a June 11 meeting with the Charge, MDC anti-senate faction President Morgan Tsvangirai said he made important progress in refurbishing the faction's relationships with donors and the diaspora during a European tour earlier in the month. The opposition leader reiterated the faction's co [...]	2006-06-14 11:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAID ZI
06HARARE721	MURAMBATSVINA ECHOES CONTINUING [...] (C) On June 15, officials from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that municipal police burned down the houses and possessions of approximately 100 families in the Harare suburb of Glen Norah early that day. City officials had served an eviction notice to the families [...]	2006-06-15 15:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
06HARARE724	US SUBSIDIARY CONFESSES SANCTIONS SINS [...] (C) The Managing Director of the Zimbabwe branch of Greif, an Ohio-based packaging company, told poloff on June 14 that his branch had been knowingly violating US financial sanctions for several years by providing services to Robert Mugabe and other specially designated nationals (SDNs). Tich [...]	2006-06-15 17:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KFPC PREL ZI
06HARARE725	MADHUKU ON NCA PLANS, ATMOSPHERICS FOR CIVIL [...] (C) National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) Chairperson Lovemore Madhuku on June 14 told poloff that his organization would organize street demonstrations in the capital within three weeks, with or without collaboration from the opposition MDC and others in civil society. The NCA planned to e [...]	2006-06-16 09:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE731	GOZ POLICIES CRIPPLING BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Stricter liquidity controls implemented in January by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) are sapping the banking sector of vital capital at the same time as the industry struggles to comply with higher capital requirements that take effect later this year. This impending crunch has fue [...]	2006-06-19 15:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE74	HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS LATEST GOZ TARGET [...] (C) The GOZ has stepped up its pressure against the prominent local NGO Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR). Police attempted to arrest the NGO,s Executive Director and reportedly are still searching for him and another lawyer involved with the independent radio station Voice of the Peop [...]	2006-01-24 11:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE764	FORMER ZANU-PF OFFICIAL LAUNCHES NEW OPPOSITION [...] (U) Daniel Shumba, a former ZANU-PF provincial chairman for Masvingo, officially launched the United People,s Party (UPP) on June 24 in Harare before a smaller than advertised crowd of approximately 800 supporters. (N.B. Shumba was one of the six provincial chairmen forced out of the ruling pa [...]	2006-06-27 15:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI
06HARARE765	INFORMATION MINISTER'S PASSING LEAVES NO VOID [...] (U) The state media on June 22 announced the June 21 death of Minister of Information and Publicity Tichaona Jokonya. A former Permanent Representative at the UN and Executive Director of the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority, Jokonya was 67. The minister had been treated in the United States for [...]	2006-06-27 15:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO ZI
06HARARE766	GOZ LAND REFORM BRIEFING: THE MASK COMES OFF [...] (C) Minister for State Security, Lands, Land Reform and Resettlement Didymus Mutasa told the diplomatic corps at a June 21 briefing that the GOZ would honor its international agreements and either provide compensation or return foreign-owned farms that had been expropriated. However, he offe [...]	2006-06-27 15:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR ECON EINV ZI
06HARARE77	TRIPARTITE NEGOTIATING FORUM YIELDS LITTLE [...] (U) The GOZ-controlled Herald newspaper reported in its headlines on January 20 that the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) had agreed to a Prices and Income Stabilization Protocol. The article noted, however, that the major sticking point of tying wages to the Poverty Datum Line remained unr [...]	2006-01-24 14:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL ECON ZI
06HARARE770	NO STABILITY IN SIGHT FOR ZIMBABWE'S LAND REFORM [...] (C) Commercial Farm Union Vice President Trevor Gifford on June 27 updated poloff on the GOZ's latest 99-year lease form, which would vest in the GOZ unfettered authority to repossess any properties distributed in its ongoing chaotic land reform process. Gifford said the form offered insuffi [...]	2006-06-28 15:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV ASEC EINV PHUM PREL ECON ZI
06HARARE772	A CHASTENED MUTAMBARA SEEKS ASSISTANCE AND TOUTS [...] (C) MDC pro-Senate faction President Arthur Mutambara on June 27 sought the Ambassador's assistance and advice in connection with a planned U.S. visit. The Ambassador responded that we would support the visit and added that we would provide equitable assistance to Mutambara,s faction in the [...]	2006-06-29 14:24:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE783	MUTARE BISHOP ON DIALOGUE WITH MUGABE, NATIONAL [...] (C) In a June 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe Bishop Trevor Manhanga said President Mugabe seemed genuine in his recent efforts to reach out to religious leaders. He said Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) head Happyton Bonyongwe was facilitating the bis [...]	2006-07-03 14:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE785	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: WTO DOHA ROUND NEGOTIATIONS, [...] On June 29, the Embassy conveyed the WTO demarche (reftel) to Beatrice Mutetwa, Director of International Trade at the Ministry of Industry and International Trade, Mr. Thadeous Chifamba, Director of Multilateral Affairs and Mr. Vova Chikanda, Director, the America Desk at the Ministry of Fore [...]	2006-07-03 16:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	WTRO ETRD ECON
06HARARE791	PRO-SENATE MDC MP LLEGEDLY ATTACKED BY ANTI-SENATE FACTION [...] (SBU)MDC pro-Senate faction MP Trudy Stevenson was severely assaulted on July 2 along with four other pro-Senate faction officials. Stevenson, who was reportedly attacked with a machete and rocks, has alleged that youths aligned to the anti-Senate MDC faction of Morgan Tsvangirai carried out [...]	2006-07-05 16:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ZI ASEC PGOV
06HARARE800	BUSINESS CONGRESS UNDERSCORES GOZ'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) The Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce,s (ZNCC) annual congress, which brought together private and public sector participants in late June to address Zimbabwe's economic decline, was a dismal failure that highlighted in particular the GOZ,s inability to consider needed economic refo [...]	2006-07-07 10:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE803	VICTIMIZED MP DOWNPLAYS TSVANGIRAI LINK IN PRIVATE [...] (SBU) Pro-Senate MDC MP Trudy Stevenson on July 7 told USAID local staff member that she did not believe the anti-Senate leadership ordered the July 2 attack on her and four other pro-Senate officials (reftel). Recovering at home and in high spirits, she said it was even possible that the GOZ [...]	2006-07-10 16:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE824	SELF-HELP INTERIM OBLIGATION REPORT - HARARE [...] Following is the interim report on project selection of AmEmbassy Harare's FY-05 Self-Help allowance of US $100,000. Post does not anticipate returning any money for re-allocation. Post has focused funding on the following areas based on the current harsh economic climate and the HIV/Aids p [...]	2006-07-12 13:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON AFIN
06HARARE840	IMPLEMENTATION OF FOOD SECURITY AND RURAL [...] In response to questions in reftel, Zimbabwe Sugar Sales (ZSS) reported that it plans to ship Zimbabwe's full allocation of sugar to the U.S. for delivery by September 30, 2006. 2. ZSS reported that Zimbabwe could supply an additional 3,000 MTRV by September 30, 2006 if there is an inc [...]	2006-07-13 08:12:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ZI
06HARARE86	EMBASSY HARARE RESPONSES TO OIG FORMAL [...] (U) Following are Embassy Harare's responses to the formal recommendations made by the OIG Report of Inspection, Embassy Harare, Zimbabwe number ISP-I-05-37A, dated September 2005. RECOMMENDATION 1: (U) Embassy Harare should establish and implement grant management procedures that include lin [...]	2006-01-27 07:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASIG AMGT
06HARARE884	CENTRAL BANK HEAD - RUNNIN' OUT OF ZEROES [...] (S/NF) Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono acknowledged to the Ambassador in a July 13 meeting that the Zimbabwean economy was in a state of crisis. Despite a modest drop in the annual rate, which he claimed reflected an abundant harvest, inflation remained the country,s greatest problem. It wa [...]	2006-07-17 07:05:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ZI
06HARARE908	GEARING UP FOR AUGUST RURAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) chairperson Reginald Matchaba-Hove told the Ambassador July 12 that ZESN was planning to observe the local elections expected to be held August 19. He said there were rumors the elections might be delayed but there had been no official announcement [...]	2006-07-18 13:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE918	STEVENSON ATTACK TRIAL COMMENCES [...] (C) The trial of six youths accused of assaulting pro-Senate MDC MP Trudy Stevenson and four other pro-Senate faction officials resumes on July 20 (ref A). The lawyer for three of the accused contends that the evidence is circumstantial and that only one of the victims was able to identify t [...]	2006-07-19 16:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM ZI
06HARARE929	SELF-HELP INTERIM OBLIGATION REPORT FY06 - HARARE [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-24 16:31:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON AFIN ZI
06HARARE93	ZIMBABWEQS AMBASSADORQS SPECIAL SELF-HELP PROGRAM [...] (U) Post does not anticipate returning any of its USD 100,000 FY 2005 Self-Help Allowance for re-allocation. Funds were obligated on September 30, 2005 as outlined in paragraph 3 below. 2. (U) For FY 2006, post requests an increase in Self-Help funding from USD 100,000 to USD 120,000 for tw [...]	2006-01-30 11:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE933	STEVENSON ATTACK TRIAL POSTPONED A MONTH [...] (U) The trial of six accused assailants of pro-Senate MDC MP Stevenson and four other pro-Senate faction officials convened on July 20. Magistrate William Bhila immediately postponed the case until August 23 so that prosecutors could amend the charges to include a seventh suspect arrested on [...]	2006-07-25 10:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE946	LATEST CLEAN UP OPERATION TARGETS MBARE MARKET [...] (SBU) Officials from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on July 21 reported to post that police on July 14 and 15 demolished the Magaba informal marketplace in Harare's high-density suburb of Mbare. Magaba venders told an Embassy local staff member on July 24 that police on h [...]	2006-07-27 11:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI

06HARARE95	MDC INSIDER ON INTRA-PARTY NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) MDC MP Tendai Biti, who has been negotiating with Welshman Ncube,s faction on behalf of MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai, told the Ambassador January 19 that he had SIPDIS prepared a document that would lead to an amicable MDC &divorce.8 The Harare East MP said he had also prepared a dr [...]	2006-01-30 15:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE96	ADVERSE REACTION TO GONO'S POLICY STATEMENT [...] (C) Reaction to Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono's Monetary Policy Statement for the Fourth Quarter (details septel) has been largely negative. The independent media gave the most prominent coverage to Gono's public reference to the regime,s concern about public unrest over food insec [...]	2006-01-30 16:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
06HARARE963	61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMPLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 16:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA
06HARARE964	GOZ HYPING CHINA'S ROLE IN ZIMBABWE,S ECONOMY [...] (C) Despite GOZ attempts to hype supposed dividends from its relationship with China including the June visit of Vice President Joyce Mujuru to Beijing, business sector contacts tell us that promised Chinese investments have largely failed to materialize. The only major industry in which Chin [...]	2006-08-01 07:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ZI CH
06HARARE97	PARALLEL EXCHANGE RATE JUMPS 50 PERCENT [...] (SBU) After a period of relative stability over the holiday season, the parallel rate suddenly jumped 50 percent in the past week. The jump coincided with renewed business activity, a dearth of forex on the interbank market, and the arrival of an IMF mission sent to assess the state of the ec [...]	2006-01-30 16:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HARARE970	GONO ANNOUNCES MONETARY STATEMENT BOMBSHELL [...] (C) In his mid-term Monetary Policy Statement on July 31, Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono announced a currency redenomination that will slash three zeros from Zimbabwe's inflation-ridden notes. This conversion will be carried out through August 21, after which the old notes will become wor [...]	2006-08-01 15:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE972	2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The US Government is aware of eight (8) claims of US persons which may be outstanding against the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ). All eight claims arise out of the GOZ's Land Resettlement Program, which commenced in 2000. The general pace of land seizure has slowed, as very few non-indigenous [...]	2006-08-01 16:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE OPIC CASC PGOV
06HARARE977	ZIMBABWE - FY-2006 ESF REQUEST [...] (SBU) As stated in the Mission Performance Plan, Zimbabwe today is a paradox. On the one hand, President Robert Mugabe and his ruling party have tightened their grip over the country in the past year and have benefited from the split in the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). On [...]	2006-08-03 13:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AMGT EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL XA ZI
06HARARE98	MONETARY POLICY STATEMENT THIN ON REMEDIES [...] (SBU) Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono,s Quarterly Monetary Policy Review Statement of January 24 failed to present policy changes to stem Zimbabwe,s economic implosion. Gono conceded that Zimbabwe,s officially reported mid triple-digit inflation had not yet peaked. Tacitly admitting events [...]	2006-01-30 16:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06SECION01OF02HARARE628	LABOR STRIKES LOMING [...] C) General Agriculture and Plantation Workers Unio of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ) General Secretary GertrudeHambira told econoff on May 24 that within two weks the union would likely announce a strike by aricultural workers over wages. Zimbabwe Congressof Trade Unions (ZCTU) Secretary General Wellingon [...]	2006-05-26 10:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGO PHUM ECON ASEC ZI
07HARARE1002	BFIF FUNDING ONCE AGAIN CATALYZES PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) On October 2, for the second consecutive year, the American Business Association of Zimbabwe (ABAZ),generously supported by the Business Facilitation and Incentive Fund (BFIF) and the private secto [...]	2007-11-07 14:48:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
07HARARE1003	ZIMBABWE INFLATION REQHES 60,000 PERCENT [...] (C) PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) put the annual (monthly) rate of increase in the cost of living for low, middle and high-income earners in October at 73,221 percent (181 percent),62,414 percent (123 percent),and 68,609 percent (174 percent) respectively. TM Supermarkets shared its October [...]	2007-11-07 14:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
07HARARE1004	MUGABE STRONG DESPITE DISSENSION WITHIN ZANU-PF; [...] (C) Summary: While much can happen between today and the 2008 elections, the current situation appears to favor continued rule by President Robert Mugabe. Mugabe, despite significant sentiment within ZANU-PF that he step down, maintains firm control of ZANU-PF and observers expect him to eme [...]	2007-11-08 12:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE1007	ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS: IDENTIFIERS FOR TARGETED [...] (C) This cable provides unclassified identifier data for the newly proposed Zimbabwe sanctions targets. Note that in each case involving a family relationship, the family ties have been confirmed by Embassy Political/Economic Section contacts or internet sources. Where internet sources are [...]	2007-11-08 14:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE1011	Zim Notes November 9, 2007 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2007-11-09 10:21:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
07HARARE102	MUGABE RESHUFFLES HIS CABINET--GONO TRIUMPHANT, [...] (U) Summary. In what the MDC spokesperson termed as "rearranging the deck of a sinking Titanic," President Mugabe yesterday carried out a long-expected cabinet reshuffle. With the exception of the sacking of Minister of Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa and the replacement of Minister of Agri [...]	2007-02-07 15:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI
07HARARE1041	CREDENTIALS PRESENTATION UNEVENTFUL [...] (C) Ambassador presented credentials to GOZ President Robert Mugabe at 10 am on Thursday, November 22. Also presenting on November 22 were Ambassadors from Australia, Russia and Mexico (the latter resident in Pretoria). Over tea following the US presentation, Mugabe recounted his views on th [...]	2007-11-23 07:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI
07HARARE1042	CASH SHORTAGE HITS ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Zimbabwe is in the throes of a cash shortage crisis that could threaten the stability of the financial sector. With the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) providing commercial banks with less than half their cash requirement, bank account holders are able to withdraw only a fraction of their [...]	2007-11-23 09:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
07HARARE1053	KUDOS FOR LUSAKA,S ASSISTANCE IN TRANSFORMATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 15:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	APER ZI ZA
07HARARE1059	OTHER DONORS CAUTOUS ABOUT ADDRESSING [...] (C) On November 26 USAID hosted a meeting with Ambassador, Ambassadors from the UK Australia, the EU, Sweden and the Netherlands a well as aid agency chiefs from Canada and the U, to discuss addressing misunderstandings among poitical leaders and SADC negotiators about donor conditions for ree [...]	2007-11-27 11:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV ECON ZI
07HARARE107	OPPOSITION TO MUGABE,S 2010 EXTENSION WIDESPREAD [...] (SBU) According to Embassy interlocutors from a broad spectrum of Zimbabwe's political elite, President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle have encountered stronger than expected resistance in their attempts to extend his term to 2010, including from within Mugabe's own party. Our interlocu [...]	2007-02-08 15:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI
07HARARE1073	Zim Notes November 30, 2007 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2007-11-30 09:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
07HARARE1080	SADC TALKS ENTER FINAL PHASE [...] (SBU) MDC negotiators Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube told diplomats December 4 that the final phase of SADC-sponsored negotiations will take place in South Africa between December 5 and December 10. Agreement has been reached on a draft constitution, a new electoral law, reform of POSA, and r [...]	2007-12-05 13:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
07HARARE109	FY06 BFIF DETAILED ACTUAL EXPENDITURES - ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-09 08:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD BEXP BTIO EINV ETRD AFIN
07HARARE1091	WORLD BANK MISSION DEPARTS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (SBU) A World Bank mission which visited Harare November 22-30 reported skyrocketing hyperinflation, a shrinking tax revenue base, and out-of-control public spending that only comprehensive, mutually reinforcing policy reforms could begin to reverse. The GOZ, however, is about to announce a o [...]	2007-12-06 13:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
07HARARE1093	Zim Notes December 7, 2007 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2007-12-07 10:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
07HARARE1106	CIVIC ACTIVISTS KEEP UP STREET PRESSURE [...] (U) In the past week, activists from Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) and National Constitutional Assembly (NCA),two local pro-democracy NGOs, staged separate street demonstrations in Harare that resulted in beatings by police and arrests. WOZA and NCA remain the most active civil society grou [...]	2007-12-12 09:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ZI ASEC WMN
07HARARE1107	SADC TALKS STALL, BUT MDC INTENDS TO CONTEST [...] (C) MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador December 11 that MDC negotiators had returned from South Africa without an agreement. Sticking points are MDC insistence on: --implementation of a new constitution before the election; --reconstitution of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commissi [...]	2007-12-12 09:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
07HARARE1118	ZIMBABWE,S MULTIPLE EXCHANGE RATES, [...] (SBU) Players in Zimbabwe's formal and informal economy primarily use three different exchange rates: a grossly overvalued official rate that is forced on exporters but a source of patronage for the ruling party in selling forex; a parallel rate for cash, which has become extremely scarce rec [...]	2007-12-14 10:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV AMGT ZI
07HARARE1119	Zim Notes December 14, 2007 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2007-12-14 10:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
07HARARE1125	SADC TALKS CONTINUE; MDC TO PRESENT UNITED FRONT [...] (C) SADC talks, stalemated over MDC demands for implementation of a new constitution and electoral reforms before elections and for an election date later than March, are continuing. The MDC presented its case last weekend to South African president Thabo Mbeki who promised to talk to Zimbab [...]	2007-12-17 15:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
07HARARE1130	ZIMBABWE HUNTING SUPPORTS REGIME INSIDERS AND [...] (C) Summary. Despite a 50 percent decline in receipts since 2004, the $17.5 million a year safari hunting business remains an important source of foreign currency in Zimbabwe. At least 12 regime insiders on the U.S. financial sanctions list reportedly have interests in the industry. Hunting [...]	2007-12-19 12:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SENV ZI
07HARARE1134	GONO DODGES EFFECTIVE REFORM IN SIMPLY ISSUING NEW [...] (C) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono announced the issuance of new, higher-denominated bearer cheques on December 19, 2007 and the withdrawal of the previously largest note as a move against cash hoarders. He did not remove any zeros from the currency. Two days later, Zimbabwe [...]	2007-12-21 09:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
07HARARE1135	Zim Notes December 21, 2007 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2007-12-21 10:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
07HARARE1137	IMF MISSION CHIEF WARNS THAT ZIMBABWE'S [...] (C) IMF Mission Chief Robert Sharer on December 13 told a gathering of ambassadors from donor countries that Zimbabwe's economic situation was gloomy and worsening. Inflation had begun to grow exponentially and had probably reached 100,000 percent. Real output had probably contracted by about [...]	2007-12-28 09:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
07HARARE115	ZANU-PF FLEXES MUSCLES IN UPCOMING BY-ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary. ZANU-PF is expected to win the February 17 Chiredzi South by-election, also being contested by candidates from both MDC factions and the United People's Party (UPP),a ZANU-PF off-shoot. The MDC and UPP candidates are from the area and belong to its dominant Shangaan ethnic gr [...]	2007-02-13 15:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE116	MUGABE'S GRIP LIMITS ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (C) Muyaradzi Kereke, Senior Advisor to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono, told econoff on February 9 that Gono would seek permission from President Mugabe to allow a devaluation of the currency for the donor community. To make the policy shift palatable to Mugabe, Gono woul [...]	2007-02-13 17:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV ZI
07HARARE123	POLICE ARREST SCORES OF WOMEN AND STUDENTS TO [...] (U) Summary. Police in Harare and Bulawayo on February 13 arrested more than 250 participants in peaceful demonstrations staged by Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) to protest the country's worsening political and economic crisis. An estimated 2,000 WOZA supporters participated in the group's an [...]	2007-02-15 09:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE128	EDUCATION ALLOWANCE FOR ZIMBABWE - YEAR 2007 - HARARE 574 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-20 15:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AFSN
07HARARE130	POLICE ZEALOUSLY CRACK DOWN ON OPPOSITION RALLIES [...] (C) Police and ZANU-PF youth paramilitaries in Harare and Bulawayo violently broke up rallies over the weekend by the two opposition MDC factions. On February 18 in Harare, riot police acting in defiance of a High Court order used water cannons, teargas and batons to prevent an anti-Senate MDC [...]	2007-02-20 15:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI ASEC
07HARARE133	ZANU-PF WINS BY-ELECTION AMID LOW TURNOUT [...] (SBU) ZANU-PF retained the Chiredzi South parliamentary seat in the by-election held February 17 with 66.7 percent of the vote. The anti-Senate MDC candidate garnered 21.1 percent of the tally, while the pro-Senate flag bearer came in fourth behind the UPP candidate. Voting day was peaceful, [...]	2007-02-21 11:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE137	A TENUOUS RECOVERY FOR ZIMBABWE TOBACCO [...] (SBU) Embassy interlocutors in the tobacco sector told us Zimbabwe would likely produce 70-80 million kg of tobacco this season, up from last year's all time low of 55 million kg. They attributed the improvement to massive (and unsustainable) off-budget subsidies, favorable growing condition [...]	2007-02-22 13:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV ZI
07HARARE14	ZIMBABWE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (U) The Government of Zimbabwe's corruption and mismanagement have severely crippled the local economy making it unlikely to attract or absorb significant foreign direct investment in 2007. GDP has declined by 40 percent in the past 6 years, the largest peacetime drop ever recorded. Inflatio [...]	2007-01-05 10:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
07HARARE154	COPING IN ZIMBABWE'S MANUFACTURING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Wilson International, a world class manufacturer of billiard tables and bedroom furniture, has become a low-cost outsourcer for a South African manufacturer and has also "twinned" creatively with Zimbabwean importers on forex deals in order to survive in Zimbabwe's harsh business clima [...]	2007-02-28 10:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV ZI CH
07HARARE156	TEACHERS SCORE "VICTORY", CALL OFF STRIKES [...] (U) On February 23 both the Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (ZIMTA) and the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) called off strikes that had crippled numerous schools throughout the country. Teachers returned to work after the Civil Service Association Apex Council, which represents a [...]	2007-02-28 14:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE157	IOM RECEPTION CENTER PROVIDES MUCH NEEDED RELIEF [...] (U) Poloffs from Embassies Harare and Pretoria met on January 30 in the town of Beitbridge, Zimbabwe to tour the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Reception Center for Zimbabweans deported from South Africa. Since opening its doors, the IOM Center has provided much needed relief [...]	2007-03-01 10:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV ZI SF
07HARARE170	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT - ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) This is Embassy Harare's response to questions in paragraphs 27-30 of SECSTATE 202745. -------- Overview -------- -- A. (SBU) Zimbabwe is a country of origin, transit and destination for internationally and domestically trafficked persons. Women and young girls are the most at ris [...]	2007-03-07 13:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB KFRD PREF SMIG
07HARARE172	AMBASSADOR VISITS ZIMBABWE'S PREMIER PLATINUM [...] (SBU) On February 6, Zimplats executives guided Ambassador Dell on a day-long tour of the company's platinum mining and processing operations in the second largest platinum deposit in the world. Having made peace, temporarily at least, with the GOZ under pressure of expropriation by ceding a [...]	2007-03-07 14:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON PGOV ZI
07HARARE183	ZANU-PF GOVERNOR MSIPA ON SUCCESSION, FARM [...] (C) Cephas Msipa, ZANU-PF governor of Midlands Province, despairingly told polecon chief in a March 7 meeting in his Gweru office he believed the present government was betraying the liberation ideals of freedom and an end to poverty. He described President Robert Mugabe as a close friend, b [...]	2007-03-09 10:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM ZI
07HARARE195	POLICE BRUTALLY DISRUPT PRAYER RALLY AND ARREST [...] (C) Security forces on March 11 brutally suppressed a prayer rally planned by the Save Zimbabwe Campaign and arrested more than 100, including MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai and other key opposition leaders. Observers SIPDIS report that more than 1,000 police officers were deployed to th [...]	2007-03-12 15:39:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE198	TSVANGRIRAI AND MISTREATED OPPOSITION DETAINEES [...] (C) A badly beaten MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai and fifty members of his party, including senior leaders from both factions, finally appeared in court March 13. No charges were filed with the court appearance turning on access to medical treatment. The Ambassador and other diplomats obse [...]	2007-03-13 16:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE204	TSVANGIRAI, OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS FREED [...] (C) Police late on March 13 released all of the MDC activists arrested on March 11 (Ref B) without filing charges. Eleven of the detainees, including Morgan Tsvangirai, are still being treated at Avenues Hospital. SIPDIS Separately, witnesses claim that Gift Tandare, the MDC youth killed [...]	2007-03-14 14:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE205	SIGNS OF INDEPENDENCE IN ZIMBABWE'S PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Ruling party and opposition legislators in Parliament's 14 portfolio committees have demonstrated a growing willingness to challenge executive authority. The MPs have worked to conduct bipartisan public hearings, question ministers, and produce reports critical of the GOZ. This new-found [...]	2007-03-14 14:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE213	FUNERAL MARCH DELAYED TO LET LEADERS RECOVER, [...] (C) MDC leaders have been forced to postpone the wake and funerary march for the MDC activist killed by police to allow Morgan Tsvangirai to participate and resolve logistical issues. They hope to finalize plans tomorrow. Tsvangirai remains at Avenues Hospital, where the Ambassador visited h [...]	2007-03-15 14:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE217	ZIMBABWE - INPUT FOR 2007 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON [...] Zimbabwe continues to fall far short of AGOA's qualifying criteria. Post's input for the 2007 President's Report on AGOA (reftel) follows: ------------------------------ Market Economy/Economic Reform ------------------------------ 2. The Zimbabwean Government (GOZ) pays lip service to [...]	2007-03-16 09:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ELAB PHUM PGOV ZI
07HARARE218	OPPOSITION TELLS OF ASSAULT, CHARTS UNITED WAY [...] (C) Key opposition leaders, excluding Morgan Tsvangirai (released from the hospital but recovering at home) held a press conference March 16 during which they recounted the brutal beatings they and other opposition members sustained at the hands of police and security officials. The oppositi [...]	2007-03-16 13:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE226	AMBASSADOR DELL WALKS OUT ON GOZ FOREIGN [...] (U) GOZ Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi summoned Western diplomats March 12 for a "briefing" on the current situation. Before the briefing began, Ambassador Dell sought assurances that the minister would give diplomats the opportunity to respond and express their concerns. When he [...]	2007-03-19 16:48:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
07HARARE227	GOZ PREEMPTS ACTIVIST'S BURIAL, PROMISES MORE [...] (C) President Mugabe on March 16 promised ZANU-PF's youth wing more violence against opposition supporters. GOZ security forces over the weekend severely attacked the MDC spokesman, prevented two opposition leaders from seeking treatment in Johannesburg of their injuries sustained on March 1 [...]	2007-03-19 17:10:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE232	RECOMMENDATIONS TO STRENGTHEN FINANCIAL AND VISA [...] (SBU) U.S. sanctions have played a key role in putting pressure on the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ). Post believes that now is the time to deepen and expand the financial and visa sanctions, and to apply further pressure on the regime as it increasingly shows signs of crumbling and fragmentin [...]	2007-03-20 11:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS EFIN PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ZI
07HARARE239	ZIMBABWE'S CENTRAL BANK DESPERATELY TRYING TO [...] (C) According to a senior official at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ),Zimbabwe will likely produce less than half the country's maize requirements. South African banks were reluctant to lend to the GOZ the forex needed to finance imports so the RBZ has turned to the street, fuelling rapid [...]	2007-03-22 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EFIN PHUM PGOV ZI
07HARARE241	ZIMBABWE'S INCREASED VIOLENCE A GOZ CREATION [...] (U) While the GOZ has tried to portray the MDC as a purveyor of violence, largely by trumpeting two alleged petrol bomb attacks, there is scant evidence to support their claims. In fact, we hear every day of more and more evidence of government-sponsored violence. On March 22, Save Zimbabwe [...]	2007-03-22 14:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE242	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR POLITICAL OFFICERS SIKO AND [...] Embassy Harare grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of political officers John Siko and Kerry Varano for consultations with Embassy officials from March 25 to 30. Embassy acknowledges that travelers hold top secret clearances. 2. The Embassy has confirmed your reservatio [...]	2007-03-23 07:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ZI
07HARARE245	ZIMBABWE UPDATE: MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR SLAIN [...] (SBU) The memorial service for slain MDC activist Gift Tandare will be held tomorrow. The organizers are planning a low-key event to avoid government intervention. Western diplomats plan to attend as a further restraint. Separately, the pro-Senate MDC faction's plans for a weekend rally to [...]	2007-03-26 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
07HARARE246	ACTIVIST'S MEMORIAL SERVICE PROVIDES CALL FOR [...] (U) The Christian Alliance under the auspices of Save Zimbabwe Campaign held a spirited memorial service in Harare on March 27 for the opposition activist, Gift Tandare, killed by police on March 11. A crowd of over 600 attended the service at which MDC leaders Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mu [...]	2007-03-27 16:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE254	POLICE RAID MDC HQ, BRIEFLY DETAIN TSVANGIRAI [...] (SBU) Scores of riot police cordoned off several blocks around MDC headquarters in downtown Harare on March 28 and invaded MDC offices. The police actions came just before MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai was to hold a press conference to address the abductions of several MDC leaders in the pr [...]	2007-03-28 16:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ZI
07HARARE269	MDC UNDER SIEGE: ABDUCTIONS, ARRESTS, GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Assailants believed to be government agents have abducted and beaten at least nine opposition supporters since March 3. Additionally, the police reported 35 opposition activists were in custody following a series of raids, including on MDC headquarters March 28. Human rights lawyers said [...]	2007-03-30 11:47:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PHUM PGOV ASEC ZI
07HARARE270	JONATHAN MOYO ON MUGABE SUCCESSION, U.S. POLICY [...] (C) Jonathan Moyo, former Minister of Information and erstwhile Mugabe intimate, told the Ambassador March 30 that Mugabe is aware that there is diminishing support for him within ZANU-PF and around the country. However, if Mugabe decides to run for president again in 2008, Moyo said it is u [...]	2007-03-30 12:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE274	INSIDE LOOK AT ZANU-PF CENTRAL COMMITTEEQ,S [...] (C) According to Embassy contacts, President Robert Mugabe steamrolled the ZANU-PF Central Committee meeting on March 30 and forced himself on the ruling party as its candidate for the presidential election in 2008. However, our sources emphasized that Mugabe's peremptory actions have only g [...]	2007-04-02 15:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE275	VIOLENCE ANTICIPATED AS LABOR UNION CALLS FOR [...] (C) The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) nationwide stay-away is set for April 3 and 4. The stay-away is ostensibly a protest against dismal wages and worsening economic conditions. However, it comes in the charged atmosphere caused by the government crack down on dissent and is seen [...]	2007-04-02 15:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ELAB ASEC ZI
07HARARE284	CATHOLIC BISHOPS CONFERENCE RELEASES HARD-HITTING [...] (C) The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Zimbabwe is releasing April 5 a pastoral letter which blames the suffering of the Zimbabwean people on a small black elite which replaced a small while elite, and has perpetuated colonial-like misrule. The letter refers to the assault, beating, and tor [...]	2007-04-04 15:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
07HARARE301	LABOR STAYAWAY PRODUCES MIXED RESULTS [...] (SBU) The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) two-day nationwide stay-away attracted a mixed response. Many businesses in Harare and other major cities closed or had limited operations at the start of the first day with a greater percentage of workers in the country's depressed industria [...]	2007-04-05 16:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ELAB ZI
07HARARE311	MUTAMBARA BACKS TSVANGIRAI FOR 2008 [...] (C) Arthur Mutambara, leader of the MDC's pro-Senate faction told the Ambassador April 10 that both MDC factions would work together in a coalition, fielding one candidate for president, and that anti-Senate faction leader Morgan Tsvangirai would be that candidate. Mutambara was confident S [...]	2007-04-12 10:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE319	SUBJECT: DIAMONDS: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE,S [...] (C) Zimbabwe is at risk of losing its Kimberley Process Certification as a result of the how the GOZ has handled the discovery of diamond deposits in Eastern Zimbabwe. The state-owned Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) seized the deposits from African Consolidated Resources (ACR) [...]	2007-04-13 07:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EMIN ETRD ZI
07HARARE322	ZIMBABWE,S STRUGGLING FERTILIZER INDUSTRY [...] (C) Battered by adversities, fertilizer production in Zimbabwe sunk last year to its lowest level since 1972. Sable Chemical Industries Ltd, the main producer, has been operating at 40-50 percent capacity for the past year due to foreign exchange shortages and price controls. It is also stru [...]	2007-04-13 10:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ZI
07HARARE326	FORMER ZANU-PF INSIDER OUTLINES A "THIRD" WAY [...] (C/NF) Former Information Minister and Presidential Spokesman Jonathan Moyo requested a meeting with the Ambassador April 17. Moyo told the Ambassador that Nelson Mandela, on behalf of the ANC, had attempted to send a message to President Mugabe in advance of the March 30 Central Committee m [...]	2007-04-17 16:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE331	GOZ'S NEGATIVE REACTION TO CATHOLIC CHURCH'S [...] (SBU) The hard-hitting pastoral letter (Ref) of the Catholic Bishops Conference was made public on April 12 and read by priests in churches throughout the country on Sunday, April 15. We understand that many priests gave copies of the letter to their parishioners to take home and discuss with [...]	2007-04-19 15:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
07HARARE336	GOZ SETS SIGHTS ON NGOS, CUTS PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) The GOZ has turned its attention to NGOs perceived as unfriendly and to be working with the political opposition and Western governments. The USG-funded State University of New York (SUNY) parliamentary support project became the first victim on April 13 when Clerk of Parliament announc [...]	2007-04-23 15:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
07HARARE341	LOCAL OBSERVERS HIGHLIGHT ROADMAP, PITFALLS TO [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) Chairperson Reginald Matchaba-Hove on April 17 told poloffs that preparatory work needed to begin now to ensure that elections to be held next year will be free and fair. The SADC summit in Tanzania had locked the GOZ into presidential and parli [...]	2007-04-24 12:56:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
07HARARE343	WOZA POWER OUTAGE PROTESTS DRAW HARSH POLICE [...] (C) Over 500 Women of Zimbabwe Arise! (WOZA) supporters on April 19 held simultaneous demonstrations at several government offices in Bulawayo to protest frequent power outages; police arrested more than 80. Approximately 450 WOZA supporters staged a second series of simultaneous protests at [...]	2007-04-24 15:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE344	AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH MDC,S TSVANGIRAI [...] (C) MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador April 24 that he would plan to visit Washington the second week of May. The Ambassador urged Tsvangirai during his visit to present a strategic vision of the way forward toward elections next year. On the SADC initiative, Tsvangirai accused [...]	2007-04-24 15:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SF ZI
07HARARE350	ZIMBABWE: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR [...] (U) In response to reftel, Embassy Harare forwards the following five summary excerpts from anti-trafficking proposals submitted by International Organization for Migration (IOM),Save the Children Norway, Musasa Project, Girl Child Network and Human Rights Trust of Southern Africa (SAHRIT). T [...]	2007-04-26 06:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE38	HARARE BFIF PROJECT PROPOSAL [...] (U) Embassy Harare proposes to draw on the Business Facilitation and Incentive Fund (BFIF) to sponsor two events: in order of priority, a sequel to the successful October 2006 BFIF-funded "Just Business" forum (Ref A); and a one-day trade fair with the theme of intellectual property rights ( [...]	2007-01-18 09:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD AMGT BEXP BTIO ECON ETRD KIPR ZI
07HARARE383	INTIMIDATION CAMPAIGN CONTINUES WITH ARREST OF [...] (C) The government on May 4 arrested Alec Muchadehama and Andrew Makoni, two prominent human rights lawyers who have been representing 31 opposition officials arrested over the last six weeks. The two lawyers were charged with obstruction of justice. Police subsequently ignored a series of c [...]	2007-05-07 14:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE385	DUTY PAYABLE IN FOREX CRASHES BOOMING USED CAR [...] (SBU) As of April 6, the GOZ is requiring that duty and other taxes be paid in foreign exchange on a range of items recently declared luxury goods, from most passenger vehicles to suitcases and mirrors. The policy shift closed a loophole that had made the used car market the hottest new busi [...]	2007-05-07 15:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV ZI
07HARARE394	LAWYER'S MARCH ENDS IN VIOLENCE [...] (U) A May 8 march organized by the Law Society of Zimbabwe to protest the arrest of two human rights lawyers, Alec Muchadehama and Andrew Makoni (reftel),ended with violence as riot police used batons to disperse and beat a crowd of approximately 40. Police temporarily detained several of the [...]	2007-05-08 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE413	GONO TINKERS AS ECONOMIC CRISIS DEEPENS [...] (C) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono failed to address the structural problems underlying Zimbabwe,s hyperinflation and contracting production in his April 26 interim Monetary Policy Statement (MPS). Gono announced an implicit devaluation of the currency, but it fell far short of [...]	2007-05-11 08:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ETRD EMIN PGOV ZI
07HARARE418	MDC CEDES BY-ELECTION TO ZANU-PF [...] (SBU) The two factions of the MDC have decided not to contest the Zaka East Parliamentary By-election on June 9, virtually ensuring victory for the ZANU-PF candidate, retired Colonel Livingstone Chineka, who is part of the Mujuru faction. Zimbabwe Electoral Support Network (ZESN) said it pla [...]	2007-05-14 15:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
07HARARE42	TSVANGIRAI OPPOSES 2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (U) MDC anti-Senate faction leader Morgan Tsvangirai at a press conference at MDC headquarters vowed to resist a postponement of the 2008 presidential election until 2010. Tsivangirai also said that constitutional reform should SIPDIS precede elections and allowed that negotiations on refor [...]	2007-01-18 15:17:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE425	AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES FY 2007 - ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Per reftel, post submits the following request for Ambassador's Fund for Refugees funding for a project to improve the educational facilities at Tongogara Refugee Camp in Zimbabwe. ----------------------------------- Description of the Service Required ---------------------------------- [...]	2007-05-15 14:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF
07HARARE443	THE COLLAPSE OF A ONCE SHINING EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM [...] (U) The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) is on the verge of collapse as a result of a continuing three- month strike by lecturers, insufficient resources, and dilapidated conditions. Additionally, the UZ has been wracked by violence as security forces have attacked students protesting university c [...]	2007-05-18 10:11:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ZI
07HARARE448	CAMPAIGN 2008: A ROAD TO DISASTER? [...] (C) The ruling ZANU-PF party remains beset with infighting over Robert Mugabe's efforts to hang on to power. Mugabe is likely to secure the ruling party's endorsement as its candidate for next year's presidential lection at an Extraordinary Congress to be held later this year, according to ru [...]	2007-05-21 15:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
07HARARE449	GOZ REACTS TO CATHOLIC BISHOPS' PASTORAL LETTER [...] (C) After several weeks of silence, the GOZ, through newspaper interviews with President Robert Mugabe and Minister of Local Government, Public Works and Urban Development Ignatius Chombo, slammed the pastoral letter of the Catholic Bishops' Conference disseminated and read at the beginning o [...]	2007-05-21 15:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
07HARARE463	JONATHAN MOYO ON ZANU-PF TURMOIL [...] (C) Former Information Minister and Presidential Spokesman Jonathan Moyo told poleconchief May 24 that President Robert Mugabe continues to face internal ZANU-PF opposition, primarily from the Mujuru faction, both in the GOZ cabinet and in the provinces. There is also a split within Mugabe' [...]	2007-05-24 15:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE469	GOZ SEEKS USG SUPPORT TO CONTINUE ELEPHANT HUNTING [...] (SBU) In a May 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Environment and Tourism Minister Francis Nhema sought our support for Zimbabwe's opposition to a proposal by Kenya to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to ban all elephant hunting and trade in elephant products [...]	2007-05-30 09:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE474	MDC TALKS BREAK DOWN [...] (C) MDC Pro-Senate MP David Coltart, who has represented his faction in unity negotiations with the Anti-Senate faction since August, told the Ambassador May 24 that negotiations had ground to a halt. Coltart said that as of last November he became convinced that unity was impossible but tha [...]	2007-05-30 13:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZI
07HARARE485	MUJURU LIEUTENANT PITCHES FOR USG SUPPORT [...] (C) David Butau, ZANU-PF MP and member of the faction allied to ex-military commander Solomon Mujuru, told poloff on May 31 that Mujuru had determined that the time to unseat President Robert Mugabe was now. Mujuru had flexed his muscle and wrested control of the party structures in Masvingo [...]	2007-06-01 08:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE503	WOZA'S SILENT MARCH ATTRACTS HARSH RESPONSE FROM [...] (SBU) Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) supporters staged a "silent march" on June 6 in Bulawayo to demand inclusion in mediation talks between the government and the main opposition party; police used violence to disperse the crowd of 200 and arrested five women. WOZA leaders Jenni Williams and [...]	2007-06-07 13:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC ZI
07HARARE504	"MAKE A PLAN" MENTALITY CUSHIONS POPULATION, [...] (SBU) As their country's economic decline continues to gather speed, Zimbabweans of all walks of life have increasingly adopted creative coping mechanisms, captured succinctly in the phrase "make a plan" that is now on everybody's lips. These plans are innumerable, but they can be grouped in [...]	2007-06-07 14:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
07HARARE508	TSVANGIRAI UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON SOUTH AFRICA [...] (C) MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador on June 11 that the ZANU-PF position paper submitted to the South African-moderated talks was nothing more than the usual rhetoric, confirming prior suspicion that the GOZ was merely stalling. Unlike the MDC submission that addressed Zi [...]	2007-06-11 09:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE513	ZANU-PF WINS PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION AMID LITTLE [...] (SBU) As expected (Ref A),the ruling party won the Zaka East Parliamentary by-election on June 9, after both factions of the MDC boycotted the race. ZANU-PF candidate retired Brigadier General Livingstone Chineka polled 11,162 votes against only 2,376 combined for two smaller parties. Chinek [...]	2007-06-11 15:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI

07HARARE518	WOZA LEADERS RELEASED THEN CLAIM VICTORY AT SECOND [...] (U) All seven Women of Zimbabwe Arise! (WOZA) activists arrested in Bulawayo on June 6 (Ref A) have been released. On June 8 police released without charge the five WOZA members initially arrested at the demonstration, and released WOZA leaders Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu on June 10 [...]	2007-06-13 14:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV WMN ASEC ZI
07HARARE532	GEARING UP TO IMPLEMENT NEW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT [...] (SBU) After years of debate and controversy, Parliament in February passed the Domestic Violence Act which criminalizes domestic violence and protects victims of domestic abuse. While President Mugabe has yet to set the date for the Act to become law, the Ministry of Women's Affairs and loc [...]	2007-06-15 10:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PHUM PGOV ZI
07HARARE533	STATE CASE IN PETROL BOMB ATTACKS CONTINUES TO [...] (SBU) The GOZ's case against 32 MDC activists accused of carrying out March 13 petrol bomb attacks continued to crumble last week as the state withdrew the charges against thirteen of the accused. MDC Election Coordinator Ian Makone, along with six others, was released on June 7 after spendin [...]	2007-06-15 11:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE534	DHRF FY2006 ANNUAL SUMMARY REPORT -- ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) This message contains the annual summary report for Zimbabwe's FY2006 Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) II activities. Post has in process/advanced $32,421 of the $60,000 in obligated FY2006 funds (none of the payments has been registered yet as liquidated by the USAID Financial Con [...]	2007-06-15 11:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ZI
07HARARE543	2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] The US Government is aware of eight (8) claims of US persons which may be outstanding against the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ). All eight claims arise out of the GOZ's Land Resettlement Program, which commenced in 2000. The general pace of land seizure has slowed, as very few non-indigenous c [...]	2007-06-19 15:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV
07HARARE552	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 18 - ANOTHER GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Parliament is due to debate the proposed Constitutional Amendment 18 when it re-opens in late July. The Amendment Bill has provisions for holding simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elections in March 2008; it strengthens the Executive's control over Parliament by substantially inc [...]	2007-06-21 14:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC SADC KDEM ZI
07HARARE567	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RITA BYRNES [...] Embassy Harare grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Rita Byrnes to assist Embassy Harare Political/Econ section from July 2 to August 19, 2007. Embassy acknowledges that Ms. Byrnes holds a top secret clearance. SIPDIS 2. The Embassy has arranged TDY housing accommod [...]	2007-06-25 14:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SF ZI
07HARARE598	INDIGENIZATION BILL - ANOTHER BLOW TO ZIMBABWE'S [...] (SBU) Parliament is scheduled to begin considering the Indigenization and Economic Empowerment Bill in late July. The Bill's official purpose is to seek to increase participation of indigenous Zimbabweans in the economy; its ultimate objective is for at least 51 percent of the shares of every [...]	2007-07-05 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV ZI
07HARARE605	GOZ IN DOOMED BID TO END HYPERINFLATION BY FIAT [...] (SBU) On the heels of a sharp spike in inflation, the GOZ on June 25 began a populist campaign to roll retail prices back to their June 18 level. Using thuggery and intimidation, "crack teams" under a newly established Cabinet Task Force descended first on supermarkets then across the retail [...]	2007-07-10 05:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM ASEC ZI
07HARARE627	THE MDC VIEW OF THE MBEKI TALKS [...] (C) Tendai Biti, secretary-general of the MDC anti-Senate faction, told Poleconchief July 11 that South African mediators were furious that ZANU-PF negotiators had failed to travel to South Africa last week for SADC-sponsored talks under the auspices of South African president Thabo Mbeki. Bi [...]	2007-07-12 12:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE63	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRENKLE AND POPE [...] Embassy Harare grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Timothy Trenkle and Robert Pope for the purpose of attending the IOM Reception and Support Centre during the day of January 30. Post recognizes that travelers do not need Embassy assistance. 2. Based on the current ec [...]	2007-01-26 09:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREL PREF SF ZI
07HARARE638	The End is Nigh [...] (C) Having said my piece repeatedly over the last three years, I won't offer a lengthy prescription for our Zimbabwe policy. My views can be stated very simply as stay the course and prepare for change. Our policy is working and it's helping to drive change here. What is required is simply [...]	2007-07-13 10:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE656	TREVOR MANHANGA ON MEETINGS WITH MUGABE AND GONO, [...] (C) Summary. Evangelical Bishop Trevor Manhanga, Chairman of the Heads of Christian Denominations in Zimbabwe, spoke with Poleconchief July 18 and recounted a recent meeting with President Mugabe. According to Manhanga, Mugabe is preparing for elections next year and is confident he will wi [...]	2007-07-19 14:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI
07HARARE657	GOZ CHARTS NEW PATH TO ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION [...] (U) The GOZ's edict to roll back prices continues to wreak havoc as panic buying and supply chain disruptions have led to widespread shortages of basic commodities. Many Zimbabweans, already struggling to make ends meet, spend hours each day standing in line to buy scarce products or executin [...]	2007-07-19 15:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ZI ASEC ECON
07HARARE664	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL PHELAN (JULY 29 - [...] Embassy Harare grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Mr. Michael Phelan and Mr. Marik String of the minority staff of the Senate Foreign Relations committee (sfrc) to conduct a field-based study that will examine assistance funded by the State Department, Defense Department [...]	2007-07-23 15:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP MGT ASEC AFIN MZ ZA UK SF GM
07HARARE671	POLICE DETAIN AND BEAT HUNDREDS OF PROTESTORS [...] (U) Police severely beat hundreds of demonstrators detained on July 25 after protests calling for a new constitution were held in five major cities throughout the country. The protests, organized by National Constitutional Assembly (NCA),followed the opening of Parliament. In Harare, more t [...]	2007-07-26 14:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ZI ASEC
07HARARE680	MANDAZA AND MOYO ON SADC TALKS, MUGABE [...] (C) SADC talks between the GOZ and MDC are unlikely to bear fruit according to Ibbo Mandaza and Jonathan Moyo. Although the MDC has made discussions on a new constitution the cornerstone of the talks, and although the first agenda item agreed to in South Africa in June was constitutional disc [...]	2007-07-31 15:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE685	WELSHMAN NCUBE ON SADC NEGOTIATIONS, MDC SPLIT [...] (C) Welshman Ncube, MDC pro-Senate faction secretary-general and one of the MDC negotiators in the SIPDIS SADC-sponsored Zimbabwe talks, told us he was "cautiously optimistic" about the talks. Contrary to news reports, ZANU-PF was still engaged and discussions had taken place on a new con [...]	2007-08-02 09:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE687	GOZ BACKSLIDES ON FUEL IMPORTATION RESTRICTIONS [...] The Government of Zimbabwe, which two weeks ago announced an end to the use of fuel coupons for the purchase of imported fuel, and which last week in a diplomatic note stated that all fuel importation and distribution would be through the National Oil Company of Zimbabwe (NOCZIM),has reverse [...]	2007-08-02 12:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON ASEC EPET ZI
07HARARE689	ZIMBABWE: DHRF FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT AS OF JUNE [...] (SBU) This message contains the Financial Status Report as of June 30, 2007 for the Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) grants currently open in Zimbabwe. Part A ) Prior Fiscal Year Funds A.1 FY 2004 DHRF Number/ Amt. Oblig./ Unliq. Bal. DHRF-04-613-01/ $21,000.00/ $0 DHRF-04-613-02 [...]	2007-08-02 13:48:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ZI
07HARARE692	MUGABE'S PRIEST, FATHER FIDELIS MUKONORI [...] (C) This message responds to a request for information regarding Father Fidelis Mukonori. The Embassy meets with Fidelis from time to time. We last saw him in July. 2. (C) Father Fidelis has ties with President Mugabe and other senior ZANU-PF figures going back to the liberation struggl [...]	2007-08-03 09:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ZI
07HARARE693	FOLLOW-UP ON GRACE MUGABE [...] (C) This message responds to INR/I questions on Grace Mugabe. 2. (C) Grace Mugabe is not active or well-liked within ZANU-PF circles and she has no close relationships with cabinet members. 3. (C) Grace's relationship with President Mugabe appears stable at this time. In the past sh [...]	2007-08-03 09:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ZI
07HARARE695	UNGA HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND REQUESTS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-03 09:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA
07HARARE71	NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) In response to the request (reftel) to identify the top five most influencial women in Zimbabwe, post submits the following names drawn from government, civil society and business: -Mrs. Joyce Teurai Ropa Mujuru Vice-President fo the Republic of Zimbabwe President's Office Munhumutapa [...]	2007-01-29 15:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL ZI
07HARARE712	NGO COMMUNITY TARGET OF GOZ HARASSMENT [...] (C) The GOZ's recent push to strictly enforce price controls and immigration regulations has sent shock waves through the international NGO community. In recent weeks, government officials have inspected NGO warehouses, temporarily impounded relief supplies, scrutinized the use of foreign cur [...]	2007-08-08 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ZI ASEC
07HARARE714	WORSENING HUNGER, DWINDLING HARVESTS [...] Recent international NGO estimates indicate 4.1 million Zimbabweans will need food aid between November 2007 and April 2008, out of a total population estimated at 9-10 million. The UN World Food Program (WFP) plans to assist 3.3 million Zimbabweans, and C-SAFE, a consortium of US-sponsored N [...]	2007-08-09 13:07:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON PGOV PHUM WFP ZI
07HARARE736	ZANU-PF OFFICIAL ON CURRENT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) Walter Mzembi, GOZ Deputy Minister for Water Resources and Infrastructural Development, told polecon chief that the recent price control policy had been badly mismanaged and that recovery would be difficult. The parlous economic situation was ZANU-PF's greatest enemy in next year's elect [...]	2007-08-17 11:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI
07HARARE737	PRIVATE SECTOR PUTS INFLATION AT MID-20,000 PERCENT [...] (SBU) The respected PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) monthly report on the cst of living put Zimbabwe's inflation rate in th mid 20,000 percent in July, down several thousandpercent from its June figures. The monthly rate of increase collapsed from the triple to the single digits in July as a res [...]	2007-08-17 11:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
07HARARE75	GOZ CRACKS DOWN ON CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE [...] (SBU) On January 26, eight pastors of the Christian Alliance (CA) were arrested after a lunch meeting in Kadoma, a medium-sized town roughly 100 kilometers southwest of Harare. According to Ray Motsi, one of the CA leaders, the lunch was the sixth in a series throughout Zimbabwe to publiciz [...]	2007-01-30 14:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
07HARARE76	GIDEON GONO REINVENTS GIDEON GONO [...] (C) In a January 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono said that January 31's Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) would be "totally different" from previous statements. Gono said he would confront the governance problems that were the root cause of [...]	2007-01-30 15:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV ZI
07HARARE771	ZANU-PF INSIDER EDDIE ZVOGBO, JR. ON CURRENT [...] (C) ZANU-PF politician and businessman Eddison Zvogbo, Jr. believes President Robert Mugabe is on track to stand for reelection next year. While many in ZANU-PF would like to see Mugabe go sooner rather than later, internal ZANU-PF opponents are afraid to directly challenge him and are focus [...]	2007-08-29 13:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI
07HARARE772	POULTRY PRODUCTION AND PATRONAGE - COPING DURING [...] (C) Irvine's Day Old Chicks, Zimbabwe's largest poultry and egg producer, has managed to maintain full production and profitability during the GOZ's price control blitz thanks to the combination of a highly cost-efficient, export-oriented operation and cozy relations with top ruling-party offic [...]	2007-08-29 13:56:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV ZI
07HARARE78	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JONATHAN M. SMALLRIDGE [...] Embassy Harare grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Jonathan M. Smallridge for consultations with Embassy officials from February 5 to February 9, 2007. Embassy acknowledges that Mr. Smallridge holds a top secret clearance. 2. The Embassy has confirmed your reservation [...]	2007-01-31 14:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SF ZI
07HARARE781	TENDAI BITI ON SADC NEGOTIATIONS, ELECTIONS [...] (C) Tendai Biti, MDC anti-Senate secretary-general, believes substantial progress has been made in SADC-sponsored negotiations toward a new constitution. Agreement on the constitution, electoral reform, and repeal of repressive legislation, however, is unlikely before March elections. Any ag [...]	2007-09-04 14:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ZI
07HARARE795	GONO ON MUGABE'S FUTURE, ECONOMY [...] (C) President Robert Mugabe has been urged by those closest to him to leave office, according to Gideon Gono, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, in a meeting with Charge on September 1. In particular, Mugabe's personal physician advised him to step down immediately to preserve his hea [...]	2007-09-05 10:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI
07HARARE8	GOZ CRITIC SURVIVES APPARENT ARSON ATTACK [...] (SBU) National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) Chairman Lovemore Madhuku and his family survived an apparent arson attack at his suburban arare home at about 12:30 AM on January 1. Madhku told us that unknown assailants had sprinkled trail of gasoline from his front gate to the gaage in the a [...]	2007-01-04 10:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE80	GONO'S LONG-AWAITED MONETARY POLICY STATEMENT - A [...] (C) Presenting his Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) to the diplomatic and business community on January 31, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono announced he would not devalue the currency because only a "holistic package" of reforms that addressed price distortions and achieved stake [...]	2007-02-01 14:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
07HARARE82	POLICE SEEK TO ARREST UNION LADER AS TEACHERS [...] (C) Summary. On February 1police conducted an early morning raid on the hoe of Raymond Majongwe, Secretary General of the rogressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ),toarrest the outspoken labor leader. According toZimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR),Majongwewas not home at the time [...]	2007-02-02 10:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB ZI
07HARARE821	"CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM" ON SADC TALKS [...] (C) MDC pro-Senate secretary-general Welshman Ncube, one of the MDC's lead negotiators in the SADC mediation, told polecon chief on September 10 he is "cautiously optimistic" that an agreement between ZANU-PF and the MDC on constitutional and electoral reforms will be reached. ZANU-PF is moti [...]	2007-09-10 15:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE822	CABINET PANEL CONCEDES PRICE BLITZ DISASTER, GONO [...] (C) A Cabinet panel reviewing the operation of the Taskforce on Price Monitoring and Stabilization learned on September 5 that the crackdown had had a disastrous effect on the supply of food and goods and was also fomenting unrest across the country, according to Munyaradzi Kereke, Senior Adv [...]	2007-09-10 16:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ASEC ZI
07HARARE849	MATABELELAND AND BULAWAYO OBSERVATIONS [...] (SBU) In addition to severe shortages of goods caused by the GOZ's price control policies, Bulawayo and Matabeleland South are suffering from a critical lack of water. Nevertheless, people are until now coping and there is no evidence of starvation. Although this area of the country is solid [...]	2007-09-17 13:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI
07HARARE852	JONATHAN MOYO ON MUGABE AND SUCCESSION [...] (C) President Robert Mugabe has throat cancer and has been advised by his physician that campaigning will be dangerous to his health. At this point, Mugabe nevertheless intends to seek endorsement at a ZANU-PF Extraordinary Congress in December and run for election in March. He has stated h [...]	2007-09-18 12:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE857	LABOR ACTION LOOMS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU),the country's largest labor group, is calling for a two-day stay-away on September 19-20 to protest a recent ban on wage increases and worsening socio-economic conditions. During the past week, ZCTU has placed announcements for the stay-away i [...]	2007-09-18 15:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB ZI
07HARARE858	AMENDMENT 18 [...] (U) In a choreographed parliamentary session on September 18, ZANU-PF and the MDC agreed to the adoption of Amendment 18 to the Constitution which will harmonize presidential and parliamentary elections, expand the size of Parliament, and mandate Parliament to elect the president in the event [...]	2007-09-19 13:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE868	SANCTIONS: SDN IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION [...] (C) Post's effort to obtain requested biographical information on SDNs and their families, as well as justifications for specified individuals for their inclusion on the OFAC sanctions list, is a work in progress. Because of hostile relations between the U.S. and Zimbabwe we do not have acce [...]	2007-09-21 10:25:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
07HARARE869	LABOR STAYAWAY A DAMP SQUIB [...] (U) Massive unemployment, fear of job loss, government intimidation, and arrests combined to produce a meager response from workers to a two-day countrywide "stay-away" called by ZCTU for September 19 - 20. In the past week, security agents hauled in labor leaders for interrogations, arrested [...]	2007-09-21 10:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ELAB ZI
07HARARE870	PRO-DEMOCRCAY GROUPS STILL UNDER ATTACK [...] (C) Zimbabwe security forces have intensified repression against labor and pro-democracy groups despite recent reports that the government has agreed to positive concessions in ongoing SADC mediation talks. Within the last week, security forces arrested labor leaders and intimidated workers, [...]	2007-09-21 10:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ELAB ZI
07HARARE879	SANCTIONS II: SDN IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION [...] (C) This cable provides a comprehensive listing of all the material post has developed on our sanctions targets, including the updating of material in reftel. Efforts to obtain biographical information on the below-listed individuals have included: --Consular Section reviewed visa files at P [...]	2007-09-28 09:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE881	IBBO MANDAZA ON MUGABE, ZANU-PF'S NEXT STEPS [...] (C) ZANU-PF insider and Solomon Mujuru confidante Ibbo Mandaza met with polecon chief on September 25 and discussed President Robert Mugabe's health and the state of ZANU-PF. 2. (C) Confirming Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono's comments (Reftel),Mandaza said Mugabe's Malaysian physician [...]	2007-09-28 10:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ZI
07HARARE882	TSVANGIRAI ON SADC MEDIATION PROCESS [...] (U) In a diplomatic briefing on September 26, MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai briefed on progress in the SADC-Mbeki mediation and steps ahead. Elements of a new constitution have been agreed upon. The parties are now discussing a new electoral act, security laws, communication laws, and the [...]	2007-09-28 10:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE883	SANCTIONS II: SDN IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION [...] (C) This cable provides a comprehensive listing of all the material post has developed on our sanctions targets, including the updating of material in reftel. Efforts to obtain biographical information on the below-listed individuals have included: --Consular Section reviewed visa files at P [...]	2007-10-01 10:08:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE903	AA/DCHA HESS IMPRESSED BY PROGRAMS, BUT ALARMED BY [...] Summary: USAID Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) Michael Hess, accompanied by Special Assistant Amber Brooks, visited Harare, Bulawayo, and rural areas September 16-20 to assess humanitarian needs and programs and to consult with civil society [...]	2007-10-04 10:11:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM ZI
07HARARE906	TEACHERS' PAY INCREASE FALLS SHORT OF DEMANDS [...] (U) On October 4, Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (ZIMTA) called off a three-day strike that had brought the country's public school system to a halt. The Civil Service Association Apex Council, which represents all civil servants, including teachers, accepted on October 3 the government's off [...]	2007-10-05 07:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV ZI
07HARARE911	TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION AND EMPLOYMENT IN [...] (U) The competitiveness of Zimbabwe's textile and apparel sector has been highly compromised by an unstable macroeconomic environment characterized by persistent foreign currency shortages, obsolete equipment, power outages, fuel shortages and hyperinflation. While production and employment ar [...]	2007-10-05 12:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KTEX ZI
07HARARE92	MDC FACTION LEADER ARTHUR MUTAMBARA: MDC UNITY [...] (C) MDC pro-Senate faction leader Arthur Mutambara told the Ambassador February 1 that cooperation between both MDC factions was necessary to defeat Mugabe. Noting that MDC anti-faction leader Morgan Tsvangirai had expressed similar sentiments in an earlier meeting (Ref),the Ambassador urged [...]	2007-02-05 14:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI
07HARARE934	BITI AND NCUBE ON SADC NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) MDC negotiators Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube expect SADC-sponsored negotiations to end in November with an agreement that includes a new constitution. Elections will likely take place in September or October 2008. The MDC remains skeptical that ZANU-PF will permit an environment condu [...]	2007-10-16 15:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
07HARARE935	BITI AND NCUBE ON SADC NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) MDC negotiators Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube expect SADC-sponsored negotiations to end in November with an agreement that includes a new constitution. Elections will likely take place in September or October 2008. The MDC remains skeptical that ZANU-PF will permit an environment condu [...]	2007-10-17 05:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
07HARARE938	INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT [...] (U) This cable responds to Reftel. 2. (S) Questions and Responses. A. Watchlisting: -- If host government maintains a "watchlist," how many records does the watchlist contain, and how many are terrorist-related? The GOZ does not have a master watchlist or any central repository of [...]	2007-10-17 13:49:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS ZI
07HARARE940	POLICE BEAT PEACEFUL MARCHERS CALLING FOR NEW [...] (U) Riot police used baton sticks to disperse more than 50 NCA activists peacefully marching in Harare on October 16 for a new constitution. Several NCA activists were arrested and released without charge and more than 30 were injured. The assault comes on the heels of the arrest of 75 WOZA m [...]	2007-10-17 14:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE942	FINAL PUSH ON LAND SEIZURES [...] (U) The Government of Zimbabwe, led by Minister of State for Security and Minister of Lands, Land Reform, and Resettlement Didymus Mutasa, appears intent on evicting the last approximately 350 white farmers (out of approximately 4,500 farmers when land seizures began in 2000). In the past tw [...]	2007-10-18 12:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ECON EAGR EINV ZI
07HARARE947	NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S AWARD FOR [...] (U) The following is Embassy Harare's nomination for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage. SIPDIS NAME: Beatrice Tele Mtetwa TITLE: Senior Partner INSTITUTION: Mtetwa & Nyambirai Law Firm DOB: November 30, 1958 POB: Zimbabwe Citizenship: Zimbabwean Contact: [...]	2007-10-19 09:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KWMN PHUM PREL ZW
07HARARE951	WILDLY INFLATIONARY NEW MONETARY POLICY [...] (SBU) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono issued a wildly inflationary Mid-Term Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) on October 1. With concessional loans at 25 percent interest across industry and agriculture and the promise of hard currency payments to productive grain farmers, Gono is [...]	2007-10-19 10:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
07HARARE952	TONGOGARA REFUGEE CAMP TRIP REPORT [...] Representatives from the Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration (PRM) Mary Lange and Nancy Jackson, accompanied by EmbOff, visited Tongogara refugee camp on September 29. Despite harsh economic conditions in Zimbabwe, the nearly 2,700 refugees in Tongogara camp are receiving adequate she [...]	2007-10-19 10:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL ZI
07HARARE964	FY07 BFIF DETAILED ACTUAL EXPENDITURES - ZIMBABWE [...] The following is a detailed accounting of actual expenditures for the "Just Business 2 Forum" and mini trade fair sponsored by the American Business Association of Zimbabwe (ABAZ)and co-funded by BFIF. As instructed in reftel, receipts and supporting documents will be faxed to Gale Gray. B [...]	2007-10-24 11:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN BEXP BTIO ENIV ETRD ZI
07HARARE994	ZIMBABWE'S BREAD SHORTAGE - NO RELIEF IN SIGHT [...] (C) Zimbabwe has been enduring an acute bread shortage since the recent price crackdown began. Although the GOZ subsequently revised the bread price upward, the shortage has persisted due to low wheat production, continued gross price distortion, and a lack of foreign currency to import grain [...]	2007-11-01 16:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD EAGR ZI
07HARARE998	NO END IN SIGHT TO ZIMBABWE'S ELECTRIC POWER WOES [...] (SBU) Electric power demand in Zimbabwe far outweighs Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority's (ZESA) capacity to supply, and low and erratic coal supplies from Hwange Colliery exacerbate the problem. The GOZ will not allow ZESA to raise its tariffs, among the lowest in the world, to a level [...]	2007-11-02 10:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV ZI
08HARARE100	MDC RECONCILIATION FAILS [...] (C) The anticipated Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) reconciliation collapsed this past weekend over the issue of allocation of constituencies in Bulawayo. MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai blamed Matabeleland leaders in both factions, admitting he was unable to control these regional lead [...]	2008-02-06 14:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE1000	INDUSTRY URGES GOVERNMENT TO ADOPT PRO-MARKET [...] (U) At its recent annual congress held in Harare from October 28 to 29, 2008 and attended by econ specialist, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI),with a membership of around 400 companies covering all sectors of the economy, condemned the GOZ and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) f [...]	2008-11-06 11:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1002	WELSHMAN NCUBE ON THE STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) According to MDC-Mutambara (MDC-M) secretary general and negotiator Welshman Ncube, Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and MDC-Tsvangirai (MDC-T) president Morgan Tsvangirai are supposed to meet tomorrow in Harare to discuss resolution of the political impasse. According to Ncube, Tsvangi [...]	2008-11-06 16:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1007	AMCIT REPATRIATION HIGHLIGHTS ZIM'S CRUMBLING HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 11:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC AMED CMGT PGOV SOCI ZI
08HARARE1008	SOME MDC ALLEGATIONS OF INCREASED VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) In recent days, MDC has publicly claimed that ZANU-PF has renewed its campaign of violence against the MDC and its members. In a November 6 press release, the MDC claimed that in Epworth, a high density suburb outside of Harare where ZANU-PF set up pre-election torture and reeducation c [...]	2008-11-07 11:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE1011	HARARE: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] Following is the text of a congratulatory message from Robert Mugabe to the President-elect of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama. Under the terms of a yet-to-be-implemented power sharing agreement, Mugabe would continue to serve as the President of Zimbabwe. 2. BEGIN TEXT. [...]	2008-11-10 09:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP ZI
08HARARE1013	ZIM NOTES 11-7-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - SADC Extraordinary Summit on Deck... - Mugabe Congratulates Obama... - Global Fund "diversion" goes public... - Cholera Outbreak Continues... - Civil Service Corruption Rampant... - WOZA Women Released on Bail... - Visiting American Surgi [...]	2008-11-10 13:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE1016	REGIME ELITES LOOTING DEADLY DIAMOND FIELD [...] (C) The CEO of a British mining company described to us how high-ranking Zimbabwean government officials and well-connected elites are generating millions of dollars in personal income by hiring teams of diggers to hand-extract diamonds from the Chiadzwa mine in eastern Zimbabwe. They are sell [...]	2008-11-12 11:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EMIN ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1019	HARARE: POLICE DISCONTINUE COVERAGE OF U.S. EMBASSY DUE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Zimbabwean Republic Police (ZRP) have suspended police coverage of the U.S. Embassy due to complaints of working conditions by the assigned officers. Two (2) police posts have been vacated. ZRP coverage continues at USAID and the Public Affairs Annex. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU [...]	2008-11-14 15:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT ZI
08HARARE1025	ZIM NOTES 11-14-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - SADC Attempts to Impose Political Solution... - Protesters Beaten by Police, One Miscarried in Custody... - RBZ Returns Global Fund Money... - Diamonds are a Crooked Politician's Best Friend... - Visiting American Surgical Team Moves to Private [...]	2008-11-17 14:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE1028	RESERVE BANK AMENDS SOME PAST FAILED POLICES [...] (SBU) The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe issued a statement on November 13 outlining several changes to bank regulatory policies designed to address cash shortages, the near collapse of the payments system, and exorbitant prices in stores licensed to deal in foreign currencies. The changes to Zimb [...]	2008-11-18 12:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ASEC ZI
08HARARE1029	MDC DETAINEES REMAIN UNACCOUNTED FOR, US ACTION [...] (U) ACTION REQUESTED, SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (SBU) From October 27 until November 1, Zimbabwean security authorities seized 12 individuals, including a mother and two-year old child, affiliated with the MDC. They include local and national officials. The adults are reportedly being interrog [...]	2008-11-18 14:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1030	TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT: STAGNATION IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) As political negotiations continue, much government activity has come to a standstill. Not surprisingly, given the depth and breadth of Zimbabwe's serious economic, food, employment, and political problems, anti-trafficking efforts by the government have taken a back seat to other issues [...]	2008-11-18 16:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG ZI
08HARARE1034	STATE OF PLAY IN ZIMBABWE--NO END IN SIGHT [...] (C) ZANU-PF has been using the SADC Extraordinary Summit Communique to argue that the MDC-T is the obstacle to implementation of a power-sharing government. The MDC-T has indicated it will not participate in a government until core issues, in addition to control of the Home Affairs Ministry, [...]	2008-11-19 14:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1035	ZIMBABWE DIAMONDS: THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING [...] (C) We spoke about the Chiadzwa diamond fields on November 19 with Greg Sebborn. Sebborn is the former CEO of Zimplats and is currently a consultant to African Consolidated Resources (ACR). He has good connections within the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ). 2. (C) Sebborn said Chiadzwa had [...]	2008-11-19 14:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ECON EMIN ZI
08HARARE1037	NOTES ON TSVANGIRAI, KHAMA [...] (U) The Ambassador attended a meeting November 20 of donor Heads of Mission. The following information was shared: 2. (SBU) MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai was well received in Strasbourg at the European Development Days conference. He met with EC Commissioner Louis Michel and the AU's Je [...]	2008-11-20 14:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1039	COLLAPSE: ZIMBABWE'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's health system has collapsed. Most of Zimbabwe's public hospitals, including the three main medical centers in Harare, are closed. Many clinics lack basics including staff, water, electricity, and medical supplies. Despite protests by medical professionals and outcry over the [...]	2008-11-20 15:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI EAID AMED PGOV CACS PHUM ZI
08HARARE1040	ZIM NOTES 11-21-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Still No Political Progress - Health System Collapses - While Cholera Crisis Continues - Over 700 Doctors and Nurses Protest - Biti Still Faces Treason Charges - Tsvangirai's Travels Could Land Him in Jail - Freedom Defenders win awards - Res [...]	2008-11-24 05:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE1055	STATUS OF FOOD/NUTRITION IN ZIMBABWE [...] Following alarming news reports of severe malnutrition, vitamin deficiency disease and deaths among children and adults in Zimbabwe, country and regional USAID/Food for Peace staff visited primary health care facilities in four Zimbabwean provinces to verify reports. Findings were not adequat [...]	2008-11-26 07:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ZI
08HARARE1056	ZIMBABWEAN INSIDERS BRIEF AMBASSADORS MCGEE AND [...] (SBU) MDC-T negotiator and treasurer Elton Mangoma, civil-society leader Lovemore Madhuku, and Harare Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda on November 24 briefed Ambassador McGee and U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Bost on the political and economic crises facing Zimbabwe. Friendly members of the diplomat [...]	2008-11-26 13:01:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1057	ZIM NOTES 11-28-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Negotiators Sign Constitutional Amendment 19... - Treasury Department Designates More Cronies... - Supreme Court Dismisses Danish Suit... - Elders Turned Away... - Frustrated Soldiers Trash Bank... - Mbeki expresses frustration with MDC-T [...]	2008-12-01 08:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE1060	FRUSTRATED SOLDIERS ATTACK MONEY CHANGERS [...] (SBU) Soldiers frustrated by inadequate wages and inability to withdraw money from their bank accounts sparked a riot in central Harare on Monday, December 1. About 100 unarmed, uniformed soldiers attacked money changers (and indiscriminately nearby civilians) in an attempt to get cash that [...]	2008-12-03 05:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1061	GONO ATTEMPTS TO DEFUSE PROTESTS OVER CASH LIMITS [...] (SBU) Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono announced in late November that the central bank raised the individual and corporate cash withdrawal limits from Z$500,000 and Z$1 million a day to Z$100 million and Z$50 million respectively once a week. The changes will be effective December 4 and ar [...]	2008-12-03 05:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1064	ASSESSING THE DOLLAR STORES: POOR PERFORMANCE SO [...] (SBU) The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) issued foreign currency licenses to Zimbabwean retail stores and manufacturers in September to try to generate the foreign currency required to boost domestic production. Our survey of local retailers and discussions with managers indicate that foreig [...]	2008-12-03 14:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
08HARARE1065	ZIMBABWE AMENDMENT 19 AND THE STATE OF PLAY [...] (SBU) Negotiators from ZANU-PF, MDC-T, and MDC-M agreed on a draft Amendment 19 to the Zimbabwean constitution on November 27. The draft, which essentially incorporates the agreement reached by the parties in September, now awaits approval by party leaders Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai, a [...]	2008-12-03 15:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1066	EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS DISTURBANCES BY SOLDIERS, [...] (SBU) Harare EAC convened on December 2 to discuss recent incidents involving disgruntled soldiers (reftel) and a planned December 3 demonstration by the Zimbabwe Council of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA). The EAC determined that these developments required [...]	2008-12-03 15:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI
08HARARE1067	HARARE MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE: COPING WITH COLLAPSE [...] SUMMARY: The collapse of Zimbabwe's infrastructure and economy continues to provide new challenges to post management. Post currently has the capacity to provide regular water supplies to all USG offices and residences except those in commercial office buildings. Additional wells may be requ [...]	2008-12-03 17:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT SOCI ECON PGOV AMED ZI
08HARARE1073	NELSON CHAMISA ON MDC'S NEXT STEPS [...] (C) MDC spokesperson Nelson Chamisa met with Emboffs and Washington TDYers on December 4 to discuss MDC positions and next steps. According to Chamisa, MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai's continued absence from Zimbabwe is creating a leadership vacuum that limits the MDC's effectiveness in n [...]	2008-12-04 15:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1076	Proposed Zimbabwe Travel Alert - Cholera [...] Post recommends a Travel Alert be issued for Zimbabwe, warning American citizens of cholera, inadequate potable water, and a collapsed medical infrastructure. The latest outbreak of cholera, which started in August 2008, has overwhelmed medical resources in country, exposed a critical potable [...]	2008-12-05 07:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC AMED ZI
08HARARE1080	ZIM NOTES 12/05-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - A Week of Turmoil on HarareQs Streets - Civic Leader Abducted - MDC Denies Reports of a Deal within Days - ZANU-PF Conference Not to Discuss Replacing Mugabe - Odinga and Tutu Speak Out - Cholera Crisis Continues - Minister of Health Candid in [...]	2008-12-05 11:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN ZI
08HARARE1082	ZIM NOTES 12-05-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - A Week of Turmoil on Harare's Streets... - Civic Leader Abducted... - MDC Denies Reports of a Deal within Days... - ZANU-PF Conference Not to Discuss Replacing Mugabe... - Odinga and Tutu Speak Out... - Cholera Crisis Continues... - Min [...]	2008-12-08 06:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE1100	RASH OF ABDUCTIONS TARGET HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS AND [...] (SBU) Since December 3, five individuals with ties to human rights groups or the MDC have been abducted by armed men wearing plain clothes and driving unmarked vehicles. Additionally, the 14 MDC members (and a baby) seized over a month ago are still missing, as are two MDC members abducted at [...]	2008-12-09 14:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1101	DIRTY POLITICS AT WORK IN TOWN THAT VOTED MDC [...] (SBU) The mayor of Ruwa, Pinias Mushayavanhu, and members of his town council met with us on December 5 to discuss living conditions in Ruwa, a town of 100,000 people located about 12 miles east of Harare. The mayor and his staff are all members of the opposition MDC and displaced the incumbe [...]	2008-12-09 14:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1110	FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST NO. 200806080 REQUESTER: [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 06:38:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	AINF CVIS ZI

08HARARE1115	PF-ZAPU GOING FORWARD WITH SPLIT FROM ZANU-PF [...] (SBU) On December 10, poloff met with a group of PF-ZAPU officials who explained the rationale for revitalizing the former liberation party and separating from ZANU-PF. They stressed that they had undertaken a clean break from ZANU-PF and blamed the Mugabe regime for Zimbabwe's disastrous dec [...]	2008-12-12 07:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1117	MDC MAPS STRATEGY [...] (C) Polecon chief met separately with MDC negotiators Tendai Biti and Elton Mangoma and talked by phone with Tsvangirai advisor Strive Masiyiwa on December 12 about MDC strategy. The MDC, which held a strategy meeting in Gaborone this week, will continue to engage in negotiations with ZANU-P [...]	2008-12-12 10:56:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1119	DISASTER DECLARATION IN ZIMBABWE FOR CHOLERA [...] This is an action cable (see paragraph 15). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. Beginning in August 2008, cholera outbreaks have spread to affect 9 of the 10 provinces in Zimbabwe. A breakdown in water and sanitation infrastructure has exacerbated Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak, and the nation's c [...]	2008-12-15 12:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM PGOV ZI
08HARARE1121	HARARE JOURNALIST ABDUCTED, MORE POTENTIALLY TARGETED [...] (SBU) Accredited freelance Zimbabwean journalist Shadrack Andrisson Manyere was abducted from his home in Norton, a suburb of Harare, on the evening of Saturday December 13. Manyere has been a frequent critic of the Zimbabwean government and, unlike some journalists, is fully accredited by the [...]	2008-12-15 15:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO ZI
08HARARE1122	ZIM NOTES 12-12-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - PF-ZAPU Revitalizing Party... - MDC Holds Strategy Meeting... - Manyika's Death an Accident?... - ZANU-PF Conference Delayed... - Mugabe Says Cholera Stopped... - Zimbabwe to be Discussed at UNSC... - EU Adds 11 Names to Sanctions List. [...]	2008-12-16 08:12:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE1125	HARARE EAC REVIEWS TRIPWIRES AND CHOLERA OUTBREAK [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post's EAC met on December 15 to review trip wires in relation to the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe and the collapse of medical services. The EAC agreed that the situation falls within the "Growing Potential for Drawdown" category in which Post has generally operated since March [...]	2008-12-16 12:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL SOCI CASC TBIO ZI
08HARARE1126	HARARE: EAC DISCUSSES HOLIDAY PLANS [...] (SBU) Harare EAC convened on 15 December to review the Embassy's Tripwires, specifically, the areas of medical/natural disasters in light of the growing cholera situation (Ref A),holiday security planning and the larger security situation. In evaluating holiday security, the EAC endorsed con [...]	2008-12-16 13:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI
08HARARE1127	MUGABE CONSIDERS ELECTIONS; NO END TO POLITICAL [...] (SBU) President Mugabe and senior ZANU-PF officials have made several recent references to holding new elections to settle the political stalemate in Zimbabwe. ZANU-PF may view elections as an opportunity to retake all the levers of government, while the MDC fears a new wave of pre-election v [...]	2008-12-16 15:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1128	ALLEGED SHIRI ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT [...] (U) The GOZ newspaper The Herald reported on December 16 that Air Force Marshal Perrance Shiri survived an assassination attempt on September 13. According to The Herald, Shiri was ambushed while driving to his farm at 8:30 pm and suffered a gunshot wound to his right hand. The paper quoted [...]	2008-12-17 11:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1129	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA USAID DART SITUATION REPORT #1 [...] As of December 15, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported a total of 18,413 cholera cases in Zimbabwe since the outbreak began in August, with 978 deaths and a case fatality rate (CFR) of 5.3 percent. Humanitarian organizations consider a CFR over 1 percen [...]	2008-12-17 12:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
08HARARE1131	PF ZAPU ENDS UNITY ACCORD [...] (C) PF ZAPU officially ended the 1987 Unity Accord with ZANU-PF at a conference in Bulawayo on December 13 and 14. Former ZANU-PF Home Affairs Minister and Politburo Minister Dumiso Dabengwa was elected as interim president of the party. PF ZAPU intends to compete in the next elections; for [...]	2008-12-17 14:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1132	EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TEAR GASSING: POLICE BREAK UP [...] (SBU) Riot police were busy this week, tear gassing groups of both ZANU-PF and opposition supporters. Police used tear gas to break up back-to-back protests of over 500 marchers in Harare led by the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA). Riot police also used tear gas to break up a fight a [...]	2008-12-18 15:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE1133	ZIMBABWE PASSPORT REGISTRAR IN DENIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a meeting on December 16, Zimbabwe Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede denied the existence of any problems with Zimbabwean passport controls. Instead, he boasted of Zimbabwean passport security features that insured individual identity, and blamed Zimbabwe's excessive passport p [...]	2008-12-19 06:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT PGOV KCOR KFRD ZI
08HARARE1134	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA USAID DART SITUATION REPORT #2 [...] As of December 18, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported a total of 20,896 cholera cases in Zimbabwe since the outbreak began in August, with 1,123 deaths and a case fatality rate (CFR) of 5.4 percent. According to the U.N. World Health Organization (WHO) [...]	2008-12-19 10:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
08HARARE1135	ZIMBABWE: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Despite the Government of Zimbabwe's self-imposed isolation on most diplomatic issues, local intelligence and criminal investigative agencies were responsive to our counterterrorism needs. Government agencies routinely provided assistance by conducting investigative inquiries, traces, and [...]	2008-12-19 10:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC ZI
08HARARE1136	ZIM NOTES 12-19-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- This is the last edition of Zim Notes in 2008. We will resume publication on January 2. Topics of the week: - Constitutional Amendment 19 Gazetted... - Allegations of MDC Paramilitary Camps in Botswana Refuted... - PF ZAPU Reemerges... - New Attorney General Ap [...]	2008-12-19 11:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE1137	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA USAID DART HEALTH AND WASH ASSESSMENT [...] The current cholera outbreak inZimbabwe began in August 2008. The outbreak resuled from a lack of access to clean water and non-unctional sanitation systems, largely due to the crrent regime's lack of maintenance, allowing forthe rapid spread of cholera through the country nd across borders, c [...]	2008-12-24 09:24:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
08HARARE1138	MDC, ZPP DETAINEES TO GET CHRISTMAS EVE COURT [...] (SBU) After weeks of repeated public denials by the GOZ that dozens of MDC and civil society leaders were in state custody, lawyers learned on the afternoon of December 23 that numerous abductees were in police stations around Harare. After hours of searching individual police stations, lawyer [...]	2008-12-24 12:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE1139	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS ON MDC STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai briefed Embassy Harare representatives in Gabarone on December 18 and December 20 on a 60-day strategic plan he hopes to launch in early January. The plan will include continued negotiations on power sharing, efforts to channel humanitarian assist [...]	2008-12-30 08:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC EAID ZI
08HARARE1145	DETAINEES REMAIN IN CUSTODY, DESPITE COURT ORDERS [...] (C) At least 32 MDC and civil society activists remain in state custody following court hearings regarding their detention and charges facing them. On Christmas eve, eight detainees - including Zimbabwe Peace Project Director Jestina Mukoko - appeared in a magistrate's court for their bail h [...]	2008-12-30 13:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE1146	MDC CONSIDERING JOINING GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Despite indications it considered the September 15 power-sharing deal dead (Ref B),the MDC appears to be reevaluating its position with an eye toward joining ZANU-PF in a government of national unity. The MDC will meet in South Africa January 5-7 to discuss next steps, including a possi [...]	2008-12-30 15:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1147	ZPP LEADERS DETAIL ABDUCTIONS, TORTURE [...] (C) Lawyers have drafted affidavits for nine individuals who have recently been abducted and tortured by Government of Zimbabwe actors. Because lawyers have not had access to all abductees that are in State custody, there may be more who have suffered torture and been coerced into making fals [...]	2008-12-30 15:17:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE128	HARARE: EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS ELECTIONS AND CEPA [...] (SBU) The Harare Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on February 8 to discuss the upcoming elections. The EAC concluded that there were no indications to date of electoral violence, but elections were almost two months away and the Mission would need to closely monitor developments. The [...]	2008-02-13 11:34:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI
08HARARE130	THE SIMBA MAKONI FACTOR [...] (C) Simba Makoni's candidacy, first announced on February 5, has shaken up President Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF. The secrecy surrounding his decision to become a candidate produced surprise; it has also made it difficult for analysts to judge the strength of his support. Most of his presumed [...]	2008-02-14 15:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE131	RBZ GOVERNOR GONO MAKES CASE TO MUGABE FOR [...] (C) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Senior Advisor Munyaradzi Kereke told econoff in a meeting at the RBZ on February 13 that RBZ Governor Gono had recommended in a letter to President Mugabe that he ensure free and fair elections and open the electoral process up to international observers fr [...]	2008-02-14 15:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ASEC ZI
08HARARE133	Zim Notes 2-15-2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-02-15 10:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE134	Zim Notes 2-08-2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-02-15 10:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE138	MONETARY POLICY STATEMENT PROVIDES RELIEF TO [...] (SBU) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono provided relief to the banking sector in his Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) of January 31, 2008, resolving a looming liquidity crisis, but he failed to introduce any further reforms to stabilize the deteriorating economy. Blaming "sanctions [...]	2008-02-20 11:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE140	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting with Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, the Ambassador emphasized that U.S. policy toward Zimbabwe remained constant, but that the U.S. would look favorably upon opening a dialogue with Mugabe. A positive sign would be assurances of free and fair elections. Mug [...]	2008-02-20 14:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE144	Zim Notes 02-22-2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-02-22 09:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE16	2008 ELECTIONS: STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) SADC talks are deadlocked over ZANU-PF's insistence on a March election date and refusal to implement a new constitution before elections. With internal divisions, an uneven electoral playing field, and inadequate time to prepare for elections, the MDC is faced with a Hobson's choice: p [...]	2008-01-11 10:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE162	ZIMBABWE PRINTING MONEY "AT ALL COSTS" [...] (C) Former NMB Bank Ltd Managing Director and co-founder James Mushore told econoff on February 28 that the ability of the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) to print money is key to the regime's survival. In fact, it is printing Z$24.2 trillion/day (US$1.2 million/day at the cash parallel rate) at [...]	2008-02-29 11:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ASEC ZI
08HARARE163	Zim Notes 02-29-2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-03-03 04:59:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE175	MAKONI IN FULL CAMPAIGN MODE [...] (C) Simba Makoni kicked off his campaign last weekend with a rally in Bulawayo and an endorsement from ZANU-PF insider Dumiso Dabengwa. Ibbo Mandaza, one of Makoni's principal supporters, is hopeful that General Solomon Mujuru, a Makoni backer, will also come out publicly in the coming days. [...]	2008-03-05 12:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC ZI
08HARARE18	Zim Notes January 11, 2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-01-11 10:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE180	Voter Registration: A Flawed Process [...] Newspapers and NGOs have reported in the last several weeks serious flaws in the Zimbabwean registration process which ended February 13. Anecdotal evidence corroborates these reports. Problems include absence of names of registered voters on voter rolls, ghost voters appearing on the rolls, [...]	2008-03-06 15:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
08HARARE184	Zim Notes, March 7, 2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-03-07 10:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE186	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (TIP) - ZIMBABWE [...] (U) The following is Embassy Harare's response to questions posed to Post in reftel. -------- OVERVIEW -------- -- 27 A. (SBU) Zimbabwe is a country of origin, transit, and destination for internationally trafficked men, women and children. Women and children are trafficked for labor and [...]	2008-03-10 15:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ZI ASEC
08HARARE187	ZIMBABWE - INPUT FOR CONGRESSIONALLY-MANDATED [...] In Zimbabwe, fiscal transparency and accountability exist in principle but not in practice. There is a range of legislation governing elements of government accounts, including the Finance Act Chapter 23:04, which deals with income tax, duties and license fees, and the Customs and Excise Act C [...]	2008-03-10 16:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL ZI
08HARARE197	AMBASSADOR PRESSES MUGABE EXIT WITH MUGABE [...] (C) The Ambassador on March 10 told Nicholas Goche, a Mugabe confidante who is Minister of Public Service, Labor and Social Welfare, that Zimbabwe was in a transition, and that the U.S. was willing to help Mugabe achieve a smooth exit from office. A supremely confident Goche pushed back, sta [...]	2008-03-12 14:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE200	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DUMISO DABENGWA [...] (C) According to Dumiso Dabengwa, who met with the Ambassador on March 12, Simba Makoni's candidacy is not about Makoni, but is an effort to rescue the country. Although short on money, Makoni does not want Western support for fear of being tainted in the electoral campaign as the puppet of [...]	2008-03-13 13:25:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE203	Zimbabwe input for 2008 President's report on AGOA [...] Status: Not eligible, largely for reasons related to political pluralism, economic reform, corruption, rule of law, and human rights. 2. Market Economy/Economic Reform/Elimination of Trade Barriers: The government pays lip service to Marxist economic principles but has increasingly used [...]	2008-03-14 10:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA ZI
08HARARE204	Zim Notes - March 14, 2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-03-14 10:59:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE206	ZIMBABWE'S PRE-ELECTION CONDITIONS NOT FREE AND [...] (SBU) Prospects for a free and fair election in Zimbabwe on March 29 are problematic. Voter rolls are suspect and have not been audited. Prospective voters, particularly in urban areas, have reported difficulties in registering. Voter education has been minimal. The number of polling places [...]	2008-03-14 11:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
08HARARE212	MUJURU SEEKS MUGABE'S RESIGNATION [...] (C) An advisor to General Solomon Mujuru reports that Mujuru, in a meeting March 10 with President Robert Mugabe, urged Mugabe to step down, Mugabe declined, subsequently telling the press that Mujuru supported him and not presidential candidate Simba Makoni. Mujuru is now attempting to rall [...]	2008-03-17 15:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE215	ZIM'S INDIGENIZATION BILL - A DAMAGING BUT MOST LIKELY [...] (SBU) The announcement that President Mugabe had signed the Indigenization and Economic Empowerment Act and its official publication on March 7 rocked the business community in Zimbabwe. Many businessmen had breathed a sigh of relief believing the Bill had been allowed to expire, unsigned, whe [...]	2008-03-19 08:21:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ASEC ZI
08HARARE225	ZIM NOTES MARCH 20, 2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-03-20 16:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE226	ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION AVOIDS TOUGH QUESTIONS [...] (U) The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on March 18 gave a three-hour briefing to stakeholders on the mechanics of the election process. The commission, however, left unanswered key questions on the role of the police, bias in the media, and presence of police in polling stations. END SUM [...]	2008-03-21 10:21:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ASEC ZI
08HARARE227	ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C) A recent poll conducted by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) as well as observations by Embassy pre-election teams from throughout the country indicate strong and growing support for the MDC and its president, Morgan Tsvangirai. This is due in large part to increased antipathy tow [...]	2008-03-21 11:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE228	ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C) A recent poll conducted by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) as well as observations by Embassy pre-election teams from throughout the country indicate strong and growing support for the MDC and its president, Morgan Tsvangirai. This is due in large part to increased antipathy tow [...]	2008-03-21 11:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE231	DISILLUSIONED CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBER SEEKS OUT [...] (C) The Ambassador met March 24 with Manatsa Mutasa, a member of the Central Committee from Manicaland. Immensely disillusioned with ruling party corruption and no longer supporting ZANU-PF candidates in the election, he told the Ambassador that Morgan Tsvangirai had enough countrywide suppor [...]	2008-03-27 09:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE232	POULTRY AND PATRONAGE, HOW TO MAKE MONEY IN AN [...] (C) Econoffs met with David Irvine, Managing Director of Irvine's Day Old Chicks Ltd on March 19 to discuss the business climate ahead of the elections. Irvine, who has connections to a number of pro-Mugabe Ministers, is exploiting all angles to procure the inputs needed to keep his business g [...]	2008-03-27 10:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE243	Zim Notes 03-28-2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-03-28 10:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE244	ZIMBABWE: ELECTION EVE UPDATE [...] (C) With less than 15 hours before polls open, our assessments remain essentially the same. The MDC and Morgan Tsvangirai have strong and still-growing support. Rigging SIPDIS remains the primary obstacle to a Tsvangirai victory, either on the first or second ballot. Additionally, Tsvang [...]	2008-03-28 16:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE245	ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS: ELECTION DAY [...] (U) Summary: Voting day in Zimbabwe was largely calm and peaceful. Eleven embassy observers who were spread out throughout the country were permitted to observe the vote and remain at polling stations for vote counts. In defiance of the government, the MDC told the press it would announce r [...]	2008-03-29 22:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC ZI
08HARARE246	MUGABE EXPECTED TO DECLARE VICTORY; EAC ADVISES [...] (SBU) Embassy contacts in both the MDC and ZANU-PF reported at 17:30 Sunday evening that President Mugabe was planning to declare himself the winner of Zimbabwe's presidential election. MDC sources understood the announcement was scheduled for 18:30 pm local time; ZANU-PF sources were less de [...]	2008-03-30 17:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PGOV ZI
08HARARE247	POST-ELECTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) An initial wave of euphoria, prompted by returns from polling stations indicating an MDC landslide, has morphed into concern, as further results are slow in arriving and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has not released any official results. The political opposition is expressing [...]	2008-03-30 18:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE249	HARARE CALM, RUNOFF LIKELY [...] (C) Two separate sources have told us that President Robert Mugabe, who appeared ready to have himself declared the victor yesterday, backed off in the face of large support for MDC candidate Morgan Tsvangirai and pressure from the military and within his party. It now appears that the Zimba [...]	2008-03-31 08:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE252	POST-ELECTION UPDATE: MDC CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS [...] (U) Embassy Harare lifted its Stand Fast, issued last night, this morning. Harare and the rest of the country are calm as people await the announcement of election results. 2. (U) The MDC held a press conference at 11 am. MDC secretary general Tendai Biti announced that the MDC had SIP [...]	2008-03-31 12:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE254	ZANU-PF PLANS VOTE-RIGGED VICTORY OR COUP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two contacts with direct access to the ZANU-PF security apparatus told us the night of March 31 that ZANU-PF is in the process of rigging the election and will have the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) announce that President Robert Mugabe has won reelection with over 51 perc [...]	2008-04-01 07:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE255	AMBASSADOR CONFRONTS GONO ON RIGGING [...] (C) The Ambassador has talked with Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono twice within the last 12 hours. He confronted Gono with information (Reftel) that a coterie of ZANU-PF officials was rigging the election for Mugabe. (We inadvertently omitted Gono's name in Reftel). Gono denied the alleg [...]	2008-04-01 09:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE256	THE END GAME [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-01 11:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE259	SITUATION REPORT: TSVANGIRAI'S STATEMENT ON [...] (U) MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai, making his first public appearance since the March 29 election, addressed diplomats and reporters the evening of April 1. In a statement, Tsvangirai thanked the Zimbabwean people for their efforts in going to the polls, spoke about the hardships they had [...]	2008-04-02 06:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE26	MBEKI SEEKS FINAL AGREEMENT ON SADC TALKS [...] (C) MDC sources have told us that South African president Thabo Mbeki will travel to Harare Thursday to meet with Robert Mugabe and attempt to conclude an agreement between ZANU-PF and the MDC. Mbeki reportedly met personally with ZANU-PF negotiators over the weekend in South Africa. The mo [...]	2008-01-16 14:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE261	SITUATION REPORT: MDC POSTPONES ANNOUNCEMENT OF [...] (C) The MDC postponed a planned 10 am announcement of its own election tally until later today. President Morgan Tsvangirai's assistant, who has been coordinating the SIPDIS collection of results, told us the MDC's calculation is that Tsvangirai has won 50.3 percent of the vote. He also s [...]	2008-04-02 09:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE266	SITUATION REPORT: A WIN OR A RUNOFF? MDC REVEALS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 2, the opposition MDC held a press conference to announce its final internal vote tabulation from the March 29 national elections. According to the MDC, Morgan Tsvangirai, with 50.3 percent of the vote and a 2.4 percent margin of error, beat out President Mugabe, who rec [...]	2008-04-02 17:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ZI ASEC
08HARARE267	SITUATION REPORT: TSVANGIRAI DISCUSSES RUNOFF WITH [...] (C) MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai requested a meeting with the Ambassador after the MDC briefing (Septel) on election results. Tsvangirai explained that yesterday the MDC had negotiated with emissaries of President Robert Mugabe and had reached a tentative deal. Mugabe had agreed to conce [...]	2008-04-02 17:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE268	SITUATION REPORT: EAC DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Harare EAC met on April 2 to discuss scenarios that could ensue once election results are announced. DCM chaired the meeting, which was attended by RSO, RPOL, POL, PAS, CONS, AID, DAO, MGT, and CDC. The EAC considered a runoff the most probable outcome at the moment, but ackno [...]	2008-04-02 17:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI
08HARARE269	A CREDIBLE PROCESS? ELECTION OBSERVERS WEIGH IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the days following Zimbabwe,s national election, two independent observation missions -- SADC and the Pan African Parliament (PAP) -- released preliminary evaluations of the election. Despite noting serious irregularities in the pre-electoral environment, both missions deemed t [...]	2008-04-02 17:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI ASEC
08HARARE270	EMBASSY HARARE ELECTION OBSERVATIONS: A POSITIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Harare deployed 11 teams to observe elections on March 29; all reported that voting took place in a calm and orderly manner. Observer teams were generally well-received at polling stations and throughout the different constituencies, including ruling party strongholds. [...]	2008-04-03 15:40:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC ZI
08HARARE273	HISTORIC RESULTS IN, OPPOSITION WINS MAJORITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: For the first time in the country's 28 year history, ZANU-PF will not control the House of Assembly. After five days of slowly releasing results, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) finally announced the winners of the remaining seats. Of the 210 seats, MDC Tsvangirai formati [...]	2008-04-03 15:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC ZI
08HARARE274	IN THE ABSENCE OF RESULTS, RUMORS: THE STATE MEDIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Four days after Zimbabwe's national election, presidential and senate results have yet to be announced, but rumors abound. The government-run newspaper, The Herald, dedicated much of its April 2 issue to post)election propaganda. In what appears to be an attempt to manage expec [...]	2008-04-03 16:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
08HARARE275	SITUATION REPORT: PENDULUM SWINGS FROM RUNOFF TO [...] (C) Harare has remained quiet throughout the day April 3, but the rumor mill has continued to churn. Late in the morning Post contacts reported that ZANU-PF was preparing to pull out all the stops to assure itself victory in a runoff. Shortly after, usually well-informed contacts told us that [...]	2008-04-03 17:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
08HARARE277	Reading the Tea Leaves in Zimbabwe: Troubled Times [...] (U) Production is down at Zimbabwe's two largest tea estates in the face of a severe labor shortage and lack of foreign exchange for inputs. In addition, the move to mechanization has reduced tea leaf quality and the amount of exportable product. Both estates have sought deals to improve the [...]	2008-04-04 11:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE278	SITUATION REPORT: WAITING GAME OR END GAME? THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Six days after Zimbabwe's national elections, the waiting game for official results continues amid rumors of a runoff, escalating tensions, and hopes for a peaceful end to the political crisis. On April 4, opposition presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai updated the diplomat [...]	2008-04-04 11:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
08HARARE279	SITUATION REPORT: HARARE EAC EVALUATES SITUATION, [...] (U) Embassy Harare EAC met on April 4 to review events of the last 24 hours and determine whether any adjustments are required in Post's security posture or in guidance to American citizens. DCM chaired the meeting. 2. (C) Poloff reviewed the current situation. He told EAC that a Zimbabwe [...]	2008-04-04 13:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI
08HARARE280	THE TALE OF TWO U.S. COMPANIES' EXIT FROM ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) In the past several months both Colgate-Palmolive and Johnson & Johnson have shut down their local production facilities, driven out by corporate prohibitions on dealing in the parallel foreign exchange market, ever-shifting monetary policy including a punishing rate of forex retention, [...]	2008-04-04 13:21:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE281	Zim Notes 04-04-2008 [...] Zim Notes is a compendium of political & economic news items from Zimbabwe. ZIM NOTES IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. This newsletter is produced by the Political/Economic Section of Embassy Harare. It is intended to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. S [...]	2008-04-04 14:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE282	SITUATION REPORT: ONE WEEK LATER: TSVANGIRAI CALLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY One week after election day, in the wake of a government crackdown on international journalists and NGO staff, opposition presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai held a press conference to reiterate his call for the Zimbabwean Electoral Commission (ZEC) to announce the official [...]	2008-04-05 15:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC ZI
08HARARE287	SITUATION REPORT: ZIMBABWE CALM AS HIGH COURT [...] (SBU) Harare's residents remain calm and continue to go about daily activities despite entering a ninth day of waiting for the results of Zimbabwe's presidential contest. The High Court ruled on April 7 that it does have jurisdiction in a petition brought by the opposition MDC to compel the Zi [...]	2008-04-07 15:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM CASC ZI
08HARARE291	A ZANU-PF SENATE CAN DELAY, BUT NOT STOP LEGISLATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) announced final results for the 60 Senate seats contested with ZANU-PF winning 30 seats, MDC Tsvangirai 24 seats, and MDC Mutambara 6 seats. In addition to the 60 contested seats, there are 33 Senate seats filled by appointment, as follows: [...]	2008-04-08 14:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC ZI
08HARARE294	NEW WAVE OF COMMERCIAL FARM INVASIONS [...] (SBU) According to Commercial Farmers' Union (CFU) President Trevor Gifford, 45 white-owned commercial farms in the provinces of Masvingo and Mashonaland have come under siege since April 5. Mobs have forced most of the farmers off their property in a move apparently centrally orchestrated by [...]	2008-04-08 16:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAGR PGOV ZI ECON
08HARARE295	SITUATION REPORT: STILL NO RESULTS [...] (C) The High Court Judge hearing the MDC's application to force the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to announce electoral results ruled today that the matter was "urgent" and began hearing the merits of the case. A decision is expected as early as tomorrow; attorneys for the MDC are not [...]	2008-04-08 16:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
08HARARE296	"RELAUNCHING REVOLUTION": ZANU RHETORIC INTSENSIFIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With results for Zimbabwe's March 29 presidential election still unknown, the government mouthpiece The Herald continued its runoff campaign rhetoric in its April 8 edition. In articles on the arrest of electoral commission officials for prejudicing ruling party results, land r [...]	2008-04-08 16:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC ZI
08HARARE307	SITUATION REPORT: STILL WAITING IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) A hearing on the MDC's application in the High Court to compel the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) to release presidential poll results continued today as the judge considered the merits of the case. The attorney for the MDC, Alec Muchadehama, told us he was confident the results ha [...]	2008-04-09 13:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC CASC ZI
08HARARE308	ZIMBABWE ELECTION IRREGULARITIES IN MT. DARWIN [...] (C) Raphael Shanya, campaign manager for and father of Joseph Shanya, the MDC Mutambara House of Assembly candidate for Mt. Darwin West constituency in Mashonaland Central province, reported to PolOffs on April 7 several problems their campaign had encountered on Election Day. His primary con [...]	2008-04-09 15:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM ASEC ZI
08HARARE309	HARARE EAC MEETS ON 4/9 TO REVIEW CURRENT SITUATION [...] (C) The Harare EAC reconvened on April 9, to evaluate the current situation, with particular focus on reports that ZANU-PF is planning a campaign of intimidation in rural areas. Ambassador McGee chaired the meeting; present were the DCM, RSO and representatives from POL, DAO, CONS, USAID, MGT [...]	2008-04-10 10:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI
08HARARE310	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GENERAL SOLOMON MUJURU [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on April 10, General Solomon Mujuru gave no hint of his commonly-known differences with President Robert Mugabe, and little indication that Mugabe would consider stepping down. He acknowledged that sanctions (understood to be targeted and intern [...]	2008-04-10 11:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
08HARARE313	SITUATION REPORT: MDC REJECTS RECOUNT, LOOKS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ten days after Zimbabwe's national elections, with results of the presidential contest still outstanding, the Ambassador confirmed the intention of MDC presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai, currently in Botswana, to travel with President Khama to Lusaka for the April 12-13 em [...]	2008-04-10 11:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC ZI
08HARARE314	SITUATION REPORT: POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE SURGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the past week, ZANU-PF has stepped-up a post-election campaign of retaliatory violence and intimidation throughout the country. Security forces and ardent ZANU-PF supporters, mainly war veterans and youth militia -- some armed with weapons -- have targeted opposition party org [...]	2008-04-10 11:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PHUM PGOV CASC KDEM ZI
08HARARE316	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TANZANIAN AMBASSADOR TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-10 13:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
08HARARE317	DISILLUSIONED CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBER FORESEES [...] (C) Disillusioned Central Committee member Manatsa Mutasa told us that the Politburo recognized MDC Tsvangirai had won 48 percent of the presidential vote against Mugabe's 43 percent. Consequently, the ruling party had begun a campaign of violence, spearheaded by Minister Oppah Muchinguri, Dep [...]	2008-04-10 15:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE323	ZIM NOTES April 11, 2008 [...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - Election Results Still Pending - Regional Engagement On Zimbabwe - Electoral Commission Under Fire - Post-Election Surge In Violence And Intimidation - *Zimbabwe Dollar Dives - Punitive New Income Tax Bands, Higher Rates, And Steep Increase In S [...]	2008-04-11 11:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE324	PUBLIC BLAMES ZANU-PF AND SANCTIONS FOR DIRE STATE [...] (U) The presentation on April 8, 2007 of the results of round two of the Mass Public Opinion Institute's (MPOI) national survey on "The Zimbabwe Economy and People's Survival Strategies," carried out in December 2007, revealed greater pessimism over the state of the economy and personal levels [...]	2008-04-11 11:45:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE327	SITUATION REPORT: MDC CALLS ELECTIONS A SLOW [...] (U) At a press conference on April 14, MDC-Tsvangirai Vice President Thokozani Khupe called the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission,s (ZEC) continued withholding of presidential results and the announcement of recounts in 23 constituencies a "slow moving coup." Additionally, Khupe sounded an alarm [...]	2008-04-14 16:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PHUM PGOV KDEM ZI
08HARARE328	MDC WARNS OF BOYCOTT [...] (C) MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador on April 15 that the MDC leadership is meeting to consider options but, given escalating levels of violence, an election boycott is likely. Tsvangirai advisor and South African businessman Strive Masiyiwa had also told the Ambassador the [...]	2008-04-15 15:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
08HARARE329	TREVOR NCUBE ON THE ZIMBABWEAN CRISIS [...] (C) ZANU-PF had placed itself in a difficult position, newspaper publisher Trevor Ncube, an ally of Simba Makoni, told the Ambassador on April 14. The only way it can win a runoff election is through fear and violence, but a victory under these circumstances will not be accepted by SADC. SAD [...]	2008-04-15 15:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
08HARARE330	TSVANGIRAI TO RETURN TO HARARE; ANNOUNCE ELECTION [...] (C) MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai called the Ambassador on April 16 and said he was traveling to Lusaka today to meet with Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa. He planned to request that SADC replace South African President Thabo Mbeki with another chief mediator. He also intended to raise th [...]	2008-04-16 11:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
08HARARE331	SITUATION REPORT: POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE CONTINUES [...] (U) The MDC-Tsvangirai party and human rights groups have reported a massive surge in political violence orchestrated by senior regime insiders. Soldiers, police, war veterans, and youth militia have been deployed to rural areas to thrash the electorate into submission and to intimidate the o [...]	2008-04-16 11:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PHUM PGOV KDEM ZI
08HARARE337	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SIMBA MAKONI [...] (C) In an introductory meeting with the Ambassador on April 15, Simba Makoni floated the idea of a government of national unity (GNU). Makoni believes another election is unworkable. He presented the idea of a GNU to leaders at the Lusaka SADC Summit in the presence of MDC President Morgan [...]	2008-04-16 13:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI

08HARARE34	HARARE 2008 BFIF PROJECT PROPOSAL [...] (U) Embassy Harare proposes to draw on the Business Facilitation and Incentive Fund (BFIF) to support a sequel to successful previous BFIF-funded "Just Business" fora (Refs A and B). ---------------------------- "Just Business" Forum Sequel ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) Post [...]	2008-01-17 13:40:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD AMGT BEXP ECON ETRD ZI
08HARARE345	ZIM NOTES April 17, 2008 [...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - Still No Election Results, Court Rebuffs Opposition Demand - Post-Election Violence Spreads, One Confirmed Death - Scores of Opposition Arrested - An Analytic Note On Violence - Opposition "Stay-In" a Flop - UN Security Council Deliberates Over Z [...]	2008-04-17 15:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE359	STATE-SPONSORED VIOLENCE CONTINUES; VICTIMS [...] (U) Gangs of war veterans and ZANU-PF youth continue a state-sponsored terror campaign in rural areas burning homes, beating opposition supporters in public, and forcing attendance at ZANU-PF rallies. ZANU-PF thugs, and some security forces, are also victimizing and intimidating urban opposit [...]	2008-04-23 07:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
08HARARE361	SPOTTING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN ZIMBABWE'S RUINS [...] (U) In the midst of Zimbabwe's distressed economy, some investors see opportunity that the risk averse abandoned long ago. Banking on economic recovery and attracted to Zimbabwe's cheap price tags, investors are looking at sectors with international links or those that will benefit from an inc [...]	2008-04-23 12:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE363	SURVIVOR ZIMBABWE: HOW BUSINESS COPES [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 14:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE364	STATE MEDIA USES HATE LANGUAGE AGAINST OPPOSITION [...] SUMMARY: State media used the 28th Anniversary of Zimbabwe's independence to continue its campaign against the opposition by broadcasting hate messages labeling the MDC's self-proclaimed victory in the presidential election "treasonous" and a reversal of 1980's independence. The government-con [...]	2008-04-23 14:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV OPRC ZI
08HARARE365	CHEVRON AND BP RE-THINK THEIR ZIMBABWE OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Chevron had no plans to divest its downstream interests in Southern Africa, Chevron's Country Representative Masimba Kambarami told econoff on April 16, when asked about the company's divestment plans elsewhere in Africa (reftel). Southern Africa was a key market for the company and the [...]	2008-04-24 12:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE366	COCA COLA, HAMMERED BUT IN ZIMBABWE TO STAY [...] (U) Coca Cola is in Zimbabwe for the long haul, but the company and its bottlers are plagued by the problems of labor retention, access to foreign exchange, sugar procurement, punitive price controls, and power and water outages. A senior executive believed that the technical state of the bot [...]	2008-04-24 12:27:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE367	ZIMBABWE STATE OF PLAY--NO LIGHT AT THE END OF THE [...] (C) The exuberance that greeted election returns over three weeks ago has given way to despair and fear among many in the wake of a seemingly interminable delay in announcement of election results and ZANU-PF orchestrated and pervasive violence. While regional and international focus has been [...]	2008-04-24 12:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
08HARARE376	ZIM NOTES April 25, 2008 [...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - Signals or Smoke Screen, State-Media Floats Idea of Government of National Unity - No End To Post-Election Violence - Recount Results Trickle In - UN Human Rights Officials Visit Harare - Chinese Ship With Arms For Zimbabwe On Its Way Home - G [...]	2008-04-25 13:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE38	NO BREAKTHROUGH FROM MBEKI VISIT [...] (C) MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai called Ambassador in Bulawayo and met with DCM on January 18 to brief on the Mbeki visit to Zimbabwe (reftels). Tsvangirai confirmed that Mbeki had offered three options for implementing a new constitution before elections: hold a referendum on the agreed draft [...]	2008-01-18 10:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
08HARARE380	FIRSTHAND INFORMATION ON TORTURE BASES IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Post received firsthand information about the establishment by the military of torture bases across the country for punishing perceived regime opponents. The administrator of the Tengenenge sculpture village in Mashonaland Central village recounted to emboff on April 26 the brutal beating [...]	2008-04-29 15:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC ECON ZI
08HARARE389	HARARE: EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS POST ELECTION [...] (SBU) Embassy Harare's EAC met on April 30 to review the situation and the mission's security posture. The DCM chaired the meeting; In attendance were representatives from RSO, DAO, CONS, USAID, MGT, R/POL, CDC, GSO, MED, CLO and MSG. 2. (SBU) DCM explained that the Zimbabwe Electoral C [...]	2008-05-02 09:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI
08HARARE395	HUMANITARIAN SITUATION INTENSIFIES DRAMATICALLY WITH [...] In October 2007, then- Charge d'Affaires Kathy Dhanani renewed the complex emergency disaster declaration for Zimbabwe based on the continuing effects of poor governance on the most vulnerable segments of the population (Ref). Post draws attention to the rapidly declining and new, violent natu [...]	2008-05-05 07:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PGOV KHIV ZI
08HARARE397	Zim Notes 5/2/2008 [...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - Presidential Election Results Still Pending - MDC Reconciliation - Violence Continues - Winter School Term Begins - Ambassador Warns Perpetrators of Violence - SADC Tribunal Sets Date To Hear White Zimbabwean Farmers' Case - HIFA 2008 Kicks [...]	2008-05-05 11:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN ZI
08HARARE40	Zim Notes January 18, 2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-01-22 07:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE405	2008 QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - QUARTER 1 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 11:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ZI
08HARARE408	AMBASSADOR HOSTS MEETING ON VIOLENCE [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted a meeting with SADC ambassadors and representatives on May 7 to discuss the growing violence in Zimbabwe. He showed a video prepared by the Solidarity Peace Trust, which contains statements of violence victims and graphic images. Members of a USAID team that had tr [...]	2008-05-07 14:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
08HARARE413	HARARE: EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS TARGETED VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Embassy Harare's EAC met on May 8 to review the political situation and the Mission's security posture. The Ambassador chaired the meeting. In attendance were representatives from RSO, POL/ECON, CONS, USAID, MGT, R/POL, CDC, GSO, IMO, CLO and MSG. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador explained [...]	2008-05-08 15:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI
08HARARE414	HARARE: EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS TARGETED VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Embassy Harare's EAC met on May 8 to review the political situation and the Mission's security posture. The Ambassador chaired the meeting. In attendance were representatives from RSO, POL/ECON, CONS, USAID, MGT, R/POL, CDC, GSO, IMO, CLO and MSG. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador explained [...]	2008-05-08 15:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI
08HARARE416	LIBERALIZED FOREX TRADING, PLUS MORE PATCHES FROM [...] (SBU) Against the background of an ever worsening economic crisis, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono announced his Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for the first quarter of 2008 on April 30. The objectives of the MPS are noble, but the measures are more of the same, with the exceptio [...]	2008-05-09 10:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
08HARARE417	ZIM NOTES May 9, 2008 [...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - It's Official, MDC Tops ZANU-PF In Presidential Poll - Recount Of Parliament Vote Confirms Initial Results - MDC Reconciliation - Violence Continues - More Violent Farm Invasions - Ambassador Hosts Meeting On Violence - SADC Investigates Viole [...]	2008-05-09 10:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN ZI
08HARARE42	GOZ BANS MDC MARCH; MDC PLANS TO GO AHEAD [...] (U) After granting written permission on January 18 for an MDC march on Wendesday, planned to protest the GOZ's refusal to implement a new constitution before elections and to postpone the electiond date, police yesterday rescinded approval. Police justified their action by claiming oppositi [...]	2008-01-22 14:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PGOV ZI
08HARARE432	AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) The most significant crisis facing Zimbabwe today is the ongoing ZANU-PF-directed campaign of violence. Over the last week, the Ambassador has publicly highlighted this violence through a visit to a local hospital on May 9 where approximately 40 victims were being treated, a letter to t [...]	2008-05-15 15:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
08HARARE44	CASH CRISIS PERSISTS, DESPITE NEW NOTES [...] (SBU) After a series of policy flip-flops over Zimbabwe's ongoing cash crisis, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono released new, much higher denominated notes into the cash-starved market on January 19. The new notes and higher daily cash withdrawal limits have failed, however, to sol [...]	2008-01-23 09:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
08HARARE440	ZIM NOTES 5-16-2008 [...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - Moving Toward Presidential Runoff Date - Ambassador Highlights Violence - Police Storm Anglican Church During Communion - Let Me See Your "Movement Permit" - Labor Leaders Still Detained - Zimbabwe Ranks 186th Of 195 Countries In Press Freedo [...]	2008-05-16 10:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN ZI
08HARARE447	GOZ SLAMS TANZANIA OVER VIOLENCE OBSERVATION TRIP [...] (C) Polecon chief spoke May 20 with Theobald Kazora, the number two in the Tanzanian embassy in Harare, who accompanied the Ambassador on his trip May 13 to visit a "torture camp" and hospitals in rural Mashonaland East. 2. (C) Kazora said he elected to accept the Ambassador's invitation [...]	2008-05-20 12:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE45	AMBASSADOR TAKES POLITICAL PULSE IN BULAWAYO [...] (C) On his first trip to Bulawayo (Zimbabwe's second largest city),the Ambassador met with leading opposition political figures and civil society leaders to gauge attitudes toward upcoming elections. They uniformly told him that an MDC victory in March was highly unlikely. Paul Themba Nyat [...]	2008-01-23 13:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE453	HARARE STATE OF PLAY--UPDATE [...] (C) Stung by its defeat in the March 29 elections and uncertain about the future, ruling party ZANU-PF has evolved a strategy which it believes will allow it to maintain power. The essential elements are a campaign of terror in rural areas to weaken and intimidate the opposition, targeted at [...]	2008-05-22 11:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE454	TSVANGIRAI ASKS MWANAWASA FOR SADC ASSISTANCE [...] (C) MDC advisor Strive Masiyiwa told the Ambassador on May 22 that he and MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai had met May 21 in Lusaka with Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa and other high-ranking Zambian officials. Tsvangirai requested that SADC convene an emergency summit to discuss the security [...]	2008-05-22 12:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE457	HARARE EAC MEETS TO REVIEW TRAVEL AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Embassy Harare's EAC met on May 22 to review the political situation, including the confirmation of the announcement of the election runoff date of June 27, the current Travel Alert, and the Mission's security posture. The Ambassador chaired the meeting. In attendance were representati [...]	2008-05-23 07:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AMGT CASC PREL PHUM ZI
08HARARE459	RICH PLATINUM CLAIMS CHANGE HANDS IN HUSH-HUSH [...] (C) Mining giant Anglo American ceded to the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) close to 30 percent of its platinum claims on the Great Dyke in an agreement signed on March 23, 2008. In return, it will receive a special mining lease that allows it to hold offshore foreign exchange earnings from its [...]	2008-05-23 10:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV PGOV ASEC MASS ZI CH RS
08HARARE46	MDC'S BITI ON SADC FAILURE, MDC RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Tsvangirai faction secretary general Tendai Biti told Polecon chief on January 21 that South African president Mbeki, after four hours of meetings with President Mugabe and two hours with MDC president organ Tsvangirai on January 17, had failed to brek [...]	2008-01-23 13:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE462	ZIM NOTES May 23, 2008 [...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - Tsvangirai to Return - ZANU-PF Strategy To Maintain Power And Considerations of a GNU - A Compendium Of Violence - Media Crackdown - Two Union Leaders Released On Bail, Another Arrested - Bishop Kunonga Excommunicated - Police Officer Fined Fo [...]	2008-05-23 11:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ZI
08HARARE463	MEDIA CRACKDOWN: INTIMIDATION INCREASES AHEAD OF RUNOFF [...] SUMMARY: Alongside the ongoing ZANU-PF directed violence in advance of Zimbabwe's June 27 presidential election runoff, the Mugabe regime's crack down on dissenting opinion is increasingly targeting the independent media and even those within the state media who favor more balanced coverage. Ac [...]	2008-05-27 13:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ZI
08HARARE468	CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Per Ref A request, the following information is provided on Zimbabwe-Chinese relations. China's engagement in Zimbabwe covers economic, commercial, political and military spheres. Economic ties are strongest in the construction, agriculture, and mining sectors, but actual investment has [...]	2008-05-28 11:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAGR EMIN EFIN ETRD EINV MARR CH ZI ASEC
08HARARE47	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO BE [...] (SBU) Beginning his outreach to Zimbabwe's beleaguered business community, on January 17 Ambassador challenged members of the American Business Association of Zimbabwe (ABAZ) to be more energetic in bringing about peaceful change in Zimbabwe. Speaking at the monthly meeting of ABAZ, he said [...]	2008-01-23 14:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ZI
08HARARE470	WITH TSVANGIRAI HOME, OPPOSITION RETURNS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 27, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai, who recently returned from a lengthy trip to South Africa focused on regional diplomacy, held a press conference to share his perspective on the current situation in Zimbabwe and outline h [...]	2008-05-28 14:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE473	TSVANGIRAI, MAKONI DIVIDE ON VIOLENCE, ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 29, opposition presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai and former independent candidate Simba Makoni held separate briefings in which they discussed violence, the June 27 run-off election, and their perspectives on a government of national unity (GNU). Significant differe [...]	2008-05-29 15:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE474	VIOLENCE BEATING DOWN VOTER OPTIMISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to Mashonaland East, scene of post-election violence, Embassy officers interviewed religious leaders, doctors, and one victim of the post-election violence. While reluctant to speak freely, these Zimbabweans expressed dismay and frustration at the growing violenc [...]	2008-06-02 12:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE475	ZIMBABWE - GOZ SUSPENDS CARE ACTIVITIES [...] (U) After months of harassment of the non-governmental organization (NGO) CARE's staff by "war veterans," military and other officials, Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) Minister Nicholas Goche informed CARE on May 28 to immediately suspend its operations. Goche accused CARE staff of meddling in p [...]	2008-06-02 13:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PGOV KHIV PREL ZI
08HARARE477	ZIM NOTES 5-30-2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 13:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECOM ZI
08HARARE478	NEW MDC MP FEARS FOR SAFETY, HOPES FOR ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly elected MDC MP for Mutasa South, Michek Kagurabadzwa is in hiding, fearing arrest and detention. Press reports indicate that five MDC MPs have been jailed in recent weeks. Despite the ongoing violence in the countryside, including in his own constituency, Kagurabadzwa rem [...]	2008-06-02 15:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE479	WOZA: THANK YOU MARCH FOR ZAMBIAN SUPPORT LEADS TO [...] (SBU) Between 500 and 600 members of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) and Men of Zimbabwe Arise (MOZA),held a peaceful mid-day march on Wednesday May 29 in downtown Harare, which was broken up by police. According to the WOZA communications officer, the march was to protest the current post-e [...]	2008-06-02 15:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZM
08HARARE482	TSVANGIRAI OUTLINES GOALS FOR MDC-LED PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 30, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai addressed MDC Members of Parliament (MPs),outlining his initiatives for parliament. Describing his goals as the "Restore Hope Campaign," he laid out a number of ambitious initiatives int [...]	2008-06-03 17:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE486	ELECTORAL VIOLENCE HITS HOME: TENS OF THOUSANDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to independent international organizations, as many as 20-30 thousand Zimbabweans have been displaced due to electoral violence since the March 29 elections, with many more likely unreported. A senior official with one humanitarian provider reports that access to areas i [...]	2008-06-04 11:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE487	LOCAL ELECTION OBSERVERS READY, WAITING FOR [...] (C) In a meeting with a Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) official on June 3, ZESN appeared confident and prepared to mobilize efforts to deploy observers throughout the country for the June 27 Presidential runoff. On June 2, ZESN submitted their list of about 10,000 proposed observers [...]	2008-06-04 14:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE489	ZIM VIOLENCE INCREASING AND MORE SEVERE [...] (C) The Zimbabwean director of the Counseling Services Unit (CSU) describes the increasingly severe and numerous injuries inflicted on Zimbabwean citizens as the worst violence Zimbabwe has seen since CSU's opening in 1993. Describing the increased use of weapons and severe beatings, Dr. Franc [...]	2008-06-06 09:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE490	ZIM NOTES June 6, 2008 [...] SUMMARY --------------- Topics of the week: - U.S. Diplomats, Staff, Detained and Harassed By Police - Gov Suspends Field Operations of All NGOs - United Opposition Unlikely - Public Unenthusiastic About GNU - Senior MDC Officials Released - Violence Spurs Internal Displacement - Yout [...]	2008-06-06 11:38:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ZI
08HARARE491	HARARE EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS DETENTION OF EMBASSY [...] (SBU) The Harare Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on June 6 to review the detention of Embassy employees that occurred on June 5 (SEPTEL) and the need for additional security precautions as a result of the incident. The EAC agreed that the fact-finding and observation missions in the [...]	2008-06-06 14:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI
08HARARE492	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GIDEON GONO [...] (C) Gideon Gono, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ),told the Ambassador on June 4 that President Robert Mugabe has prostate cancer that has metastasized and, according to doctors, will cause his death in three to five years. According to Gono, Mugabe's doctor had recommended he [...]	2008-06-06 14:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE493	U.S. DIPLOMATS AND STAFF DETAINED BY ZIM SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5, five U.S. diplomats and two locally employed staff (LES),accompanied at times by British diplomats, were detained, harassed, and threatened by government security forces, military, police, and "war veterans" during a pre-election assessment trip in Mashonaland Ce [...]	2008-06-06 16:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE494	RETALIATION AGAINST MDC ACTIVISTS, CANDIDATES FOR [...] (C) Four women, one man and three children under the age of two were arrested and three homes were raided in Bindura after a visit by American and British diplomats on June 5. About six hours after the June 5 visit, a female MDC Councilor and an MDC activist were arrested at the Councilor's r [...]	2008-06-06 16:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE500	ZANU-PF AND MDC DISCUSS GNU [...] (C) Welshman Ncube briefed polecon chief June 11 on talks between ZANU-PF and the MDC directed at a government of national unity (GNU). According to Ncube, the talks have the blessing of both Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai and envisage a "Kenyan" soluti [...]	2008-06-11 15:24:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE503	ZIMBABWE SUSPENDS ALL NGO ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) On June 5, Zimbabwe's Minister of Public Service, Labor and Social Welfare (MPSLSW) Nicolas Goche issued a letter addressed to all Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Private Voluntary Organizations (PVOs) advising them to "suspend all field operations until further notice." (See [...]	2008-06-13 10:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PGOV KHIV PREL ZI
08HARARE509	AMBASSADOR PROTESTS FOOD THEFT AND TREATMENT OF U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 10 Ambassador McGee and USAID Director Karen Freeman called upon Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Joey Bimha. The agenda included three points: 1) to protest the treatment of U.S. diplomats during a recent confrontation with the police in Bindura; 2) to cl [...]	2008-06-13 12:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
08HARARE510	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO MASHONALAND EAST [...] (SBU) On June 12, 2008, Ambassador McGee, the Dutch Charge d'Affaires, two poloffs, RSO, DATT, and three FSNs visited two locations in Mashonaland East Province: a Church of Christ mission hospital in Nhowe and the town of Mutoko, about 120km east of Harare. The trip confirmed significantly [...]	2008-06-13 14:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE512	ZIM VIOLENCE AND ARRESTS, IN DETAIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Mugabe regime's political crackdown ahead of the June 27 presidential run-off is increasingly targeting opposition leadership. On June 12, presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai was twice detained by police while attempting to campaign, bringing the total to four deten [...]	2008-06-16 04:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE513	ZIM VIOLENCE AND ARRESTS, IN DETAIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Mugabe regime's political crackdown ahead of the June 27 presidential run-off is increasingly targeting opposition leadership. On June 12, presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai was twice detained by police while attempting to campaign, bringing the total to four detention [...]	2008-06-16 04:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE515	RETALIATION CONTINUES. WILL SADC SEE? [...] (C) ZANU-PF MPs and thugs continue to attack MDC supporters and their families in Bindura in retaliation for a U.S. delegation visit on June 5. The brother of the losing MP in Bindura, Philip Mabika, called on poloff on June 17 to report an attack on his elderly parents at their home in Bind [...]	2008-06-19 13:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE517	HARARE HIT HARD: ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN THE CAPITAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With reports of ZANU-PF-led electoral violence escalating near the capital city, on June 18 Ambassador McGee and Emboffs toured the high-density Harare neighborhood of Epworth to investigate abuses, evaluate the presence of security forces, and gauge receptiveness to pre-electio [...]	2008-06-19 13:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE519	UN ENVOY BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON ZIMBABWE VISIT [...] (C) Haile Menkerios, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, briefed western diplomats, including the Ambassador, June 17 on his mission to Zimbabwe, and specifically on a meeting earlier in the day with President Robert Mugabe. Menkerios said he came away from the [...]	2008-06-19 13:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE520	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SADC OBSERVATION LEADER [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met June 17 with Tanki Mothae, director of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence, and Security Affairs. Mothae is currently heading the SADC observers in Zimbabwe. 2. (C) Mothae said there were currently close to 200 SADC observers in Zimbabwe; SADC had committed to 35 [...]	2008-06-19 13:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE522	HIDDEN HUNGER AT HARVEST HOUSE: THOUSANDS OF IDPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two months after the start of a government-led campaign of violence, as many as 2,400 homeless and hungry Zimbabweans, including at least 471 children, many of whom are ill, continue to seek sanctuary at Harvest House, the opposition MDC's Harare headquarters. On June 19, pol [...]	2008-06-20 09:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE525	SADC ELECTION BRIEFING [...] (C) Tanki Mothae, Director of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence, and Security Affairs (SADC Organ) and current head of the SADC observer mission briefed Western diplomats June 20 on SADC's perception of the pre-election environment. He believes that Zimbabwe is failing to comply with SADC [...]	2008-06-20 12:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE526	ZIM NOTES June 20, 2008 [...] SUMMARY --------------- Topics of the week: - Harare Hit by Electoral Violence - Ambassador Meets SADC Observer Leader - Retaliation for Diplomats' Visit - MDC Secretary General Faces Treason Charges - NGOs Still Suspended - Hidden and Hungry at Harvest House - Secretary Rice Talks Zi [...]	2008-06-20 12:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ZI
08HARARE527	SCARCITY OF MDC POLLING AGENTS BODES ILL FOR [...] (C) Recently elected Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) MP from Gutu South, Eliphas Mukonoweshuro, called on poloff to request help financing burial arrangements and coffins for six MDC activists who were killed recently in his constituency. He related that SADC and Pan African Parliament [...]	2008-06-20 13:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE530	MDC PULLS OUT OF ELECTION [...] (C) A day after telling the Ambassador the MDC intended to participate in the June 27 runoff election, MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai on June 22 announced the MDC would boycott the election. Tsvangirai told the press and diplomats at a later briefing that continuing violence against the pop [...]	2008-06-23 14:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE531	MISGUIDED POLICIES SPAWN ACUTE BREAD SHORTAGE [...] (U) Bread shortages have reappeared as Zimbabwe's wheat and flour stocks collapse. Wheat production has been declining since the commercial farm invasions of 2000. While farm takeovers and low prices explained much of the poor wheat output in the early 2000s, in more recent years, shortages o [...]	2008-06-23 15:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PGOV ZI
08HARARE532	BITI MISTREATED IN JAIL, DENIED BAIL [...] (SBU) The Movement for Democratic Change's (MDC) Secretary General, Tendai Biti, appeared in a Harare court on June 17, 18 and 19 where he was charged with four counts, including treason, which carries the death penalty. Lawyers lodged 11 complaints against the State for his treatment in jai [...]	2008-06-23 16:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE533	OPPOSITION HEADQUARTERS RAIDED AGAIN [...] (SBU) On June 23, MDC opposition headquarters, located in a downtown Harare building known as Harvest House, was raided by police, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) were seized for the second time since the March 29 national election (reftel). Acting on reports from local sources that [...]	2008-06-23 16:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE535	HARARE: EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS RUNOFF ELECTION [...] (SBU) The Harare EAC convened on June 23 to review continued ZANU-PF violence within Harare and throughout Zimbabwe. Ambassador McGee led a discussion concerning the current level of violence and what the Embassy anticipates will occur in light of opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai's wit [...]	2008-06-24 14:39:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	AMGT ASEC CASC PREL ZI
08HARARE544	HARARE: ESTH OFFICER DATA [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-25 13:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AMGT ZI
08HARARE545	HARARE - ESTH OFFICER DATA [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-25 14:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AMGT ZI
08HARARE546	HARARE: OBSERVERS' PERSPECTIVES CONTRAST SHARPLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of a unanimous UN Security Council statement noting concern over politically-motivated violence in Zimbabwe and the announcement by opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai that he will not participate in the June 27 presidential run-off, poloffs met separatel [...]	2008-06-25 15:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE548	TSVANGIRAI CALLS FOR AU, SADC INTERVENTION [...] (SBU) In a press conference at his residence on June 25, MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai called for African Union (AU) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) intervention in establishing a "transition period" in Zimbabwe that will take into account the results of the March 29 elec [...]	2008-06-26 14:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE549	CHAMBER OF MINES CALLS FOR FAVORABLE, CONSISTENT [...] (SBU) The Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe presented an overview of the state of the sector at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on May 30, 2008. The mining sector is Zimbabwe's largest foreign exchange generator. It earned the country US$1 billion in 2007 and contributed about 6 percent to GDP. [...]	2008-06-26 14:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE552	"SPIRAL OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE": SADC OBSERVERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the withdrawal by opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai from Zimbabwe's June 27 presidential run-off, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) observer mission held a June 25 press conference to comment on the current electoral environment. SADC Head of Miss [...]	2008-06-26 15:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE553	ZIM HUMANITARIAN CRISIS GROWS: WITH UN AGENCIES [...] (U) The humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe continues to worsen. Politically motivated violence continues unabated. Humanitarian space continues to shrink. Access to the most vulnerable populations remains restricted. All this, combined with a high level of uncertainty, and exacerbated by the Z [...]	2008-06-27 14:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ZI
08HARARE554	ZIM NOTES June 27, 2008 [...] SUMMARY --------------- Topics of the week: - MDC Pulls Out of Election Run-Off - Tsvangirai Takes Refuge in Dutch Embassy - Fallout from Raid on Opposition IDPs - Biti and Matinenga Released from Jail - As Abductions, Beatings, and Unlawful DetenQQ s@f62Qx - Mining Sector Top Forex Ea [...]	2008-06-27 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ZI
08HARARE555	HARARE: ELECTION DAY SITREP [...] (SBU) The Embassy sent four observer teams throughout Harare in the morning and three teams in the afternoon, including one led by the Ambassador. We had not sought accreditation, nor did we attempt to observe outside of Harare in light of the MDC's withdrawal from the election. 2. (C) [...]	2008-06-27 16:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE573	AU ISSUES WEAK STATEMENT ON ZIM ELECTIONS [...] (C) The African Union (AU) election observer mission issued its preliminary report on Zimbabwe's June 27 run-off election at a press conference on June 30. The statement says the election "fell short of accepted AU standards," but is significantly weaker than reports issued by the Pan Africa [...]	2008-06-30 14:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM AU ZI
08HARARE579	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GIDEON GONO [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono on July 1. The discussion focused on GOZ misappropriation of Global Fund money, President Robert Mugabe's health, and ZANU-PF politics and plans. ---------------------------- Global Fund Misappropriation ----- [...]	2008-07-01 15:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAID ZI
08HARARE582	HARARE: WELSHMAN NCUBE ON SADC NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Welshman Ncube briefed PolEcon chief July 2 on SADC negotiations, Tendai Biti, and the state of violence in Zimbabwe. ---------------- SADC Negotiations ----------------- 2. (C) PolEcon Chief met with Ncube immediately after a meeting he had had with South African negotiators Mufa [...]	2008-07-02 13:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE583	HARARE: TENDAI BITI ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) MDC secretary-general Tendai Biti spoke with PolEcon Chief July 2 on negotiations with ZANU-PF, his views of MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai, the status of the rival MDC faction, and his future. --------------- On Negotiations --------------- 2. (C) Biti said the MDC would negotia [...]	2008-07-02 13:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE585	TSVANGIRAI REACTS TO AFRICAN UNION RESOLUTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 2, opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai gave the official party reaction to the African Union's (AU) Resolution on Zimbabwe. He opened by asserting that violence throughout the country continues. Tsvangirai stated that the AU stateme [...]	2008-07-02 15:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE592	WOZA ACTIVISTS RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (U) In their July 3 hearing, Women of Zimbabwe Arise! (WOZA) activists Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu were granted bail after having spent 33 nights in jail. Williams received Secretary Rice's Women of Courage award for Africa in 2007. After the judge exited the courtroom, Williams h [...]	2008-07-03 16:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE593	ACTION REQUEST: OCHA ZIMBABWE NEEDS HELP [...] (C) In the wake of the Mugabe regime's continued crackdown on political and humanitarian space, it is increasingly clear that the UN Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Zimbabwe are ill-equipped for the significant challenges prese [...]	2008-07-03 16:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ZI
08HARARE598	EMBASSY HELPS OVER 300 IDPS, MORE IN NEED AS [...] (C) On July 3, 308 displaced Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters came to the U.S. Embassy after being locked out of the MDC headquarters, Harvest House. Through considerable effort, Mission staff transferred about 64 women and 68 children to existing safe houses in Harare that day [...]	2008-07-07 16:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ZI
08HARARE600	HEALTH MINISTER PROMISES NGO RE-AUTHORIZATION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 7 Charge and USAID Director called on Minister of Health Parirenyatwa at his request. Parirenyatwa appealed for USG support for Zimbabwe's Round Eight Global Fund application and denied that he had participated in electoral intimidation following the March 29 election. He [...]	2008-07-08 07:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM KHIV ZI
08HARARE601	ZIM NOTES 7-3-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Mugabe won... - State of Negotiations... - African Media Experts Slam Media Environment... - Lead Complainants in SADC Tribunal Farm Case Abducted, Beaten... - USAP Students Earn Over US$5 Million in Scholarships... - Inflation Soars... - Supply [...]	2008-07-08 08:24:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE602	UNHCR WANTS TO PLAY A ROLE WITH IDPS WHILE RUWA [...] (C) Charge and poloff met with UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Resident Coordinator Marcellin Hepie on July 8 to discuss the ongoing IDP situation and how the U.S. Embassy had responded to the plight of over 300 IDPs that sought assistance on July 3 (Reftel A). Hepie indicated that U [...]	2008-07-09 15:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM ZI
08HARARE604	UK COMPANY SUSPENDS HARD CURRENCY DELIVERIES TO [...] (C) U.K.-based Travelex suspended its supply of foreign currency to Western Union Zimbabwe in late June, apparently fearful of being tarred with sustaining the Mugabe regime. Consequently, Zimbabwe's major money transfer company has capped cash disbursements while it scrambles for alternate su [...]	2008-07-10 12:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE605	STATE OF PLAY: AWAITING NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) The Zimbabwean political scene is quieter than it has been for some time. Despite denials by MDC leaders of current negotiations, preliminary talks are taking place this week in South Africa. Harare awaits the arrival of Jean Ping, Chairman of the African Union (AU) Commission, and Jaka [...]	2008-07-10 14:56:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE606	VIOLENCE INCREASINGLY FOCUSED ON MDC TARGETS; [...] (SBU) While violence appears to have subsided since the June 27 election, particulary in Harare and Matabeleland, there are pockets of violence throughout the rest of the country, supported by the continuing presence of ZANU-PF bases used for torture, beatings, and reeducation. In addition t [...]	2008-07-11 08:48:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE607	ZANU-PF--MDC PREPARATION FOR NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai briefed diplomats from the U.S., UK, Sweden, and Australia July 12 on the ZANU-PF--MDC negotiation process. He said representatives from his faction (MDC-T),the MDC Mutambara faction (MDC-M) and ZANU-PF had concluded a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for ne [...]	2008-07-14 10:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE610	ZIMBABWE'S FY 2008 SUGAR EXPORTS TO THE U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-14 14:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON ZI
08HARARE611	ZIM NOTES 7-11-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - ZANU-PF-MDC Preliminary Talks Begin... - Parliament to Convene... - Violence Continues... - Attack on Government IDP Camp... - IDPs Flee to Embassy... - Global Opinion of South Africa Slumps... - Remittance Disbursements Capped for Lack [...]	2008-07-14 14:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE614	ZIMBABWE'S MANUFACTURING SECTOR REELS UNDER [...] (U) According to a survey carried out by the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) covering 2007, Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector, once the backbone of the economy, is stricken by the weight of innumerable, largely man-made constraints. Output and employment within the sector have decli [...]	2008-07-15 06:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE615	DONORS, UN DISCUSS BEST EFFORTS TO RE-OPEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a donor briefing on July 15 the UN explained its strategy to engage the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) on Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis and reported on results of field assessments of conditions in areas of return for internally displaced persons (IDPs). Missions found that mov [...]	2008-07-16 08:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PHUM ZI

08HARARE621	MDC SEEKS AU ROLE IN NEGOTIATIONS BEFORE SIGNING [...] (C) The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),which would provide a framework for negotiations between ZANU-PF and the MDC, is on hold awaiting talks today in South Africa between South African president Thabo Mbeki and Jean Ping, chairperson of the African Union commission. The MDC [...]	2008-07-18 10:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE622	ZANU-PF TARGETS MDC OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Even though the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) won a majority of seats in the March 29 parliamentary elections, MDC officials continue to battle trumped-up charges, evade bogus arrests, and endure harassment at the hands of the ZANU-PF-run security structures. 10 MDC MPs and two [...]	2008-07-21 13:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE623	ZIM NOTES 7-18-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the Week: - MOU on Hold - UN Briefs Donors on Re-Opening NGO Operations, Return of IDPs - Zim Delegation Walks out of SADC Tribunal Hearing - EU to Widen Sanctions - South Africa Continues Deporting Zimbabweans - ZBC Bans Politically Incorrect Programs - [...]	2008-07-21 15:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE624	AN MOU, BUT LITTLE REASON FOR OPTIMISM [...] (C) Summary: Significant buzz surrounded the signing of an MOU today in Harare as a framework for negotiations. Previewing the actual negotiations, however, MDC Mutambara (MDC-M) negotiator Welshman Ncube sounded a pessimistic note in a conversation with pol/econ chief on July 18. Echoing M [...]	2008-07-21 16:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE625	AN MOU, BUT LITTLE REASON FOR OPTIMISM [...] (C) Summary: Significant buzz surrounded the signing of an MOU today in Harare as a framework for negotiations. Previewing the actual negotiations, however, MDC Mutambara (MDC-M) negotiator Welshman Ncube sounded a pessimistic note in a conversation with pol/econ chief on July 18. Echoing M [...]	2008-07-21 16:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE627	CASH SHORTAGE LOOMS AS ECONOMY SLIPS INTO FREE-FALL [...] (SBU) The current hyperinflationary environment has increased demand for cash immensely as debit cards, checks and bank transfer payments have all lost favor across the business sector. Businesses and individuals attempt to cope by barter, by exchanging local currency quickly into stable curr [...]	2008-07-22 15:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PGOV ZI
08HARARE628	TSVANGIRAI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT SHARING POWER DURING A [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 22 MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai briefed Charge on his July 21 meetings with Mugabe, Mbeki and Mutambara. Tsvangirai said he and Mugabe met one-on-one for 90 minutes, agreeing to a transition of no more than two years during which each would hold a position of equal weight [...]	2008-07-22 15:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE635	HARARE POC FOR ANNUAL AGOA ELIGIBILITY EXERCISE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 09:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON XA ZI
08HARARE636	CIVIL SOCIETY SKEPTICAL OF MOU AND TALKS [...] (C) While leaders of Zimbabwe's vibrant civil society welcome political dialogue, they are deeply skeptical about the prospect of a future under a government of national unity (GNU). In recent months, civil society has backed the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) very openly. However, r [...]	2008-07-25 12:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE637	ZIM NOTES 7-25-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MOU Signed, Talks Started... - Over a Quarter of MDC MPs Targeted... - EU Expands Sanctions List... - SADC Tribunal Rules Against Zimbabwe on Land... - State Media Tone Down Rhetoric... - Zim Journalist Wins CNN Award... - Holding Mugabe Accou [...]	2008-07-28 06:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE639	FARM INVASIONS: ZIM DISMISSES SADC TRIBUNAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: State-sponsored land seizure and harassment of white farmers in Zimbabwe continues, in violation of an injunction by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Tribunal. Despite a July 18 decision by the Tribunal reaffirming the injunction, condemning the government's rec [...]	2008-07-28 15:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
08HARARE640	YOUTH MILITIA FOUNDER DESCRIBES LEGACY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 28, Emboffs met with Prosper Izaya, who claimed to be among the founders of Zimbabwe's National Youth Service (NYS),the official name of the government's notoriously violent youth militia. Izaya relayed his involvement in NYS's inception in 2001, the first civilian att [...]	2008-07-29 14:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE644	DONORS DEMARCHE ON HUMANITARIAN SPACE [...] (U) Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Goche refused to meet with UN and donor reps to discuss humanitarian space (reftel) because, he said, he was fully occupied as a ZANU-PF negotiator in the South African facilitated power sharing talks with MDC factions. On July 29, Dutch Ambassador Jos [...]	2008-07-30 15:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID ZI
08HARARE646	BUSINESS CONGRESS BLASTS GOVERNMENT OVER POLICIES [...] (U) Members of the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce blasted the government's anti-growth economic policies in the public forum of their annual congress. They bemoaned policy inconsistencies and reversals, the usurpation by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) of fiscal policy, price control [...]	2008-07-31 14:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ZI
08HARARE651	NEGOTIATIONS STILL ON TRACK [...] (C) MDC negotiator Elton Mangoma told us August 1 that negotiations will resume in Pretoria on August 3. Mangoma was optimistic that sticking points--balance of power between Mugabe and Tsvangirai, and duration of the new government--would be worked out and that a signing ceremony would take [...]	2008-08-01 11:17:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
08HARARE652	VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN AREAS; ACCESS TO MEDICAL [...] (C) While the prevalence of violence in Zimbabwe has fallen since the June 27 one-man runoff election, violence against MDC members and leaders continues, particularly in some rural areas, and victims continue to experience significant and growing delays accessing medical treatment. Because [...]	2008-08-01 11:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE653	NOTHING BUT STOP-GAP MEASURES IN LATEST MONETARY POLICY [...] (U) In his Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) delivered on July 30, 2008, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono announced the removal of ten zeros from notes in circulation, and the introduction of a new currency. He failed, however, to introduce any new policies that would tame inflation [...]	2008-08-01 11:48:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
08HARARE654	ZIM NOTES AUGUST 1, 2008 [...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - Negotiations to Resume - Violence Continues - U.S. Expands Financial Sanctions - Newspapers Reduce Print Run - Wildlife Poached - Stop-Gap Measures in Latest Monetary Statement - Technical Glitches in Broadcast of Gono's Statement - Busines [...]	2008-08-01 12:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ZI
08HARARE656	ZIMBABWE MEDIA UNDER SIEGE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The conditions for independent media in Zimbabwe continue to worsen. Harassment of journalists by Zimbabwe government (GOZ) state agencies continues. Despite the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between President Robert Mugabe and the Movement for Democratic [...]	2008-08-04 06:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ECPS ZI
08HARARE661	TSVANGIRAI TELLS AMBASSADOR TALKS ARE ON COURSE [...] (C) MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador August 5, just after arriving from Johannesburg, that ZANU-PF-MDC negotiations are on course. Tsvangirai promised that he will stand firm against an executive role for Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, although he could accept a cerem [...]	2008-08-05 16:56:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE663	USAID/OFDA DIRECTOR VISITS ZIMBABWE TO ASSESS HUMANITARIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: USAID's Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA),Ky Luu, visited Harare, Zimbabwe July 29-31, to consult with humanitarian organizations, United Nations (UN) agencies, donor representatives, and Zimbabwean citizens regarding the crisis in the country. T [...]	2008-08-06 04:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PGOV KHIV PREL ZI
08HARARE669	STRIVE MASIYIWA'S TAKE ON ZANU-PF-MDC NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-07 15:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE67	POLICE SHUTDOWN MARCH, BUT MDC MANAGES TO RALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23, a magistrate's court upheld the police ban on a planned Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) protest march, but gave permission for the MDC to hold a rally. Police responded with violence to efforts by MDC supporters to march to the rally location, in defiance of th [...]	2008-01-23 16:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI ASEC
08HARARE671	UNGA HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND REQUESTS FOR MEETINGS - [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 09:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA ZI
08HARARE672	ZIMBABWE SEARCHING FOR ALTERNATIVE SUPPLIER OF [...] (C) Banker James Mushore, who tipped us off in February about the planned media disclosure of German banknote printer Giesecke & Devrient's (G&D) business with Zimbabwe (Ref C),updated emboffs on July 31 on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) pursuit of alternative suppliers of secure paper. [...]	2008-08-08 11:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ASEC ZI
08HARARE673	LITTLE EVIDENCE OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL USE ON [...] (SBU) Despite media reports that the pesticide paraquat has been used by ZANU-PF militia on political victims, there is no scientific evidence to substantiate the claims. Paraquat, an herbicide used on tobacco plantations in Zimbabwe, has reportedly been used in two ways: forced ingestion or [...]	2008-08-08 12:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE674	TSVANGIRAI DISCUSSES ENDGAME WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) A confident Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador August 8 that he is unwavering in his position that Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe should not retain executive power as part of a power-sharing agreement between ZANU-PF and the MDC. Tsvangirai expects South African president Thabo Mb [...]	2008-08-08 12:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE675	ZIM NOTES AUGUST 8, 2008 [...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - Negotiations Continuing - OFDA Director Visit - Price Controls Re-Imposed on Tourism - Coins No Remedy for Cash Shortage - Scramble for Alternative Banknote Supplier - "Homegrown Solutions" - the Fuel Couponization of Zimbabwe's Economy - C [...]	2008-08-08 14:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ZI
08HARARE676	ZANU-PF--MDC NEGOTIATIONS SITREP [...] (C) Negotiations between ZANU-PF and the MDC took place all day Sunday and ended at 2:00 am Sunday morning after a closed-door session facilitated by South African president Thabo Mbeki with Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and MDC leaders Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara as the only [...]	2008-08-11 13:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
08HARARE678	TSVANGIRAI ON COLLAPSED TALKS [...] (C) MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador August 12 that negotiations between ZANU-PF and the MDC had stalled over the issue of power sharing. Specifically, Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe was unwilling to cede executive power to Tsvangirai as prime minister and allow Tsvang [...]	2008-08-13 12:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
08HARARE684	TSVANGIRAI PREVENTED FROM TRAVELING TO SADC SUMMIT [...] (C) Embassy has confirmed press reports that MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai, secretary-general Tendai Biti, and MP elect and shadow foreign minister Eliphas Mukoneweshuro were detained at Harare International Airport this afternoon and prevented from traveling to South Africa for the SADC Su [...]	2008-08-14 13:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE699	ZIM NOTES 8-15-2008 [...] Topics of the Week: - Talks Break Off... - Tsvangirai's Travel to SADC Summit Interrupted... - French and Swedish Charges Threatened... - Botswana Deports Zimbabwean Journalist... - Soaring Inflation... - Tobacco Deliveries Lagging... - "Zimbabwe - Beyond Tomorrow"... ---- [...]	2008-08-18 13:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE70	MDC'S TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON MDC [...] (SBU) At a diplomatic briefing on January 24 attended by the Ambassador, MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai said that March elections were logistically impossible, and had already been sufficiently rigged to assure a ZANU-PF victory. Tsvangirai said the two MDC factions had agreed in principle [...]	2008-01-24 15:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE703	STALEMATE [...] (C) Elton Mangoma, an MDC negotiator and advisor to MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai, told polecon chief August 19 that despite pressure from all sides the MDC would sign a deal only if Tsvangirai became head of government. While negotiations will continue, facilitated by South African presid [...]	2008-08-19 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
08HARARE705	HARARE POC FOR USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-19 15:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD OTRA ASEC ZI
08HARARE709	MDC/DONORS MEET TO DISCUSS AID PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) On August 15, at the request of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC),MDC leadership met with major donors that support the World Bank's Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) to discuss post-transition economic recovery and development strategies. The meeting was an opportunity for the MDC a [...]	2008-08-21 13:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ZI
08HARARE71	ZIMBABWE ELECTION UPDATE: MAKONI A NON-STARTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Simba Makoni took himself out of the electoral mix on January 22 by pledging loyalty to President Mugabe. Focus has now shifted to Dumiso Dabengwa, a ZANU-PF Politburo member who has for some time opposed Mugabe within the party. Interest in Makoni and now Dabengwa results from [...]	2008-01-24 15:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE711	PARLIAMENT AND THE ELECTION OF A SPEAKER [...] (C) President Robert Mugabe announced that members of Parliament will be sworn in August 25. The election of the House Speaker will follow. The official opening of Parliament, presided over by Mugabe, will take place the next day. MDC Tsvangirai (MDC-T) will take part in the swearing in an [...]	2008-08-21 15:10:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
08HARARE712	ZANU-PF INTIMIDATION (STILL) CONTINUES IN RURAL [...] (SBU) Despite a commitment - on paper - by ZANU-PF to halt violence, reports of violence and intimidation in rural areas continue. While there has been a notable reduction in beatings and injuries since the June 27 election and a further reduction since the signing of the Memorandum of Under [...]	2008-08-21 15:17:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE715	ZIM NOTES 8-22-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Negotiations Stall Again... - SADC Communiques... - Parliament to Convene... - Violence Continues... - MDC and Donors Meet... - Magistrate Court Dismisses Case Against MDC MP... - WOZA Arrests... - "Zim's inflation not that bad"... - Exchang [...]	2008-08-25 13:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE73	REGIONAL BLACKOUTS UNDERSCORE ZIMBABWE'S POWER WOES [...] (SBU) Power blackouts across the region this week have underscored the precarious state of Zimbabwe's regional and domestic power supply. South Africa no longer exports power to Zimbabwe; the DRC supply is erratic; Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric (HCB) in Mozambique is holding Zimbabwe on a tight [...]	2008-01-25 11:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ECON EMIN ENRG ETRD PGOV ZI
08HARARE730	TSVANGIRAI CANDIDATE ELECTED HOUSE SPEAKER [...] (U) Lovemore Moyo of MDC Tsvangirai (MDC-T) was elected speaker of the House of Assembly in a secret ballot today. He defeated Paul Themba Nyathi, nominated by MDC Mutambara (MDC-T),by a vote of 110-98. Nyathi was supported by ZANU-PF, which did not field a candidate. 2. (U) MDC-T has 1 [...]	2008-08-25 13:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE741	MDC TAKES LEAD ROLE IN PARLIAMENT, EVEN AS 5 MPS [...] (C) President Robert Mugabe convened Parliament today. The MDC, which had earlier indicated it would not attend in order to avoid recognition of Mugabe, was in attendance. The decision came after a heated discussion. According to Nelson Chamisa, MDC spokesperson, the MDC ultimately concluded [...]	2008-08-26 15:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE745	HARARE USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA [...] In response to reftel request for contact information for local firms, organizations, academic researchers and individuals who may be helpful in providing information on the effects of infrastructure conditions on Zimbabwe's export competitiveness, Harare provides the following information: [...]	2008-08-28 07:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON XA ZI
08HARARE747	THE ZIMBABWE CRISIS: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Tendai Biti, MDC Tsvangirai (MDC-T) secretary-general, believes that the MDC-T's gameplan on negotiations and the way forward includes renewed international outreach beyond SADC. Biti said the MDC-T's success in naming a speaker of the Assembly confounded Mbeki and ZANU-PF plans. MDC Mu [...]	2008-08-28 10:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
08HARARE751	VIOLENCE UPDATE: BODIES FOUND IN LAKES [...] (C) Rumors of political victims' bodies being dumped in Zimbabwe's lakes appear to be true, based on eyewitness and survivor accounts. Counseling Services Unit (CSU),an NGO that treats victims of political violence and investigates and verifies claims, believes the victims were killed betw [...]	2008-08-28 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC KDEM ZI
08HARARE754	ZIMBABWEAN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WORSENING AS BAN [...] (SBU) The Mugabe government continues to deny nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and private voluntary organizations (PVOs) access to 1.3 million at-risk Zimbabweans to provide food, water, seed, fertilizer, and hygienic support. Currently, less than 300,000 people are receiving assistance [...]	2008-08-28 15:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC EAID PHUM ZI
08HARARE756	PROPOSED ROLE FOR THE PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) The obstacle to a ZANU-PF--MDC deal is agreement on the respective roles of Mugabe as president and Tsvangirai as prime minister. A hard copy of the document reproduced in Paragraph 2, entitled "Role of the Prime Minister," with initials of Mugabe and Mutambara, was provided to us by We [...]	2008-08-29 08:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE757	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SIMBA MAKONI [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on August 28, Simba Makoni gave his anlysis of the current political situation. While Makoni acknowledged that he is not now a political player, as someone who has been involved in Zimbabwean politics and government over the years, his views are worth noti [...]	2008-08-29 08:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE758	ZIM NOTES 8-29-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC Wins House Speakership... - Police Forcefully Disrupt NGO Meeting... - Looming Food Crisis... - Death Toll at 171... - Infrastructure Bombing... - Abuses of Students Come to Light... - Olympic Swimmer Returns Triumphant... - Payment Delay [...]	2008-08-29 11:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE765	GOZ LIFTS NGO BAN [...] (SBU) On August 29, the Ministry of Public Service, Labor, and Social Welfare finally lifted the ban on non-governmental organizations' (NGOs) and private voluntary organizations' (PVOs') field operations that the GOZ had imposed on June 4, 2008 (ref B). This comes after weeks of efforts by [...]	2008-09-02 16:27:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAID KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
08HARARE767	PRIVATE SCHOOLS ATTEMPT TO DOLLARIZE TUITION [...] (SBU) Private schools in Zimbabwe began requesting payment last week in US dollars or British pounds in an attempt to retain teachers and meet rising educational costs. Zimbabwean government officials quickly declared the practice illegal and deployed inspectors t investigate schools and threa [...]	2008-09-03 14:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE773	ZIMBABWE'S BANKS RIDING ON GOVERNMENT SPENDING [...] (SBU) The liquidity crisis that gripped Zimbabwe's banking sector at the end of 2007/early 2008 has abated thanks primarily to high election-related government expenditure. On the other hand, borrowings associated with the funding of these expenditures along with concessionary finance faciliti [...]	2008-09-04 15:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
08HARARE777	WORLD BANK MISSION EMPHASIZES COMMITMENT TO POLICY [...] (SBU) During the week of August 18 three World Bank officials visited Harare to brief donors on developments related to the Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF),hear donors concerns about its implementation, discuss conceptualization of a programmatic MDTF, and take the pulse of the economy. Maputo- [...]	2008-09-05 11:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
08HARARE778	NGO BAN LIFTED, BUT NOT DEFINITIVELY [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Social Welfare, Public Service, and Labour (MSWPSL) lifted the ban on humanitarian assistance on August 29, and MSWPSL officials explained new reporting requirements for all registered Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Private Voluntary Organizations (PVOs) at a m [...]	2008-09-05 11:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
08HARARE779	DETAILED ACCOUNTS FROM WENIMBI DAM [...] (C) Two survivors of beatings in Mashonaland East with knowledge of bodies found in Wenimbi Dam near Marondera and one man who witnessed bodies allegedly retrieved from the dam at a local morgue recounted their experiences to poloff (ref A). While their stories are compelling and believable, [...]	2008-09-05 13:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE78	Zim Notes November 16, 2007 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-01-28 15:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE784	ZIMBABWE - AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL SELF-HELP PROGRAM FORMAL [...] Summary: Post has focused funding the following areas based on the current harsh economic and political climate and the HIV/AIDS pandemic: communities, children and orphans, schools, water development projects and income generation. During the election period from mid March for the next thre [...]	2008-09-08 09:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KPRP XA ZI
08HARARE785	ZIM NOTES 9-5-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Talks to Continue Monday... - NGO Ban Lifted... - Back to School, if You Can Pay... - MDC MPs Ejected from Swearing-in... - Mugabe and Tsvangirai attend Mwanawasa funeral... - ZBC Television turns to Korea... - Britain Eases Travel Advice... - [...]	2008-09-08 09:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE786	WIDESPREAD DOLLARIZATION IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Despite the official ban on foreign currency as a medium of exchange in Zimbabwe, use of the rand and the US dollar, in particular, is increasing. Dollarization of the economy has emerged due to the rapid depreciation of the local currency and the prevailing hyperinflationary environment. [...]	2008-09-08 11:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PGOV ZI
08HARARE793	OUTLINES OF A DEAL [...] (C) An upbeat Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador early this morning that he thought a breakthrough in ZANU-PF--MDC negotiations had been achieved last night. On the contentious issue of allocation of executive authority, Tsvangirai said he had presented a proposal to Zimbabwean president [...]	2008-09-10 08:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE81	SADC TALKS DEAD; MDC TO CONSIDER PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) (Mutambara faction) secretary general Welshman Ncube believes Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has effectively killed the SADC talks, and that SADC is afraid to challenge Mugabe's peremptory dismissal of South African president Thabo Mbeki and his me [...]	2008-01-29 14:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE819	OPPOSITION PARTY CONTROL OF PARLIAMENT AT RISK [...] (C) The one-seat advantage MDC-Tsvangirai maintains over ZANU-PF in Zimbabwe's House of Assembly is at stake in upcoming by-elections for two vacant parliamentary seats. Matobo North in Matabeleland is likely to be a closely contested campaign, while the Gokwe-Gumunyu seat in Midlands will pro [...]	2008-09-11 11:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE821	SEED SHORTAGE ONE MORE THREAT TO MAIZE PRODUCTION [...] (U) Zimbabwe is heading into the summer planting season about one third short of needed seed maize. The past year's seed maize crop was poor due to uneven rainfall and inadequate supply of inputs. In addition, price controls have deterred farmers from growing the crop and delivering it to the [...]	2008-09-11 16:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SOCI PGOV ZI
08HARARE822	GONO ALLOWS SOME FORMAL DOLLARIZATION [...] (SBU) On September 10, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono announced the licensing of foreign exchange wholesale and retail shops plus service stations, allegedly to increase the availability of basic goods and improve manufacturers' capacity utilization. He also reduced the fo [...]	2008-09-11 16:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE828	AN IMPERFECT DEAL BUT THE ONLY ONE ON OFFER [...] (C) Summary: On September 11 Mbeki announced a deal was reached in Zimbabwean power-sharing negotiations. On Septeptember 12 Tsvangirai briefed Ambassador and UK Ambassador Pocock on the deal. Tsvangirai was extremely confident that his chairmanship of a newly-created Council of Ministers w [...]	2008-09-12 10:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE832	ZIM NOTES 9-12-08 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Mugabe and Tsvangirai Reach Deal... - Last Two MDC MPs Released on Bail... - USG-Funded NGOs Resuming Field Operations... - Canada Imposes Sanctions on Zimbabwe... - Cholera Outbreak in Crowded Township... - Reserve Bank Allows Some Formal Doll [...]	2008-09-15 14:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE833	MUGABE SPEECH DAMPENS EXCITEMENT OF SIGNING [...] (SBU) President Mugabe and Prime Minister Tsvangirai delivered contrasting speeches following today's signing of a power-sharing accord between ZANU-PF and the two MDC opposition factions. Tsvangirai stressed the need for governmental unity and immediate food and medical assistance to Zimbabw [...]	2008-09-15 15:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE837	TSVANGIRAI EXPLAINS NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Ambassador met briefly with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai at Tsvangirai's request on September 17. Though clearly pressed for time, Tsvangirai was relaxed and confident. In response to a question from Ambassador, Tsvangirai said he was confident that Mugabe is committed to making the [...]	2008-09-17 10:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE838	BFIF-FUNDED FORUM STIMULATES PUBLIC DEBATE ON [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 12. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) On August 21, the American Business Association of Zimbabwe (ABAZ),supported by the State Department's Business Facilitation and Incentive Fund (BFIF) and by local companies, held an economic forum on tackling h [...]	2008-09-17 10:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV ZI
08HARARE840	BITI PESSIMISTIC, BUT NOT WITHOUT HOPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 17 meeting with Ambassador, MDC Secretary General Tendai Biti said that the Zimbabwean power sharing agreement is a reasonably good document on paper, but will only succeed in creating a better future if ZANU-PF exhibits good will. He is pessimistic on this fro [...]	2008-09-17 13:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE842	FLAWED DEAL PRESERVES ZANU-PF PRIMACY; [...] (C) President Mugabe came away from Monday's signing of a power-sharing agreement with many of his previous executive authorities intact. He appears to retain control of the military, and potentially other security elements, as well as primacy within the policy-determining Cabinet. Prime Min [...]	2008-09-17 15:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE843	POWER SHARING REPORTEDLY SHAKES UP ZANU-PF [...] (S) Summary: A well-connected businessman told Ambassador September 17 that there is significant dissension within ZANU-PF following the signing of a power sharing agreement with the MDC. Those dissatisfied are reported to include members of the CIO, service chiefs and the Mujuru faction. We [...]	2008-09-17 16:01:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE85	AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH GOZ MINISTER AND MUGABE [...] (C) The Ambassador met January 28 with Nicholas Goche, the Minister of Public Service, Labor, and Social Welfare. Goche is also one of the ZANU-PF negotiators in the SADC mediation process. He promised the Ambassador he would attempt to facilitate a one-on-one meeting between the Ambassador [...]	2008-01-31 11:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE854	MDC AND ZANU-PF PERCEPTIONS OF THE DEAL DIFFER [...] (C) Public reactions to the power-sharing agreement between ZANU-PF and the MDC on September 15 were generally optimistic in urban pro-MDC areas such as Harare and Mutare. In these regions, Zimbabweans were cautiously hopeful that the deal would lead to tangible quality-of-life benefits. In c [...]	2008-09-19 12:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE855	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON NEGOTIATION [...] (SBU) Ambassador attended a diplomatic corps briefing by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on September 19, in which Tsvangirai discussed the status of the power-sharing agreement and intended next steps. Tsvangirai made clear that the two most significant unresolved issues were responsibility [...]	2008-09-19 12:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE862	ZIM NOTES 09-19-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Mugabe and Tsvangirai sign deal - Mugabe Retains Significant Power - Tsvangirai Briefs Diplomats on Challenges - MDC and ZANU-PF Reactions to the Deal Differ Sharply - Students Arrested - Labor Leaders' Case Referred to Supreme Court - [...]	2008-09-22 07:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE863	ENVIRONMENT SUFFERING AS POACHING INCREASES [...] (C) Increasing pressures from poaching, deforestation, and Zimbabwe's economic free-fall pose serious threats to Zimbabwe's wildlife. Poaching is on the rise, with at least 38 rhinos killed so far in 2008. While much of this poaching has come from organized groups trafficking ivory, skins, [...]	2008-09-22 10:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAGR ECON KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
08HARARE864	AGREEMENT'S MEDIA PROVISIONS LACKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local Zimbabwe media groups have cautiously welcomed the signing of the power-sharing agreement between the Zimbabwe National African Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC),noting that it offers some hope for media reform. The groups say the [...]	2008-09-22 15:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ECPS ASEC ZI
08HARARE865	ZIMBABWE STILL SEEKING PAPER SUPPLIER, AS CASH [...] (C) Banker James Mushore told econoff on September 19 that the Argentine company bidding to provide banknote paper to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) (reftel) was Ciccone Calcografica S.A. He said the bid had come in especially high because it included a large cut for Reserve Bank Governor [...]	2008-09-22 15:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC AR RS ZI
08HARARE867	ZANU-PF EXPANDING MINISTERIAL DEMANDS [...] (S) A well-connected businessman detailed ZANU-PF's ministerial demands, which effectively amount to 18 of the most significant ministries, instead of the 15 laid out in last week's signed power-sharing agreement. The merger of four separate ministries into two, and the proposed integration [...]	2008-09-23 06:50:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE873	FY08 BFIF DETAILED ACTUAL EXPENDITURES - ZIMBABWE [...] The following is a detailed accounting of actual expenditures for the American Business Association of Zimbabwe (ABAZ) 2008 forum held on August 21, 2008 and funded by Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF). As instructed in reftel A, receipts and supporting documents will be faxed to Gal [...]	2008-09-24 13:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN BEXP BTIO EINV ETRD ZI
08HARARE874	ZANU-PF CONCERNED ABOUT LOSS OF MBEKI [...] (SBU) ZANU-PF officials appear concerned about the impact the sudden forced resignation of South African President Thabo Mbeki will have on the implementation of the recently signed Zimbabwean power-sharing agreement, as well as relations with South Africa going forward. They fear the replace [...]	2008-09-25 11:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI SF
08HARARE878	WELSHMAN NCUBE DISCUSSES THE MINISTERIAL IMPASSE [...] (C) MDC-Mutambara faction (MDC-M) Secretary General Welshman Ncube met with poloff on September 25 to discuss a range of issues, including the current status of ministerial negotiations, South Africa's possible role in breaking the deadlock, and local and international criticism of MDC-M leade [...]	2008-09-25 14:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE88	RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR GONO ON MUGABE, ELECTIONS, [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador at the Reserve Bank on January 30, Governor Gideon Gono told the Ambassador that President Robert Mugabe was old and not well. Nevertheless, Mugabe was reluctant to step down because of internal problems within ZANU-PF and lack of an identifiable successor [...]	2008-01-31 13:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE881	ZIM NOTES 9-26-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Mugabe UNGA Speech Hits Familiar Themes - Mbeki Resignation Causing ZANU-PF Concern - Welshman Ncube Discusses Negotiation Impasse - Donors Discuss Re-Engagement - Violence Continues - Teachers Still on Strike, Union Leader Released - Minister [...]	2008-09-29 09:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE885	TSVANGIRAI OUTLINES 100 DAY PLAN [...] (C) In a September 29 meeting with the Ambassador, MDC leader and prime minister designate Morgan Tsvangirai outlined a plan for the new government's first 100 days in office. Tsvangirai also described plans for outreach to include "listening tours" around the country and summits on health, [...]	2008-09-30 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE889	TSVANGIRAI ON AGREEMENT STALEMATE [...] (SBU) MDC leader and prime minister designate Morgan Tsvangirai briefed Western Heads of Mission (HOMS) October 1 on the stalemate in talks directed at concluding an agreement to establish a power-sharing government. Tsvangirai said the talks had stalled over Mugabe's failure to cede the home [...]	2008-10-01 14:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE89	AN INSIDER'S TAKE ON RBZ GOVERNOR GONO [...] (C) According to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) division chief Simon Nyarota, RBZ Governor Gono no longer consults with staff when designing policy. Having isolated himself from the technocrats, he fails to grasp the extent of Zimbabwe's dire economic straits, including the current bank liqu [...]	2008-01-31 13:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE890	BITI FRUSTRATED OVER POWER-SHARING AGREEMENT [...] (C) A clearly frustrated Tendai Biti told polecon chief on September 30, that no formal negotiations were taking place to allocate ministries and conclude the agreement between ZANU-PF and the MDC. Biti suspected, however, that negotiations were taking place between Ian and Theresa Makone an [...]	2008-10-01 14:56:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE894	UNDP HOSTS FORUM ON ZIMBABWEAN RECOVERY [...] (U) The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) hosted a forum in Harare on October 1 at which they discussed the recently unveiled UNDP Zimbabwean economic recovery plan. The research team that produced the 230 page document entitled, "Comprehensive Economic Recovery in Zimbabwe" was compr [...]	2008-10-02 13:40:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PREL ASEC UNDP ZI
08HARARE895	STATE OF PLAY - ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe appears eager to conclude a power sharing deal--on his terms. The banner headline in Wednesday's The Herald was "Embrace power deal: Chihuri." Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri called for Zimbabweans to "forego our minor differences." Today's Hera [...]	2008-10-02 14:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE898	ZIMBABWE'S RESPONSE TO USITC ON INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) Zimbabwe's infrastructure has been deteriorating over the past decade of economic decline. Foreign currency shortages, skills flight, and lack of maintenance have been largely responsible for the decline. The deteriorating infrastructure negatively affects the country's export competitiv [...]	2008-10-03 10:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV ZI
08HARARE899	FOOD SECURITY SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE [...] National assessments show that maize yield from the 2008 harvest is the lowest on record; sorghum yield was only 60 percent of last year's harvest. The Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) must overcome severe forex shortages and generate political will to mobilize resources to meet the county's cere [...]	2008-10-03 11:07:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
08HARARE903	ZIMBABWE - AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 14:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON XA ZI
08HARARE904	FY09 RENEWAL OF DISASTER DECLARATION IN ZIMBABWE FOR [...] The humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe is deteriorating at a more accelerated pace than last year. Continued Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) economic mismanagement, counter-productive government policies, and corruption have resulted in a rapidly collapsing economy, and growing impoverishment of [...]	2008-10-06 14:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
08HARARE905	ZIM NOTES 10-03-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Negotiations Stalled over Ministries... - Food Situation Bleak... - Tsvangirai and UNDP Discuss Plans... - Will State Universities Open?... - Global Fund Audit Begins... - Tsvangirai Still Without Passport... - Former Soccer Star in Barracks.. [...]	2008-10-06 14:21:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE907	ZIMBABWE DONOR DIALOGUE - PLANNING FOR RE-ENGAGEMENT, [...] A number of donor meetings have taken place in the last two weeks to plan for re-engagement, stabilization, and recovery in Zimbabwe when political conditions permit. On September 25, heads of assistance agencies met to discuss and come to agreement on a range of issues, including: the nature [...]	2008-10-07 11:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
08HARARE91	LOOMING LIQUIDITY CRISIS THREATENS ZIMBABWE,S [...] (C) Zimbabwe's banking sector has been heading toward a liquidity crisis arising out of a patchwork of misguided monetary policies and their disastrous consequences. Onerous statutory reserve requirements, punitive overnight accommodation rates, a hyperinflationary environment that is spurrin [...]	2008-02-01 07:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE914	DIRE PAYMENT SITUATION QUICKENS PACE OF ECONOMIC [...] (C) Measures taken by the Reserve Bank in the last weeks to quell unrest over cash availability and to stop the precipitous loss of value of the local currency have not stabilized the situation. Hyperinflation is eroding the value of cash, and the local currency is losing its value as legal t [...]	2008-10-08 15:10:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ASEC PGOV ZI

08HARARE915	BITI BRIEFS ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) MDC-Tsvangirai (MDC-T) secretary-general and negotiator Tendai Biti briefed polecon chief October 8 and October 9 on the status of negotiations to complete a power-sharing agreement between ZANU-PF and the MDC. According to Biti, ZANU-PF is refusing to cede any of the outstanding ministri [...]	2008-10-09 09:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE916	MFA BUNGLES CREDENTIALS CEREMONY, THREATENS ENVOYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese, French, German and Canadian Ambassador-designates were invited to present letters of credence to President Mugabe on October 9. Unfortunately, only the Japanese Ambassador had his letters ready; the other three explained to the Foreign Ministry that they could not get t [...]	2008-10-10 09:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE918	ZIM NOTES 10-10-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Tsvangirai Suspends Talks... - Teachers Unions Call for Cancellation of Exams... - Mock Hostage Situation on YouTube... - Inflation Gallops--Even By Official Standards... - Zimbabwe Dollar Depreciates Sharply Despite New Policies... - Dire Paym [...]	2008-10-14 06:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE919	CRUMBLING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE RAISES CHOLERA RISKS [...] (SBU) The supply and quality of water throughout Zimbabwe has continued to rapidly deteriorate since last November's assessment by the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) advisor from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) (reftel). This is a result of a combinatio [...]	2008-10-14 14:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM SOCI ZI
08HARARE92	Zim Notes February 1, 2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-02-01 08:12:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE924	ZANU-PF INSIDER'S VIEW OF THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE [...] (C) ZANU-PF deputy minister of water resources Walter Mzembi discussed Zimbabwe's current political situation with polecon chief on October 15. While Mzembi broke no new ground, he confirmed that ZANU-PF is split as to whether to go forward with an agreement with MDC. President Robert Mugab [...]	2008-10-15 15:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE927	SOUTH AFRICAN VISA APPLICATIONS FROM ZIMBABWE - [...] (SBU) According to First Secretary Consul Mshiyeni Dennis Nzuza, the South African Embassy in Harare processes approximately 360,000 Zimbabwean visa applications yearly. In a meeting with post's consul, Nzuza explained the South African Consular Section consisted of 5 adjudicating officers a [...]	2008-10-16 13:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT CVIS SF SMIG ZI
08HARARE928	SOUTH AFRICAN VISA APPLICATIONS FROM ZIMBABWE - [...] (SBU) According to First Secretary Consul Mshiyeni Dennis Nzuza, the South African Embassy in Harare processes approximately 360,000 Zimbabwean visa applications yearly. In a meeting with post's consul, Nzuza explained the South African Consular Section consisted of 5 adjudicating officers a [...]	2008-10-16 13:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT CVIS SF SMIG ZI
08HARARE932	ZANU-PF--MDC NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE [...] (C) Talks between ZANU-PF and the MDC aimed at resolving outstanding issues from the September 15 ageement, principally the allocation of ministries, came to an impasse late Thursday evening. While discussions, mediated by former South African president Thabo Mbeki, initially focused on two [...]	2008-10-17 10:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE933	PARLIAMENT'S HANDS TIED AS MPS AWAIT AGREEMENT [...] (C) The speaker of the Zimbabwean House of Assembly, Lovemore Moyo, met with polecon chief and poloff on October 17 to discuss the current state of affairs and legislative agenda in Parliament. Parliament is awaiting the outcome of the ministerial negotiations between ZANU-PF and the two MDC [...]	2008-10-17 11:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE934	PROTESTS LEAD TO BEATINGS, ARRESTS [...] (SBU) Two civil society groups led marches of 200 people each this week, drawing attention to the humanitarian crisis and crumbling educational infrastructure. In both instances, police beat protesters to disburse the groups and arrested those leading the marches. Despite the ongoing politic [...]	2008-10-17 11:24:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE937	ZIM NOTES 10-17-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Talks Stall... - Parliament Opens, Talks Continue... - Masvingo Governor Blocks Humanitarian Aid... - 2 Protests; 13 Arrests; over 29 Injured... - Poor Water Management... - Zims Continue to go South... - Check Rate Replaces Transfer Rate And [...]	2008-10-20 08:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE945	ZIMBABWE GLOBAL FUND AUDIT [...] (SBU) Late last year, the Global Fund (GF) deposited approximately USD 8 million in the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to fund HIV/AIDS programs through nongovernmental partners in Zimbabwe. Post became aware in the ensuing months that these funds were not being disbursed. In July, RBZ gove [...]	2008-10-21 10:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KHIV KSCA OSCI PGOV PREL TBIO TSPL ZI
08HARARE946	ZIMBABWE: REPORT OF PLANNED COUP ATTEMPT [...] (S/NF) Fred Mutanda, a close Embassy contact and prominent Harare businessman, told the Ambassador on October 21 that a group of about five high-ranking military officers were planning a coup against Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe while he is in Kampala this week for a regional economic c [...]	2008-10-21 13:42:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC MOPS ZI
08HARARE947	RESERVE BANK,S PROFLIGACY ON PATRONAGE VEHICLES [...] (C) A Zimbabwean businessman based in Namibia described to us how the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is importing and financing hundreds of vehicle for distribution to cronies and opposition party officials alike. The RBZ is financing the purchase of this popular source of patronage with money [...]	2008-10-21 13:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN ASEC ZI
08HARARE955	TSVANGIRAI UPDATES OECD HEADS OF MISSION ON [...] (SBU) MDC leader and prime minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai updated heads of OECD missions on October 22 and stated that no progress had been made towards concluding negotiations between ZANU-PF and the MDC on a power-sharing government. While disappointed that Mugabe was not negotiating [...]	2008-10-23 09:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE956	"QUIET DIPLOMACY" SUSPENDS ELEPHANT HUNTING IN [...] (C) After issuing commercial hunters hundreds of questionable permits for elephant hunting in national parks, the Zimbabwean Parks and Wildlife Authority (Parks) has agreed, under pressure from photographic tour operators, to suspend the hunting. The operation, which only lasted a few weeks, [...]	2008-10-23 10:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE958	NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S AWARD FOR [...] The following is Embassy Harare's nomination for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage. NAME: Gertrude Hambira TITLE: Secretary General INSTITUTION: General Agriculture and Plantation Workers Union of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ) DOB: 23-NOV-1961 POB: Zimbabwe Citizenship [...]	2008-10-23 11:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PREL KPAO ZW
08HARARE959	BITI: AGREEMENT IS DOOMED [...] (C) The MDC will attend the SADC Troika meeting on October 27 in Harare, according to MDC secretary-general and negotiator Tendai Biti. Because the MDC believes mediator Thabo Mbeki has sided with ZANU-PF on critical issues, it will push for full SADC and AU involvement, and ultimately UN as [...]	2008-10-23 12:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE96	SUPER TUESDAY: MAKONI ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY [...] (U) Ending weeks of speculation, Simaba Makoni announced he will be a candidate for president. At a press conference, Makoni said that he was disturbed by the poverty and plight of the Zimbabwean people, and that he blamed this on national governance. He had hoped that the ZANU-PF Congress i [...]	2008-02-05 12:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE960	PLANNING FOR FAILURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: While planning for reengagement with a reformist government, the USG should also plan a response to failure of political dialog. Efforts will be needed to force the Mugabe regime to accept internationally supervised elections; regional organizations will be required to show grea [...]	2008-10-23 15:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM ASEC ZI
08HARARE963	ZIM NOTES 10-24-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Deadlocked, But SADC-Hosted Talks to Resume... - No Progress Says Tsvangirai... - Lack of Passport Paper to Blame... - Botswana Calls for New Elections... - Zimbabwean Elephants Get a Reprieve... - Zimbabwean Journalist Wins German Award. [...]	2008-10-27 08:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE965	ZIMBABWE: ECONOMIC MINISTER PAINTS HIMSELF AS [...] (C) ZANU-PF Minister of Economic Development Sylvester Nguni in a meeting with emboffs on October 20 saw no evidence of policy shifts in ZANU-PF and suggested that the ruling party would eventually surrender economic policy to MDC in a face-saving move out of desperation. He asked for rapid d [...]	2008-10-27 15:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
08HARARE966	BUSINESS AS USUAL: POLICE TEAR GAS PROTESTERS, [...] (SBU) In the face of ongoing SADC-sponsored negotiations, the GOZ continues to use violence to stifle free expression. At 9:00 am this morning, several civil society groups led two different protests of hundreds of people to the area outside Rainbow Towers, the hotel where the negotiations wer [...]	2008-10-27 15:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE968	SADC TROIKA FAILS TO BREAK ZIM IMPASSE [...] (SBU) The SADC Troika was unable to mediate an agreement between ZANU-PF and the MDC. The talks stalled primarily over the issue of allocation of ministries, although other issues remain. The Troika recommended that Zimbabwe be the focus of an extraordinary summit of the full SADC membership [...]	2008-10-28 11:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE970	CIVIL SOCIETY WARNS OF FLAWED CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) In an October 24 conversation with poloff, Lovemore Madhuku, chairman of the National Constitutional Assembly condemned the constitutional drafting and adoption process laid out in the September 15 signed power-sharing agreement. He charged that the intended constitutional process does no [...]	2008-10-28 13:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE974	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON SADC TROIKA [...] (C) In an October 28 meeting with the Ambassador, MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai briefed on the SADC Troika meeting which concluded in Harare in the early morning hours of the 28th. Tsvangirai expressed disappointment that SADC did not understand that the issue is not about allocation of minis [...]	2008-10-28 16:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE980	PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS AND AWAITS OUTCOME [...] (SBU) Both houses of Zimbabwe's parliament have now adjourned as they await an agreement between ZANU-PF and the MDC. The more influential House of Assembly will not sit again until November 11, when it will take up a motion to investigate political violence. Meanwhile, the prospect of by-el [...]	2008-10-29 14:27:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE981	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH RBZ BOARD MEMBER [...] (C) The Ambassador met October 29 with Lovemore Chihota, a successful Zimbabwean businessman, war veteran, and current member (and former chairman) of the board of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). Chihota painted himself as a political moderate, constantly referring to President Mugabe as [...]	2008-10-29 14:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM EAID ZI
08HARARE982	BARELY COPING IN ZIMBABWE,S ECONOMIC MELTDOWN [...] (SBU) Zimbabweans are coping under hyperinflation and in the face of a near worthless currency by tightening their belts, relying on food aid, seeking informal work opportunities within the distortions and contradictions of the economy, and through emigration and remittances. Over 4/5 of all [...]	2008-10-29 15:15:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ASEC PHUM EAID ZI
08HARARE985	ZIM'S HEARTLAND: DOLLARIZATION AND DESPERATION [...] (SBU) Poloff and public affairs officer traveled to Gweru and Masvingo on October 23 and 24 to speak on U.S. elections (septel) and gather information on the situation in the Zimbabwean heartland. Historically, this region has been home to Zimbabwe's legendary cattle and dairy ranches and fe [...]	2008-10-30 11:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM SCUL KDEM ECON ZI
08HARARE988	Education in Zimbabwe - A Quiet Implosion [...] SUMMARY: In the wake of ongoing inter-party talks, much attention has been paid to immediate crises such as the collapse of the health care system and starvation facing the rural population. Equally devastating, however, is the precipitous decline of all levels of the country's education secto [...]	2008-10-31 10:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG ELAB KPAO ZI
08HARARE991	ZIM NOTES 10-31-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - SADC Troika Fails to Break Deadlock... - Parliament adjourns until November 11... - Civil Society Critical of Agreement, Constitutional Reform... - Without Doctors or Nurses, Public Hospitals Stop - Admitting Patients... - Cholera Outbrea [...]	2008-11-03 08:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE996	RAMPANT ZIMBABWEAN CIVIL SERVICE CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) As yet another sign of a failed nation, corruption has become endemic within the Zimbabwean civil service, resulting in a near total collapse of government controls over passports and official documents. Civil servants, whose salaries have been eroded to practically nothing by hyper-infl [...]	2008-11-04 13:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT CVIS KFRD ZI
08SECTION01OF04HARARE754	ZIMBABWEAN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WORSENING AS BAN [...] (SBU) The Mugabe government continues to deny nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and private voluntary organizations (PVOs) access to 1.3 million at-risk Zimbabweans to provide food, water, seed, fertilizer, and hygienic support. Currently, less than 300,000 people are receiving assistance [...]	2008-08-28 15:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC EAID PHUM ZI
09HARARE1004	TSVANGIRAI ASKS THE WEST FOR HELP ON CHANGING THE [...] (SBU) This cable includes an ACTION REQUEST, please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said that while there was tremendous progress in 2009 as compared to 2008, Zimbabwe and its coalition government still faces challenges. Reforms must be implemented quickly, and th [...]	2009-12-24 08:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE1007	PRIME MINISTER TSVANGIRAI LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] The following is the text of a message as received from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of Zimbabwe to President Barack Obama of the United States of America. 2. BEGIN TEXT: REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE The Prime Minister 21 December 2009 His Excellency Barrack Obama President of the [...]	2009-12-29 08:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PGOV OVIP ZI
09HARARE1009	ZIMBABWE RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (U) Under Zimbabwean law, sexual acts between same sex individuals are criminalized. Specifically, the Zimbabwean Criminal Code states that sodomy is illegal, while sexual acts between women are unlawful as they constitute "unnatural acts." With strong support from President Robert Mugabe, [...]	2009-12-29 13:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL PTER ZI
09HARARE1012	OUTSIDERS, VIEWS OF THE INSIDE OF ZANU-PF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF hardliners have adopted a 'wait and see' attitude regarding Western sanctions, believing that EU sanctions might be lifted soon, with lifting of U.S. sanctions taking another two to three years. Merely offering immunity from prosecution and one-time payments will not be [...]	2009-12-30 14:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
09HARARE105	ZIMBABWE REGIONAL HOSPITAL STRUGGLES TO PROVIDE CARE [...] SUMMARY: As reported reftel, Zimbabwe's public hospitals remain closed in most parts of the country, with the few remaining open without adequate medical supplies and services. Instead of filling the void left by the closed public hospitals, many private hospitals have begun a policy of turn [...]	2009-02-10 13:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV SCUL SMIG ELAB KPAO ZI
09HARARE106	ZIMBABWE - REACHING OUT TO REFORM-MINDED ZANU-PF [...] (C) As part of an effort to engage with moderate members of ZANU-PF, poloff met with Ivene Dzingirayi, a first-time ZANU-PF parliamentarian with good working relationships with his MDC counterparts. Dzingirayi discussed his perspective of reform elements within the ZANU-PF side of Parliament a [...]	2009-02-10 13:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE115	POLITICAL REPRESSION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Even after Morgan Tsvangirai's inauguration as Prime Minister, political detainees including Jestina Mukoko and approximately 29 others remain in State custody. Encouragingly, on February 13 some were allowed access to a private medical facility and Prime Minister Tsvangirai attempted to [...]	2009-02-12 16:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE117	ZIMBABWEAN PARLIAMENT PASSES NSC LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) The Zimbabwean Parliament passed the Zimbabwe National Security Council (NSC) bill on February 10, creating a new executive entity charged with reviewing the country's national security policies and recommending or directing strategic actions. The NSC legislation is currently awaiting [...]	2009-02-13 07:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE118	ZIMBABWE'S BANKING SECTOR NOT YET OUT OF THE WOODS [...] (SBU) Dollarization introduced in the January 2009 Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) brought relief to the banking sector. Banking had become unsustainable as Zimbabwe dollar denominated revenue failed to cover rising foreign currency denominated costs. The continued depreciation of the local cur [...]	2009-02-13 09:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ELAB ECON PGOV ZI
09HARARE119	ZIM NOTES 02-13-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Tsvangirai and Deputies Sworn Into Government... - Tsvangirai Picks Fill New Ministerial Posts... - While Mugabe Resorts to the Usual Suspects... - National Security Council Bill Passed... - Little Progress for Detainees... - Cholera on the Dec [...]	2009-02-13 09:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE129	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER TSVANGIRAI [...] (C) The Ambassador today called on prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Tsvangirai was accompanied by deputy prime minister Arthur Mutambara, minister for state in the prime minister's office Gordon Moyo, and advisor Ian Makone. Tsvangirai expressed the utmost confidence in the ability of the n [...]	2009-02-17 15:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE130	ZANU-PF HARDLINERS USE ARRESTS TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE [...] (C) On Friday Feburary 13, MDC Treasurer and nominee for Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Roy Bennett, was arrested at an airport outside Harare and taken in a high speed getaway to the eastern city of Mutare. Although lawyers were assured he would be brought to court on Monday February 16, the [...]	2009-02-18 05:39:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE135	ZIM DONOR MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Minister of Finance Tendai Biti met with Multi Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) representatives on February 16 to discuss the dire economic situation and to discuss necessary steps to resuscitate the economy. Tsvangirai focused on the need to pay civil servan [...]	2009-02-18 15:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
09HARARE136	MFA BRIEFING: SAME OLD STORY [...] (SBU) GOZ foreign minister Samuel Mumbengegwi summoned Heads of Mission to the MFA today for a briefing ostensibly to discuss, as he stated in his introductory remarks, "recent, very positive developments." After lauding the new, inclusive government, and paying tribute to the AU, SADC, and [...]	2009-02-19 15:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE14	HARARE MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE: REQUEST FOR FUNDS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-07 09:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT SOCI ECON PGOV AMED ZI
09HARARE141	PLATINUM - ZIMBABWE,S BELEAGURED GOLDEN GOOSE [...] (C) Zimbabwe's rich platinum resources contributed a third of the country's exports, excluding gold, in 2008. The ore came from two mines. Platinum claims surrendered to the government in recent years by mining companies in return for empowerment credit have for the most part ended up in the [...]	2009-02-20 10:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV PGOV ZI
09HARARE142	ZIM NOTES 02-20-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - On the Political/Social Front PM, MFA Brief Diplomats and Donors... - New Ministers and Deputies Take Office... - UN Visit... - USAID Employee's Hearing Delayed - Again ... - Political Prisoners Remain in Custody... - More WOZA Arrests... - C [...]	2009-02-23 07:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE144	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ZIM MINISTER OF FINANCE BITI [...] (C) The Ambassador paid a courtesy call today on new Minister of Finance Tendai Biti. Bti outlined his plan for short-term economic recovery, but expressed concern about funding recurrent government expenditures over the next several months while the economy stabilizes. He acknowledged that [...]	2009-02-23 14:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAID ECON ZI
09HARARE146	HARARE: ANNUAL OVERSEAS ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) [...] Always remain aware of your surroundings and the activity around you. A typical mugging in Harare involves a group of young males who surround and overwhelm their victim in a public area. An alert individual can often see this developing and initiate an appropriate evasive action. 2. Trav [...]	2009-02-24 11:31:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT APER ZI
09HARARE149	TSVANGIRAI CHALLENGES ZANU-PF ACTIONS [...] (U) Today's "The Herald" announced that Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe had reassigned a number of permanent secretaries and would make additional appointments of permanent secretaries in due course. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai held a noon press conference, accompanied by deputy prim [...]	2009-02-25 14:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE159	ZIMBABWE'S EQUITY TRADERS WELCOME DOLLARIZATION, [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's financial sector welcomed dollarization of the economy and the foreign currency income that asset managers, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE),and stock brokers can now earn. But they do not expect a sudden return to profitability, as trading only re-opened on the ZSE last wee [...]	2009-02-25 14:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV ZI
09HARARE161	ZIMBABWE,S PLATINUM AND DIAMOND COMPANIES BUCK RBZ [...] (C) Zimbabwe's established platinum and diamond mining companies are resisting the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) directive to localize their foreign currency accounts and submit to greater RBZ control. They maintain RBZ Governor Gono does not have the authority to change mineral policy and [...]	2009-02-26 14:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
09HARARE162	NEW ZIMBABWEAN CABINET ASSEMBLED [...] (SBU) The newly-constituted Zimbabwean Cabinet is comprised of 42 members, consisting of six principals (the president, the prime minister, two vice presidents, and two deputy prime ministers) and 36 Cabinet-level ministers. There are an additional five ministers of state who are not members [...]	2009-02-26 14:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE163	ZIM NOTES 02-27-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC and ZANU-PF Going Head to Head in Government... - SADC Looking to Raise US$2 Billion for Zimbabwe... - Roy Bennett Granted Bail, but Still in Jail... - Tsvangirai to Attend Bob's Birthday Bash? ... - USAID Employee Released... - WOZA Women [...]	2009-03-02 08:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE166	UN A/SG URGES DONORS TO DO MORE IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 25 breakfast meeting with U.S. and UK Ambassadors, UN Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Catherine Bragg urged donors to expand their humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe to include recovery activities. While she acknowledged the appropriateness [...]	2009-03-02 15:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE168	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER KHUPE [...] (C) In a cordial courtesy call in her freshly-painted office, Ambassador McGee and Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe discussed the immediate needs of the new government and how the U.S. government can assist. DPM Khupe acknowledged the serious challenges facing government and the forces w [...]	2009-03-02 17:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE177	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (TIP) - ZIMBABWE [...] (U) The following is Embassy Harare's response to questions posed to Post in reftels. ------------------------ Zimbabwe's TIP Situation ------------------------ -- 23 A. (SBU) There are no reliable statistics on the trafficking problem in Zimbabwe. Most information on trafficking comes fr [...]	2009-03-03 11:38:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ZI ASEC
09HARARE18	NEW ARRESTS: POSSIBLE EFFORTS TO MANUFACTURE [...] (C) An eye witness estimates that 300 security forces, including two helicopters, were used in an extensive search of three white-owned properties about 10 miles east of Harare on January 3. Members of the military, police, presidential guard and intelligence services participated in the sear [...]	2009-01-07 12:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE180	THE ZIMBABWEAN CABINET: PERSONAL LOYALTY KEY TO [...] (SBU) President Mugabe filled his ministerial selections by primarily rewarding loyalty to himself, and secondarily maintaining ethnic representation amongst Shona tribes, and, in keeping with the 1987 Unity Accords, Ndebeles. Mugabe was challenged in findin sufficient positions for a number o [...]	2009-03-04 14:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE182	BAIL APPROVALS INDICATE SLIGHT GOZ SHIFT IN RIGHT [...] (C) Of the 32 persons abducted between October and December 2008, 21 have now been released, including human rights activist Jestina Mukoko who was released on bail on March 2. The granting of Deputy Agriculture Minister-designate Roy Bennett's bail was reaffirmed in the high court on March 3 [...]	2009-03-04 16:24:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE183	ZIMBABWE COMMITTED TO U.S. DOLLARS FOR CIVIL [...] (C) The pervasive dollarization of the Zimbabwe economy and collapse of the Zimbabwe dollar drove the GOZ's decision to pay civil servant allowances in hard-currency vouchers redeemable for goods. Potential abuse of the system by Reserve Bank Governor Gono compelled Minister of Finance Biti t [...]	2009-03-04 16:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
09HARARE184	GIDEON GONO MUST GO--BUT HOW? [...] (C) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono has become the ZANU-PF poster boy for corruption and financial mismanagement. The MDC realizes that Gono's presence at the RBZ complicates possibilities of assistance to Zimbabwe. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has told the Ambassado [...]	2009-03-04 16:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ZI
09HARARE19	MUGABE SHUFFLES MINISTERS AS HE AWAITS MDC DECISION [...] (U) In early January, President Robert Mugabe dismissed 12 ministers and deputy ministers, and shifted their portfolios to other senior ZANU-PF officials. The dismissals were in keeping with constitutional requirements that stipulate that all ministers and deputies need to be sitting members [...]	2009-01-07 15:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE192	ZIM NOTES 03-06-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Pressure Rises on Gono... - Tsvangirai Urges West to Move Towards Lifting of Sanctions... - Cabinet Reveals Loyalties and Priorities... - Permanent Secretaries to Go? - NGO Report Exposes Diamond Industry and Abuses... - PM Tsvangirai Skips Par [...]	2009-03-09 12:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE194	TSVANGIRAI'S CAR ACCIDENT [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 10. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador spoke with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on March 7, and USAID officials and Zimbabwean lawyers spoke with witnesses on the same day. It is clear that the incident in which Mr. Tsvangirai's car was struck [...]	2009-03-09 13:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE204	DONORS BRIEF IMF TEAM ON EVE OF MEETINGS WITH ZIM [...] (SBU) On March 8, Ambassador McGee and key like-minded ambassadors briefed the IMF Article IV mission team on the lack of political will to make the inclusive government work among top ZANU-PF officials, the dire state of Zimbabwe's public finances, and the incompetence and corruption of Reser [...]	2009-03-10 15:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE207	ZANU-PF ORCHESTRATES RENEWED LAND GRABS [...] (C) On March 5, poloff met with Trevor Gifford, president of the Commercial Farmer's Union in Zimbabwe. According to Gifford, a recent upsurge in farm invasions that began in February is being orchestrated by Attorney General Tomana, President Mugabe, and the Zimbabwean High Court. Gifford no [...]	2009-03-11 11:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAGR ZI
09HARARE217	A TRUCE IN THE WAR OF WORDS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) This week has been dominated by a church service and public memorial for Susan Tsvangirai, and a public internment. President Robert Mugabe had conciliatory words for Morgan Tsvangirai at the church service; Tsvangirai's eldest son and MDC secretary general and GOZ finance minister Ten [...]	2009-03-12 13:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE218	MDC'S BENNETT RELEASED ON BAIL; STATE CONSIDERS [...] (C) Jailed Deputy Minister of Agriculture-designate Roy Bennett was released from a Mutare jail on March 12 after the Supreme Court Chief Justice upheld a previous, lower court decision to grant Bennett bail. The magistrate who originally ordered Benntt's release after a High Court order gran [...]	2009-03-12 14:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE221	BAD OMENS FOR ZIMBABWE AGRICULTURE [...] (C) As orchestrated land grabs by ZANU-PF continue, an informed contact reports that new Lands Minister Herbert Murerwa appears to be a captive of the permanent secretary inherited from Didymus Mutasa, and Agriculture Minister Joseph Made has no use for white commercial farmers. Without chea [...]	2009-03-13 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE222	ZIM NOTES 03-13-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Tragic Car Accident Results in Death of Tsvangirai's Wife... - Roy Bennett Out on Bail... - Surge in Land Invasions Continues... - Retired Army Chief Dies... - New Independent Newspaper Seeks Approval... - Australia Makes Non-Humanitarian Donat [...]	2009-03-16 07:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE226	THE NEW GOZ: A ONE-MONTH ASSESSMENT [...] (C) The newly formed Government of Zimbabwe is not a government of national unity with shared values and goals. It is principally a forced marriage of two opposing parties that seek to strengthen themselves while weakening the other as they look toward elections in two years. 2. (C) The M [...]	2009-03-16 13:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE228	AIR ZIMBABWE AT ROSSROAD TO SURVIVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Air Zimbabwe, the wholly government-owned flagship air-carrier of Zimbabwe, is at a crossroads. After ten years of disastrous financial mismanagement, AirZim has become an enormous drain to the government's coffers, requiring continuous transfusions of working capital from the [...]	2009-03-17 08:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR CASC ATRN ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
09HARARE232	IMF REPORTS PROGRESS IN ZIMBABAWE'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) In an interim briefing to Western ambassadors on March 16, IMF Mission Chief Vitaliy Kramarenko reported that the Zimbabwe economy contracted 14 percent in 2008 and the financial system was on its knees. On the positive side, dollarization had stopped inflation and helped stabilize the [...]	2009-03-17 10:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
09HARARE233	ANALYSIS OF ZIMBABWE MEDIA COVERAGE OF SANCTIONS AND PM CAR [...] SUMMARY: Extension of U.S. targeted sanctions by President Obama on March 4 and the car crash that killed Susan Tsvangirai both received extensive media coverage in the last two weeks. A significant section of the mainstream media believes that targeted sanctions should ease following the forma [...]	2009-03-17 16:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO PGOV PREL ETTC ZI
09HARARE239	OBSERVATIONS OF MDC MINISTER OF WATER [...] (C) Polecon Chief spoke with Minister of Water Sam Nkomo on March 19. Nkomo is an MDC MP from Matabeleland North and is the brother of John Nkomo, the ZANU-PF party chairman and a Minister of State in the president's office. He offered observations on the current situation. 2. (C) Nkomo [...]	2009-03-19 10:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE24	MILITARY EXPANSION FUELS DIAMOND CHAOS XXXXXXXXXXXX [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX, poloff met with XXXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXXX region that contains the diamond-rich Marange fields, to discuss violence in the region as well as recent developments in the turbulent Marange diamond trade. XXXXXXXXXXXX described how the military expansion in XXXXXXXXXXXX in late [...]	2009-01-09 08:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EMIN RS ZI
09HARARE240	ELTON MANGOMA ON THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE [...] (C) Minister of Economic Development Elton Mangoma provided Polecon Chief on March 19 his observations on the current political landscape. 2. (C) Mangoma, who was one of the MDC negotiators in arriving at the Inter-Party Agreement and was supportive of the MDC entering into government, ex [...]	2009-03-19 15:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE246	ZIM EDUCATION STILL IN LIMBO AS TEACHERS THREATEN [...] (SBU) Raymond Majongwe, the outspoken Secretary General of the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ),told us in a meeting on March 18 that teachers' unions are in the difficult position of working with the genuinely interested and committed new Minister of Education (MDC-M's David Co [...]	2009-03-23 12:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE248	ZIM NOTES 03-20-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - New Government Making Progress, But Still Lacks Unity... - Conspiracy Theorists Continue to Blame U.S. for Accident... - Minister Matinenga Takes The Witness Stand... - MDC Members Remain Behind Bars For Post-Funeral Violence... - Giving Up On O [...]	2009-03-23 12:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE257	MDC ON LAND SEIZURES, POLITICS [...] (C) Gorden Moyo is the Minister of State in Prime Minister Tsvangirai's office. He serves as a chief of staff for Tsvangirai, helping to coordinate MDC policy and serving as a liaison with ZANU-PF. Moyo offered us his observations March 26 on land seizures and the political situation. 2. [...]	2009-03-26 09:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE258	ZANU-PF INSIDER ON POLITICS [...] (C) Walter Mzembi, ZANU-PF Minister of Tourism, spoke with us on March 20. Mzembi is considered a "young Turk" within the party. He is close to Mugabe, but at the same time is one of the few ZANU-PF officials who has been confident enough to speak openly with us without fear of repercussion [...]	2009-03-26 09:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE260	BITI INTRODUCES MORE REALISTIC CASH BUDGET [...] (SBU) New Minister of Finance Tendai Biti presented a revised budget to Parliament on March 18, 2009. About half the size of the previous budget prepared by Acting Minister of Finance Patrick Chinamasa, Biti's cash budget, at US$1 billion, may still be optimistic in its revenue projection. Th [...]	2009-03-26 15:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
09HARARE261	MONITORING REPORT ON GCN G/TIP GRANT [...] (U) On March 24, 2009, poloff visited the local non-governmental organization Girl Child Network (GCN) to evaluate progress on a US$152,000 grant that was awarded by G/TIP on September 22, 2009. 2. The answers below are keyed in response to questions posed in reftel. A. Political officer [...]	2009-03-26 15:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PGOV KTIP ZI
09HARARE263	KIMBERLEY PROCESS CHAIR GIVES ZIMBABWE KID-GLOVE [...] (SBU) During a short visit, hijacked to some extent by the marketing might of Rio Tinto's Murowa Diamonds, Kimberley Process (KP) Chair Bernard Esau got a white-washed account of the violence in the disputed Chiadzwa diamond field in late 2008. Esau made conciliatory remarks about the need fo [...]	2009-03-26 15:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV PHUM ASEC EMIN ZI
09HARARE264	ZIMBABWEAN PARLIAMENT'S PRIORITIES AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Speaker of the House of Assembly Lovemore Moyo met with polecon chief and poloff on March 25, 2009 and discussed Parliament's next steps, legislative priorities, and role in promoting reform. Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara addressed Parliament for the first time and can [...]	2009-03-27 09:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE266	BANKS STRUGGLE WITH LOGISTICS OF PAYMENTS TO CIVIL [...] (U) Funds have been released to pay government employees the March US$100 foreign exchange allowance that tops up their worthless Zimbabwe dollar salaries. At mid-month, however, when the allowances were due to be paid, many recipients were not able to withdraw the funds due to shortcomings i [...]	2009-03-27 10:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ECON ASEC EAID ZI
09HARARE268	ZIM NOTES 03-27-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Parliament Getting its House in Order... - Zimbabwean Teachers Consider Striking... - Government Sponsors Stakeholders Meeting... - Cholera Continues to Decline... - Zimbabwe Hosts Tourism Conference... - Court Update... - Scandinavians Send D [...]	2009-03-30 11:27:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE275	LABOR ANALYSIS: UNIONS FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL (PART 1 [...] (U) This is the first of two cables assessing labor in Zimbabwe. Part one examines the history of the labor movement and the challengs facing unions. Part two examines the internal political struggles within the labor movement and its continued relationship with the MDC leadership. 2. ( [...]	2009-04-02 13:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ELAB KDEM ZI
09HARARE276	LABOR ANALYSIS: ZCTU'S INTERNAL STRUGGLES (PART 2 [...] (SBU) This is the second in a two-part series analyzing the labor movement in Zimbabwe. Part one (Ref A) examined the history of the labor movement and the current struggles unions are facing. Part two examines the internal political struggles within the labor movement and its relationship w [...]	2009-04-02 14:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ELAB ZI
09HARARE278	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON ZIM MINISTER OF ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) The Ambassador called on Elton Mangoma, MDC Minister of Economic Development, on April 2. Mangoma discussed the overall political situation and made the following salient points: 2. (C) The MDC was pleased with the SADC Summit last weekend in Swaziland. SADC emphasized that the le [...]	2009-04-02 14:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE28	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA USAID DART SITUATION REPORT #3 [...] As of January 8, the U.N. World Health Organization (WHO) reported a total of more than 36,000 cholera cases in Zimbabwe since the outbreak began in August, with 1,822 deaths and a case fatality rate (CFR) of 5.0 percent. On January 6, the health cluster coordinator noted that a number of the [...]	2009-01-09 10:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM TBIO ZI
09HARARE281	ZIM PARLIAMENT PUTS IN PLACE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's parliament finalized its committee nomination process this week by announcing appointments to the Parliamentary Legal Committee as well as to the 20 various portfolio committees. These bodies serve as important mechanisms to evaluate the legality of proposed legislation and t [...]	2009-04-03 10:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE283	ANGLICAN CHURCH FEUD TURNS VIOLENT; POLICE BACK [...] (C) The head of the Anglican Church in Harare, Bishop Sebastian Bakare, met with poloff on March 31 to discuss the escalating feud and resultant violence stemming from the rivalry between the official Anglican Church and a rogue faction headed by Bakare's predecessor, expelled Bishop Nolbert K [...]	2009-04-03 11:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE284	DELISTING ZIMBABWEAN BANKS WORTH CONSIDERING [...] (C) Post recommends consideration of removing Zimbabwean banks the Agricultural Development Bank of Zimbabwe ("Agribank") and ZB Financial Holdings and its subsidiaries (collectively "ZB Bank") as Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals (S [...]	2009-04-03 11:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ZI

09HARARE285	ZIM NOTES 04-03-09 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - WhereQs the Money - QTsvangirai Blasts West - New Mercedes for All - Parliament forms Committees - QBlowQ to U.S. Sanctions - Journalist Abducted in Gweru - Anglican Church Feud Boils Over - No QHell HoleQ Here - Exam Council Corruption - L [...]	2009-04-03 13:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE288	LACK OF FUNDS LEAD TO ZIM PARLIAMENTARY RECESS [...] (SBU) Parliament has announced it will adjourn until May 12. This is due to a lack of funds to pay MPs housing and travel allowances while Parliament is in session. Separately, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono's recent offer to give MPs secondhand central bank vehicles is [...]	2009-04-06 15:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE289	IMPROVED BUDGET TRANSPARENCY IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) The Government of Zimbabwe is a recipient of FY09 foreign assistance, as defined in Ref A, under the Department of State Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act (SFOAA). Post therefore provides the following response to the questions contained in Ref A. 2. (U) The G [...]	2009-04-06 15:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL EFIN PGOV ZI
09HARARE29	TORTURE, TERRORISM, AND THE RED VAN: UPDATE ON [...] (C) Court cases continue for 18 Zimbabweans abducted between late October and mid-December who face various accusations related to terrorism, banditry, and mounting an armed insurgency. Prominent human rights activist Jestina Mukoko and eight others remain in custody until their next appearan [...]	2009-01-09 11:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE296	BITI ON THE ECONOMY, SANCTIONS, AND MUGABE [...] (C) The Ambassador, accompanied by visiting Staffdel Smith, met April 8 with Minister of Finance Tendai Biti. Biti briefly reviewed the current budgetary situation and discussed Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono, President Robert Mugabe's role in the new government, the Zimb [...]	2009-04-08 15:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE303	TSVANGIRAI UPDATES U.S. AND UK AMBASSADORS [...] (C) In an April 10 meeting, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai acknowledged the problematic nature of recent farm invasions and the continuing presence of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono. He noted that his personal situation had removed him from the fray for three weeks. H [...]	2009-04-14 12:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE306	FOOD SECURITY PROJECT UNDER DEVELOPMENT [...] On April 8, a team led by Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Special Advisor Tesfai Tecle briefed donors on its efforts to design a project to promote food security in Zimbabwe. Tecle said that AGRA Chair Kofi Annan was approached by many Zimbabweans, including Prime Minister Tsv [...]	2009-04-15 07:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PHUM ZI
09HARARE307	MONITORING REPORT ON HURIDETSA G/TIP GRANT [...] (U) On March 30, poloff visited the local non-governmental organization Human Rights and Development Trust of Southern Africa (HURIDETSA) to evaluate progress on a US$300,000 grant that was awarded by G/TIP on September 25, 2008. 2. (SBU) The answers below are keyed in response to questions [...]	2009-04-15 12:12:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PGOV KTIP ZI
09HARARE310	ZIM NOTES 04-09-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Government Concludes Retreat... - More Media Space?... - Parliament Adjourns Until May... - First Constitutional Deadline Approaching... - Prison Wardens Arrested, Beaten, Released... - Three Remaining Bombers Denied Bail by Chief Justice... - [...]	2009-04-15 14:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE321	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ZIM ICT MINISTER NELSON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador McGee met with Zimbabwean Minister for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Nelson Chamisa on April 8 as part of a series of calls on ministers in the new government. They discussed the US$100,000 recently paid by the USG to ZimPost for past delivery of person [...]	2009-04-17 09:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINT PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE322	ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND [...] (SBU) On April 16, poloffs met with Joe Mhishi Tapera, Head of Multilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Relations to present the U.S. nomination to the UN Human Rights Council (Refs A and B) and to discuss Madagascar (Ref C). 2. (SBU) With respect to the Human Rights Council, we pr [...]	2009-04-17 09:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
09HARARE323	ZIMBABWEAN CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS KICKS OFF [...] (SBU) The Speaker of the House of Assembly announced on April 12 the formation of a Parliamentary Select Committee charged with directing the process to form a new Zimbabwean constitution. The membership of the committee is divided on a proportional basis between the three political parties. [...]	2009-04-17 09:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE324	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON ZIM MINISTER OF HEALTH AND CHILD [...] Summary: On April 8 Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Zimbabwe's new Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr. Henry Madzorera. He was accompanied by USAID Mission Director Karen Freeman and CDC Country Director, Dr. Ruth Walkup. Dr. Madzorera was joined by his Permanent Secretary Dr. Gera [...]	2009-04-17 14:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE325	ZIMBABWE: GOODS PRODUCED WITH FORCED OR EXPLOITATIVE CHILD [...] This cable provides additional details on goods produced in Zimbabwe with forced labor and exploitative child labor. Reports from the government, the International Labor Organization, industry, and non-governmental organizations that follow labor issues indicate that the vast majority of child [...]	2009-04-20 05:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PLAB PHUM PREF PGOV KTIP EMIN EAGR ZI
09HARARE326	ZIM NOTES 04-17-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Outstanding Issues Still Outstanding... - Communications Portfolio in Limbo... - Constitutional Process Kicks Off... - Joint Independence Day Celebrations Planned... - MDC MPs Divided Over Cars... - U.S. Lauded for Lifting Travel Warning... - [...]	2009-04-20 07:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE329	USAID/OFDA FIELD TRIP REPORT: AGRICULTURE/FOOD SECURITY [...] From March 1-5, USAID's Southern Africa Principal Regional Advisor for the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Harlan Hale and USAID/OFDA Zimbabwe Humanitarian Program Specialist Mark Adams conducted field monitoring assessments of agriculture/food security projects in the Matabe [...]	2009-04-20 12:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE33	ZIM NOTES 01-09-09 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - ZANU-PF-MDC Negotiations... - Ministers Shuffled, Still Room in the Cabinet for MDC... - Abductees Still in Prison... - GOZ Decides to Fight Cholera, Too? - Skyrocketing Media Fees Likely to Restrict Free Flow of Information... - Uganda Praised [...]	2009-01-12 16:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE331	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA - USAID/DART CLOSE OUT [...] In response to the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe, USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) activated a USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART). The mission of the USAID/DART was to identify humanitarian needs, target USAID/OFDA funding, evaluate response effe [...]	2009-04-20 14:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE332	LAST 3 ABDUCTEES RELEASED, AGAINST GOZ WISHES [...] (U) On Friday April 17, journalist Andrisson Shadreck Manyere, Tsvangirai advisor Gandhi Mudzingwa, and Chris (Kisimu) Dhlamini were released on US$1,000 bail. The three men were abducted between October and December 2008 and are charged, along with four others, of bombing several Zimbabwe p [...]	2009-04-21 13:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE333	COMMERCIAL FARMERS IN ZIMBABWE SEEK COMPENSATION [...] (C) Trevor Gifford, president of the Commercial Farmer's Union (CFU),met with the Ambassador on April 15 to discuss a shift in strategy his organization is adopting regarding seized and threatened commercial farms in Zimbabwe. The CFU's new position is to seek compensation of up to US$20 bi [...]	2009-04-21 13:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE340	TWO FACES OF ZANU-PF [...] (C) A courtesy call by the Ambassador on Co-Ministers of Home Affairs Giles Mutsekwa (MDC-T) and Kembo Mohadi (ZANU-PF) on April 23 devolved into an anti-U.S. diatribe by Mohadi who walked out of the meeting. This followed remarks by the Ambassador that the U.S. wanted to help Zimbabwe, but n [...]	2009-04-23 16:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE342	ZIM NOTES 04-17-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Stalemate Continues... - Biti Demands Investigation of Gono, Travels to U.S... - Ministerial Visit Fails to Quell Disruptions at Farms... - Constitutional Committee Still Lacks a Chair... - Political Detainees Rearrested... - Kunonga vs. Baka [...]	2009-04-27 07:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE356	ZIM NOTES 04-30-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Continuing Stalemate... - Farm Invasions Decreasing... - MDC Targets Gono... - Teachers Pledge to Strike... - The Herald Attacks Eddie Cross... - U.S. Volunteer Surgical Team Arrives... - HIFA Enlightens Harare Again... - Dutch Farmers Win Le [...]	2009-04-30 15:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE360	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON GOZ PROGRESS [...] (C) Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador May 1 that he is reasonably satisfied with the progress of the new transitional government. Outstanding issues in the process of being resolved include: governorships, permanent secretaries and ambassadorships; political detainees; and [...]	2009-05-04 13:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE361	ZIMBABWE'S ELECTRICAL WOES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Due to a lack of coal, aging equipment, vandalism, and general neglect, Zimbabwe's electrical power grid currently supplies only half of the country's demand. The result is frequent load-shedding (blackouts) with many rural regions without power at all. Although the Zimbabwe Ele [...]	2009-05-04 14:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINT CASC PGOV ZI
09HARARE367	DRAMATIC SETBACK: ZIM ABDUCTEES SENT BACK TO JAIL [...] (C) On May 5, Magistrate Catherine Chimwanda remanded 15 individuals, including prominent human rights activist Jestina Mukoko, to prison pending their trials, which are currently scheduled for June and July 2009. Mukoko and others were abducted between October and December 2008, tortured, acc [...]	2009-05-05 15:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE372	MDC FOCUSES ON OUTSTANDING ISSUES; DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a May 6 MDC Standing Committee meeting, party Secretary General Tendai Biti held a press conference to announce that the MDC expected action in the next ten days on outstanding issues under the Global Political Agreement, including the appointments of the Reserve Bank (R [...]	2009-05-06 14:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE379	FORGIVE AND FORGET? NOT YET -- RECONCILIATION SLOW [...] (C) Progress towards forgiveness is slow in Gutu South, a rural constituency that was hard hit by violence during the 2008 inter-election period. Although some chiefs are leading an effort towards reconciliation between victims and perpetrators of violence, fear and intimidation remain high a [...]	2009-05-07 15:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE38	MDC SPOKESMAN CHAMISA ON MDC POSITION, U.S. POLICY [...] (C) MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa told polecon chief on January 14 that the MDC was resolved to condition entry into government on satisfactory resolution of outstanding issues. MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai would meet with Zimbabwean president Mugabe in the next few days to either resolve these [...]	2009-01-14 12:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE386	ZIMBABWE'S FY 2009 SUGAR EXPORTS TO THE U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-11 13:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON ZI
09HARARE39	NO END IN SIGHT TO HARARE'S WATER PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Harare's water and sewer systems are antiquated and can no longer cope with the city's expansion. The problems worsened in 2006 when the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) took over the administration of water and sewer reticulation from the city of Harare. In recent years, int [...]	2009-01-14 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ASEC PHUM PGOV ZI
09HARARE390	ZIM NOTES 05-08-09 [...] MDC Takes on Outstanding Issues...Tendai Biti, in his capacity as MDC Secretary-General, held a press conference on Wednesday to demand that outstanding issues be resolved. Noting that the principals Q Mugabe, Tsvangirai, and Mutambara Q had had a series of meetings on these issues, he said t [...]	2009-05-11 18:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE392	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ZIM MINING MINISTER [...] (SBU) On May 11, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Zimbabwe's new Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Obert Mpofu. The Ambassador pressed the ZANU-PF minister on the importance of boosting electrical supplies to support renewed economic activity and ongoing U.S. concern about viol [...]	2009-05-12 15:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE394	MDC MP CONVICTED FOR OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE; OTHERS STILL FACE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The advent of the transitional government has failed to stem political prosecutions of abductees as well as MPs. This week Matthias Mlambo, MDC-T MP for Chipinge East, was jailed for an effective seven months while his colleague Meki Makuyana, MDC-T MP for Chipinge South, also fac [...]	2009-05-13 16:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE395	MEDIA STAKEHOLDERS SPIN OUTCOME OF MEDIA CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) After several delays and despite a partial boycott, the All-Stakeholders' Media Conference under the theme "Towards an Open, Tolerant, and Responsible Media Environment" went forward May 8-10 in Kariba, with about half of the expected stakeholders present. The umbrella civil society org [...]	2009-05-13 16:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE40	MDC PARLIAMENTARIAN PUSHED OUT BY JUDGE [...] (SBU) A Zimbabwean judge disqualified an MDC member of parliament after convicting her of forging signatures nominating her to run in the March 2008 parliamentary elections. Lynette Karenyi was convicted by Magistrate Billard Musakwa of forging four signatures nominating her to contest the C [...]	2009-01-14 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE401	LAST THREE ABDUCTEES GRANTED BAIL; POLICE ARREST [...] (SBU) The legal drama surrounding the 18 people abducted in late 2008 continues. On May 13, High Court Justice November Mtshiya granted bail to the last three abductees still in custody: Kisimusi (Chris) Dhlamini, Ghandi Mudzingwa, and Andrisson Shadreck Manyere. In his ruling, Justice Mtshi [...]	2009-05-14 15:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE402	MDC-M SUSPENSIONS REVEAL SPLIT IN PARTY [...] (SBU) The President of the MDC-M and Deputy Prime Minister, Arthur Mutambara, and other top party officials suspended six senior party members, including three MPs. The suspensions have unearthed growing dissent within the MDC-M about Mutambara's leadership, which some party officials and par [...]	2009-05-14 15:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE403	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NICHOLAS GOCHE [...] (SBU) As part of a series of courtesy calls on new Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) ministers, the Ambassador met on May 14 with Nicholas Goche, Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development. Goche is a long-time ZANU-PF insider who served as that party's lead negotiator in negotiations [...]	2009-05-14 15:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE405	THE NEW GOZ: A THREE MONTH ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 10:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE411	ZIM NOTES 05-15-09 [...] Tsvangirai Launches Next 100 Day Plan... Having just about completed the first 100 days of the unity government, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai hosted a conference in Harare to lay out his plans and goals for the next 100. The plan groups the 32 ministries into five clusters (Economic, Inf [...]	2009-05-18 08:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE416	TSVANGIRAI OUTLINES NEXT 100-DAY PLAN [...] (SBU) On May 13, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai unveiled his plan to guide the Government of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) activities during the next 100 days of the unity government at a conference attended by government officials, legislators, diplomats, civil society, and business leaders. In essence [...]	2009-05-19 14:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI ECON XA
09HARARE417	GOZ URGED TO 'GET POLICIES RIGHT' AT MINING [...] (SBU) Presenters at a mining conference organized by the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe in Harare on May 7, urged government to implement prudent policies to attract investment and restore the sector to its former position of contributing close to seven percent to gross domestic product. Speaker [...]	2009-05-19 15:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
09HARARE42	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ZIMBABWE [...] The Government of Zimbabwe's corruption and mismanagement have severely crippled the local economy making it unlikely to attract or absorb significant foreign direct investment in 2009. GDP has declined by roughly 50 percent in the past eight years, the largest peacetime drop ever recorded. [...]	2009-01-15 14:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC ZI
09HARARE430	AMCIT INVOLVED IN VIOLENT ZIMBABWEAN FARM INVASION [...] (SBU) The Zimbabwean President of the Senate, Edna Madzongwe, is carrying out a violent farm invasion of a commercial citrus farm with an annual estimated export crop worth US$4 million. The invasion and ejection of the title holder appear to violate local law, as the Zimbabwean High Court ha [...]	2009-05-21 15:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR CASC ZI
09HARARE431	ZANU-PF AND MDC-T RESOLVE SOME OUTSTANDING ISSUES [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Tsvangirai announced on May 21 that the three political parties had reached agreement on the contentious issues of division of governorships, appointment of permanent secretaries and ambassadors, and the delayed swearing in of Roy Bennett as Deputy Minister of Agriculture. [...]	2009-05-21 18:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE44	HARARE 2009 BFIF PROJECT PROPOSAL [...] (U) Embassy Harare proposes to draw on the Business Facilitation and Incentive Fund (BFIF) to promote corporate governance in Zimbabwe. -------------------------------- Support for Corpoate Governance -------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Post proposes providing financial suport [...]	2009-01-16 10:11:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD AMGT BEXP ECON ETRD ZI
09HARARE444	ZANU-PF GOVERNOR FORCING HIMSELF ON AMCIT-OWNED CONSERVANCY [...] (SBU) After years of successfully avoiding land invasions, Zimbabwe's private conservancies now face the threat of forced "indigenous partnerships" that--if carried out--will likely deter further investment and derail significant conservation gains. Under the Wildlife-Based Land Reform Policy [...]	2009-05-29 12:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC SENV PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CASC ZI
09HARARE447	GORDON MOYO SHARES INSIGHTS INTO CABINET AND TOP [...] (C) Minister of State in the Prime Minister's office, Gordon Moyo, explained President Mugabe's refusal to fire Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono and Attorney General Johannes Tomana. Firing Gono would be an indictment on Mugabe's presidency and he was still financially useful, while Tomana w [...]	2009-05-29 14:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE456	TEA WITH MUGABE: CODEL PAYNE'S MARATHON MEETING AT [...] (SBU) On May 30 President Robert Mugabe received Congressmen Donald Payne (D-NJ),Ambassador McGee, and staffers at his State House office for a nearly three-hour-long meeting. Throughout the marathon meeting Mugabe was alert, articulate, in apparent good health, and defiant. Congressman Pay [...]	2009-06-02 13:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE46	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA - USAID/DART HEALTH COORDINATION UPDATE [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) has been working closely with the team from the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and humanitarian partners to improve coordination, set up the cholera command-and-control center, and implement cholera response activities at the field le [...]	2009-01-16 15:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO EAGR PREL PHUM PGOV ZI
09HARARE460	ZIMBABWE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KOSOVO WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche on the upcoming vote on Kosovo's application to join the World Bank (WB) on June 2 to Godfrey Magwenzi, the head of Multi-Lateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Magwenzi explained that while Zimbabwe was supportive of Kosovo's application to j [...]	2009-06-02 15:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL ZIM
09HARARE461	AG'S OFFICE STILL PURSUING LAWYER, JOURNALISTS, WOZA [...] (SBU) The harassment of human rights lawyers and independent journalists continues as the Attorney General's (AG) office--headed by ZANU-PF stalwart Johannes Tomana--shows no signs of letting up on politically motivated criminal prosecutions. Human rights lawyer Alec Muchadehama and Zimbabwe I [...]	2009-06-02 15:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE465	ZIMBABWEAN STATE DINNER HONORING THE KING OF SWAZILAND [...] (U) On June 3, President Robert Mugabe held a State dinner at the Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare in honor of visiting King Mswati III of Swaziland. The dinner occurred before King Mswati departed to Victoria Falls for the COMESA Summit. Mugabe thanked the King for his support of the inclusive [...]	2009-06-05 12:38:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE466	ABDUCTEES RE-ABDUCTED, THREATENED BY POLICE AND [...] (C) On June 2, two police officers, including the notorious Superintendent Peter Magwenzi, abducted three MDC leaders--Terry Musona, Lloyd Tarumbwa, and Fanny Tembo--from their homes in Mashonaland West province. The trio was first abducted in October 2008, held incommunicado and tortured by M [...]	2009-06-05 12:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE467	ZIM NOTES 06-05-09 [...] Some Issues Resolved, SADC Asked to Help... On May 21 Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai announced the three parties had resolved some of the outstanding issues, including governorships, permanent secretaries, and ambassadorships. However, Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono and Attorney General [...]	2009-06-05 14:40:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE47	ZIM NOTES 01-16-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Tsvangirai to Return, Meet Mugabe... - Conviction Threatens to Expel MDC MP from Parliament... - Still no Resolution on Court Cases... - SADC Tribunal Wrong Says Zimbabwean Supreme Court Justice... - Schools Opening or Not? - New Report on Zim [...]	2009-01-20 07:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE471	ZIM NOTES 05-29-09 [...] Post Welcomes CODEL to Zimbabwe: A Congressional delegation led by Representative Donald Payne (D-NJ) is arriving in Harare this weekend for several days of meetings with senior government officials, the donor community, and civil society and business leaders. Representative Payne is current [...]	2009-06-08 12:11:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE472	ZIM NOTES 06-05-09 (Corrected) [...] CODEL Payne Visits Zimbabwe: Chairman of the House Sub-Committee on Africa and Global Health, Donald Payne and three professional congressional staffers visited Zimbabwe May 29-31. The delegation met with President Mugabe (Harare 456),Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, a number of senior gov [...]	2009-06-08 12:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE477	CODEL PAYNE: GOZ AND CIVICS PLEAD FOR HEALTH, [...] (SBU) During his May 29-31 visit to Zimbabwe, Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ) and three congressional staffers met with senior government officials including President Robert Mugabe (ref),Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, Health Minister Dr. Henry Madzo [...]	2009-06-09 08:56:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE478	ZIMBABWEAN BUSINESS LEADERS SEEK CREDIT NOT [...] (SBU) Zimbabwean business leaders briefed Congressional delegation Payne on May 31 on challenges facing their respective industries. Commonalities from the presentations included the need for access to international credit lines, improved local governance, and stable delivery of utilities. In [...]	2009-06-09 08:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD XA PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE479	ZIM AG MINISTER OVERESTIMATES AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) In a meeting with CODEL Payne and Ambassador McGee on May 30, Minister of Agriculture Joseph Made (ZANU-PF) estimated the maize shortfall and level of food insecurity in 2009/10. He conceded the outlook was poor for the winter wheat crop, and made a pitch for credit facilities for smal [...]	2009-06-09 08:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV XA ZI
09HARARE48	ZIMBABWE - STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) A 12-hour SADC-sponsored mediation between ZANU-PF and the MDC ended January 19 with a continuing stalemate as the parties failed to narrow their differences on outstanding issues. A SADC Extraordinary Summit is tentatively scheduled for January 26 in either Gaborone or Johannesburg which [...]	2009-01-21 14:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE486	WASH Assessment trip, April 20 - May 1, 2009 [...] From April 20 to May 1, 2009, the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) specialist undertook an assessment of the WASH sector response to the present cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe. The water and sewer systems serving urban centers in Zimbabwe are in a state of severe disrepair as a result of fi [...]	2009-06-11 12:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE488	AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: NOT YET TIME TO REENGAGE [...] (SBU) Ambassadors and aid agency heads attended a briefing by African Development Bank (AFDB) President Donald Kaberuka on June 9. Kaberuka, who we met just after the COMESA summit in Victoria Falls, related his impressions of Zimbabwe and the content of various meetings with political and bus [...]	2009-06-11 15:07:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE49	ZIMBABWE COURTING FOREIGN DIAMOND INVESTMENT IN [...] (C) Discussions in mid-January with private sector mining executives Ndodana Mguquka and Greg Sebborn revealed further details of a possible diamond deal between the Zimbabwean government and either Russian or Indian diamond investors. The Russian group may only be interested in purchasing sev [...]	2009-01-22 08:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON PHUM PREL ZI RS IN IS ASEC
09HARARE490	ZIMBABWE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ICSC CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche on the nomination of Lucretia Myers to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) on June 10 to Godfrey Magwenzi, the head of Multi-Lateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Magwenzi was receptive to Ms. Myers' nomination and experience [...]	2009-06-12 10:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KUNR UNGA
09HARARE491	ZIM NOTES 06-12-09 [...] The Herald Spins TsvangiraiQs Trip... With Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on an official visit to the U.S., Canada, and Europe the ZANU-PF mouthpiece The Herald has been spinning his trip as a solicitation for a lifting of sanctions and re-engagement in the form of aid. This week, the front [...]	2009-06-12 11:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE499	GOLD'S POTENTIAL TO CONTRIBUTE TO ZIMBABWE'S [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe is in dire need of substantial foreign currency inflows. Looking ahead, the country's once significant gold mining industry is a potential source of foreign exchange earnings, provided the problems of access to capital, power shortages, and protection of property rights are add [...]	2009-06-18 10:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ETRD ECON PGOV ZI
09HARARE50	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA - USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT #4 [...] As of January 22, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) reported a total of over 48,600 cholera cases in Zimbabwe since the outbreak began in August, with 2,755 deaths and a case fatality rate (CFR) of 5.7 percent. According to the WHO epidemiological report covering the week of January 11 to [...]	2009-01-23 08:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE500	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ZIM VICE PRESIDENT MUJURU [...] C) The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Vice President Joice Mujuru on June 17, his first meeting with her. Mujuru, who was warm and engaged, expressed her support for the transitional process and bemoaned hardliners in her party who were attempting to sabotage it. She urged incremental a [...]	2009-06-18 10:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE503	ATTORNEY GENERAL ORDERS ARREST OF SENIOR MDC OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Attorney General (AG) Johannes Tomana is continuing his pursuit of attorneys and MDC officials who seek to protect and defend the MDC officials who were abducted late last year. On June 16, at the behest of Tomana, senior MDC-T official Toendepi Shonhe was arrested on charges of perjury. [...]	2009-06-19 09:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE506	ZIM NOTES 06-19-09 [...] Tsvangirai Delegation Heads to Europe... Following last week's visit to the U.S., Prime Minister Tsvangirai turned his attention to contnental Europe, spending this week meeting with senior European officials. Justice Minister Chinamasa and Foreign Affairs Minister Mumbengegwi of ZANU-PF were [...]	2009-06-19 13:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE507	ZIMBABWE: 2009 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of ten (10) claims of United States persons which may be outstanding against the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ). All ten claims arise out of the GOZ's Land Resettlement Program, which commenced in 2000. The general pace of land seizure has slowed, a [...]	2009-06-19 14:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ECON
09HARARE51	MILITARY PLANS TO DISPLACE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS [...] (SBU) In mid-January, a local chief in the diamond rich and violence-ridden XXXXXXXXXXXX informed us of the Zimbabwean military's intention to displace as many as 25,000 villagers from their homes XXXXXXXXXXXX. The military operation is intended to establish control over the diamond fields as [...]	2009-01-23 09:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ASEC PHUM ZI RS ECON PREL
09HARARE510	AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY GENERAL SLAMS ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Amnesty International (AI) Secretary General Irene Khan wrapped up a six-day visit to Zimbabwe on June 18 with a press conference where she expressed her dismay at "persistent" human rights violations in Zimbabwe. During a diplomatic briefing on June 16 that included numerous African dip [...]	2009-06-23 11:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE521	ZIM NOTES 06-26-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Next Stage in Constitutional Process Begins... - MP for Chiadzwa Convicted... - MDC Director General Still in Jail... - UK Ups Commitment Slightly... - State (Reluctantly) Admits Violating Mukoko's Rights... - South Africa Reconsiders Permit fo [...]	2009-06-29 08:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE522	ANOTHER MDC MP CONVICTED [...] (SBU) In a growing pattern of criminal conviction of MDC Members of Parliament (MPs),Shua Mudiwa MP for Mutare West (which includes the Chiadzwa diamond fields) was convicted on kidnapping charges on June 20. Mudiwa remains in custody awaiting a potential life sentence on June 27. He denies t [...]	2009-06-29 09:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE524	STATE ADMITS TORTURING MUKOKO [...] (SBU) On June 24, the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe heard a landmark case brought by human rights activist Jestina Mukoko, arguing that her abduction, torture, and illegal detention in December 2008 constituted such a grave violation of her constitutional rights that the court should permanently s [...]	2009-06-29 12:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE525	THE BUSINESS OF PARLIAMENT IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Lovemore Moyo, updated Post on the Constitutional drafting process and the formation of vital commissions that are expected to drive reforms within the media, electoral process, human rights, and corruption spheres. Speaker Moyo also clarified that - [...]	2009-06-29 13:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE526	HOUSE SPEAKER BRIEFS ON ZIM CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS [...] (SBU) House of Assembly Speaker Lovemore Moyo briefed diplomats June 24 on the constitutional process. According to Moyo, it is on track, as specified in the Global Political Agreement (GPA),to be completed within 18 months from the inception of the inclusive government on February 11. Curr [...]	2009-06-29 13:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE530	ZIMBABWE CROP ASSESSMENT CABLE [...] INTRODUCTION: From April through June numerous crop production and household vulnerability assessments were carried out in Zimbabwe to determine potential food deficits and potential food aid needs. Five surveys have been released, though two still need to be approved by the Ministry of Agric [...]	2009-07-01 10:48:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM PGOV ZI
09HARARE531	DEMAND FOR HIGHER WAGES A BURDEN ON ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) A survey of Zimbabwean-based businesses in mid-June revealed that foreign currency-denominated wage demands are becoming a critical challenge to an economic recovery given continued low productivity levels. A hyperinflationary mindset remains amongst workers, despite stabilizing prices, [...]	2009-07-01 12:12:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL ZI ECON EAGR
09HARARE532	AMBASSADOR PRESSES BITI ON REFORMS [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Minister of Finance Tendai Biti on June 30 at Biti's request. Biti requested details of the US$73 million pledged by President Obama to Prime Minister Tsvangirai at their recent White House meeting. The meeting evolved into a discussion of Zimbabwe's lack of prog [...]	2009-07-01 12:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ZI
09HARARE54	ZIM NOTES 01-23-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Talks Remain Deadlocked... - Zimbabwe Courts Foreign Diamond Investors... - Zimbabweans Turn to Satellite TV to Watch U.S. Inauguration... - (Dis)Grace Punches Photographer... - Cholera Continues... - Budget to Consider Dollarization... - Lawy [...]	2009-01-26 08:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE544	ZANU-PF MINISTER BRIEFS ON WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Tourism Walter Mzembi (ZANU-PF) briefed polecon chief on his recent visit to Washington as part of a delegation headed by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Mzembi took away the clear message that reforms and compliance with the Global Political Agreement (GPA) were n [...]	2009-07-02 09:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE545	IMF BRIEFS ON GOZ PROGRESS, CONTINUING BUDGET GAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 29 briefing for OECD Ambassadors, IMF Mission Chief Vitaly Kramenko said his team found the GOZ budget evolving largely as expected, with revenues increasing steadily, but still inadequate to fully fund expenditures. He said the IMF is urging the GOZ to exercise ca [...]	2009-07-02 09:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
09HARARE55	MUGABE-TSVANGIRAI MEET PRIVATELY [...] (C) Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai met privately last week as Tsvangirai attempted to salvage a deal by gaining concessions from Mugabe on outstanding issues. Mugabe refused to budge and ZANU-PF and MDC remain deadlocked. It is unlikely the SADC Sum [...]	2009-01-26 12:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE554	ZIM NOTES 07-02-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC Boycotts Cabinet... - Makoni Launches Opposition Party... - Chiadzwa Abuses Exposed... - ...As KP Visit Begins... - Bennett Trial Set for October... - No UZ Grads in 2009? - The End of School Fees? - Senator Offers $30 Child Support... - [...]	2009-07-06 07:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE557	CHINESE ASSISTANCE TO ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Over the past couple of weeks, both President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have claimed credit for obtaining $US950 million in lines of credit from China. There were also reports that Zimbabwe would receive a $5 billion loan in exchange for platinum mining rights. A [...]	2009-07-06 10:27:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID ASEC PHUM CH ZI
09HARARE559	ZIMBABWEAN FIRMS EXPRESS GUARDED OPTIMISM ON [...] (SBU) Discussions with a cross-section of Zimbabwean businesses indicated the sector is eager to contribute positively to economic recovery and feels more optimistic about the country's economic future than it did prior regulatory liberalization (including dollarization) that has led to price [...]	2009-07-07 12:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EMIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE570	CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN ZIMBABWE ON SHAKY GROUND [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe is continuing to progress towards a new Constitution, through much like the current inclusive government, it is a process fraught with risks. Next week's All Stakeholders Conference will attempt to establish thematic sub-committees charged with consulting the public on critica [...]	2009-07-10 10:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE577	ZIM NOTES 07-10-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Kimberley Team Urges Ban on Chiadzwa Diamonds... - Cabinet Presses Ministers on Outstanding Issues... - Constitutional All Stakeholders Conference to Kick-Off Monday... - Another MDC-T MP Convicted... - Swine Flu in Zimbabwe? - MIC Maintaining [...]	2009-07-13 09:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE585	POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED PROSECUTIONS OF MDC-T [...] (SBU) Three MDC parliamentarians have recently been convicted of criminal charges and sentenced, while two others await trial. The MDC believes this is an orchestrated effort by ZANU-PF to disrupt the MDC party and reduce its strength in Parliament. END SUMMARY. -------------------------- [...]	2009-07-14 15:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE588	DESPITE ROCKY START, CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS [...] (SBU) The two-day All Stakeholder's Conference concluded successfully on July 14 after getting off to a rocky start July 13 when riot police were called in to assert control following a disturbance caused by ZANU-PF activists. While much remains to be done, the constitutional process is stil [...]	2009-07-15 14:17:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE59	READOUT ON SADC SUMMIT [...] (U) A marathon SADC Extraordinary Summit meeting ended at about 4 am today with SADC declaring that MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai should be sworn in on February 11 as prime minister with cabinet ministers to be sworn in two days later. South African president Kgalema Motlanthe reportedly told [...]	2009-01-27 11:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE596	ZIM NOTES 07-17-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Constitutional Process Stumbles On... - MDC-T MP Suspended from Parliament... - ZANU-PF Ministers Implicated in Poaching Scandal... - Finance Minister Discusses Chiadzwa in Fiscal Assessment... - Top Security Chiefs Sued Over Abductions... - Bu [...]	2009-07-20 06:59:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE6	MDC SPOKESPERSON CHAMISA ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) According to MDC spokesperson Nelson Chamisa, the MDC's goal is new elections through which it can take over complete control of government. Chamisa told polecon chief December 31 the MDC believes it can best shape the electoral environment, including drafting of a new constitution, thro [...]	2009-01-02 09:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE601	BUSINESS SECTOR WANTS MORE MARKET-FRIENDLY REFORMS [...] (SBU) The Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) held its annual congress in Bulawayo from June 24 to 26 and stressed the need for government to redefine its role: move out of the production of goods and services and concentrate on creating a more conducive macroeconomic environment for [...]	2009-07-22 14:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
09HARARE602	HARARE: LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM PRIME MINISTER [...] Following is the text of a thank you letter from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Morgan R. Tsvangirai, to President Obama. 2. BEGIN TEXT: 8 July 2009 Mr. Barack Obama President of the United States of America Mr. President, I have the honour to extend to you my [...]	2009-07-22 14:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP ZI

09HARARE61	GOZ TO ANNOUNCE DOLLARIZATION OF THE ECONOMY [...] (C) According to Senior Advisor to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono Munyaradzi Kereke, the GOZ plans to announce the "informal" dollarization of the economy and further market and exchange-rate reforms this week. All businesses will be allowed to transact in hard currencies, but t [...]	2009-01-27 15:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
09HARARE610	BFIF-FUNDED FORUM FOCUSES ON GOOD GOVERNANCE [...] (U) On April 2, the Institute of Directors of Zimbabwe (IODZ),supported by the State Department's Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) and by local businesses, held its annual Director of the Year Award Ceremony highlighting good governance. BFIF also supported a related workshop on t [...]	2009-07-24 08:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV BEXP ETRD ZI
09HARARE613	ZIM NOTES 07-24-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Launch of Organ for National Healing, Reconciliation, and Integration... - Senate Passes Biti's Budget... - MDC Gets Ambassadors... - Zaka North MP Convicted... - Civil Servants Get 50% Raise... - Foul Play in Death of Manicaland MP? - AG Tom [...]	2009-07-27 07:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE618	ZIMBABWE H1N1 FLU: TWO CASES CONFIRMED [...] (U) To date, only two cases of the H1N1 flu virus have been documented in Zimbabwe. Both of these imported cases were contracted and confirmed by laboratories outside of Zimbabwe. 2. (U) In one confirmed case, an Indian man contracted the disease outside Zimbabwe, probably in London, before [...]	2009-07-29 10:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON EAGR PHUM ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE622	BITI ON CURRENT ISSUES [...] (SBU) Minister of Finance Tendai Biti told the American Business Association of Zimbabwe (ABAZ) that Zimbabwe was at a cross roads; continued progress depended on successful completion of the constitutional process and resolution of ZANU-PF succession, the land issue, and Global Political Agr [...]	2009-07-30 15:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE623	ZIMBABWE'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING HOTLINE STRUGGLES [...] (U) Zimbabwe's anti-trafficking hotline, which was launched in December 2008, has received relatively few calls, largely due to inadequate publicity and public awareness of the hotline. After initial troubles with the functionality of the line, hotline operators report that the phone number i [...]	2009-07-30 15:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KTIP PGOV ZI
09HARARE624	MID-YEAR FISCAL REVIEW SETS RIGHT TONE FOR RECOVERY [...] (SBU) The mid-year fiscal review by Finance Minister Tendai Biti upgraded the economic growth forecast from 2.8 percent to 3.7 percent due to a projected 24.3 percent growth in agriculture and an anticipated upturn in business confidence arising from implementation of policies contained in th [...]	2009-07-30 15:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE626	BBC AND CNN ALLOWED BACK IN ZIMBABWE, BUT KEPT ON [...] (SBU) After an eight-year ban, in an effort to help repair the country's battered image, the ZANU-PF led Ministry of Media, Information and Publicity (MMIP) has given permission to the BBC and CNN to report from within Zimbabwe. A BBC crew has been openly reporting from Zimbabwe since July [...]	2009-07-30 15:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM OEXC KPAO ZI
09HARARE63	SANCTIONS BUSTING BY LOCAL UNISYS AGENT [...] (C) According to a business contact in the local IT industry, the Zimbabwe agent for Unisys is providing Unisys hardware and software support to ZB Bank Ltd, a specially designated national (SDN). Post corroborated the allegation with James Hove, head of the IT department at ZB Bank. Hove [...]	2009-01-28 15:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV ZI
09HARARE630	ZIM NOTES 07-31-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Media Freedoms on the Horizon? - NCA Calls for Halt to Constitutional Process... - Biti Receives Death Threat... - MDC-T MP Arrested for Stealing a Cell Phone... - Anglicans Defy Court Order and Ordain New Bishop... - Tribal Chief Evicted for K [...]	2009-08-03 07:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE632	ZIMBABWE'S UNGA HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] (U) Post has been advised that the following individuals will attend UNGA: A. Attendance of the Head of State: Robert Gabriel Mugabe, President Exact date/time of arrival/departure not available. Grace Mugabe, First Lady, will accompany the President. No interpretation required. B. At [...]	2009-08-04 13:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA ZI
09HARARE643	MSIKA'S DEATH AND HIS SUCCESSOR [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's long-serving Vice President, Joseph Msika, died of liver and kidney failure the morning of August 5, 2009, according to the State media. (NOTE: The GOZ officially announced August 6 that Msika had died on August 5; we learned from sources that he actually died on August 4. [...]	2009-08-06 15:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI PINR
09HARARE650	ZIMBABWEAN WORKERS RECOUNT TRAFFICKING TO ANGOLA [...] (SBU) At least seven Zimbabwean men were recently trafficked to Angola to work on a construction project after they answered a job advertisement posted by a Chinese-managed company in Harare. On arrival in Angola, the men discovered that the recipient Chinese-managed company was not prepared t [...]	2009-08-12 08:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP ECON ELAB ASEC PGOV PREL ZI AO CH
09HARARE651	ZIM NOTES 08-07-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - VP Msika Dies... - Parliament Recommends 12 for Media Commission... - Protesting Students Arrested... - GOZ Forms Diamond Committee... - ZLHR Wins ABA award... - Magistrate Acquitted... - Women Speak Out on Political Rape... - Hillary Who? - [...]	2009-08-12 08:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE660	ZIM NOTES 08-14-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC and Outstanding Issues... - New Doctor's Strike a Blow to Healthcare Efforts... - Tsvangirai Saluted by Defense Chiefs?... - MDC-M Pressures Speaker to Ban MPs... - Secretary Clinton Blames Leadership for Zim Collapse... - ILO Investigation [...]	2009-08-17 08:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE670	BITI PRAISES IMF, LAMENTS LACK OF "FISCAL SPACE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Tendai Biti told Acting Treasury A/S Baukol on August 3 that Zimbabwe showed signs of macroeconomic stabilization but still faced serious problems. Biti said the Government of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) lack of revenue meant Zimbabwe was "still a failed state," but techni [...]	2009-08-19 08:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE671	MDC LOOKS TO ZUMA VISIT AND UPCOMING SADC SUMMIT [...] (C) Gordon Moyo, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, briefed the Embassy on outstanding Global Political Agreement (GPA) issues and efforts to have SADC and SADC Chair (and South African President) Jacob Zuma resolve them. These issues include the long-standing dispute over [...]	2009-08-19 08:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE673	MDC LOOKS TO ZUMA VISIT AND UPCOMING SADC SUMMIT [...] (C) Gordon Moyo, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, briefed the Embassy on outstanding Global Political Agreement (GPA) issues and efforts to have SADC and SADC Chair (and South African President) Jacob Zuma resolve them. These issues include the long-standing dispute over [...]	2009-08-19 08:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE674	MDC LOOKS TO ZUMA VISIT AND UPCOMING SADC SUMMIT [...] (C) Gordon Moyo, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, briefed the Embassy on outstanding Global Political Agreement (GPA) issues and efforts to have SADC and SADC Chair (and South African President) Jacob Zuma resolve them. These issues include the long-standing dispute over [...]	2009-08-19 08:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE677	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEK'S VISIT TO ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Zimbabwe welcomes Representative Meeks and his delegation. Your visit comes at an important period in Zimbabwe's history following the entry into government of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in February of this year and is an opportunity to express support for dem [...]	2009-08-19 15:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAID ZI
09HARARE678	ZIMBABWE TIER 3 TIP ASSESSMENT: MOVING IN THE [...] (U) This cable serves as a response to the Department's request for information (Ref B) on Zimbabwe's progress towards improving its performance in addressing anti-trafficking issues. In response to Zimbabwe's recent Tier 3 ranking in the Trafficking in Persons report, Post has encouraged the [...]	2009-08-19 16:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KDEM KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE679	MDC-T ATTEMPTS TO USE DWINDLING PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) In the absence of leadership by Cabinet, Parliament is moving forward with attempts to reform two pieces of existing legislation that have been used by the State to restrict civil liberties. The effort comes as the MDC-T's slim parliamentary advantage is under threat by ZANU-PF and polit [...]	2009-08-20 15:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE695	ZIMBABWE THINKS AHEAD ON DEBT RELIEF [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-28 12:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
09HARARE699	ZIM NOTES 08-28-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Zuma Visits Zimbabwe, Discusses GPA... - Elections When?... - Mutambara Speaks Out...and is Slammed... - KP Chair's Visit Stir Controversy... - Mugabe Seeks Health Care in Dubai... - Deputy Youth Minister's Trial Begins... - Richard Hove Dies. [...]	2009-08-31 10:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE70	TSVANGIRAI TELLS AMBASSADOR MDC WILL ENTER [...] (C) MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has decided the MDC should enter government and will so recommend to the MDC National Council on January 30. He expects the Council to support his recommendation. With his inauguration as prime minister scheduled for February 11, ZANU-PF negotiators will mee [...]	2009-01-29 13:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE707	CODEL MEEKS MEETING WITH MUGABE [...] (SBU) In a brief meeting with CODEL Meeks, truncated by the CODEL's departure schedule, President Robert Mugabe lapsed into historical reveries, praised the Global Political Agreement (GPA),saying that only "little issues" remained, and questioned sanctions. Constrained by time, Congressman [...]	2009-09-04 08:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM OREP ZI
09HARARE709	ZIMBABWE CENTRAL BANK REFORM: ONE STEP FORWARD, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A bill now before Parliament seeks to reduce the authority of the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and put the Ministry of Finance in charge of monetary policy. If it becomes law, the bill would ban the hyper-inflationary practices RBZ Governor Gideon Gono has used [...]	2009-09-04 10:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
09HARARE710	ZIM CONSTITUTIONAL CHAIR GIVE UPDATE ON PROGRESS [...] (C) Co-chair of the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Constitution, Douglas Mwonzora of the MDC-T, briefed the Embassy on recent developments regarding Zimbabwean efforts to craft a new constitution. Parliament is moving forward on the creation and composition of 17 thematic sub-committees [...]	2009-09-04 10:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE711	GONO STIRS THE POT ON IMF RESERVES [...] (C) Finance Minister Tendai Biti has told President Mugabe and the Cabinet that Zimbabwe should use its new allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to clear arrears with the international financial institutions as part of a debt reduction strategy. Conrad Nyamurova, an adviser to Biti tol [...]	2009-09-04 10:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE712	ZIMBABWE BANK DEPOSITS GROW BUT LENDING IS TIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Zimbabwe's banking sector is slowly recovering from the effects of hyperinflation. Public confidence in the sector had sunk to low levels, with people keeping money in pillows rather than depositing it in banks. As confidence improves, the banks are growing again, but they sti [...]	2009-09-04 10:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE714	ZIM NOTES 09-08-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Codel Meets with Mugabe, Tsvangirai and MPs... - Min. of Justice Withdraws Zimbabwe from SADC Tribunal... - Fires Destroy Two White Homesteads... - KP Chair Clarifies Zim Visit... - Teachers Ignore Call to Strike... - Mugabe Grants Amnesty to 1 [...]	2009-09-08 08:24:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE72	FARM SEIZURES CONTINUE: SADC RULING AND BIPPAS [...] (C) In mid-January, the president of the Commercial Farmer's Union told us that the Zimbabwean government was continuing to promote its land seizure and redistribution program by evicting commercial farmers and handing their farms over to loyal regime officials. Land reform was a topic of con [...]	2009-01-30 08:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE720	TSVANGIRAI DISCUSSES GPA PERFORMANCE WITH CODEL [...] (C) On September 2, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai updated a visiting Congressional delegation on the performance of the inclusive government since his June visit to the U.S. He began by reinforcing some of the more positive messages out of Zimbabwe, such as continued low levels of violence [...]	2009-09-09 09:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OREP PREL ZI
09HARARE721	ZIM PARLIAMENTARY LEADERS DISCUSS CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) On September 3, a panel of parliamentary leaders updated a visiting Congressional delegation on Zimbabwe's process to draft a new constitution and key issues affecting Parliament. Discussion centered around the need to unite stakeholders to craft a constitution that would gain the support [...]	2009-09-10 15:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE725	ZIM NOTES 09-11-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - SADC Summit... - New Strategy Against White Farmers? - Senior EU Delegation to Visit... - MP Jonathan Moyo Re-joins ZANU-PF... - Activist Killed for a Song... - MFA Apologizes, and The Herald Prints Embassy Letter... - University of Zimbabwe R [...]	2009-09-14 09:40:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE726	CHARGE'S MEETING WITH ELTON MANGOMA [...] (C) Minister of Economic Development Elton Mangoma on September 10 discussed current political and economic events with the Charge. He believes SADC is largely ineffective and that the MDC and Zimbabweans must rely on themselves. The constitutional process and other elements of the Global Po [...]	2009-09-14 15:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EMIN ZI
09HARARE734	PEACE (BUT NOT PROSPERITY) RETURNS TO MAZOWE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) During election violence that stretched across Zimbabwe in 2008, few areas were hit harder than the Mazowe Central constituency in the heartland of Mashonaland Central province. We recently went to the rural area to visit a site for a proposed project for the Ambassador's Self Help fund. [...]	2009-09-16 10:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE736	TSVANGIRAI SPEAKS OUT, CONFRONTS MUGABE [...] (C) Facing strong crticism from his party for being too conciliatory, Prime Minister and MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai delivered a hard-hitting speech, directed at ZANU-PF, at the MDC's 10th anniversary celebration on September 13 in Bulawayo. Two days later, in a short and tense meeting with [...]	2009-09-16 14:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE744	USAID/OFDA FIELD TRIP REPORT: MITIGATING CHOLERA IN [...] SUMMARY: In mid-August, staff from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) met with implementing partners, beneficiaries, city officials, and United Nations (UN) personnel in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city, to assess current water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) co [...]	2009-09-17 14:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE745	EXPERIENCE ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITIES: HARARE [...] (U) This cable responds to questions presented in Ref. 2. A. (U) To what extent are diasporans from your host country an identifiable community? Are there existing diaspora networks, organizations or online communities available as platforms for outreach? i) (U) Estimates by NGOs, di [...]	2009-09-18 09:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG
09HARARE75	ZIM NOTES 01-30-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC-T to Vote Today on Whether to Join Government... - EU Expands Sanctions List... - Cholera Deaths Continue... - Farm Invasions Continue Despite Tribunal Ruling and BIPPAs... - Still No Resolution to Abduction Cases... - Teachers Don't Show... [...]	2009-02-02 15:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE752	ZANU-PF YOUTH BEAT TEACHER FOR FAILING TO STRIKE [...] (U) On September 11, ZANU-PF youth beat up an elementary school teacher in a rural area in eastern Zimbabwe for not going on strike with the historically ZANU-PF-aligned Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (ZIMTA) union. The aggressors had warned the teacher that he should stop teaching "until Tsva [...]	2009-09-18 10:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID ELAB ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE753	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS CHARGE ON REFORM EFFORTS [...] (C) Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told the Charge on September 18 that MDC commitment to the Global Political Agreement (GPA) has been met with nothing on the part of ZANU-PF but provocative actions. He continues to push for reforms, but is focused on constitutional reform which he hopes [...]	2009-09-18 11:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE754	ZIM NOTES 9-18-09 [...] Donors Pledge USD 70 Million to Education... In a September 14 ceremony attended by the Charge and numerous other heads of mission, the Educational Transition Fund announced it is investing USD 70 million in education. The fund will put textbooks and learning materials back in schools and guar [...]	2009-09-21 09:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN EAID ZI
09HARARE759	ZIM MINFIN BITI BRIEFS CHARGE [...] (C) Minister of Finance and MDC Secretary-General Tendai Biti told the Charge on September 21 that the MDC will canvass its supporters as to whether the MDC should remain in government; he believes most MDC members favor staying in the inclusive government and confronting Mugabe and ZANU-PF. [...]	2009-09-22 15:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ECON ZI
09HARARE760	ZIMBABWEAN FILM DOCUMENTS LAND, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] (U) The Research Advocacy Unit (RAU),a local NGO dedicated to documenting various human rights abuses and launching advocacy campaigns, recently completed a film documenting human rights abuses involved in the recent land grabs. Although the land issue has largely revolved around the plight o [...]	2009-09-23 08:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM EAID EAGR ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE768	SURVEY SHOWS DRAMATIC DECLINE IN PUBLIC SUPPORT [...] (SBU) According to a survey conducted by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) in May 2009, if an election for president was held in Zimbabwe today, support for ZANU-PF would be at an all-time low -- just over 10 percent -- while the MDC would enjoy 57 percent support. Large majorities in [...]	2009-09-24 15:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ASEC ZI
09HARARE769	CHARGE'S MEETING WITH VICE-PRESIDENT MUJURU [...] (C) In a cordial meeting with the Charge, Vice-President Joice Mujuru hewed to the ZANU-PF party line in defending the progress of the inclusive government and in criticizing sanctions. She stated a constitutional process was in place, but that elections might not take place for some time. M [...]	2009-09-24 15:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EAID ZI
09HARARE77	ZIMBABWE BUDGET PROPOSAL LIBERALIZES FOREX [...] (SBU) On January 29, Acting Minister of Finance Patrick Chinamasa unveiled a National Budget that, against the backdrop of a sharply contracting and informally dollarized economy, proposes introduction of reforms including liberalization of the foreign currency market and prices. The budget t [...]	2009-02-03 14:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EMIN EAGR ETRD ZI
09HARARE771	ZIM NOTES 9-25-09 [...] Political Parties Reconfigure Control of Constitutional Process... The three principals to the power-sharing agreement, President Mugabe, PM Tsvangirai, and DPM Mutambara, met last week and agreed to form three new entities to oversee the constitutional process - a Management Committee that ap [...]	2009-09-26 16:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN EAID ZI
09HARARE772	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on September 24 briefed diplomatic chiefs of mission on the status of the inclusive government (IG). His remarks were essentially a reiteration of what he told the Charge two days earlier about the aims of the Global Political Agreement (GPA),[...]	2009-09-28 12:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE774	MDC MINISTERS BITI AND MANGOMA BRIEF DONORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Tendai Biti and Minister of Economic Development Elton Mangoma met with Western donor chiefs of mission and aid directors September 24 and briefed on political and economic issues. They believe that ZANU-PF intransigence on the Global Political Agreement ( [...]	2009-09-28 14:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ECON ZI
09HARARE775	ZIM SUPREME COURT: SECURITY FORCES VIOLATED MUKOKO'S [...] (U) On September 28 the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe issued a ruling on behalf of a unanimous court that the constitutional rights of human rights activist Jestina Mukoko had been violated in connection with her abduction, torture, and detention by State agents last year. The [...]	2009-09-28 15:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE776	ZIMBABWE MERGER GONE WRONG HARMS INVESTMENT CLIMATE (SUCH [...] (U) SUMMARY: After the GOZ took control of a Leading business group this month, foreign press reports stoked fears of expropriations. But local observers tend to see this story as a business merger gone wrong rather than a ZANU-PF plot. Whatever the merits of that view, there will inevitably [...]	2009-09-28 15:24:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ZI
09HARARE779	FRAUD SUMMARY - ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-29 15:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ZI
09HARARE780	FRAUD SUMMARY - ZIMBABWE [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: One year after the signing of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) that led to the February 2009 formation of a new unity government, tension remains between and within Zimbabwe's major political parties. Several issues remain unresolved, to include the restoration of basi [...]	2009-10-01 12:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ZI
09HARARE785	AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK LOOKS FOR MORE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The local mission chief and a high-powered team of consultants for the African Development Bank (AfDB) discussed prospects for expanded engagement with the GOZ and sought USG views in a September 24 meeting with Charge. In recent consultations with GOZ officials, AfDB staff encou [...]	2009-10-07 11:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE788	ZIM POLICE SHOOT STRIKING LABOR LEADERS [...] (U) In a recent meeting, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) Secretary General Wellington Chibebe described in detail the recent shooting of three labor leaders at a government-owned asbestos mine in central Zimbabwe. The workers were shot after a three-week strike had ground production a [...]	2009-10-07 14:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EMIN PHUM PGOV ASEC ZI
09HARARE79	ZIMBABWE DEALING WITH OUTSTANDING ISSUES [...] (C) MDC-M secretary general Welshman Ncube believes the power-sharing agreement is imperfect with questionable chances of success, but failure to form an inclusive government in his opinion could have resulted in an increasingly anarchic situation. With all sides supporting the SADC communiq [...]	2009-02-03 15:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE8	ZIM NOTES 01-02-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC and Civil Society Activists in Court... - Next Steps... - Bob Sent Morgan a Passport for Christmas... - Wedding Bells Unite Zuma and MDC-M... - Unproductive Year for Parliament... - Cholera Response Continues... - No Drought This Year [...]	2009-01-05 06:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE806	TSVANGIRAI ADVISOR ON STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Gorden Moyo, political advisor to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, briefed the Charge October 7 on current political developments. Moyo believes that Tsvangirai's hard-hitting speech at an MDC rally in Bulawayo on September 13 has led to a conciliatory attitude on the part of President [...]	2009-10-07 14:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE808	FRAUD SUMMARY - ZIMBABWE [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: One year after the signing of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) that led to the February 2009 formation of a new unity government, tension remains between and within Zimbabwe's major political parties. Several issues remain unresolved, to include the restoration of basi [...]	2009-10-08 10:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ZI
09HARARE809	ZIM NOTES 10-02-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Supreme Court Rules in Human Rights Defender's Favor - Shamu Fills Media Boards with ZANU-PF Sympathizers... - Parliament Completes Electoral Commission Interviews... - Brigadier General Ignores High Court Order... - GOZ to Appeal Ruling on Diam [...]	2009-10-08 11:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE810	ZIM NOTES 10-02-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Supreme Court Rules in Human Rights Defender's Favor - Shamu Fills Media Boards with ZANU-PF Sympathizers... - Parliament Completes Electoral Commission Interviews... - Brigadier General Ignores High Court Order... - GOZ to Appeal Ruling on Diam [...]	2009-10-08 12:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE812	ZIM NOTES 10-09-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Mugabe Opens Parliament... - ...And Then Attacks West's "Obnoxious Agenda"... - State Media Calls Off Attack Dogs... - ... And Then Intimidates Independent Paper... - Voter Roll Irregularities... - Striking Mine Workers Shot, Intimidated... - [...]	2009-10-13 11:24:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE814	ZIMBABWE - AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-13 14:15:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE820	IMF REPORTS PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS FOR ZIM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 13 briefing for OECD Ambassadors in Harare, IMF Mission Chief Vitaly Kramenko reported that progress in budgetary execution was encouraging, but that problems remained, including concerns about the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ),wages and rule of law. He said [...]	2009-10-14 13:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EAID ZI
09HARARE822	FY10 RENEWAL OF DISASTER DECLARATION IN ZIMBABWE FOR [...] Recent public opinion polling reveals that many Zimbabweans feel more positive about the future than they have during recent years. They credit the transitional government and, more specifically, Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC for the economic improvements they have seen. But while the humanit [...]	2009-10-15 08:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE824	INDEPENDENT NEWS DAILIES PREPARE TO PUBLISH [...] (C) Despite ZANU-PF foot-dragging, the new Media Commission, with the power to license newspapers, is expected to be announced shortly. Trevor Ncube, publisher of weekly papers The Independent and The Standard, plans to begin publishing a daily, NewsDay. The Daily News, shut down by the gov [...]	2009-10-15 09:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE826	MDC TO DISENGAGE FROM ZANU-PF, BUT REMAIN IN [...] (C) Precipitated by the re-arrest of Roy Bennett, the MDC has taken a decision to disengage from ZANU-PF, while remaining in government. This means it will continue to head ministries and participate in the process to draft a new constitution, but will not attend meetings of the Cabinet and [...]	2009-10-15 15:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE828	FEAR OF EXPROPRIATION SCUTTLES SHOPRITE DEAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Uncertainty over property rights continues to scare away foreign investors. A USD 167 million partnership deal between South African retail giant Shoprite and OK Zimbabwe Limited has stalled. The main reason could be concerns raised by the GOZ's seizure of another firm and its fa [...]	2009-10-16 08:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE830	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS ON MDC DISENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) A resolute Morgan Tsvangirai briefed diplomats on October 16 on the MDC's intention to disengage from ZANU-PF until progress is made on the Global Political Agreement (GPA). Commenting that what he termed a "constitutional crisis" had been precipitated by the rearrest of Roy Bennett, T [...]	2009-10-16 15:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE831	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON MDC DISENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) A resolute Morgan Tsvangirai briefed diplomats on October 16 on the MDC's intention to disengage from ZANU-PF until progress is made on the Global Political Agreement (GPA). Commenting that what he termed a "constitutional crisis" had been precipitated by the rearrest of Roy Bennett, T [...]	2009-10-16 15:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE832	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON MDC DISENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) A resolute Morgan Tsvangirai briefed diplomats on October 16 on the MDC's intention to disengage from ZANU-PF until progress is made on the Global Political Agreement (GPA). Commenting that what he termed a "constitutional crisis" had been precipitated by the rearrest of Roy Bennett, T [...]	2009-10-16 15:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE834	ZIM NOTES 10-16-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Roy Bennett Locked Up Again and then Ordered Released... - MDC Announces Disengagement from ZANU-PF... - Media Commission Selected, but not Announced... - Journalist Arrested in Chiadzwa... - Trial of Human Rights Lawyer and Court Clerk Begins.. [...]	2009-10-19 07:45:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE837	AIR ZIMBABWE ON LIFE SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: In the words of CEO Peter Chikumba, Air Zimbabwe is on life support in the Intensive Care Unit. Although the wholly government-owned flagship air-carrier of Zimbabwe has laid-off 30 percent of its workforce since February 2009 and has significantly reduced service, the airline [...]	2009-10-20 14:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR CASC ATRN ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
09HARARE839	UNEASY CALM BLANKETS ZIMBABWE,S RURAL AREAS [...] (SBU) A series of Embassy visits across five Zimbabwean provinces between mid-September and mid-October 2009 confirmed that levels of political violence are currently quite low, with the exception of invasions of several contested white-owned commercial farms. Nevertheless, the potential for [...]	2009-10-21 12:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE843	ENDING THE IMPASSE [...] (C) Next week in Harare will see a flurry of activity aimed at ending the MDC's "disengagement" from ZANU-PF and a resumption of government under the Global Political Agreement (GPA). Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who will return to Harare on October 23 after meeting with regional leaders [...]	2009-10-22 14:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE847	ZIMBABWE MANUFACTURING EXPANDS, BUT FIRMS REMAIN [...] Summary: A new survey of manufacturers delivers more evidence of economic recovery in Zimbabwe. Capacity utilization among manufacturers rose from less than 10 percent in the first half of 2007 to just over 32 percent in the first half of 2009. But despite the improvement, less than 10 percen [...]	2009-10-26 09:59:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ZI
09HARARE85	TSVANGIRAI ON STATE OF PLAY IN ZIMBAWE [...] (C) Morgan Tsvangirai met with South African president Motlanthe on February 5 in South Africa. ZANU-PF and MDC negotiators also met yesterday in South Africa. Upon Tsvangirai's return to Harare today, he briefed the Ambassador. 2. (C) Negotiators agreed that governorships would be divi [...]	2009-02-05 12:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE851	ZIM NOTES 10-23-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Tsvangirai Lobbies Key SADC Members - As Mugabe Holds Cabinet Meeting in his Absence - Rural Residents Fear Renewed Violence - Cholera Season Begins in Zimbabwe - AG Tomana Takes Over Bennett's Case - Manufacturing Sector Improving but Problems [...]	2009-10-27 14:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE853	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS CHARGE ON STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) A somewhat dejected Morgan Tsvangirai told the Charge on October 27 that a three-hour meeting with President Robert Mugabe the previous day to discuss implementation of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) and an end to the MDC's disengagement had ended in deadlock. Commenting on his rec [...]	2009-10-28 05:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE856	WAITING FOR GOD OR SADC: VIOLENT FARM SEIZURES, [...] (SBU) Poloff visits to farms in central Zimbabwe confirmed continuing invasions of white-owned commercial farms by ZANU-PF supporters, and associated violence and displacement of black Zimbabwean farm workers. Police have refused to intervene. Although politically-motivated violence has decrea [...]	2009-10-28 14:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PGOV ASEC ZI
09HARARE857	WAR ENDS WITH WAR: ANOTHER FARMER LOSES THE LONG STRUGGLE [...] (SBU) As part of a trip to research the impact of recent farm invasions, poloffs visited farms and farmers in central Zimbabwe on October 21 and 22 (septel). On October 21, we met with Manie and Lucy Grove who, after battling to keep their property since 2002, were homeless just five days afte [...]	2009-10-28 14:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PGOV ASEC ZI
09HARARE859	NGO DIRECTOR BEMOANS LACK OF PROGRESS IN ZIM [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 12:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE86	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA - USAID/DART WASH ASSESSMENT [...] From January 23 to February 7, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) specialist undertook an assessment of the WASH sector response to the present cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe. The water and sewer systems serving urban centers in Zimbabw [...]	2009-02-05 13:12:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE860	ZIM OFFICIALS MISTREAT, DEPORT UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 12:12:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM ASEC UN ZI
09HARARE862	MDC PUSHES FOR REFORM IN ZIMBABWE'S PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) The MDC-T caucus in Parliament intends to introduce draft legislation over the next several weeks to amend several acts that have been used by the State to suppress individual and press freedoms. The MDC-T will first target the Public Order and Security Act (POSA),before addressing the [...]	2009-10-29 13:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE863	IMF CALLS ZIMBABWE RECOVERY FRAGILE, WARNS OF MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an update of their cautious assessment of economic conditions in Zimbabwe (ref A),an IMF mission reported that Zimbabwe is in a "fragile recovery" threatened by an unstable balance of payments and weaknesses in the banking system. Fiscal policy was on track, but continuing [...]	2009-10-29 15:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
09HARARE864	NGO DIRECTOR BEMOANS LACK OF PROGRESS IN ZIM [...] (C) The Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU),a local NGO, is joining with regional civil society organizations to pressure southern African governments to re-focus attention on Zimbabwe and the failures of the Global Political Agreement (GPA). RAU Director Tony Reeler also shared with poloffs his [...]	2009-10-30 07:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE865	MDC FOCUSES ON SECURITY SECTOR, GONO [...] (S) According to Elton Mangoma, MDC-T Minister of Economic Development and member of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's inner circle, the MDC would like the U.S. to contribute to a "trust fund" to buy off securocrats and move them into retirement. The MDC will also try to pressure Reserve Bank of Z [...]	2009-10-30 07:29:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE866	ZIM OFFICIALS MISTREAT, DEPORT UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON [...] (SBU) The UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Manfred Nowak, was deported from Zimbabwe on October 29 after officials at the Harare International Airport refused him entry the previous evening. He was scheduled to visit Zimbabwe Octob [...]	2009-10-30 09:07:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM ASEC UN ZI
09HARARE867	A WEEK OF RAIDS, ARRESTS, AND MAYHEM IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Throughout the past week, Zimbabwe's security forces and likely ZANU-PF supporters have executed a series of operations targeting the MDC and several local NGOs, resulting in the arrest of seven people -- five of whom were subsequently released -- the attempted abduction of an eighth indiv [...]	2009-10-30 09:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE868	ZIM NOTES 11-02-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - SADC Troika Visits Zimbabwe... - NGO Arrests and Abductions Return to Zimbabwe... - UN Envoy Deported... - Teachers Report Mounting Harassment, Militarization... - MDC to Push for Reform in Parliament... - Farm Violence Increases, Targets Black [...]	2009-11-02 08:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE876	THE DEVIL'S BARGAIN: AN UPDATE ON ZIMBABWE PRISONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 18:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CASC SMIG ELAB ZI
09HARARE877	EDUCATING ZIMBABWE'S NEXT GENERATION [...] SUMMARY: In a conscious decision to effect change through the education of Zimbabwe's next generation of leaders, Mission Zimbabwe actively seeks the country's best and brightest for study in the U.S. In the past ten years the number of Zimbabweans studying in the U.S. has grown from approxim [...]	2009-11-04 19:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS OEXC KFRD KPAO ZI
09HARARE879	THE DEVIL'S BARGAIN: AN UPDATE ON ZIMBABWE PRISONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 11:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CASC SMIG ELAB ZI
09HARARE885	SADC TROIKA SUMMIT: MDC TO REENGAGE [...] (U) After a one-day Summit of the Troika of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation in Maputo on November 5, the MDC agreed to suspend its disengagement from ZANU-PF. The Summit (as set out in a Communique) decided that: --the parties to the GPA (ZANU-PF, MDC-T, and MDC-M) [...]	2009-11-06 10:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE886	ZIMBABWE BANKS WHISTLE PAST THE GRAVEYARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bankers in Harare seem not to have noticed that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has robbed them of US$39 million. Local papers reported details of the RBZ's latest malfeasance just days after IMF officials gave details to the GOZ and diplomats (reftel). The banks have ample [...]	2009-11-07 12:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE888	ZIM NOTES 11-09-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: SADC Summit-MDC to Reengage... Warthogs Delay Ambassador's Arrival... ...And May Have Prevented Abduction of Labor Leader... Nkomo Nominated for VP Slot... Zim Can Still Export Diamonds, With Greater Oversight... Another Human Rights Lawyer Arres [...]	2009-11-09 07:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI

09HARARE890	MDC OFFICIAL DESCRIBES LIFE IN CHINAMASA'S [...] (C) Poloff met with Deputy Minister of Justice Jessie Majome (MDC-T) on November 5 to discuss her experiences working in a ministry led by ZANU-PF stalwarts Patrick Chinamasa and Attorney General (AG) Johannes Tomana. Majome described her position as a constant "fight against marginalization [...]	2009-11-09 16:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE894	BITI ON STATE OF PLAY IN ZIM [...] (C) Minister of Finance and MDC Secretary-General Tendai Biti briefed pol/econ chief on last week's SADC Troika meeting in Maputo and the MDC's next steps. 2. (C) According to Biti, South African President Jacob Zuma, who as the SADC process facilitator, joined the SADC Troika leaders (Gue [...]	2009-11-10 15:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE897	UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS-AF [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 14:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA ZI
09HARARE901	ZIM NOTES 11-16-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: Bennett's Lawyers Challenge Judge's Impartiality... Magistrate Who Jailed Prosecutor Forced Out... Outreach Campaign Focuses on Child Protection... Prison Guards Deny Medical Treatment to Abductee... MDC-T MP Acquitted of Rape Charges... Court Th [...]	2009-11-16 06:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE903	ZIMBABWE'S OTHER LAND CRISIS [...] SUMMARY: Lack of secure tenure is a problem for all farmers in Zimbabwe, not just the white commercial farmers who have lost their land. In the absence of transferable claims to land that can back agricultural credit, lack of financing now limits production across the entire sector and reduces [...]	2009-11-16 12:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ZI
09HARARE909	HARARE: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALLS ON BULGARIAN [...] (U) Ambassador Ray is in the process of making courtesy calls on Ambassadors to diplomatic missions accredited to Zimbabwe. This is the first report on visits of interest. -------- BULGARIA -------- 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A meeting on November 17 with Atanas Budev, Charge d' Affaires of t [...]	2009-11-24 06:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE91	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS ON PLANS, CONCERNS [...] (C) A confident but realistic Morgan Tsvangirai briefed OECD ambassadors in the late afternoon of February 5 immediately after a meeting with Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and shortly after the House of Assembly had passed Amendment 19 by a vote of 184-0. He left no doubt that he will b [...]	2009-02-06 09:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE911	ZIM NOTES 11-23-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: Talks Expected This Weekend... ZANU-PF Fills Out Top Posts... Bennett's Trial Begins... State Continues to Block Release of MDC Official... Striking Lawyers Protest... German Priest Assaulted by Soldiers... Old Cases Against Activists Revived... [...]	2009-11-24 10:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE920	HARARE: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SWEDISH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Swedish Ambassador to Zimbabwe believes that the two keys to improvement of the situation here are economic stabilization and security sector reform. He is skeptical of improvement in the political situation, but thinks that SADC is taking a stronger position and South A [...]	2009-11-25 07:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE923	NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-27 09:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO ZW
09HARARE924	ZIM NOTES 11-30-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: Zuma Sending Negotiating Team to Harare... South African Investment Treaty Signing Today... Bennett Trial Limps on as Gwezere Languishes in Prison... Gono Not Formally Joining ZANU-PF... Prosecutor Gets Promotion Instead of Jail Time... Obama Hon [...]	2009-11-30 06:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE928	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian ambassador Gunnar Foreland, an experienced Africa hand, provided Ambassador Ray his insights on Zimbabwe. Foreland discussed the interplay of Shona and Western culture and the role ethnicity plays in the relationship between President Robert Mugabe and President Jacob [...]	2009-12-02 09:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE929	AMBASSADOR MEETS ZIM FOREIGN MINISTER; CREDENTIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 2, following a call on Zimbabwe's Chief of Presidential Protocol Munyaradzi Kajese, Ambassador presented copies of letters of credence and recall to Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi. Presentation of credentials to President Mugabe has been postponed to December [...]	2009-12-02 11:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE930	AMBASSADOR RAYâ€™S VISIT WITH GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is a strong need in Zimbabwe for security sector reform, as without it, none of the efforts at political reform can be assured. After Robert Mugabe leaves the scene (either through death or retirement) ZANU-PF as a political force in Zimbabwe will be irrelevant, although some of [...]	2009-12-02 14:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE931	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON REPUBLIC OF KOREA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The South Korean (ROK) community in Zimbabwe, though small, is heavily involved in the economy and works closely with ZANU-PF officials, especially Grace Mugabe, the wife of the president. In addition to small firms (photo shops and wig stores),Koreans are involved in coal and [...]	2009-12-02 14:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE938	BULAWAYO'S SUPPORT FOR MDC-T GROWING; ECONOMIC [...] (C) During a recent visit to Bulawayo, we met with representatives from a number of civic organizations to take the political and social temperature in this anti-ZANU-PF stronghold. We were pleasantly surprised that civic groups have experienced significantly less harassment since the formati [...]	2009-12-03 13:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB ECON KDEM ASEC ZI
09HARARE941	ZIMBABWE'S 2010 BUDGET DOUBLES THE DEFICIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Tendai Biti's 2010 budget foresees a doubling of the deficit over this year's level, driven by a 50-percent expansion in public-sector wages and an ambitious investment budget. Biti will use one-time IMF support and donor pledges to fund the deficit. The budget [...]	2009-12-04 09:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
09HARARE944	ZIM NOTES 12-07-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: South Africans Mediate Talks... ZANU-PF Congress Rescheduled for December 8... Disunity in the Unity Government... Ambassador's Vehicle Detained by Police... Threats Escalate in Mudzi... Cholera Epidemic Less Severe... Uncertainty for Chiadzwa Res [...]	2009-12-07 09:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE946	MUGABE AND ZANU-PF MAINTAIN POWER [...] (C) President Robert Mugabe, in advance of the ZANU-PF Congress set to begin on December 8, has consolidated his position within ZANU-PF and will continue to rule with the support of the military leadership. The Congress will likely confirm decisions already made by the party. ZANU-PF in tur [...]	2009-12-08 10:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC KDEM ZI
09HARARE947	ZIMBABWE MINING ON THE MEND [...] SUMMARY: Zimbabwe's mining sector is showing signs of recovery, with growth this year of about 2 percent after a decade of steep decline. Mining could grow by as much as 20 percent in 2010. But investment in exploration has been minimal over the past decade, so recovery of the industry is unl [...]	2009-12-08 13:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ECON PGOV ZI
09HARARE955	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO MUGABE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Ray presented his credentials to President Robert Mugabe today. The Ambassador was the fourth of four ambassadors to do so (after Cuba, Sudan, and Ghana) and we were told there would be a 10-15 minute sit down after the presentation of credentials and photos. Instead, Mugabe, who w [...]	2009-12-09 13:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE956	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MALAWI CHARGE TO ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malawi-Zimbabwe relations are complicated by the presence of over two million Malawians in Zimbabwe, most working in farming and mining. The president of Malawi adopts a hands-off policy in SADC to avoid provoking Harare and causing the expulsion of Malawians which could have [...]	2009-12-09 13:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI MI
09HARARE958	FORMER GUERRILLA FIGHTERS DISCUSS SECURITY REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reform of the security sector is an absolute prerequisite to solid political reform in Zimbabwe. Former ZAPU and ZANU fighters who are not part of the current government have formed an organization to highlight this need. The reform process must have broad-based Zimbabwean con [...]	2009-12-11 07:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
09HARARE959	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TSVANGIRAI [...] (SBU) The Ambassador called on Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai December 10, a day after presenting his credentials to President Robert Mugabe (Ref). Tsvangirai greeted the Ambassador by stating that he had arrived in Zimbabwe at a defining moment in moving the transition forward. The discu [...]	2009-12-11 07:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE96	ZIMBABWE,S LATEST MONETARY POLICY EMBRACES MARKET [...] (SBU) Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono announced the liberalization of the foreign exchange market in his Monetary Policy Statement on February 3, 2009. He dropped another 12 zeros from the local currency, which will co-circulate alongside hard currencies and be exchangeable at the market-de [...]	2009-02-06 11:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR EMIN PGOV ZI
09HARARE964	ZIMBABWE AT THE EPICENTER OF RHINO POACHING [...] (SBU) Rhino poaching continues unabated in Zimbabwe because of lax law enforcement and what appears to be a growing Asian demand for rhino horn. In the last three years, approximately one-quarter of all Zimbabwe's black rhinos have been killed by poachers. Local conservationists are increasin [...]	2009-12-14 09:24:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC ZI VM
09HARARE966	ZIM NOTES 12-14-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Ambassador Presents Credentials... ZANU-PF Congress Begins... Human Rights Day Marches... Report on ZANU-PF Perpetrated Rape Released... Kunonga Renews Attacks on Anglicans... WOZA Cases Continue to Drag On... Court Acquits Human Rights Lawyer... MDC-T Suspends Co [...]	2009-12-14 09:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE967	ZIMBABWE, LITERALLY IN THE DARK [...] (U) SUMMARY: Zimbabwe produces about half the electricity it needs, resulting in persistent blackouts that constrain industrial output and economic recovery. Zimbabwe's Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) struggles to operate and maintain a decrepit national grid, which due to a chronic lack [...]	2009-12-14 15:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINT CASC PGOV ZI
09HARARE970	FORMER ZIMBABWE ANGLICAN BISHOP DISRUPTS CHURCH [...] (SBU) A recent series of church disruptions mark a resurgence of the heated dispute between the Anglican Church in the Province of Central Africa (CPCA) and a breakaway faction led by former CPCA Bishop Nolbert Kunonga. The latest actions by Kunonga and his followers further undermine the te [...]	2009-12-15 13:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC ZI
09HARARE971	AMBASSADOR RAY'S COURTESY CALL WITH DRC AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an uncharacteristic session of candor, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mawampanga Mwana Nanga was critical of ZANU-PF and indirectly President Mugabe. The parties here need to spend more time talking to each other to meet the needs of the people, [...]	2009-12-15 13:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI CG
09HARARE975	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT MUJURU [...] (C) In an informal and introductory meeting which circumvented Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) protocol, the Ambassador and Vice President Joice Mujuru discussed sanctions, the Global Political Agreement (GPA),and ZANU-PF. Mujuru hewed to the party line on sanctions, claiming that sanctio [...]	2009-12-16 14:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE976	MUGABE AND ZANU-PF BURY HEADS AND DIG IN HEELS AT [...] (SBU) ZANU-PF concluded its five-year Congress on December 13 by reelecting President Robert Mugabe to another term, as well as completing the appointments of Joice Mujuru and John Nkomo as Vice Presidents, and Simon Khaya Moyo as Party Chairman. Though rumors of party discontent abounded, n [...]	2009-12-16 14:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE977	AMBASSADOR RAY'S VISIT WITH TANZANIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Tanzanian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, ZANU-PF, as a revolutionary party, has failed in its efforts to govern Zimbabwe. Mugabe has committed what could be a grievous error by not focusing on a successor, and this could lead ultimately to chaos in the event of his su [...]	2009-12-16 15:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI TZ
09HARARE987	BITI ON STATE OF PLAY IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) This message includes an action request. See para 13. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) ZANU-PF is a party in disarray, according to Minister of Finance and MDC-T Secretary General Tendai Biti. As a consequence, Mugabe will find it more difficult to comply with the Global Political Ag [...]	2009-12-17 15:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ASEC ZI
09HARARE989	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PLANNING MINISTER MANGOMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador made a courtesy call on Minister for Economic Planning and Investment Promotion Elton Mangoma on December 18. As one of the ministers brought into the government by the Movement for Democratic Change, Mangoma has an important voice on economic policy. He said the medi [...]	2009-12-21 07:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ZI
09HARARE99	ZIM NOTES 02-09-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC Prepares to Enter Government... - MDC-T's Biti Appears to Face Charges... - ... And Sues The Herald for Defamation... - USAID Driver Denied Bail... - No Progress in Other Court Cases... - Cholera Still Ravaging Zimbabwe... - Anglican Churc [...]	2009-02-09 09:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE990	ZIMBABWE: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Zimbabwean government agencies routinely provided assistance by conducting investigative inquiries, traces, and border checks of individuals thought to be threats to U.S. government facilities or personnel. Zimbabwe's continued economic decline, however, has had a detrimental impact on l [...]	2009-12-21 08:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC ZI
09HARARE996	ZIM NOTES 12-21-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Potential Progress on Negotiations? No Surprises at ZANU-PF Congress... Moyo Rises from the Ashes... Journalists Seek Nullification of ZUJ Election... Mugabe Commandeers Plane to Deliver Climate Rant... Central Bank Law on Hold... Food Markets Still Balkanized... A [...]	2009-12-21 09:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE997	AMBASSADOR RAY'S COURTESY CALL WITH CHINESE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Zimbabwe badly needs FDI, but the government must also implement the "correct" policies to attract investors. Chinese companies currently experience problems doing business with the GOZ, because of lack of coordination among and between ministries. PRC policy is to deal with [...]	2009-12-21 09:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH ZI
09HARARE998	AMBASSADOR RAY'S VISIT WITH SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The key issues for South Africa in Zimbabwe are political stability and economic stability/recovery. Problems in the way of that stem from ZANU-PF's inability to manage its own internal cohesion. There needs to be more coordination of all donors in Zimbabwe. Engagement with a [...]	2009-12-21 09:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI SF
09SECTIOQ1OF06HARARE876	THE DEVIL'S BARGAIN: AN UPDATE ON ZIMBABWE PRISONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 18:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CASC SMIG ELAB ZI
10HARARE100	ZIM NOTES 02-05-2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- IMF to Restore Voting Rights-Biti... Circular Arguments... ACR Reports Offices Raided... Dozens Arrested While Discussing the Constitution... Zimbabwe Named to AU's Security Council... MDC-M Spokesman Defects... MDC Councilors Accused of Killing a ZA [...]	2010-02-08 07:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
10HARARE102	HARARE ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF MANAGEMENT CONTROLS [...] Per reftel, post completed its review of consular operations on February 9, 2010, which was certified by Deputy Chief of Mission Kathy Dhanani, FE-OC. Post is in full compliance with consular management control requirements. 2. (a) Inventory and Reconciliation of Accountable Items. Th [...]	2010-02-08 14:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD ZI
10HARARE105	Zimbabwe: Doing Business Zimbabwe-style [...] (SBU) A recent conversation with businessman Kumbirai Katsande illuminated the difficulties of doing business in Zimbabwe. Katsande is the past president of the Zimbabwe Business Council and the current head of the Confederation of Zimbabwean Industries. He is the Managing Director of Ariston [...]	2010-02-16 13:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PREL PGOV ZI
10HARARE107	Zimbabwe: Measuring Progress [...] (C) The coalition government is now one year old. As the U.S. examines further engagement with Zimbabwe, post would like to suggest the Hague Principles agreed to in late 2007 as benchmarks for examining progress, and we offer our evaluation of progress from that time until the present. The [...]	2010-02-19 08:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ZI
10HARARE110	STRIKE IN ZIMBABWE HITS EDUCATION HARDEST [...] (SBU) Some government employees, including teachers, began a labor action on February 5 in demand of higher wages, improved working conditions, and price cuts at government-controlled essential utilities. The greatest impact of the strike has been felt in the education sector, as teacher ab [...]	2010-02-11 06:38:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV SOCI PREL PHUM ASEC ZI
10HARARE116	Zimbabwe Sets Racial Quota for Business Ownership [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) minister from President Mugabe's ZANU-PF party has issued regulations meant to force "indigenization" of businesses. The new rules, published on February 5, say that any business worth US$500,000 or more must explain how it will "cede a controlling [...]	2010-02-12 10:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL ZI
10HARARE118	CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Although statistics are not readily available, anecdotal evidence shows increasing Chinese involvement in Zimbabwe's economy. The trend became pronounced with the Government of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) "Look East Policy" in 2003, through which it sought to emphasize new ties with China in place o [...]	2010-02-12 11:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAID CN ZI
10HARARE12	ZIM NOTES 01-08-2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Vacations Delay Negotiations... Diamond Sale Announced Then Cancelled... MDC-T Investigating Corrupt Ministers... Zim Ambassador Invades Malaysian-Owned Farm... Teachers and Mine Workers Threaten Strikes... Michael Jackson's Ghost Sighted in Zimbabwe... Counterfeit US [...]	2010-01-11 06:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
10HARARE120	Zimbabwe Expects Another Poor Harvest [...] SUMMARY: Zimbabwe probably will not see an increase in maize production this year, mainly due to poor weather and small-scale farmers' lack of financing for seed and fertilizer. There was reportedly a sufficient amount of seed in the country, but the sole fertilizer producer could not keep p [...]	2010-02-12 12:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ZI
10HARARE132	ZIMNOTES 2/12/2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Civil Service Strike Hits Education Sector... Commissioners to ZEC and HRC Selected... No Progress on Talks... MDC-T Expels 23 Councilors... Diamond Firm Directors Arrested... Newspaper Staff Charged... No Birthday Cake for the Government... "Indi [...]	2010-02-16 07:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
10HARARE150	ZIMBABWE: CHANGES TO RECIPROCITY SCHEDULE [...] (U) Post recommends two changes to the Zimbabwe reciprocity schedule as outlined below. The intent of the changes is to streamline visa processing for Zimbabwean government officials not subject to Presidential Proclamation 7524, which restricts travel of certain individuals to the U.S., and [...]	2010-02-22 12:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT PREL ZI
10HARARE152	ZIM NOTES 02-19-2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Mugabe Welcomes Codel Meeks/Watt... Journalist thrown out of Mugabe/Codel meeting... Diamond Drama Continues... Zim Agrees to KP Monitor... Court Orders Mining at Chiadzwa to Stop... EU Extends Targeted Sanctions on Zimbabwe... ZANU-PF Hijacks Civil [...]	2010-02-23 08:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
10HARARE156	Zimbabwe: Goods Produced With Forced or Exploitive Child [...] This cable provides information relevant to the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2005, as described reftel, by providing details on goods produced in Zimbabwe with forced labor and exploitive child labor and government efforts to investigate and eliminate forced and [...]	2010-02-23 10:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PREL PREF PHUM KTIP ZI
10HARARE158	Zimbabwe: Tenth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report [...] (U) The following is Embassy Harare's response to questions posed to Post in ref B. --------------------------------- Zimbabwe's TIP Situation --------------------------------- -- 25 A. (SBU) There are no reliable statistics on the trafficking problem in Zimbabwe. Most informa [...]	2010-02-23 20:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PGOV PREL PREF ELAB SMIG ASEC KMCA KWMN
10HARARE168	Zimbabwean Labor Leader Interrogated, Office Raided [...] (SBU) On February 19, the Secretary General of the General Agriculture and Plantation Workers' Union of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ),Gertrude Hambira, was interrogated by a group of 17 security officials for her part in producing a film documenting abuse suffered by farm workers in Zimbabwe. During the [...]	2010-02-24 15:27:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL PREF ASEC ZI
10HARARE170	ZANU-PF Peacefully Protests Sanctions In Front Of U.S. [...] (U) A ZANU-PF organized group protested peacefully in downtown Harare and in front of the U.S. Embassy on February 24. The protesters, who were allegedly bused in from outside Harare, shouted anti-sanctions slogans and appeared to have been paid at ZANU-PF headquarters after the march ended. [...]	2010-02-24 15:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
10HARARE19	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH INDIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) In a meeting on January 13, Indian ambassador to Zimbabwe Ashok Venkatesan told the Ambassador that India has had a relationship with Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF that dates to the independence struggle, and Mugabe had a personal relationship with Indira Gandhi. The GOI takes a neutral sta [...]	2010-01-14 12:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI IN
10HARARE20	2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ZIMBABWE [...] Zimbabwe's gross domestic product (GDP) declined by roughly 50 percent over the past decade, possibly the largest peacetime contraction ever recorded. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that GDP shrank by 14 percent in 2008 alone. In July 2008 inflation reached the officially est [...]	2010-01-15 07:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC ZI
10HARARE22	ZIMBABWE INCHES TOWARDS A NEW CONSTITUTION [...] (SBU) On January 11, Minister of Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Eric Matinenga presided over the launch of the public outreach portion of Zimbabwe's effort to draft a new constitution. In sharp contrast with last July's chaotic All Stakeholders Conference, the approximate 1,000 del [...]	2010-01-15 10:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ASEC ZI
10HARARE23	ZIM NOTES 01-15-2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- SADC Meets in Maputo... Constitutional Process to Resume after Long Delay... MDC-T Ministers Named in Corruption Probe... Rash of Farm Invasions in Rusape... AG Tomana Impeaches Own Witness... Hitschmann's Lawyer Mahlangu Acquitted... Students Arrested While Protestin [...]	2010-01-19 07:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
10HARARE32	ZIMBABWE'S FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] The USG provides no direct funding to Zimbabwe's central government. But USG funding does support provision of assistance to specific elements of the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ). This includes substantial assistance under the PEPFAR program to government-led efforts combating HIV/AIDS, assis [...]	2010-01-20 15:38:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AID EAID ECON EFIN PREL ZI
10HARARE33	IATA MEETING WITH SEC NAPOLITANO [...] (SBU) Air Zimbabwe CEO Dr. Peter Chikumba requested a meeting with conoff on January 20 to relay his agenda in advance of a planned meeting at the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) offices in Geneva on January 22 with DHS Secretary Napolitano. Chikumba, an aircraft engineer with [...]	2010-01-21 06:07:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ATRN ECON PTER PREL ASEC ZI
10HARARE35	INSIDER'S VIEW OF MDC-T [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-21 10:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
10HARARE36	FISHMONGERS UPDATED ON DIAMONDS IN ZIM [...] (SBU) On January 14, Andrew Cranswick, CEO of African Consolidated Resources (ACR),and Greg Sebborn, an ACR special projects consultant, briefed the Fishmongers heads of mission group on current activities regarding their claims dispute with the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) over diamond fiel [...]	2010-01-21 10:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EMIN ASEC ZI MZ
10HARARE42	FOLLOWU-UP TO FISHMONGERS' UPDATE ON DIAMONDS [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief spoke separately on January 21 to African Consolidated Resources (ACR) advisor Greg Sebborn and ZANU-PF chair of the Parliamentary committee on mines and energy Edward Chindori-Chininga as a follow-up to the briefing of the Fishmonger Heads of Mission (Ref) on recent deve [...]	2010-01-22 10:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
10HARARE44	ZIMBABWE ANNOUNCES MEMBERS OF NEW MEDIA COMMISSION [...] (SBU) The GOZ has named members of the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC),a regulatory body that will receive and process applications for media publishing licenses. Media groups view this development as an opportunity to democratize the media environment in Zimbabwe. However, they question t [...]	2010-01-22 11:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAO ZI
10HARARE45	ZIMBABWE 2010 BFIF PROJECT PROPOSAL [...] Embassy Harare proposes three projects to be supported by the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF). The total amount of BFIF support requested is $15,000. 2. The common theme of the projects is transparency and good governance. Zimbabwe is once again open for business after several [...]	2010-01-25 06:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON EINV ETRD ZI
10HARARE46	ZIM NOTES 01-25-2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Official Constitutional Outreach Suspended... ... While ZANU-PF Launches Its Own Menacing Campaign... WOZA Protest Disrupted, Three Arrested... Journalist Flees After Death Threats from Cop... Wheels of Justice Too Slow for Bennett... Religious Group Faces Arrest Ove [...]	2010-01-26 06:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
10HARARE48	ZIM NOTES 01-25-2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Official Constitutional Outreach Suspended... ... While ZANU-PF Launches Its Own Menacing Campaign... WOZA Protest Disrupted, Three Arrested... Journalist Flees After Death Threats from Cop... Wheels of Justice Too Slow for Bennett... Religious Group Faces Arrest Ove [...]	2010-01-26 06:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
10HARARE50	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ZIMBABWE MINISTER OF [...] (C) During a courtesy call by the Ambassador, Zimbabwe Minister of Agriculture Joseph Made stated that the Global Political Agreement was deadlocked and there would be no movement by ZANU-PF unless sanctions were lifted. Hewing to the ZANU-PF party line, Made touted land reform, denied there [...]	2010-01-26 12:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PREL PGOV PINR ZI
10HARARE58	ZIM NOTES 01-29-2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- ZANU-PF Says No More Concessions... High Court Dismisses SADC Land Ruling... Four More Farmers Harassed, Evicted, Arrested... Constitutional Outreach Clears One Hurdle... Civil Society Launches Constitutional Monitoring Effort... WOZA Members Beaten, Arrested, Released [...]	2010-02-01 07:07:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
10HARARE63	DEMARCHE TO GOZ ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] Ambassador presented Demarche (Ref) and talking points to Zimbabwe Minister of Environment Frances Nhema on January 29. 2. Nhema responded that in his opinion the Copenhagen Accord was not a formal agreement to which the Government of Zimbabwe could associate; further he did not know what [...]	2010-02-01 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KGHG SENV ENRG ZI
10HARARE64	DEMARCHE TO GOZ ON CITES COP 15 [...] The Ambassador delivered the Demarche (Ref) and talking points to Zimbabwe Minister of Environment Frances Nhema on January 29. 2. Nhema responded that in principle he had no objections to any of the U.S. proposals. He said that customarily, with regard to CITES, the GOZ canvasses the Af [...]	2010-02-01 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP ZI
10HARARE66	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON ZIMBABWE MINISTER OF [...] (U) The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Environment Frances Nhema on January 29 and delivered demarches on the Copenhagen Accord and CITES (Refs). Other discussion focused on land conservancies and indigenization, conservation of rhinos, and the political situation in Zimbabwe [...]	2010-02-02 07:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV CITES KGHG ZI
10HARARE67	AN MDC SENATORS'S VIEW OF TSVANGIRAI AND THE MDC [...] (C) MDC Senator Obert Gutu shared his views January 30 on Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, the MDC-T, and the current political situation. Gutu knows Tsvangirai, Minister of Finance Tendai Biti, and other top MDC-T officials well, but he is not an MDC-T insider. He is from Masvingo. His [...]	2010-02-02 09:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
10HARARE68	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH WFP REPRESENTATIVE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The WFP experienced a decline in the number of people receiving food aid in Zimbabwe in 2009, but expects to see an increase in 2010 because of drought conditions. The WFP Director also worries about post-World Cup conditions when xenophobic actions against Zimbabweans in South A [...]	2010-02-02 09:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL ZI
10HARARE7	SURVIVING IN TODAY,S ZDF -- VIEWS OF TWO SERVING [...] (C) The most senior ranks of the Zimbabwean military are so entwined with ZANU-PF as to be practically indistinguishable from the party. This is particularly frustrating for many officers who want to concentrate on building a professional military that can serve as a national army and play a [...]	2010-01-09 10:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ZI
10HARARE75	MEETING WITH ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the newly arrived Algerian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, the country is currently in the midst of three transitions: the internal transformation of ZANU-PF, the transitional coalition government, and an economic transition. If these transitions, especially the overall po [...]	2010-02-03 12:10:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR ASEC ZI AG
10HARARE8	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NIGERIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since Mugabe pulled Zimbabwe out of the British Commonwealth in December 2003 relations between Nigeria and Zimbabwe, while not hostile, have been decidedly cool. Mugabe blames Nigeria for plans to expel Zimbabwe, and believes the current Nigerian president is 'misinformed' abo [...]	2010-01-09 10:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI NI
10HARARE82	WAITING FOR THE 2010 WORLD CUP TO BE OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY: In spite of the Zimbabwean government's attempt to hype the 2010 World Cup's ability to bring in a large influx of tourists, businesses in Victoria Falls are projecting a significant decrease in business. With the exception of the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA),business interl [...]	2010-02-04 10:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG ELAB KPAO ZI
10HARARE83	Conversations with MDC-T Minister-in-Waiting Roy Bennett [...] (C) MDC-T Finance Chairman Roy Bennett told the Ambassador that while the MDC is good at campaigning, it lacks a cadre of people who know how to run a government. While much of U.S. and other Western support has focused on the party, there is a compelling need for institution building. Apar [...]	2010-02-04 14:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
10HARARE85	Ambassador's Call on Zim Minister of Women's Affairs, [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met on February 5 with ZANU-PF's Olivia Muchena, Zimbabwe's Minister of Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development. Muchena described the objectives of her ministry and briefly commented on the Global Political Agreement. 2. (SBU) With regard to women, Much [...]	2010-02-08 15:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI SOCI PHUM KWMN KTIP PINR
10HARARE87	Ambassador's meeting with Zim Minister of Youth, [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's Minister of Youth, Indigenization and Empowerment Saviour Kasukuwere suggested to the Ambassador that all donor and NGO support for youth be channeled through the Zimbabwe Youth Council. He defended indigenization as necessary to protect Zimbabwe's resources, and said the pol [...]	2010-02-08 15:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI ECON EINV
10HARARE9	RECOMMENDATION ON RESPONDING TO ZIMBABWE FINANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Tendai Biti sent me a letter requesting that three banks be removed from Treasury's sanctions list. I recommend that we honor Biti's request. The information available to me indicates that these three banks no longer have any role in supporting Mugabe. This woul [...]	2010-01-09 10:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ETTC ZI
10HARARE91	Welcome (back) to Zimbabwe - CODEL MEEKS/WATT Scenesetter [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Zimbabwe welcomes CODEL Meeks/Watt and their delegation. Your return visit comes at an important period in Zimbabwe's history, at the one-year anniversary of the entry into government of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) factions in February 2009 and the formation w [...]	2010-02-09 14:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV ZI
10HARARE93	XXXXXXXXXXXXâ€™s observations on the political landscape and [...] (SBU) Pol/econ chief met February 9 with XXXXXXXXXXXX offered his observations on various topics including the state of ZANU-PF, indigenization, and elections. 2. (C) ZANU-PF. XXXXXXXXXXXX described the party as badly fractured. It was like a stick of TNT, susceptible to ignition and disintegratio [...]	2010-02-10 13:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
10HARARE95	Ambassador Meets with Zim Home Affairs Co-Ministers [...] (SBU The Ambassador met February 8 with Khembo Mohadi (ZANU-PF) and Giles Mutsekwa (MDC-T),the co-ministers of Home Affairs, at their office. The meeting was friendly, especially when contrasted with Ambassador McGee's meeting with the two ministers in April 2009 (Ref). 2. (SBU) Moh [...]	2010-02-10 13:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KTIP ASEC PINR ZI
10HARARE98	Status and Concerns: Establishment of P-MDTF in Zimbabwe [...] (SBU) The donor community in Harare has been in consultations with the World Bank (WB) since April 2009 regarding the establishment of a Programmatic Multi-Donor Trust Fund (P-MDTF) for the purpose of implementing recovery projects in support of the transitional government. There is collectiv [...]	2010-02-05 09:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PHUM PREL ZI
88HARARE1365	THE NEW GOZ: BIO INFORMATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT MUGABE ANNOUNCED ON JANUARY 2, 1988 THE COMPOSITION OF HIS NEW CABINET (REF A). THIS NEW GOVERNMENT CONSISTS OF THREE SENIOR MINISTERS, 21 CABINET MINISTERS, 3 CABINET-RANK MINISTERS OF STATE, 15 DEPUTY MINISTERS, 5 MINISTERS OF STATE WHO WORK AS "PARTY APPOINTEES", AND [...]	1988-03-14 09:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PINR KPRP PGOV
88HARARE5924	ZIMBABWE - 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE FOLLOWING IS OUR SUBMISSION FOR THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT AS OUTLINED IN REF A: COURT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING TERRORISM IN 1988 --------------------------------------------- -- 2. THERE WERE TWO NOTEWORTHY COURT CASES INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM IN 1988. THE FIRST CONCERNED S [...]	1988-11-15 11:21:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI KPRP PTER
89HARARE4004	RENAMO KILLS MORE CIVILIANS IN NORTHERN [...] (U) ACCORDING TO LOCAL PRESS REPORTS, ON THE NIGHT OF JULY 1, RENAMO KILLED FOUR CIVILIANS IN AN ATTACK IN THE RUSHINGA AREA OF NORTHERN ZIMBABWE. THE ATTACK5S SHOT DEAD A 27 YEAR OLD FARMER AND THEN BURNED DOWN THE HUT CONTAINING HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN, AGED FIVE AND TWO YEARS OLD. AN EAR [...]	1989-07-12 13:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM MZ ZI
91HARARE10989	ZIMBABWE: 1991 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] EMBASSY'S SUBMISSION FOR THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT, AS OUTLINED REFTEL, FOLLOWS. A. PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. THERE WERE NO PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING TERRORISM IN 1991. IN OCTOBER, FOUR CONVICTED SABOTEURS BEGAN [...]	1991-11-14 11:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KPRP PREL IZ LY SF ZI
92HARARE12655	ZIMBABWE: 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...]	1992-11-13 05:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KPRP PINS ZI
92HARARE9239	SADC'S FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	1992-08-21 14:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN RAID ETRD PREL ZU ZI
94HARARE13525	ZIMBABWE: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] FORMAT PER REFTEL: (A) PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: THERE WERE NO TERRORIST INCIDENTS OR TERRORIST RELATED PROSECUTIONS IN ZIMBABWE IN 1994. (B) EXTRADITION OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS: THERE WERE NO CASES INVOLVING EXTRADI [...]	1994-11-21 09:21:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ZI
95HARARE4281	INTERVENING IN BURUNDI IN THE EVENT OF [...] SECRET- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. BEGIN SUMMARY. ZIMBABWEAN OFFICIALS SHARE OUR CONCERN ABOUT THE CONTINUING VIOLENCE IN BURUNDI AND RECOGNIZE THAT DIRECT MILITARY INTERVENTION UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE UN AND/OR THE OAU MAY BE THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID ANOTHER RWANDA SITUATION. ZIMBABWEAN FOREIGN MINIS [...]	1995-04-20 05:01:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PREL MOPS PHUM BY ZI
96HARARE11539	ZIMBABWE: 1996 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] FORMAT PER REFTEL: (A) PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: THERE WERE NO ACTS OF POLITICALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENCE IN ZIMBABWE IN 1996: (B) EXTRADITION OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS: THERE WERE NO CASES INVOLVING EXTRADITION OF SUSPEC [...]	1996-11-29 09:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ZI
97HARARE9435	ZIMBABWE: 1997 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] FORMAT PER REFTEL: (A) PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: THERE WERE NO ACTS OF POLITICALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENCE IN ZIMBABWE IN 1997: (B) EXTRADITION OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS: THERE WERE NO CASES INVOLVING EXTRADITION OF SUSPEC [...]	1997-11-24 13:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ZI

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