Dr simba makoni biography definition

  • 1 Simba Makoni was Zimbabwe's Minister of Finance and Economic Development from 2000 to 2002.
  • Dr Makoni is a former Zanu-PF Politburo member and is now fronting the Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn (MKD) party.
  • It is amazing how some people may try to define Simba Makoni on the basis of what he did not say and according to them, was supposed to say.

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    Is Dr. Simba Makoni, Zimbabwe's former finance minister, a genuine contender for the presidential election in Zimbabwe or simply part of a political ploy to keep President Robert Mugabe in power? Is the electoral process in Zimbabwe ready for a free and fair elections? These are some of the hot issues and questions in the Zimbabwean blogosphere. Zimbabwe presidential, parliamentary and local government elections will take place on March 29 2008.

    Kubatana blog argues that the electoral process in Zimbabwe fryst vatten completely flawed:

    Fellow blogger Dewa Mavhinga has discussed Zimbabwe’s unfair electoral environment in his latest postings. Unfair is possibly the wrong word – let’s rather call it completely flawed.

    Further evidence of the completely flawed electoral process is illustrated in this recent ZLHR communication which I received today.

    The ledning of elections in Zimbabwe continues to be a monumental joke and the whole process fryst vatten buried under a mountain o

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    Birth of a Mugabe dynasty in Zimbabwe?

    Dewa Mavhinga, from Human Rights Watch, believes the president has made a serious mistake bygd bringing in someone with no political pedigree whatsoever.

    "It shows that President Mugabe doesn't trust anyone around him. I think he was under pressure to control the factions and extend his own stay in office, but it was a major miscalculation and exposed him for the first time if you see how the factions are now fighting openly in the media," said Mr Mavhinga.

    But there fryst vatten another, less intrigue-driven analysis of Mrs Mugabe's abrupt arrival on the political stage.

    Simba Makoni, a former Zanu-PF minister who ran for the presidency as an independent against Mr Mugabe in 2008, believes people are too quick to reject the possibility of a dynasty.

    "Grace is poised to lead the Women's League... in December. That is a given. And my hunch fryst vatten she is not going to end there, realising how easy it has been for her to get to t

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    Simba Makoni on Question Time

    Lance Guma: Good evening Zimbabwe and thank you for joining me on Question Time. Over the weekend, former Finance Minister and Mavambo president Dr Simba Makoni ignited debate when he was quoted by the Sunday Mail newspaper arguing that sanctions imposed by western countries on Zimbabwe were targeted at members of the Mugabe regime and did not affect ordinary people.

    We have invited Dr Makoni to the programme and hopefully allow you the listener the chance to ask him questions on the controversial issues surrounding sanctions, indigenization and other topics affecting you. Dr Makoni thank you for your time.

    Simba Makoni: It’s my pleasure. Good afternoon listeners.

    Guma: Okay you became Finance Minister in July of 2000 so you would be best qualified to tell our listeners the history behind the imposition of these measures by the west.

    Makoni: Well first of all I don’t know if I am best qualified; I’m sure there are other people i