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World Bank Headquarters in Bretton Woods: The Bank scrambled to try and clarify its role in the alleged slush fund set up for Morgan Tsvangirai's staff in the Zimbabwe Government. But their explanation fails to exonerate the Prime Minister and his party. Besides, the damage has already been done, with the State newspaper the Sunday Mail again carrying the story today as if it was new. This is coming a couple of days after the Herald made this issue its front page banner this last week, prompting expressions of revulsion from Zimbabwe's unemployed and those getting by on US$100 per month while the Prime Minister and his people pocket as much as US$7 000 per month as "salaries" from the World Bank slush fund Harare, Zimbabwe 13 September 2009 The World Bank rushed yesterday to issue a statement regarding revelations that the Bretton Woods institution i paying salaries of as much as US$7 000 for staff in the MDC and the Prime Minister's office, as well as other MDC m...

Prime Minister Tsvangirai, seen here on his tour of Europe to drum up support for the Inclusive Government, has been revealed today to be accepting huge sums of money for payment of staff salaries for people working in his office. Some are getting as much as US$7 000 per month. The revelations have sparked levels of anger against Tsvangirai that I have never seen, except within ZANU PF circles. He is coming off as not only uncaring, but also a liar, for claiming that all civil servants, including himself, earn only US$100 per month. People are angry because employers are using this as a benchmark when they pay their own workforce Harare, Zimbabwe, 11 September 2009 You have by now heard, of course. While the Prime Minister and his Finance Minister are telling Zimbabwe's struggling workforce that they only earn US$100 per month, they are actually getting as much as US$7 000 per month. This is the main story on the front page of The Herald, Zimbabwe's ZANU PF-aligned state newspa...

I have previously told you about how Gideon Gono corrupted independent media in Zimbabwe by pouring money into their coffers during the tough days of the Zimbabwe dollar collapse. It now emerges that even more dealings are going on and compromising media independence in Zimbabwe. Harare, Zimbabwe, August 19 2009 We have been brought compelling evidence today that the independent media in Zimbabwe is being paid off to ignore the activities of the parties of Simba Makoni and Arthur Mutambara. A slush fund has been set up which is being run by three men. One of them runs a well-known chain of butcheries in Zimbabwe and the other owns an engineering company based in Harare which was at one time given the job to repair the water and sewage pipes in Harare (and failed dismally). The slush fund is being funded in part by money from businesses who have tied in their loyalties to the discredited MDC-T and one of the three men involved in it is actually a well-known fundraiser for the MDC-T and ...