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Roy Leslie Bennett (Pachedu)

Date of Birth: 16 February 1957
Place of Birth: Bulawayo
Died: 17 January 2018


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Unsuccessful successions

By the year's end MDC heavyweights Elias Mudzuri exiled Treasurer Roy Bennett and former ministers Elton Mangoma and Tendai Biti were suggesting that it was time to give a new leader a crack at the job...


The sanctions card is worn out

This conveniently overlooks the fact that ZANU-PF blocked the appointment of Roy Bennett the MDC-Tsvangirai nominee as deputy minister of agriculture...


The waiting game begins

MDC-Tsvangirai has quickly recovered from the post-election depression which saw the resignation of Treasurer Roy Bennett to form a new group...


Squashing the judges

The acquittal of Roy Bennett Deputy Minister-designate of Agriculture and Treasurer of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on 10 May gave President Robert Mugabe the chance to show his commitment to power-sharing...


The diamond mine drama

Meanwhile south of Chiadzwa there are reports that the Development Trust of Zimbabwe-Ozego is recovering diamonds with army protection on the Charleswood Estate formerly the property of Roy Bennett...


Easter parade

The state media is accusing white parliamentarian Roy Bennett (MDC Treasurer) and Eddie Cross (Economic Advisor to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai) of defending the interests of their 'Western paymasters'...


Economic clouds, platinum lining

Even if the Movement for Democratic Change parliamentarian Morgan Tsvangirai’s ally Roy Bennett is confirmed as Made’s deputy (and the political violence charges against him are dropped) it will be too late to improve matters this season...


Three men in a boat

The big unresolved issues are the appointment of provincial governors the role of two Mugabe-allies Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono and Attorney General Johannes Tomana and Mugabe’s refusal to swear in the MDC’s Roy Bennett as Deputy Agriculture Minister because he faces criminal charges...


Tsvangirai's walkout puts Mugabe on the backfoot

The pretext for walking out was the indictment of the MDC's Treasurer Deputy Agriculture Minister Roy Bennett on terrorism charges (after a string of vexatious cases against other MDC members of parliament)...


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