Zim Daily
Saturday, December 17 2005 @ 03:16 AM
GMT
Contributed by: correspondent
Zimbabwe's
main opposition group yesterday maintained that it
will call for protests
against President Robert Mugabe's "oppressive" rule
as the country grapples
with its worst post-independence political and
economic crisis despite
threats by Mugabe to quash any uprising against his
government. Speaking to
a group of Zimbabweans in Kuala Lumpur Thursday,
Mugabe warned the MDC
against attempting to unseat his government through
non-democratic
means.
"The president Comrade Robert Mugabe said the decision
of the
anti-senate MDC faction led by Morgan Tsvangirai to engage in
unlawful acts
to push a British agenda of a regime change in Zimbabwe will
not be
entertained," State radio quoted Mugabe yesterday. "The Tsvangirai
faction
has a propensity of violence as it has more brawn than brains." But
Tsvangirai told zimdaily that his party is going ahead with preparations for
mass protests which he said would set the stage for a showdown with Mugabe's
ruling ZANU PF party. ""He has not managed to destroy the spirit of the
people and, whatever he tries, there is no way you can destroy an idea whose
time has come.
We will call for peaceful action carefully
calculated to express
discontent and disgust with the state of affairs
within our nation," the MDC
leader said. "We will soon call on all
Zimbabweans to register their anger
against the oppressive system," he said.
But Mugabe who is in Malaysia to
attend the Perdana Global Peace Forum, set
up by former Malaysian Prime
Minister Mahathir Mohammed, said his government
will not allow the MDC to
push for regime change. Calls for mass protests
are likely to be met with
increased government sponsored violence.
Currently, public meetings are
forbidden without police clearance under
legislation Mugabe signed into law
just before he was re-elected in March
2002, in polls critics said he
rigged.
Western
governments accuse Mugabe of quashing human rights and
fomenting violence
against his political opponents, including the MDC. They
have also
criticised his policy of seizing passports from his critics and
white-owned
farms to distribute among landless blacks, saying it contributed
to a hunger
crisis now threatening almost three million people. The southern
African
country is grappling with soaring unemployment and an acute shortage
of hard
currency, squeezing fuel and food imports.
Last month
baton-wielding riot police beat dozens of protesters
in central Harare
during a protest called by the umbrella labour body the
Zimbabwe Congress of
Trade Unions. "The security situation for all
Zimbabweans has deteriorated
to an unacceptable level," Tsvangirai said.
"There is rampant misuse of
police power to violate and criminalise with
impunity, the freedom of
expression and the right to assemble." Mugabe
denies mismanaging the economy
during his 25-year rule, and accuses enemies
abroad of sabotage over his
land edistribution programme.
Zim Daily
Journalists
Saturday, December 17 2005 @ 03:15 AM
GMT
Contributed by: correspondent
Three reporters
of Voice of the People (VoP) - an independent
radio station that broadcasts
to Zimbabwe via the Radio Netherlands
Madagascar relay - remain in jail a
second day after a late afternoon raid
on their Harare offices by
intelligence operatives from President Mugabe's
office.
The
three journalists' lawyers Tafadzwa Mugabe and Otto Saki of
Zimbabwe Lawyers
for Human Rights filed an urgent chamber application in the
High Court today
seeking their release. At the time of writing, the High
Court had not yet
set a date or time for hearing the case.
The three, Maria
Nyanyiwa, Nyasha Bosha and Kundai Gwanda were
arrested on Friday afternoon
and charged under the repressive Access to
Information and Protection of
Privacy Act (Aippa) for working without
accreditation from the regulatory
authority the Media and Information
Commission, lawyer Otto Saki told
zimdaily. Police spokesperson Wayne
Bvudzijena said he was not aware of
charges the journalists faced. But said:
"We have them and we are still
talking," he said.
Saki said he was battling to have the
three released "as soon as
possible" although he said the case was expected
to be heard in court on
Monday. Zimdaily heard that the CIO has mounted a
massive manhunt for the
other three journalists who are "still at large."
Intelligence sources vowed
to keep the three female journalists until the
rest are in custody. The
latest development has send shivers after the
station's production equipment
was seized by the security intelligence.
Station Director John Masuku said
"only time will tell the next move as
their lives are now at a precarious
position".
The
notorious CIO raided the offices barely 48 hours after the
new Information
minister ambassador Tichaona Jokonya had branded independent
journalists and
media houses "weapons of mass destruction." Zimabwean
government has a
record of harassing independent journalists, a move that
has caused the
setting up of independent media houses outside the country.
The Media
Institute of Southern Africa together with many civic groups have
condemned
the government's 'heinous move' of trying to silence alternative
voices in
the country. Zimdaily heard that family and friends were allowed
to take
food to the three but they were not allowed to see them.
Zim Daily
Saturday, December 17 2005 @ 05:02 AM GMT
Contributed by:
Reporter
More than five children aged 13 and below were arrested
in
Gwanda as the government stretches its much condemned illegal evictions.
The
children together with other adult vendors were caught unaware by the
vicious police force that confiscated their wares.
The
vendors were later released from custody after a payment of
fine. The
notorious evictions resumed early this week in Bulawayo leaving
millions of
goods destroyed. It is the arrest and harassment of children
with brutality
that appalled many people. The children are currently on
school holidays and
are taking the opportunity to augment parents' income
ahead of an exorbitant
school fees term in January.
"This is cruelty at its best,
how can innocent children be
victims of this dragnet, its totally uncalled
for", said Gibbs Moyo, a
Bulawayo resident. The evictions are surprising
after the government of
Zimbabwe made a fool out of the recent UN Envoy Jan
Egeland who made various
offers to help the crisis in Zimbabwe. President
Mugabe openly branded
Egeland 'a hypocrite and damn liar'.
The Herald
(Harare)
December 16, 2005
Posted to the web December 16,
2005
Kudakwashe Nyaguse
Harare
NATIONAL Railways of Zimbabwe
(NRZ) has with effect from today, suspended
all intra-city passenger train
services in Harare and Bulawayo until the end
of the year and allocated the
locomotives to inter-city service in a bid to
improve long distance service
during the festive season.
Resultantly, NRZ has unveiled a special
passenger service, which will
bolster normal long distance train service for
the entire festive season.
The move is set to be a relief for travellers
who have had to brave high
costs of using long distance buses.
While
easing long distance transport woes, the arrangement is likely to put
pressure on commuter bus services within the next week for those workers who
do not break off early for the festive season when they all turn to
buses.
Besides, the train service was popular with commuters since it was
cheaper
than buses. NRZ public relations manager Mr Fanuel Masikati said
that
passenger trains offer an alternative and affordable mode of transport
for
urban and rural travellers.
"The special passenger train services
will commence on December 16 to
December 31, 2005, with additional coaches
for the Mutare-Harare,
Harare-Bulawayo, Chiredzi-Bulawayo and
Bulawayo-Victoria Falls passenger
trains," said Mr Masikati.
An
additional train will run from the capital to Mutare on December 21 2005
conveying economy class passengers.
In the meantime, all commuter
train services in Bulawayo and Harare will be
suspended during the festive
season.
"We regret to advise that commuter train services in Bulawayo and
Harare
will be suspended during the festive season starting from the 16th to
the
27th of December 2005," he said.
Mr Masikati appealed to
passengers to buy tickets before they board trains
in order to avoid paying
a surcharge by buying the tickets on the train.
"The NRZ is appealing to
all travellers to buy tickets at stations before
boarding the train in order
to avoid a surcharge levied on tickets bought on
the train.
Of late,
long distance travelling by bus has become very expensive with
buses
charging between $320 000 and $800 000 while in trains, economy class
and
the sleeper costs between $140 00 and $450 000, respectively.
Xinhua
www.chinaview.cn 2005-12-17
13:45:49
HARARE, Dec. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- Zimbabwe
will have an arts and culture
task force to undertake a turnaround program
for the sector which is facing
challenges, the National Arts Council of
Zimbabwe (NACZ) said on Friday.
The task force, which will
serve as an arts and culture
think-tank, will see the opening of new avenues
for collaborative efforts in
charting a way forward for the
sector.
It comes after experts noting the existence of many
challenges,including limited benefits from artistic creativity and
piracy.
"The need to come up with practical strategies to curb
piracy and
copyright infringement of intellectual property is one of the
issues that
the task force will focus on," said the NACZ.
Another task of the task force will be to investigate how much the
arts are
contributing to economic development, investment earnings and
foreign
currency generating capacity.
"The research should also show
the chain of benefaction regarding
downstream industries," said
NACZ.
The sector is currently governed by a number of
legislation and
experts suggested a single all-encompassing law for easier
implementation
and use.
"All legislation dealing with the
sector needs to be revisited and
harmonized," it said.
An
eight-member team to spearhead the exercise drawn from diverse
backgrounds
has already been chosen and comprises renowned actor. Enditem
IOL
December 17
2005 at 09:26AM
The driver of an eight-ton truck transporting a
full load of goods was
fined after 22 Zimbabweans were found hidden in the
back of the vehicle
during a roadblock at the Vaal plaza tollgate near
Vereeniging on Friday.
The truck driver travelling from Port
Elizabeth to Johannesburg
apparently made the passengers pay R50 each, said
Vaal Rand police
spokesperson Captain William Mcera.
A
two-year-old baby and two children aged six were among those in the
truck.
The passengers were legally in the country.
Mcera said the truck
driver was fined R2 200.
"The owner has been called to the scene,
and alternative transport is
being arranged for the
passengers."
Gauteng and Free State police conducted
the roadblock. - Sapa
Source: ActionAid
Date: 16 Dec 2005
With six countries in Southern
Africa facing a chronic food shortage,
ActionAid charges that whilst the
final trigger for the hunger facing the
region has been lack of rain, the
underlying causes are political and
economic. This has led to extreme
poverty and a consequent failure to cope
with what has been a relatively
"unexceptional" drought.
In Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Swaziland,
Mozambique and Lesotho, the number
of people requiring humanitarian
assistance is estimated at 12 million. Two
of the worst affected countries
are Malawi and Zimbabwe with about 5 million
and 2.9 million people
respectively classified as 'food insecure'.
ActionAid's Emergencies and
Human Security Advisor for Southern Africa,
Zvidzai Maburutse said: "The
problem of food insecurity in Southern Africa
is both transitory and
chronic. It is attributable to extreme poverty, the
massive impact of
HIV/Aids, infertile soils and the high cost of seeds and
fertilisers.
Yet despite increasing analysis and recognition of the
underlying factors
for hunger, a general perception persists that the
current food crisis is
caused by 'a natural disaster' - drought.
"The
prevailing situation is the result of a range of entangling crises.
Risk has
been driven upwards by silent but intensifying conditions of
political,
socio-economic and environmental vulnerability underpinned by the
HIV/Aids
epidemic. Therefore, a modest external threat, such as an
unexceptional
drought, results in widespread suffering," said Zvidzai
Maburutse.
The current crisis dates back to January 2005 when lack of
rain seriously
affected the region's agricultural production and became the
final trigger
that provoked the emergency. In the worst affected areas
people have been
living on a diet of bamboo seeds since June. Bamboo seeds
offer very little
in the way of nutrition but for some, there is nothing
else available. The
worst months are expected to be between January and
March 2006, as
provisions are running out and there is no prospect of a good
harvest next
year due to a lack of seeds and fertilisers.
ActionAid's
Head of Emergencies, Roger Yates, wants governments to
acknowledge that the
key to overcoming the food crisis lies in appropriate
and effective
policies.
"Environmental shocks like drought bring collapse only to
systems that are
already weak owing to policies which fail to protect the
poor, government
level corruption, mismanagement and a total lack of
accountability. There is
nothing natural about this latest disaster to hit
Southern Africa. Regional
governments, the international community and donor
agencies must provide
immediate and appropriate humanitarian assistance as
well as implementing
long-term policies to tackle poverty and prevent future
crises in the
region."
One of the worst hit countries in the region
is Malawi. It is no coincidence
that Malawi is also one of the poorest
countries in the world. 42% of the
population exist on less than $1 a day,
the average life expectancy is just
under 40 and 14% of the population are
living with HIV. The situation in
Malawi is worsening daily, the price of
maize is expected to increase
considerably, and ActionAid estimates that
nearly half of Malawi's
population (5.0 million people) will be living with
hunger by the end of
March 2006.
Currently ActionAid is contributing
to the Malawian Government's response to
the hunger crisis through provision
of winter cropping using the treadle
pump, peddle pump and drip kit
irrigation technologies, a seed
multiplication programme, supplementary
feeding to the most vulnerable
groups, including people living with
HIV/Aids, a school feeding programme
and through ActionAid's ongoing
advocacy for emergency preparedness and
response.
For further
information on ActionAid's response to the crisis, interviews,
case studies
and pictures - contact charlotte.godber@actionaid.org.uk
or
telephone 020 7561 7633
Situation in Zimbabwe
Number of
food insecure people is estimated at 2,9 million, this excludes at
least
700,000 affected by the recent operation Restore Order/ Murambatsvina
The
government of Zimbabwe has refused to make an appeal calling for
humanitarian agencies to voluntarily assist the vulnerable
people.
ActionAid Zimbabwe is currently targeting over 2,500 people with
direct food
distribution, 16,200 households with inputs (maize, sorghum,
millet,
cowpeas, cuttings of sweet potato stems and pumpkin seeds) and 5000
households with micro-irrigation equipment (Drip kits) in both rural and
urban areas.
Situation in Zambia
Nearly two million people are
estimated to be food insecure.
Government of Zambia has appealed to the
World Food Program (WFP) for
assistance to feed the vulnerable people. Seeds
and fertilizers are
available in country but only 20% of the households have
access to the
products because of the exorbitant prices.
Situation in
Mozambique
Number of food insecure people is estimated at 550,000 The
government of
Mozambique has appealed for assistance from the World Food
Programme to feed
the food insecure people.
Situation in Lesotho and
Swaziland
ActionAid is currently assessing the situation in Lesotho and
Swaziland and
coordinating ActionAid's response.
ActionAid's stance
on food aid
At times of crisis, food aid is necessary to save lives.
However food aid
needs to be complemented by longer-term interventions that
reduce people's
vulnerabilities otherwise these crises will continue to
occur. Previous
responses to food crises in the region have been in the form
of large-scale
imported food aid, addressing the immediate effects of the
crisis. Food aid
programmes are costly and often involve 'dumping' large
quantities of
inappropriate grains thus depressing regional markets,
creating dependencies
and damaging food security systems.
Email: jag@mango.zw, justiceforagriculture@zol.co.zw
Please
send any material for publication in the Open Letter Forum to
jag@mango.zw with "For Open Letter Forum" in the
subject
line.
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THOUGHT
FOR THE DAY
Men who for truth and honor's sake Stand fast and suffer
long. Brave men
who work while others sleep, Who dare while others fly...
They build a
nation's pillars deep And lift them to the sky. -Ralph Waldo
Emerson
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Letter
1:
Dear JAG,
Zimbabwe actually has to 'IMPLODE' [not explode]
before sanity can take
root and grow into any kind of Democracy in that
precious beleaguered
country. The Ruling Party and Government are corrupt, as
is the Judiciary,
the Police, the Defence Force, the dreaded CIO and every
Public Official
paid by that corrupt Government. I should say
"Mis-government", because
they totally lost the plot in 2000 when a viable
and believable Opposition
emerged and the Fat Cats got scared - by this huge
emerging opposition to
ZANU PF and the scurrilous "War Vets" who demanded to
be "fed".
They were "fed" by Goverment Sanction and the Police turning a
blind eye to
the savage attacks by these "so called war vets", many in their
teens and
would not have born before the "so called Liberation Struggle or
Terrorist
War" on peaceful farmers, their pets and live-stock. The dreaded
Farm
Invasions and the equally dreaded Section 5's and 8's.
Do you
think they actually care what damage they have done? With the UN
and
Britain/EU/USA doling out food to the hungry mouths. They do not care
at
all. Blame the rains/non rains, global warming, Ian Smith -
whatever!!
The rest of the world actually has to stop feeding the hungry
mouths. I
know that is hard for anyone with a heart. But if the world stopped
feeding
the hungry in Zimbabwe and let the desperate speak for themselves.
But what
would they say? 'I'm hungry, I do not care who puts food in my mouth
or my
children, or gives us shelter and possibly educates my children, I
will
vote for that person"
So where does that leave us? A problem
magnified a million times over, or
maybe a Trillion or even an incalculable
Zillion - BEST GET A NEW
CALCULATOR with lots of naughts.
Merl
Kaegler
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Letter
2:
Dear Family and Friends,
Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu PF party have
been holding their annual congress
this week and watching some of the
coverage on television made for
staggering viewing. By any standards Zimbabwe
is a country in dire trouble.
Inflation, which began the year at 134% is
again completely out of control
and presently at over 400%. Life expectancy
continues to plummet and is now
just over 30 years. Unemployment is well over
70%, almost a quarter of our
population are eating food provided by
international donors and the number
of people in need grows by the week. With
these dreadful facts and figures
you would think that our ruling party would
have more than enough to worry
and talk about at their annual congress. The
posters adorning the walls of
the now well known enormous white tent were
damning. The slogans were not
about the economy, early death, hunger or
inflation. They were the same old
deflectory attacks, just as they have been
since Zanu PF first realised
they had lost popular supp!
ort when they
were defeated in the constitutional referendum in 2000.
"Mr Bush, how
about New Orleans!"
"MDC beating about the Bush."
"Mr Blair, how about
Brixton?"
"Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall and Blairs horses couldn't put the
MDC
together again."
So while the party which has governed Zimbabwe
for 25 years finds it
fitting to focus its energies on attacking the world,
ordinary Zimbabweans
have been looking to more pressing issues.This week the
United Nations
Emergency Relief Co-ordinator Jan Egeland concluded a five day
visit to
Zimbabwe and saw first hand the dramatically deteriorating situation
in the
country. His observations and comments were not about nursery rhymes
or
Humpty Dumpty and will hopefully again cause the world to look to
the
dreadful conditions of so many people in Zimbabwe.
Mr Egeland said
: "The humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe is very serious.
The need for
international aid is big and growing." He said that: "When
life expectancy
goes from more than 60 years to just over 30 years in a
15-year span, it's
not just a crisis, it's a meltdown." Mr Egeland said
that "The food security
is now an exploding issue" in Zimbabwe and said
that the need for
international aid was "big, and growing". He said the UN
was already feeding
two million people in Zimbabwe and that this would
increase to 2.5 million by
December and 3.3 million by January 2006.
In the course of his visit Mr
Egeland offered Mr Mugabe tents from the UN
for the estimated 700 000 people
whose homes were destroyed by the
bulldozers of the Zimbabwean government's
Operation Murtambatsvina in mid
winter. The offer was declined. According to
the Herald newspaper,
President Mugabe told the UN envoy that: "We are not a
tent's people... We
believe in houses." Mr Egeland criticized the governments
rejection of
tents saying: "If they are good enough for people in Europe and
the United
States who have lost their houses, why are they not good enough
for
Zimbabwe?"
The situation in Zimbabwe is neither nursery rhyme nor
fairy story but the
grim picture of real people struggling endlessly from one
day the next just
to survive
Until next week, love cathy. Copyright
cathy buckle 10 December 2005.
http://africantears.netfirms.com My
books "African Tears" and "Beyond
Tears" are available from: orders@africabookcentre.com
Letter
3:
WHAT MATTERS IN LIFE
Some people understand life better and
they call some of these people
"retarded"... At the Seattle Special
Olympics, nine contestants, all
physically or mentally disabled, assembled at
the starting line for the 100
yard dash.
At the gun they all started
out, not exactly in a dash, but with a relish
to run the race to the finish
and win. All, that is, except one little boy
who stumbled on the asphalt,
tumbled over a couple of times and began to
cry. The other eight heard the
boy cry. They slowed down and looked back.
Then they all turned around and
went back every one of them. One girl with
Down's Syndrome bent down and
kissed him and said, "This will make it
better".
Then all nine linked
arms and walked together to the finish line. Everyone
in the stadium stood,
and the cheering went on for several minutes. People
who were there are still
telling the story.... Why? Because deep down we
know this one thing: What
matters in this life is more than winning for
ourselves.
What matters
in this life is helping others win, even if it means slowing
down and
changing our course.
(Author
unknown)
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A family owned farm/factory Requires Operations Manager
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Experience in workshop management / machinery repair
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Vacancies
Divisional Managers for Bulawayo and
Harare Divisions for a Fencing
company.
Qualifications
A
minimum of 10 years experience in contract, of which at least 5 must be
in a
senior position.
Successful candidates must be familiar with budgeting,
stock control,
contract management, tender processing, production planning
and sales.
This is a hands on position requiring man management skills as
well as
other managerial attributes.
Experience in the field of
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If you have the prerequisites for the position on offer,
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WANTED: Retired/semi-retired couple with an
interest in cattle and
emphasis on recording / supervising a Dairy 70km from
Harare. Very secure
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application. Required to
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For
more information, please phone 011 419
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Teaching opportunity at Once Upon a Time
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Once Upon a Time Nursery School is looking for a lovely,
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would also be interested if you are Nursery School qualified
and
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We are
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The school has four classes with an assistant in each class. We
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This is an ideal job if you have small children, or if you are
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Please phone: School 776470
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Cochran
Mobile + 263 91 274327
Tel/Fax + 263 4 495 433
email : tpc@mweb.co.zw
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Ad
inserted 17 November 2005
Position available for a supervisor on an open
cast mine in the Midlands.
Mining experience not necessary but the applicant
must be mechanically
minded. Would suit a single younger man. Please
contact the GM at Kinsey
& Co. Telephone 04 305503 for further
information.
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Ad
inserted 14 November 2005
GARAGE / MAINTENANCE MANAGER
This
position would suit a self-driven, committed, elderly or retired
gentleman
with a good knowledge of vehicle maintenance (especially Land
Cruisers) and
man management. It would assist if the incumbent has
experience in
overseeing other maintenance such as refrigeration repairs,
plumbing and
building, but this is not essential. Clock watchers need not
apply. This is
a very pleasant and happy environment and we would like to
keep it that way,
so a good sense of humour would be great. Salary is
negotiable to the right
person and good perks are offered. This position
is available immediately.
Interested persons please contact Mrs T Leaman
on (016) 596 or send CVs by
fax to (016) 256 or email them to
tshafar@mweb.co.zw
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Ad
inserted 14 November 2005
PASTEL / BELINA PAYROLL PROCESSOR
This
position requires an alert and conscientious person with good
experience in
both Pastel and Belina Payroll, and with a pleasant nature,
preferably also a
good sense of humour. The position is available
immediately, but sooner
would be better. Salary and perks are negotiable
with the right person.
Interested and capable persons please contact Mrs T
Leaman on (016) 596 or
send CV by fax to (016) 256 or email them to
tshafari@mweb.co.zw
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Ad
inserted 07/12/05
Caretaker required to manage 22 Lodges at Wild
Heritage, Charara, Kariba.
Preferably married couple. Free house,
electricity and water together with
a good package offered. Please contact
Mr Ian Ross on 011-606381 or Harare
499294 or 499049 or e-mail brookwal@zol.co.zw.
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Ad
inserted 07/12/05
Looking for full time maid, preferably over the age of
40, as soon as
possible. Must be honest and reliable. Duties will include
some washing,
ironing and general cleaning duties. Accommodation available
for single
person.
Contact 011 600
769
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Employment
Sought
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Ad
inserted 14/12/05
I am available for temporary work on an "as and when
needed" basis.
Starting 18 December 05 to January 15
06
Administration/typing/secretarial/general office work.
Contact:
Naomi -
011618595
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Ad
inserted 07/12/05
Position sought by top-flight lady of 42 - Varied
experience locally and
overseas. Either part or full time employment.
Personal Assistant,
administration, marketing, advertising and travel
consulting experience.
Very computer literate. C.V. available on request.
Immediate
availability. Contact Miss Adrienne Broadway on 011 203
668.
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Ad
inserted 14 November 2005
Young man looking for employment (Mr. Daniel
VanWyk). A position in the
clothing industry, managerial or sort. I've had
experience in several
different fields. I'm a hard worker and would be able
to adjust easily to
any working environment or situation. Very reliable,
responsible and
independent.
Please contact Miss Carmen VanWyk on 091
615656 or 575431 -
3.
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Ad
inserted 16/11/05
If you can't afford to pay full-time staff with all the
usual benefits
(holidays, medical aid, leave pay, etc), I am available for
temporary work
on an "as and when needed"
basis.
Administration/typing/secretarial/general office work.
Either
from my home, or at your office.
Contact: Sally - 490871, or email: lundgren@zol.co.zw
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For
the latest listings of accommodation available for farmers, contact
justiceforagriculture@zol.co.zw
(updated 15 December 2005)
December 16, 2005
Email: jag@mango.zw, justiceforagriculture@zol.co.zw
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A
very successful Loss Claim Document (LCD) facilitators training course
was
held over two days last week by Wynand Hart on behalf of JAG. There
will be
another two courses a month commencing January 2006, the first to
be held on
the 9 and 10 January 2006. Please may we have, as soon as
possible, entries
for those of you who wish to take this worthwhile course.
An updated LCD
format on CD is now available to help in the setting out and
compiling an
LCD.
It cannot be too heavily stressed that doing the LCD is the only way
to go
in order to claim compensation. It will be an internationally
recognised
legal document. The other farming representative bodies i.e. VC,
AA, FIT,
Compensation Consortium, SACFA and even the CFU agree that a
comprehensive
document of this nature will be vital in the final claim to
compensation.
The JAG Trust has recently sent out a comprehensive survey
form and the
return response has been overwhelming. If you haven't completed
yours
please do so urgently as we need this information to add in to our
existing
databases.
The Chairman and Vice Chairman will be in Perth WA
in February 2006 and
would very much like to address a meeting of exiled
Zimbabwean commercial
farmers on this subject. We would be very grateful if
someone in WA could
arrange this meeting. We will supply contact phone
numbers to phone in a
later newsletter.
We would like to remind
members that if you haven't paid your subs for 2005
that these are now
overdue. The sum of $1,200,000 subscription is payable
to JAGMA, the
separately constituted Members Association. We very much need
these subs in
order to run the office.
We are now back to a full office staff
compliment and things are moving
ahead and running very smoothly. The office
is more than anything, a
community support centre for farmers. All farmers
should feel free to drop
in, read the papers, have a cup of coffee and get
updated.
The JAG office will be closed for the Christmas break from
Monday 19
December 2005, opening again on Tuesday 3 January 2006.
In
case of emergencies over the festive season the JAG team are available
on the
following numbers:
011 603296
011 205374
091 317763
The
Chairman, The Board of Trustees and the JAG Team wish you all a
merry
Christmas and a happy and peaceful New Year.
JAG Lost Claim
Facilitator Course
Due to the overwhelming success of our last LCD
course, potential
applicants for the above may apply for the next training
course on the 9th
and 10th of January 2006.
Applicants from Bulawayo
and Mutare are particularly welcome. The two day
course is free of charge.
Applicants must bring sandwiches, note book,
paper and a CD disk with
them.
Eric Harrison
LCD Co-coordinator