Mail and Guardian
Godwin Gandu
24 February 2006
07:16
It is official -- Zanu-PF's financial crisis
does not go right
to the top. The party has not held its weekly politburo
meeting since the
beginning of the year because it cannot afford to fix the
lift in its
14-storey Harare headquarters.
This week,
politburo bigwigs congregated for their first meeting
in weeks in the
ground-floor hall normally reserved for conferences and
public
meetings.
The party is battling to raise what sounds like the
huge sum of
Z$160-million (R6 154) needed for spares and
maintenance.
But the crisis has not deterred the party
fund-raising committee
from setting itself the target of raising
Z$10-billion (R384 615) for Mugabe's
82nd birthday bash, to be held at
Mutare this weekend. This is many times
the amount Otis elevators has quoted
the party to fix its lift.
"The cost could be higher because
there are no spare parts
locally available for the elevators. This means
forking out foreign
currency," says a staff member at
headquarters.
Party insiders say the faction headed by
retired general Solomon
Mujuru has seized the opportunity presented by
Zanu-PF's financial woes to
further the campaign to isolate Emmerson
Mnangagwa in the battle to succeed
Mugabe. Mnangagwa was in charge of party
finances in the 1990s.
The Mail & Guardian has been
reliably informed that the five
companies owned by the party "are in the red
and run down". Its publishing
house, Jongwe Printers, almost had to auction
its printing press, recently
imported from Germany, to settle an estimated
Z$300-million debt. Party
employees have gone for months without
pay.
Secretary of Information Nathan Shamuyarira devised a
repayment
schedule -- which was unfortunately rejected by its
creditors.
The party has debts of more than $2-billion (R76
922), most of
which have not been serviced since last year's parliamentary
elections.
Although it is expected to land a Z$12-billion
(R461 538)
allocation under the Political Parties Finance Act next week,
this will not
be enough to clear it debts, which include the cost of buying
new cars for
the provinces.
Angered by the state of party
finances, Mugabe is understood to
have acceded to a thorough investigation
of the party's books. It will be
led by Zanu-PF finance chief David
Karimanzira, Oppa Muchinguri, Nicholas
Goche, Dumiso Dabengwa and Obert
Mpofu. As they are all close allies of
Mujuru, the probe will turn the
screws on the already embattled Mnangagwa.
Private companies
have been asked to bankroll Mugabe's birthday
celebrations, while each of
the party's 10 provinces is expected to
contribute Z$1-billion (R38
461).
In a letter to Zanu youth, chairperson Absalom
Sikhosana pleads
with companies to donate and make the celebrations
"historic" and "memorable
for our children".
This week,
Mugabe told state broadcaster Newsnet that his doctor
had told him his
"bones are those of someone of 30". He said he was
"grateful to the people
[of Zimbabwe] for creating an environment in which I've
been able to live so
long".
Business Day
Robert Mugabe sounds more and more like
Uganda's unlamented Idi Amin. From a
man of 82 one would expect words of
wisdom and guidance for the young, but
Uncle Bob has degenerated into
embarrassment.
He would be doing everyone - especially the
long-suffering people of
Zimbabwe - a tremendous favour if he quietly went
into retirement.
He says: "We have a democratic system." He could
have fooled the rest of us.
Opposition newspapers are banned, elections are
rigged and poor people have
their homes destroyed.
He also says:
"Zimbabwe's economic crisis requires unorthodox solutions,
including
printing money, despite galloping inflation."
It will take some years to
repair the damage he has done.
I'm told a more accurate figure for
Zimbabwe's inflation, year on year, is
at least 2000%. A shirt costs Z$5m; a
pair of trousers Z$7m; and 5kg of
maize meal, the staple diet, has now
reached Z$300000 - but the povo (the
masses) just can't find
any.
Petrol is beyond reach except for the elite. A 1l carton of milk
costs
Z$200000; a loaf of bread Z$80000; a bag of sugar Z$200000; one maize
cob
costs Z$40000. All these food items are hard to come by.
Come
off it, Bob. Stop blaming every Tom, Dick, Harry and Tony for your
country's
woes. There is nothing "flexible" about endlessly printing
unlimited amounts
of money. The good Lord up there must have already told
you (more than once)
the best thing you can do to help your country.
Ivor
Davis
Sandton
Daily Mirror, Zimbabwe
Golden
Sibanda
issue date :2006-Feb-24
THE European Union (EU) wants Zimbabwe
to satisfy two "animal disease
control" requirements before the country is
eligible to resume beef exports
to that market.
Principal director in the
Department of Veterinary Services Stuart
Hargreaves told The Business Mirror
that the EU had ordered that the country
put infrastructure that would
enable it to trace down cattle to their dip
tanks and or farms of
origin.
He said the bloc also demanded that all foot and mouth control
centres in
the country be rehabilitated before resumption of beef exports to
the EU is
sanctioned.
Beef exports to the EU were suspended in 2001
following detection of the
foot and mouth disease in the country, although
the country could still
export such animal products like fish, crocodile and
ostrich meat to that
market as well as other international ones.
Foot and
mouth has since been effectively put under control but the EU has
demanded
that the country meet the two specifications first before resuming
exports
to that market.
Late last year there were insinuations from certain quarters
that after
successfully putting the disease under wraps the country would
resume beef
exports to the traditionally high return EU market but up to now
Zimbabwe
remains ineligible to export to that market.
Hargreaves said his
department is working flat out to meet the new
requirements by the
EU.
"There still are things Zimbabwe needs to do before being eligible to
export
to the EU.
"One of them is that the country needs to be able to
identify animals to
their dip tank or farm of origin.
"Government
allocated $10 billion for livestock production and animal
development," said
Hargreaves.
Hargreaves said government allocated $10 billion to his
department for
livestock production and animal development under the 2006
national budget
and the EU demands would thus be addressed.
He said their
hope was for the programme to be completed by the end of this
year, ruling
out any unforeseen problems.
Zimbabwe, said Hargreaves, should learn from
current experiences that there
is great need to develop alternative export
markets, although it should not
neglect the European market.
He pointed
out that it was very unhealthy and unwise for the country to put
all its
focus and investment on one market as that posed problems in the
event of
situations such as the one Zimbabwe is in with respect to beef
exports to
Europe.
He said Zimbabwe should identify the most cost effective markets and
develop
them and put less attention to markets that demand a lot.
"There
are many other high value markets like Malaysia, China and Hong Kong.
We
encourage diversity, this world is a big place," Hargreaves said.
Zimbabwe
had a 91 tonne annual beef quota to the EU before exports were
suspended.
New Zimbabwe
By Lebo
Nkatazo
Last updated: 02/24/2006 09:44:12
ABOUT 100 contract farm workers
at Hunyani Farm in Mashonaland West which
has been placed under the
government's Operation Maguta to boost agriculture
production have claimed
harassment by soldiers.
Some workers told our correspondent that the
army, which is overseeing
farming operations in line with the Operation, was
employing military
tactics in an effort to extract maximum effort from the
workers.
Hunyani Farm was allocated to Chinhoyi University of Technology,
but the
army moved in last October to supervise the farming
activities.
The workers are contracted by the Chinhoyi University, with
the army doing
the supervisory work on the workers while the DDF is
providing tractors.
Charles Nherera, the vice chancellor of the
university however denied any
allegations of harassment.
He said:
"The army is just here to provide logistical support and nothing
else.
Claims of harassment are untrue as far as I know. You must come here
and you
will be proud of what we are doing for Zimbabwe."
Some workers claim they
were assaulted after refusing to perfom duties which
they say they are not
paid for.
"We were engaged by the university to remove weeds, but on
Monday soldiers
started assigning us to do other farming activities, but we
refused as we
are not paid for that. They started assaulting everyone saying
our attidutes
are behind the current food shortages," said one contract
worker.
The university says the workers are paid $1,3 million monthly, a
figure that
the workers dispute.
Another worker added: "The soldiers
have a base at the farm and they just
descended on us. They kicked us, some
hit us with tree branches. You could
tell that some of them are
drunk."
Presenting his monetary policy last month, central bank chief
Gideon Gono
said army commander, Constastine Chiwenga, warned him of civil
unrest if the
issue of food security was not addressed.
Chiwenga is
alleged to have said the army did not want to end up turning
guns on hungry
Zimbabweans. Gono added that the country was "standing on the
edge of a
cliff which threatens to irreversibly take us downhill if we do
not boldly
move forward".
Zim Daily
Friday, February 24 2006 @ 08:20 AM GMT
Contributed by: correspondent
President Robert Mugabe has
ordered another land audit amid
reports that several government ministers
and senior military officers
accused of grabbing farms in violation of the
government's "one man, one
farm" rule have still not handed the extra
properties back to the state,
almost two years after the expiry of an
ultimatum issued by President Robert
Mugabe.
Zimdaily
heard that a five-member Presidential Land Resettlement
Committee appointed
by Mugabe in January is currently touring the provinces
amid reports that it
has once again unearthed widespread evidence of corrupt
allocations and the
use of violence by senior politicians and military
officers to evict
landless smallholder farmers, the very people Mugabe
claimed the land reform
policy sought to help.
Zimdaily understands that the ongoing
audit, specifically
ordered for Zanu PF stalwarts farms, has also revealed
that the land policy
has not only precipitated a catastrophic reduction in
crop production, but
has financially benefited the elite of Mugabe's ruling
Zanu PF. Reports of
abuse uncovered by successive groups of auditors since
February 2003 have
embarrassed Mugabe, who has staked his domestic
reputation on the speedy
transfer of land to Zimbabwe's more than two
million landless farmers. Stung
by the series of damaging revelations,
Mugabe last year gave his lieutenants
up to June 30 to surrender their
supplementary properties and remain with
one farm each. But up to now only
one Zanu PF official, Matabeleland North
governor Obert Mpofu, is understood
to have relinquished his extra
properties.
The latest
land audit team is expected to present its findings
to the Minister of
Special Affairs responsible for Land, Land Reform and
Resettlement Didymus
Mutasa, which is expected to subsequently present the
report to Mugabe.
Officials on the committee confirmed the latest
developments. "The committee
is currently carrying out the audit but there
is a preliminary report that
has been presented," said a senior secretary in
the President's Office who
is part of the taskforce. "We will hand over the
report to the ministers in
the land task force who will consider what we
have found out. After that,
the report will be handed over to President
Mugabe."
The
five-member committee was set up to beef up another team led
by minister
Flora Bhuka in the clean up effort. The source said one of the
key
recommendations of the audit was that ruling party officials who had
multiple farms should have the extra properties forfeited to the state. "One
of the preliminary key findings of the report is that those with multiple
land ownership should be served with withdrawal letters of the farms," he
said. "The Ministry of Agriculture would have to send those letters to those
people with multiple land ownership. That would happen I am sure, I do not
see any problem at all."
The team was tasked to look into
the chaotic handling of the
land reform programme and came up with
recommendations that would see the
creation of a permanent office that deals
with land reform. Like the Utete
Committee before it, the team said that
areas that were protected under
bilateral trade agreements, forestry estates
or which had Export Processing
Zone (EPZ) licences be exempted from
compulsory acquisition.
An audit, carried out two years ago by
former secretary to the
cabinet, Charles Utete, to investigate matters
relating to an earlier land
audit by Flora Bhuka, the former minister of
State in Vice-President Joseph
Msika's office, revealed that some of the
violations of the land reform
policy were committed by Mugabe's closest
political allies.
About 13 cabinet ministers and four
provincial governors were
named as having violated the "one man, one farm
policy". Since the Utete
Report was published, a number of EPZ farms have
been invaded, which has
resulted in the destruction of property and looting
of assets. National
Parks and conservancies also remain occupied.
Engineering News, SA
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South African utility Eskom will invest $37-million toward the
expansion and
upgrade of its Zimbabwe counterpart's power station in the
northwestern town
of Hwange, the official Herald newspaper said on Friday.
The paper
quoted Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) Chairman
Sydney Gata as
saying the two firms will seal a deal next week. It calls for
ZESA to repay
the loan by exporting 150 megawatts of electricity weekly to
its southern
neighbour.
"ZESA is keen to make itself self-sufficient in power
before 2007 when
regional power suppliers are expected to run out of surplus
energy for
export," the Herald said.
Zimbabwe buys more than a
third of its electricity from South Africa,
Mozambique, Zambia and the
Democratic Republic of Congo but has in recent
years struggled to pay for
imports due to severe foreign currency shortages.
ZESA has also
struggled to repair power generation machinery, while
vandalism of its
equipment and inadequate coal supplies to its Hwange Power
Station have
contributed to frequent power cuts that have disrupted
industry.
"We are in a dire situation, but we will obviously
work flat out to
avert the situation," Gata told the Herald. He was not
immediately available
for comment on Friday.
Zimbabwe's power
crunch has exacerbated an economic crisis marked by
chronic shortages of
food, and fuel, soaring unemployment and the world's
highest rate of
inflation at 613,2%.
Earlier this month President Robert Mugabe's
government dealt
motorists a blow by scrapping an official programme
allowing them to buy
fuel with foreign currency, saying the programme was
spurring corruption and
black market trade.
On Friday the
Herald said police were questioning several people,
including officials from
Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party, suspected of abusing
fuel intended for the
key farming sector.
Mugabe, in power since independence from
Britain in 1980, has conceded
that some of his officials are corrupt and
inefficient, but denies charges
that his policies have run down a
once-thriving economy.
The veteran leader says the country's wealth
has largely fallen victim
to sabotage by foreign and local opponents of his
controversial drive to
forcibly redistribute white-owned commercial farms
among blacks.
Washington Post
By Nora Boustany
Friday, February 24, 2006; Page A10
The
crumpled edge of his white shirt is hanging over his belted waist and
elegant light blue trousers. Mutumwa Mawere , remarkably calm after a day of
presenting his case to anyone who will listen, takes out a stack of papers
as thick as an old phone book. He may never retrieve the money and time he
has lost, he says, but he is doing it for Africa.
Mawere's claim, in
essence, is that his asbestos mine in Zimbabwe was seized
by the government
as part of its efforts -- which include printing money --
to keep afloat
and pay off overdue debts to the International Monetary Fund.
The
Zimbabwe government, in turn, accuses Mawere of defrauding it, according
to
news reports from Harare, the capital.
After two hours of listening to
Mawere, who became a South African citizen
last year, it is hard to place
him: Is he a shrewd businessman who made it
big by using his imagination, an
idealist tilting at windmills or just
another shark turning against a
government that once let him prosper?
The IMF seems uncertain about the
origin of the funds it is receiving from
Zimbabwe.
"There have been
questions regarding the sources of funds for the payments
that Zimbabwe has
been making," Thomas Dawson , the IMF's director for media
relations, said
in a briefing Thursday morning. He said the IMF was unable
to independently
verify data provided by Zimbabwe and urged the country's
authorities to
improve their reporting to the IMF on Zimbabwe's
international reserves and
balance of payment data.
Dawson was responding to a question about the
printing of large amounts of
money in local currency to buy up dollars to
raise foreign cash for overdue
payments.
Zimbabwe, which has been in
arrears to the IMF for almost five years,
avoided expulsion from the fund
last week with a final payment of $9 million
to the general resources
account. Last August, it made a payment of $120
million, leaving it with
arrears of about $175 million.
"For a long time we have been expecting
the Zimbabwean economy to implode,"
said Todd Moss , a research fellow at
the Washington-based Center for Global
Development. "It has been a mystery
to us how the ruling party has been
coming up with money to pay off some of
its debts. The point is that it
finances itself through a series of front
companies. In the last 10 years
the economy has gone backwards, so that the
average income is what it was in
1953," he said.
Mawere claims
President Robert Mugabe has been printing money to keep his
government
afloat and that the money seized from Mawere's and other
businesses is part
of the money being paid to the IMF, which is supposed to
be a champion of
private property rights. Mugabe, 82, announced in 2004 that
his government
would demand half the shares in all the country's privately
owned mines. "We
cannot recognize absolute ownership of our resources. No!"
he was quoted as
saying.
Mawere, 45, a graduate of George Washington University and a
former World
Bank young professional -- a category at the bank for young
people deemed to
have the potential to become world leaders -- has become
one of Mugabe's
fiercest critics now that his lucrative asbestos mine and
branch companies,
including a bank, have been seized.
He bought the
mine from a British firm in 1997 and is suing Mugabe in a
British court for
violation of property rights.
Mawere wrote to the IMF's managing
director, Rodrigo de Rato , last
September, laying out his claims and doubts
about Zimbabwe's financial
situation. He took issue with the fund for
endorsing statements by the
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe that the funds directed
to the IMF came from
voluntary submissions. "There is no doubt that my
companies have been seized
by the state, and the beneficiary of the export
proceeds is now the state.
This can hardly be described as a voluntary
submission," Mawere argued in
the letter.
"If this can happen to me,
an African investor, what about other companies?"
he asked in an interview
in Washington on Wednesday after he met with
members of the Congressional
Black Caucus. "Can you sleep knowing your
government is up to
mischief?"
"People thought this was only a white problem. Now it is
happening to black
people," he said. "The government can take your rights
any day. The other
side of all this is that blacks are being victimized by
blacks, and property
rights are being compromised with impunity. If I don't
express this, what
future do we have as Africans in Africa? We cannot all
drive taxis in
America. There is a black face to the victims of Mugabe," he
said.
Despite the seriousness of his charges, Mawere is a fond of
one-liners and
laughs heartily at his own jokes.
"Nations don't
wither, but Zimbabwe is withering," he said, on a more sober
note. "There is
no fuel in the country, no medicine or clean water. The IMF
comes out like
robbers.
"We are crying, and the IMF is laughing all the way to the bank.
Now all
they need is a dictator, too," he said.
Daily Mirror, Zimbabwe
From
Pamenus Tuso recently in Chimanimani
issue date :2006-Feb-24
DESPITE
the current rains pounding most parts of the country, drought is
looming in
some pockets of Manicaland province where persistent dry
conditions are
wrecking havoc on the early-planted maize crop.
Agricultural experts told
this newspaper that if the rains do not fall soon,
the crop situation in the
province would remain critical.
Both communal and commercial maize producers
who spoke to The Daily Mirror
last week expressed concern over the
persistent dry conditions in the
lowveld and parts of Chimanimani, Zimunya,
Odzi and Mutasa.
"Maize producing areas are badly in need of rains, not only
to save the
crops, but also to replete low soil moisture reserves, start
rivers flowing
and fill up dams", said Raymond Martins, a Commercial Grain
Producers
Association member in Odzi. It was also feared that the shortage
of surface
rains could also affect the production of other winter crops,
such as wheat,
last in the year as dams would have no water for
irrigation.
Communal farmers in Chimanimani and Mutare said the prospects of
a good
harvest this year were fading each day.
"What appears to be a good
farming season for us has now turned out to be
disappointing one.
"The
December rains had encouraged us to work so hard in our fields hoping
that
the rains will continue, but there has not been a drop of rains in the
past
three weeks", said James Kagonye, a communal farmer in Nyanyadzi.
About 95
000 hectares of maize is estimated to have been planted in the
province.
The present situation could also result in lesser amounts of
early delivery
to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) around March or
April.
Governor and Resident Minister of Manicaland, Tinaye Chigudu,
confirmed that
the maize situation in his province was critical.
"I was
in Birchenough Bridge last week and I can tell you that the crop
situation
there is bad. As government we are still assessing the situation
and will
come up with a report about the drought situation in the province,"
said
Chigudu.
The governor added that Agriculture Extension Service (AREX) was
currently
compiling the report on the crop situation.
Chigudu said he
would only be able to know the exact number of people in
need of drought
relief in the province after the Arex report is out.
Most parts of the
country have received average to above average rainfall
this year, with
Masvingo having so far recorded the highest rainfall.
In some parts of
Matabeleland North incessant rains were reportedly washing
away crops.
As a JAG member or JAG Associate member, please send any classified
adverts
for publication in this newsletter to:
JAG Classifieds: jag@mango.zw; justiceforagriculture@zol.co.zw
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1.
For Sale Items
2. Wanted Items
3. Accommodation
4. Recreation
5.
Specialist Services
6. Pets
Corner
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1.
OFFERED FOR
SALE
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1.1
Items for Sale (Ad inserted 17/01/06)
Toyota Landcruiser VX 4.2 Diesel,
Manual, 1996, two owners, excellent
condition 209 000 km,
$26,000.00
Landrover V8i ES Petrol, Full house leather/electric seats
etc, 1996, 64
000 km, mint condition $22,000.00
Generator - Brand new
TEK - SA assembled 5.5 KVA Diesel, Electric Start
$2000.00
Pressure
Geyser 150Litre - Brand new in the box Z$ 90 Million.
Please email rob@arniston.co.zw or phone 011
221623
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1.2
Car/Yacht For Sale (Ad inserted 17/01/06)
Datsun Bluebird 1982 in
immaculate condition only 80,000 kms
Sharp Yacht on trailer with complete
suit of sails
Please phone 011 719
302
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1.3
Chemicals & Fertilisers (Ad inserted 7/2/06)
Chemicals and
Fertilisers for Sale:-
16 X 1KG MACOZAM 80% WP
120 X 60G BION
50WG
4 X 2KGS DIPTEREX 95% SP
4 X 5 LITRE DOKA
1 X 5 LITRE
FENAMIPHOS
1 X 5 LITRE NUTRIFOL
2 X 10 LITRE SEQUENTIAL
TWO
9 X 1 LITRE TAMARON
1 X 25 LITRE WEEDKILLER FOR WHEAT OR
BARLEY
8 X 2 LITRE ALACHLOR
2 X 2 LITRE ATRAZINE
2 X 1
LITRE DUAL
2 X 1 KG SODIUM MOLYBNATE]
4 X 5 LITRE
GRAMOXONE
3 X 20 LITRE SUCKERKILL
8 X 1 KG BAYTAN
20 X 25
KGS CALCIUM NITRATE
All the above chemicals are still sealed . For
further details please
phone the following numbers:-
Harare 497735
Cell - 011-603-889 Fax/Phone - 481419
E-mail - charlespat@zol.co.zw
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1.4
Cooking Oil (Bulk) for sale (Ad inserted 7/2/06)
"Cooking oil, bulk, attn
restaurants, takeaways, etc, phone
495897"
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1.5
For Sale (Ad inserted 7/2/06)
Potato Seedlings now available - large or
small quantities.
Also we still have full range of submersible pumps,
well pumps - full
range of pumps for all garden needs. Generators, knapsack
sprays,
irrigation systems for garden and larger. Lawnmowers. Very
competitive
prices.
Please phone Carrie 091 206 558 for details and
prices.
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1.6
Generators for Sale (Ad inserted 7/6/06)
Beat the ZESA power cuts by
powering up your house and bore holes with
one of the following KIPOR
Generators which we have on hand.
KDE5000E Single Phase 4.2 KVA Diesel,
open - frame
type. US$1 100
KDE5000T Single Phase 4.2 KVA Diesel,
Sound proof type
US$1 260
KDE6000T3 Three Phase 5 KVA
Diesel, sound proof
type US$1 320
KDE6500T3 Three Phase 5.5 KVA
Diesel, sound proof type
US$1 380
KDE12STA3 Three Phase
9.5 KVA Diesel, Super silent
type US$4 450
KDE16STA3 Three Phase 13.5
KVA Diesel, Super silent type
US$6 580
For all enquiries
contact the following :-
Graham 011 617 999
Rusty 091 278
460
Office 884022
Fax 850195
E mail graham@adas.co.zw
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1.7
Items for Sale (Ad inserted 7/2/06)
Teak pick nick bench and table
40mil
Big front door with frame
24mil
Chest of
drawers
18mil
Large dining room suite with side table
35mil
Double bed plus headboard mattress and bench 18mil
Queen
size bed solid pine lime washed with bench 18mil
Queen size therapeutic
mattress 25mil
Biggie best lounge suite (1x3seater, 2x 1seater)
30mil
Oregon pine Morris chairs (1x2seater, 2x1seater)
45mil
Oregon pine coffee table 25mil
Oregon pine side table x4
20mil
Old computers and monitors offers
Curtains
Pram
offers
Play station 1 offers
Kitchen table with 4 chairs plus
shelve 15mil
Old Golf club set
offers
Teak lounge table plus 4
side tables 25mil
Teak CD corner stand 5mil
2-pine lime washed
single beds 6.5mil
6-side tables lime washed 600.000
2 large
cupboards blue brand new 60mil
Oak kitchen cupboard doors with hinges and
handles 40mil
Full bedroom suite - pine lime washed
including:
Corner TV cupboard 15
mil
Two side tables 6mil each
Large chest of drawers 18
Large desk with chair 20mil
Large
speakers with amplifier
Peugeot 405 very good condition available only in
mid march (54.000km)
1998 VW Golf
Lots of piping (black pvc) was
used for solar heated pool
Trays
Cd player works fine for radio or
connecting to TV*cds don't work
1 side table lamp - children
1.5mil
1 side table lamp 1.5mil
2 wrought iron wine racks 2,
3mil
There are lots of other little pieces for sale as well
Please
contact Christina on 011 606 074 if you are interested in any of
the
above
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1.8
Items for Sale (Ad inserted 07/02/06)
1. Originally imported from UK,
music and comedy videos, music
biography books and CD's, a small P.A. system,
musical instruments,
some lighting equipment, smoke machine, a black 10m
backdrop &
materials, a music recording studio for sale. If you're
interested please
email me at brogue@mweb.co.zw and I'll send you the
catalogues with
prices.
2. Full household for sale, numerous various
items, accessories and
furniture. Please email me at brogue@mweb.co.zw for complete
catalogues
and
prices.
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1.9
Dog Meal for Sale (Ad inserted 07/02/06)
"Dog meal,$800000 per 20 kg
pack,free delivery Harare for orders over 10
packs, call Mr Wallis 023894597
or email zermatt@mweb.co.zw
"
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1.10
Items for Sale (Ad inserted 07/02/06)
SEED DESIGNS (based in
Chiredzi)
Beautiful exclusive, hand embroidered ethnic style cotton items
for sale
:-
Q/size duvet covers $8,500 000
Throwovers $3,900
000
Oven gloves $750 000
Binocular bags $580 000
Shoulder
bags $900 000
Webbing handbags $1,200 000
Evening bags $550
000
Cushion covers $800 000
6 table mat set with serviettes $2,800
000
Wallets $600 000
Spectacle cases $300 000
And lots
more!! For further queries, please phone Michelle Ross
(Harare
Representative) on 091 202 138 or alternatively 883606.
Email
address: rossi@hms.co.zw
SECOND HAND
BABY ITEMS FOR SALE
Baby tender with fold out changing mat and bath $25
000 000
Mother care pram (navy blue) $15 000 000
Baby camp cot
(fold up complete with bag) $25 000 000
Baby bath ring with suctions $500
000
For further enquiries, please contact Michelle Ross on
091 202
138 or alternatively
883606.
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1.11
For Sale (Ad inserted 14/02/06)
2 doors GEC frig, recently overhauled,
1,50cm high, 60 and 70cms deep and
wide. $25 million
Incomplete
English Rockwood dinner service, white with maroon edging,
consisting
of:
5 large dinner plates, 8 small dinner plates, 3 side plates.
6
large bowls, 3 small bowls.
2 large oval serving dishes, I entrée dish
with lid
1 gravy jug with plate
4 million ono
Pair roller
blades in good condition, size 6. $2 million
9 Illustrated children's
encyclopaedias edited by Arthur Mee - $3
million
Lots of lovely
children's books, bedtime stories etc
Childs cricket bat, ball and
stumps, brand new still in plastic. 3
million
Two gum plantations,
also about 70 pines - please come and cut them
yourself, I live in Bromley,
55 kms from Harare. Please find out prices,
as I have no landline, and
limited cell network.
Telephone Jennifer at 011 423 614, or leave message
at office tel 336945
or 333952 and I will return your
call
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1.12
For Sale (Ad inserted 14/02/06)
"THE WEAVERY."
Phone your orders
to--Anne--011212424 or 332851.
Email joannew@zol.co.zw
Fax--332851.
SUPER
GIFT IDEAS FOR LOCAL OR OVERSEAS FRIENDS AND FAMILY. LIGHT,EASY TO
WASH AND
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.VALENTINES DAY AND EASTER ARE JUST AROUND
THE
CORNER!
Prices.
Small woven bags--$400,000 each.
Large
crocheted bags.--$1,000,000 each.
Large woven bags.--$800,000
each.
Table Runners.--$600,000.
Set of 4 Fringed Table mats +
serviettes--1,800,000.
Fringed mats only(4)---$1,200,000.
Set of 6
Fringed mats+ serviettes--$2,7000,000.
Set of 4 Bordered table mats +
serviettes-$2,180,000.
Bordered mats only (4)--$1,580,000.
Set of
6 Bordered mats + serviettes--$3,280,000.
2m
Throws--$2,220,000.each.
Tea cosy(L)--$345,000.
Tea
cosy(m)--$340,000
Tea cosy(s)--$335,000.
Crocheted oven
gloves(pair)--$800,000.
Cotton(lined)oven
gloves(pair)--$460,000.
Aprons--$950,000.
Decorated cushion
covers--$800,000.
Plain cushion covers---$560,000.
Round crocheted
cushions--$730,000.
Scarves--$800,000.
each.
Hats(Beanies)--$450,000 each.
X Large plain cotton
rug--$4,555,000.(Approx-230x130cms.)
Large plain cotton
rug--$1,785,000.(Approx-143x75cms.)
Med. plain cotton
rug---$1,155,000.(Approx-120x60cms.)
Small plain cotton
rug.---$735,000.(Approx-105x52cms.)
Cotton Rag
Rug--$735,000.(Approx-105x52cms)
Small patterned mohair
rug--$1,185,000
Med. plain mohair rug--$1,380,000.
Med.patterned
mohair rug.--$1,725,000.
X Large plain mohair
rug.--$5,455,000.
Hall Runner--$2,600,000.
(Approx-200x75cms)
Wholesale prices available for orders(over 6 of an
article) or large
purchases.
Please note that as all items are
individually hand crafted, exact sizes
cannot be guaranteed.
All items
are subject to availability.
Prices are subject to change without
notice.
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1.13
For Sale (Ad inserted 14/02/06)
HONDA XR 250 R, trail bike with lights
and indicators, 18000km only. In
near original mint condition.
Phone:
091 326 965 for
details.
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1.14
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/02/06)
Opel Corsa, GSI 16 Valve, 3
doors.
Red in colour. Mag wheels. Alarmed.
Electric windows. 1995
Model.
Call 011 205 183 or 091 328 261 or
331970
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1.15
Business for Sale (Ad inserted 21/02/06)
MOBILE PAY PHONE BUSINESS FOR
SALE
CONSISTS OF 30 MOBILE PAY PHONES
GOOD CASH
TURNOVER
VERY PROFITABLE
ASKING PRICE $ 2.5 BILLION
neg
E-MAIL gcbushby@ecoweb.co.zw
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1.16
Agricultural Items for sale
(Ad inserted
21/02/06)
RADIUM
Imported harrow discs 24" and 26"
New Montana boom
sprayers 10m boom, 600l tank
New 16KVA generators
Radium Zimbabwe 04
870264 / 011 600
389
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1.17
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/02/06)
Chemicals For Sale
Dithian
(M45)
Copper Oxy
Dual Magnum
Punch Extra
Phone: John
334764, Cell
011208893
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1.18
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/02/06)
Deep freeze - in good condition. l2
cu.ft. $9m.
Contact 04 -
496049
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1.19
BIKE FOR SALE (Ad inserted 21/02/06)
CRX450F - GOOD CONDITION, 2004
MODEL.
PREVIOUSLY USED FOR MOTOCROSS. PRICE ON REQUEST
CONTACT:
WARREN/ANDREA THORNE
091208836 OR EMAIL US: tourleaders@zol.co.zw
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2
WANTED
ITEMS
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2.1
Wanted (Ad inserted 07/02/06)
Is there anyone out there, wanting to sell
the following:
Round dining room suite with 4 chairs, preferably with a
glass top.
Alternatively, a cane suite would be equally suitable.
Glass
top, not essential. Plain oval cream coloured rug or cream
with
autumn
shade pattern.
Please call Kathy 011 602
144
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2.2
Wanted (Ad inserted 07/02/06)
WANTED: Heavy Duty Tumble Drier in good
working order. Please call
091 237 772 or 04
495862
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2.3
Items Wanted (Ad inserted 07/02/06)
Is there anyone out there wanting, to
sell the following:
Round dining room suite with 4 chairs, preferably
with a glass top.
Alternatively, a cane suite would be equally
suitable.
Glass top not essential. Plain oval cream coloured rug or cream
with
autumn
shade pattern.
Please call Kathy 011 602
144
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2.4
Wanted (Ad inserted 07/02/06)
Second hand in good
condition;
Motorola GP300 handheld radios.
Motorola GM300/350
vehicle mounted radios.
Motorola or Kenwood repeater.
We are a
environmental NGO looking for radios to help with anti-poaching
in the Vic
Falls area.
If you have old farm radios not in use any more we could
really use them
constructively.
Please email; ranch@africaonline.co.zw or call 011
213
529
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2.5
Wanted (Ad inserted 14/02/06)
Instant cash paid for Working / Non-
Working TV, VCR and/or Hifi. Please
contact Joel on joelsonwozhi@yahoo.com or leave a
message with Mercy on
011 611
637.
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2.6
Wanted (Ad inserted 21/02/06)
White painted Garden Furniture - we need an
attractive table for eating
round and 6-8 chairs to go with
it.
Contact 04 -
496049
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3.
ACCOMMODATION WANTED AND
OFFERED
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3.1
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 6/2/06)
WANTED TO RENT: Urgently wanted
- a house in the Harare area starting
1st Feb 2006. Must have a secure
garden for dogs. Please call 091 365
515 or 091 363
970.
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3.2
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 6/2/06)
Looking for House to rent from
1st April. Northern Suburbs. 4
bedrooms. Long lease
essential.
Contact: egravett@zol.co.zw
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3.3
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 6/02/06)
Young couple with 2 young
children desperately looking for a 3+ bed
roomed house, flat or cottage in
Borrowdale, Mount Pleasant, Vainona,
Gunhill, areas, with reasonable
rent.
Will be happy to make improvements and will take good care of home
in
place of high rent.
Please call Ben on 091 335060 or Hayley on 011
219864 or
Home 04
884208
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3.4
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 12/01/06)
Single young girl with 1 dog
& cat urgently looking for small 2/3
bedroomed house or flat or cottage
with extremely good security in
Greendale/ Chisipite/ Highlands areas. Must
be unfurnished. Looking to
move end February beginning of
March.
Please respond to secunltd@ecoweb.co.zw
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3.5
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 16/01/06)
Looking for accommodation in
Glen Lorne area for my maid who is middle
aged and on her own. Must include
ablutions. Willing to pay reasonable
rent, but we have no domestics quarters
on property we are renting.
Please contact Carol on 091 264160 or e-mail carol@powerspeed.co.zw
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3.6
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 16/01/06)
PLEASE HELP, WE ARE LOOKING
FOR A HOUSE WITH DOMESTIC QUATERS TO RENT.
VERY VERY URGENT, AS OWNER OF THE
HOUSE WE ARE RENTING FROM NEEDS THE
HOUSE FOR HER SON, SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
A HOUSE A.S.A.P, PREFRENCES:
GREENDALE, NEWLANDS, EASTLEA, MANDARA AND
ANYWHERE ELSE,
PLEASE PHONE PAUL HUNDERMARK ON 091315767 OR ROXY
HUNDERMARK ON
011611288
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3.7
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 17/01/06)
URGENT
Young married
couple with two kids looking for a 2-bedroomed house. Must
have servants'
quarters and be in Harare.
Please phone Paul 091 315 767 or Roxy 011 611
288
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3.8
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 07/02/06)
"ACCOMMODATION
WANTED"
Responsible, professional single lady with ten year old son
seeks
suitable
accommodation in northern suburbs. Must have staff
accommodation for one
maid and garden for Jack Russell puppy. Contact Sue on
011-204193."
Please let me know how much this will cost and how I make
payment. Many
thanks
Penny Gibbons
email address penny@redfernmullett.co.zw
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3.9
House Wanted to Buy (Ad inserted 19/01/06)
We are looking for a house to
buy, preferably in or around the Ballantyne
area towards Borrowdale or in
Borrowdale Brook. (Something near St
Johns!!)
Please let us know if
you know of a house available.
Contact: Shayne Hay
Tel: (263 4)
720138/9
Fax: (263 4) 706921
cell: (263) 11 201 677
shayne@katun.co.zw
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3.10
Accommodation Offered (Ad inserted 11/01/06)-
2-bedroomed garden flat in
Greendale, walking distance from shops,
carport, phone Mr Wallis
023894597
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3.11
Accommodation Offered (Ad inserted 17/01/06)
AVAILABLE FROM: 4 MARCH TO
20 JUNE 2006
To Rent -Beautiful House Fully Furnished
12 Room
House 2 minutes from St. Johns and Shopping Centres
Double Alarm System
in House
Carpets, Shades, Blinds
4 Bedrooms
2 ½
toilets
Kitchen: Dishes, Pots and Pans, Cutlery and
Utensils
Stove/ Microwave/ Large Fridge
Scullery: Wash-up Sinks/
Deep Freeze/ Large Top Load Washer and Dryer
Furnished formal
lounge
Dining Room: Oak table, chairs, pottery, glassware and
silverware
TV Room: DSTV decoder
Library
Large
entertainment veranda
Swimming pool
Developed garden & rockery
on 2 acres with dam
Secure wall and auto-gate outside lights
Under
Voltage over voltage Protection Unit
3 ½ Month Lease from 4 MARCH to JUNE
21 2006
For Pre-paid rent, discount
RENT
$55,000,000-00
Realtors and Estate Agents Finders
Commission
Contact Mark or Pat Cell 011-204-642 or Tel.
862282
Email: utmost@mweb.co.zw
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3.12
Accommodation Offered (Ad inserted 17/01/06)
GLENLORNE COTTAGE FOR
RENT
Single-roomed (10mx 3m) cosy thatched cottage, suitable for up to
2,
ensuite kitchen and bathroom, partially furnished, in delightful
Glen
Lorne Msasa woodland surrounds. Excellent
security, with 3 other
residences, each with their own privacy, on the 5
acre stand making
a
comfortable and friendly community as back up.
Rent based on US$ 80
pm, converted at blended inter bank rate, currently
at Z$70,000, i.e. Z$ 5.6m
pm, all in.
Contact Janet on 499060 or 011 614
197
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3.13
Accommodation Offered (Ad inserted 18/01/06)
Secure granny flat for rent
in Chisipite with separate entrance.
Accommodation consists of one large
room, full size kitchen and
bathroom. Z$6 million plus deposit and
utilities.
Phone Mike Lukas o4/490138 or
011400855
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3.14
Accommodation Offered (Ad inserted 19/01/06)
House to rent in
Northwood
4 Bedroom House
Borehole
Swimming Pool and
Jacuzzi
Electric Fence and gate
Inside alarm, all connected to
Gauntlet
Available 01/03/06
Call 011 205
183
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3.15
Accommodation Offered (Ad inserted 7/2/06)
Spacious furnished
accommodation offered to fit elderly person in
Borrowdale. Share expenses.
For further information, please phone
Renting Department on telephone number
885623 (am) or 885571
(pm).
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3.16
Accommodation Offered (Ad inserted 7/2/06)
""We have a delightfull single
roomed thatched cottage , and separate
flatlet , each with lovely views onto
the garden and surrounding msasa
woodlands. Suitable for singles , or a tidy
couple, available immediate ,
on a 5 acre stand with 3 other
residences,
providing a friendly small community which is good for
security, but
maintains individual privacy.
Contact Janet on 499060 or 011 614
197"
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3.17
Looking for House to Sit (Ad inserted 7/02/06)
Mature couple looking to
housesit for any length of time. Loves animals
available immediately. Please
call Lauren or Jason on 091237648
or
091760874.
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3.18
Looking for House to Sit (Ad inserted 11/01/06)
Honest, reliable, mature
lady looking to housesit as from 01 February
2006. Avondale area preferred.
Please phone Jenny 011 423 614
or
331087.
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3.9
Accommodation Offered (Ad inserted 14/02/06)
Thatched house for Rent in
Helensvale
(behind Borrowdale Brooke) - Immediate Occupation.
3
bedrooms all on-suite bathrooms, large living room, dining
room,
kitchen/pantry and scullery/store room. Lovely veranda area
overlooking
swimming pool. Borehole and electric gate. House split on 3
levels
and property is 5 acres, all indigenous woodland with beautiful
views.
Price Negotiable.
Please phone Harare
861766.
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4
RECREATION
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4.1
Harare International Festival of the Arts (Ad inserted
7/2/06)
The
Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) is one of
Zimbabwe's premier
artistic events. It gives Zimbabweans the change to
meet and interface with
top local artists, as well as regional and
international artists and
performers. The Festival's appeal is for all
ages and interests and during
HIFA, Zimbabweans come together in a truly
carnival atmosphere
to
experience the sheer joy that is art in whatever form - art as
healer,
art as educator, art as up lifter of the spirit.
HIFA 2006 is
scheduled for 25th to 30th April 2006. All the major
international festivals
offer a "Friends of Festival" scheme and ours is
known as HifAmigos.
HifAmigos are a highly valued and regarded
component of the Festival. HIFA
offers a series of comprehensive
benefits in several categories of HifAmigos
to cater for all interests
and needs and subscriptions are
reasonable.
HIFA has been described as "second to Edinburgh" and "among
the top ten
festivals of the world!" HIFA 2006 now invites you to become a
HifAmigo
or to renew your HifAmigo membership. If you do so by 24th
February
2006, you will be listed in the Official HIFA 2006 Programme and
invited
to what is becoming the hottest even on the Zimbabwean social
calendar -
the HIFA Opening Party. Our launch events are legendary. Join
early &
be there!
2006 HifAmigos will enjoy 20% discounts on all
shows and workshops.
Procedure for becoming a hifAmigo
Contact the
hifAmigo Manager for an application form -
Angie Thomas - contactable via
HIFA as below.
Harare International Festival of the Arts
Box A42,
Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe
Phone & Fax: +263 (4) 300 119
Email: amigos@hifa.co.zw
Website: www.hifa.co.zw
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4.2
ABERFOYLE LODGE (Ad inserted 21/02/06)
HONDE VALLEY
Fully serviced, self-catering lodge with cook
and bar.
Something for everyone- golf, swimming, squash as well as lovely
walks in
idyllic surroundings
and brilliant birding. Gather your friends, share
transport, and have a
fun-filled few days.
For further information contact
Sue Fawcett on fawfam@mango.zw or
Val
Marshall on
mfpl@mango.zw or bookings@aberfoyle-lodge.com
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4.3
KARIBA:
GACHE GACHE LODGE (Ad inserted 21/02/06)
Book now for
Easter!
Contact us: tourleaders@zol.co.zw or phone Andrea
on
091 208 836.
Rates on
request!
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5
SPECIALIST
SERVICES
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5.1
(Ad inserted 16/01/06)
Do you dread the thought of holding your child's
party?
Do you have nowhere to hold a party?
Do you have no time to
plan and hold a party?
Your problems have ended!
Penny and
Shelley will organize everything for your child's party.
Theme parties
could include:
Transport, Space, Animals, Noah's Arc, Barbie, Spider Man,
Barney,
Insects, Winnie the Pooh, Toy Box, The Sky, etc.
We can have
it in a garden, at Safety Sam, etc, provide ponies, jumping
castles, slippery
slides, games, individual eats, group eats, painting or
craft parties where
your children can all create something to take home.
Call Shelley now on
091 264361 or 490684
Or Penny on 091 237434 or
336955
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5.2
(Ad inserted 6/02/06) Care Management Services. Formerly called
"Substitute
Daughter."
Care Management Services. Formerly called Substitute Daughter.
Have you
left Zim? Are worried about a remaining relative? For a modest fee
our
service will monitor the well being - physical, mental and emotional
-
of those who might be in need. The service is run by
qualified,
experienced, registered nurses of "the old school". We ensure that
health
needs are being met and that if your relative needs any other sort
of
care - nursing, financial services, transport, domestic aid,
medical
visits etc., we will arrange for these needs
to be met. We visit
regularly and keep you informed with reliable,
accurate reports of all
developments.
24 hour call available. The service has been working
successfully,
without interruption since Sept. 2002.
Want to know more?
e-mail: brumarlow@mango.zw
Ph.:
00-263-4- 302518 (after hours) or
00-263-91 603621.
References will be
supplied on request.
Margaret Low. SRN.
SCM.
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5.3
(Ad inserted 16/01/06)
ZEB Water Back-up Systems
Tired of erratic,
unreliable water supplies or low water pressure? Invest
in a reliable water
back-up system. We supply, install and maintain
water back-up systems to all
areas in and around Harare.
WE ARE NOW ABLE TO DELIVER UP TO 7000 LITRES
PER DROP OFF to fill your
tank if you have been off municipal for some
time!
For more information please contact us on 011-424712 or 011-806525
e-mail
bowen@zol.co.zw
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5.4
Ad inserted 16/01/06
Oxford IT
A leading IT professional
recruitment firm, with specialized staff, are
ready to meet your recruitment
needs. Give us a call today to secure top
calibre personnel for all your IT
requirements.
Don't Hesitate - IniTiate!
Call: Monique Fachet or
Melissa Ricardo on 309274 (Direct) or via
Switchboard on 309800 - 17 (Ext 270
or 272)
Oxford IT
Agriculture House
South East Wing
Cnr Adylinn
Road/Marlborough
Drive
Marlborough,
Harare
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5.5
(Ad inserted 16/01/06)
ROOF LEAKS / RISING DAMP
WE SPECIALISE IN
WATERPROOFING, DAMPPROOFING, WALL AND ROOF COATINGS.
WE MAY BE LOCAL, BUT
OUR PRODUCTS ARE NOT!!!!
FOR ALL INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTIES.
CONTACT: 882511, 091 261741 or 011
420003
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5.6
(Ad inserted 16/01/06)
Please remember we have reliable services
available in Harare North at a
very competitive rate.
*Plumber -
toilets, basins, blocked drains - Gauti c/o MP on 304492
*Electric Gates,
Intercoms, House Alarms, Surveillance Cameras etc
Creative Decor 091 408
320
*Swimming Pools and Pumps - all repairs and installations -
Creative
Decor 091 408
320
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5.7
(Ad inserted 16/01/06)
WEDDINGS & SPECIAL EVENTS VIDEO
PRODUCTION
Focused Video Productions specialize in weddings & special
events video
production. We use digital equipment to capture your special
moments in
the
highest quality.
Call Greer on 744075 / 091 53
047
Email: fvp@fvp.co.zw
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5.8
(Ad inserted 18/01/06)
Haven Rise Bed and Breakfast is situated in
Avondale and is a wonderful
tranquil place to stay. For further information
please contact us at
kilbride@zol.co.zw or visit our website www.havenrise.co.zw
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5.9
Ad inserted (19/01/06)
WEDDING VENUE, CATERING &
CO-ORDINATING...
Also an upmarket BED & BREAKFAST suitable for
Embassy guests.
6 Chelmsford Rd. Avondale.
Phone: 091
228563
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5.10
(Ad inserted 7/2/06)
"Chemical analysis, tap/borehole water. Phone
023894597"
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5.11
(Ad inserted 7/2/06)
TRANSFORM YOUR ACCOUNTING BLUES AND BE INSPIRED BY
SAVING MILLIONS OF ZIM
KWACHA
FREELANCE EXPERIENCED BALANCE BOOKKEEPER
CAN DO THAT FOR YOU!
INTERESTED?
CALL OR SMS TRISH
BRUINS
091 402 599
OR EMAIL vanessas@zol.co.zw
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5.12
(Ad inserted 7/2/06)
The Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals
requests that all cases of cruelty or abuse of animals,
both domestic and
livestock, are reported to them.
Recently there has
been an increase of deliberate cruelty to livestock,
but unfortunately many
of these incidents are not reported to ZNSCPA and
we only get to hear about
them through a third party long after the abuse
has taken
place.
Cruelty to animals, including wild life in captivity, is a
punishable
offence in Zimbabwe and we are pleased to report that the Police
and the
Courts are dealing swiftly and decisively with these cases when
we
present our dockets to them.
Whilst ZNSPCA remains totally
non-political, we continue to respond
quickly and professionally to requests
for help on farms where the
welfare of animals is being compromised in any
way.
ZNSPCA HQ: 497885/497574
156 Enterprise Rd
Chisipite
Inspectors Cell:Glynis: 091 367 260
Simon: 011 630
430
Jimmy: 011 528 449
Justine:
023 306 456
John: 011 867
099
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5.13
(Ad inserted 14/02/06)
TAYST The Private Catering Company
At Tayst
we would like to offer you an innovative
cuisine experience using the
finest & freshest
ingredients available.
We cater
for:
· Cooperate functions
· Cocktail parties
· Black tie
dinners
· Birthday parties
· Business Lunches
Please
contact Thea or Christy on 091 282 165
or email mvanblerk@zol.co.zw
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5.14
Ad inserted (21/02/06)
Farmers -- your favourite hairdressers, Donaghy's,
has re-located from
Farm & City Centre to smart new premises in the City
Bowling Club in
Harare Gardens. Phone Annette on 011 716
246.
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PETS
CORNER
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6.1
Pets - Wanted (Ad inserted 7/2/2006)
I am look for a Jack Russell & a
Labrador or other large dog to go to a
very good home. Neither has to be
puppies, but would be preferred in
order to
avoid conflict.
Please
contact Michelle on
091402559.
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6.2
Home Wanted (Ad inserted 10/01/06)
Toy Pom bitch called Cindy looking for
home. For more information tel.
Michelle on 884294 or e-mail gandami@mweb.co.zw
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6.3
Hamsters For Sale (Ad inserted 17/01/06)
Homes sought for adorable,
well-behaved Russian hamsters looking for good
homes - Free delivery in
Harare area. Phone Katie on 091 252 847 or
email: katie@gekko.co.zw
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6.4
Homes Wanted (Ad inserted 18/01/06)
GOOD HOMES NEEDED FOR FIVE GORGEOUS
LITTLE KITTENS - SOMEWHAT WILD BUT
NOTHING A BIT OF TENDER LOVING CARE WILL
NOT CURE!!!!! Please call me on
860277 or
091260827.
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6.5
Homes Wanted (Ad inserted 07/02/06)
Geese needing good home
25
geese both male & female looking for good, safe homes with water to
swim
in. Unfortunately, their current "water world" is haunted by a river
otter
who is terrorising them and slowly killing them all. Don't
all need to go
together - you can take any number you wish, as long as
you promise them a
safe home and not the pot!
Please phone either 011 205 190, Deena
or
091 307 450
Linda
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6.6
Homes Wanted (Ad inserted 14/02/06)
"Good homes wanted for Male Toy Pom
and Female Keeshond (miniature
Husky), preferably together. Owner has moved
to a smaller property and
cannot keep all her dogs. Please phone Mrs Ricardo
on 737944-9 or
091
804317."
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6.7
Lost (Ad inserted 14/02/06)
DEAF OLD FEMALE GOLDEN, LAB/TYPE DOG FOUND ON
CRN. KINGSMEAD AND BLAIR
RD, BORROWDALE ON THURS 2 FEB
MUST BE
SOMEONES SHADOW. LIKES GETTING INTO CARS. WANTS TO GO HOME
PLEASE PHONE
882566
OR ZNSPCA HQ 497885 or
497574
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6.8
Pet - Wanted (Ad inserted 21/02/06)
Small breed puppy wanted (about the
size of a Maltese or spaniel.) Not
necessarily a pure breed. No yorkies,
labs, rottweillers,
Boer bulls, etc.
Willing to pay a reasonable
price for the right puppy.
Please call Sharon on 091 333 229 between 8
and 5, or
email: shazal@mweb.co.zw
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6.9
African Grey Chicks For Sale
(Ad inserted 21/02/06)
Two hand
reared African Grey chicks.
Contact: Trinity on
04-369160-5
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6.10
Puppies For Sale (Ad inserted 21/02/06)
$ 1 MILLION EACH
Father -
boer bull cross ridgeback
Mother - blue heeler
CONTACT
011
606 783
091 246 233
065
2703
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Hotlines:
+263 (011) 205 374 If you are in trouble or need advice,
please
don't hesitate to contact us - we're here to help!
+263 (04) 799 410 Office
Lines
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advertise (JAG Members): Please email classifieds to: jag@mango.zw
with subject
"Classifieds".
Please send any job opportunities for publication in this newsletter to:
JAG
Job Opportunities; jag@mango.zw
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Ad
inserted 18 January 2006
CANE FARMER IN TRIANGLE AREA LOOKING FOR A
RETIRED FARMER TO OVERSEE CANE
PRODUCTION. POSITION WOULD SUIT SOMEONE
LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL INCOME
TO SUPPLEMENT EXISTING PENSION, AS THE AREA OF
CANE DOES NOT SUSTAIN A
PRESENT DAY FARM MANAGERS SALARY.
HOUSE,
ELECTRICITY, WATER & SERVANTS PROVIDED.
PLEASE CONTACT: - ANN
BRADFIELD acasiasafaris@zol.co.zw
CELL:
011211336 OR 091273639 OR BULAWAYO
230615
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Ad
inserted 12 January 2006
Wanted - Lady with accounting background,
computer literate with Excel
and Word.
Pleasant office environment in
Willowvale
Negotiable package and fuel allowance.
Please reply to
091-208566 or 011-207084 or email hyena@zol.co.zw.
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Ad
inserted 11 January 2006
CHILDMINDER WANTED
Looking for a
brilliant child minder to help with our 2-year-old
daughter. If anyone is
leaving and needs to place their child minder
please get hold of us.
Accommodation offered.
Brenda
Pattenden
091326755
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Ad
inserted 11 January 2006
Wanted Senior Bookkeeper
The Company:
Well-established, small and dynamic, growing, multi-faceted
organisation
based in the Northern Suburbs of Harare.
The Role: All accounting data
capture. Production of monthly trial
balance sheets and management
accounts. Cash management, statutory
returns, VAT administration and other
day-to-day office duties.
The Person: Experienced bookkeeper who is self
motivated, responsible and
reliable. Willing to grow with the Company they
must be ready to tackle
new and varied tasks as they arise delivering work
accurately, on time
and in full. Own transport essential. Knowledge of
Pastel an advantage.
The Rewards: Negotiable salary for the right
person.
Part of a small but busy and motivated team.
Please
contact Tanera Bouchet on 04 494540 or
Tanera.bouchet@rutland.co.zw
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Ad
inserted 11 January 2006
WANTED - Office Assistant
The Company -
well-established, small, dynamic, fresh flower marketing
agent based at the
Harare International Airport.
The Role - To assist in a very busy office
with computer data capture,
day-to-day office duties - a varied
job.
The Person - loyal, honest, reliable, must be able to work with a
minimum
of supervision. Own transport essential - company will assist
with
fuel. To start asap.
The Rewards - right salary offered to the
right person.
Please send CVs to: rene@zimflower.co.zw
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Ad
inserted 11 January 2006
Bookkeeper required for small but busy business
based in the Avenues.
Applicant should be qualified up to trial balance, debt
collecting, petty
cash, etc some admin work and also have hands-on
involvement. Varied
position in relaxed office with good salary offered to
the right person.
To start immediately. Phone Lorraine Thomas on 733113/5,
792365 or
707245 or cell 091
263172.
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Ad
inserted 11 January 2006
Full Day Bookkeeper required to work in
Msasa.
Competitive package on offer.
Please contact Marina or Dale
on 446520, 091 261 629, 011 206
794.
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SUDAN:
Ad
inserted 18 January 2006
Position Title: Permaculture Program
Manager
Field Site: Upper Nile, S Sudan
Essential Job duties/Scope
of Work (provide at least 6-7 bullet points):
Plan, coordinate and
implement the permaculture / livestock
programme in Upper Nile
§
Provide specialist input and oversight for best practice in
appropriate
agricultural activities within food security/livelihood
related
projects
§ aa communities with sound technical basis, education,
and
promotion sustainable crop cultivation
§ Introduce and mobilise
community permaculture gardens in
targeted communities
§ Coordinate
and monitor project implementation and ensure
timely reporting of
activities
§ Provide and facilitate technical direction, education
and
training to staff, community health workers and community
members
§ Monitor and manage Community Animal Health Workers
and
agricultural outreach officers
§ Survey and study the existing
situation of livestock food
(fodder) and propose practical methods of
adjusting the food regiment
§ Coordinate veterinary activities with VSF B
and partners
§ In collaboration with VFS B, study and appraise the
existing
condition of animal husbandry and identify its constraints and
potentials
for development.
§ Develop demonstrable program linkages
between animal and
human health and nutrition levels
§ Identify and
monitor disease outbreaks among livestock and
ensure effective strategies for
disease control are in place
§ Document lessons learned across the
various project
activities and recommend future strategies and
interventions
§ Maintain and develop relationships with project partners
and
key stakeholders in project implementation
§ Represent IMC at
official forums when necessary, including
attending workshops, meetings,
seminars, conferences, etc.
§ Evaluate the working capacity of the local
counterparts from
a technical, planning and management point of view and
propose practical
methods for enhancing this capacity.
§ Write and
compile reports - both narrative and technical
Personal Qualifications
(special training/experience required, provide
6-8 requirements):
·
Bachelors degree or equivalent
· Minimum 5-7 years experience in
designing and implementing
agriculture programmes
· Experience in
community mobilization and participatory
methodologies strongly
preferred
· Knowledge of and experience in permaculture design
and
cultivation
· Experience with livestock / veterinary
programmes
· Experience in livestock management / animal husbandry
including
teaching and research. Abilities in survey, study and analysis of
the
livestock situation.
· Previous NGO experience
· Ability to
undertake physical work in a challenging and harsh
climate
· Ability
to communicate effectively both orally and in writing in
English
·
Able to work effectively independently and as a team member
· Experience
facilitating agricultural workshops / trainings
· Experience in the
region - ideally in Sudan itself
Other comments:
Able to function
effectively in remote, harsh environments with very
limited
communications
Contact: Candice von Memerty, candice@fauvelife
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AUSTRALIA
Ad
inserted 18 January 2006
Manager - Hazeldean Pty Ltd
A position is
available for a hands-on manager, with a strong interest in
animal breeding
using measured performance, to take on a close working
relationship with the
managing director in the running of Hazeldean & its
sheep & cattle
seed stock enterprises. The position is at company
headquarters, Hazeldean,
located 15 minutes south of Cooma in
southeastern
NSW.
The
successful applicant will be required to contribute ideas and form
strategies
for the future growth of the property & business. Planning
&
budgeting are essential skills however a desire for hands on
involvement
is equally important.
The position would suit a team
player and one capable and willing to take
on more responsibility in the
future. We are happy to consider
employment of a suitably qualified or
experienced Zimbabwean.
Applications to:
Jim
Litchfield
Hazeldean
Cooma NSW 2630
Email: Litchfield@hazeldean.com.au
www.hazeldean.com.au
THE ZIMBABWE
CONNECTION
MOBILE: +61 414 363 006
(international)
0414 363 006 (within
Australia)
EMAIL: jill@zimbabweconnection.com
WEBSITE:
www.zimbabweconnection.com
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Ad
inserted 9 February 2006
Wanted
Retired, energetic, fun loving
Book Keeper, living in Greendale,
Borrowdale, Chisipite areas in March, for a
small Nursery School : basic
administration, reception, books and general
helping out.
Please call Debi or Shelley between 8am and
12pm
482067
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Ad
inserted 9 February 2006
HORSES / MANAGER
A mature,
responsible person who is experienced with and passionate about
horses
required by one of Zimbabwe's leading safari operators. This
challenging
position offers an extremely exciting lifestyle, full board
and lodging and a
very competitive salary. The right person should also
be able to get on as
well with people as with horses. Please send CV to
awc@africanencounter.org
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Ad
inserted 14 February 2006
Tanzania
Ad inserted 9 February
2006
A vacancy exists for a farm manager on a mixed farm in
Tanzania.
Our core business is vegetables for export however various
other crops
and livestock operations are undertaken.
The right
candidate should have at least 5 years farming experience in
East/Southern
Africa, preferably with horticultural experience.
Responsibilities would
include daily farm management, record keeping to
Eurepgap specifications,
farm security and community liaison.
The candidate should be either
single or accompanied without children.
To start
immediately.
Package: $1500 per month, medical aid and usual benefits of
farm
management positions. Work permit to be provided by the
employer.
Company details to be found at www.gel.co.tz
Please send CV to: lizzie@gel.co.tz
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Nursery
School or Infant Teacher
Ad inserted 9 February 2006
Experienced
Nursery School or infant teacher wanted for 2nd Term,
Avondale area. English
must be first language. Very good working
environment, mornings only, school
terms only. Good package for right
person - mail gandami@mweb.co.zw
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Ad
inserted 16 February 2006
Vacancy
Girl Friday with Bookkeeping
experience
Ex-farmer now consulting from home office in Northern Suburbs
needs help
with general office work and some bookkeeping (not complex but to
trial
balance). Mornings only/flexitime. Very pleasant working surroundings
but
boss can be grumpy (but he travels a lot)! Good computer
literacy,
numeric and fastidious attention to spelling, grammar, and
punctuation
essential. Dictaphone, typing experience useful but not
essential.
drmoore@ecoweb.co.zw
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Ad
inserted 16 February 2006
Looking for a position, family left
Zimbabwe
Looking for a position for our maid who has worked for us for 22
years.
She is honest, friendly, very caring and excellent with young
children.
She does do basic cooking, housework, baby sitting. She come
highly
recommended by us and has been part of the family for many
years.
Anyone interested please contact me by email, pennydobson@mweb.co.za
or
phone
Angela Stephens 776451 mornings only, for an interview with
the
maid,
Maize.
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Australia
Ad inserted 16 February 2006
WANTED; Millwrights,
Electricians, Diesel Mechanics, Refrigeration
Specialists, Town Planners and
Quantity Surveyors
Recruit Global will assist in looking for a job and
sponsorship
opportunities for the
right candidates wanting to move to
Australia.
Australia is experiencing a major skills shortage in all states,
we will
provide
services to assist in, visas, trade recognition
tests,
sponsorship, relocation, financial advice.
Contact us today at
Aussiemigrant
www.aussiemigrant.com
Brendon@aussiemigrant.com
Rebecca@aussiemigrant.com
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Ad
inserted 16 February 2006
Vacancy for Live-In Housekeeper
Companion
JOB SPECIFICATION
The applicant should be a single
female, unmarried, widow, or divorced,
and must have a caring nature, and be
interested in cooking and the
welfare of an elderly lady.
Free
accommodation will be provided in a beautiful period house, circa
1700, own
bed-sitting room with television, fridge and microwave and
washbasin,
tastefully furnished with bookcases and easy chair, and
adjoining bathroom.
Use one of the sitting rooms in the house.
Food will be provided for main
meals, as part of the contract.
The Housekeeper will be responsible for
the general running of the house,
and its cleaning. She will prepare and
cook meals, and do some
shopping. Use of car will be available for this
purpose. She will act
as a companion to Mrs H L Franklin who is aged 88
years, a refined lady,
who is a widow.
Mrs Franklin has a Private
Nurse who attends to her personal care in the
mornings.
There will be
some laundry work of personal items for Mrs Franklin, at
present all bedding
goes to the laundry.
This job would be suitable for someone who requires
a comfortable home in
a small village in rural Shopshire. Nearest shops in
the village
including a Post-Office, General Stores, Butcher, Pubs, Doctors,
and
Anglican Church. Nearest Market Town, Church Stretton, 6 miles
South.
Nearest large town, Shrewsbury, 6 miles north. Nearest Railway
Station,
either Church Stretton or Shrewsbury.
Shropshire is an
Agricultural Country and there is no Industry, the
surrounding countryside is
an area of outstanding beauty and cultural
importance.
The
Housekeeper/Companion will have an average of two half days a week
off and at
least two hours per day in either morning or afternoon at
leisure, by mutual
arrangement.
Mrs Franklin's son, Mr Howard Franklin lives next door at
Dorrington
Court, and is normally around most days and often takes meals with
Mrs
Franklin. Mr Franklin is retired, but still travels as a Lecturer
in
Cruise Ships several times a year, and does after Luncheon
speaking
engagements in Great Britain.
Salary of Five Hundred Pounds
Sterling per calendar month and totally
free board and lodging.
Person
travelling from Overseas will be helped with their airfare.
The contract
as Companion/Housekeeper will be for a minimum period of
eight months, to be
extended.
Please apply with details of yourself and any relevant
information to:
HOWARD FRANKLIN Esq.
Dorrington
Court
Dorrington
Shropshire, SY57JD
Telephone 01743
718143
Email: howard@howardfranklin.freeserve.co.uk
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Ad
inserted 22 February 2006
ZAMBIA
PARTNER : FARMING OPPORTUNITY
ZAMBIA
Ex-Karoi farmer looking for a partner to invest in a promising
farming
organization situated 16 kilometers from Lusaka. Currently
farming
seed-maize, paprika, soya-beans and vegetables. The farm is 340
hectares
with approximately 100 hectares utilised. Excellent water available
for
expansion.
Interested parties please contact : jogs@zamtel.zm / 096 444 466
(Zambia)
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SOUGHT
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Ad
inserted 11 January 2006
I am a man aged 26 years and I wish to apply for
any suitable vacancy. I
am a holder of BSC Honours Degree Economics with an
upper second class.
Please contact me on the following email address for
curriculum vitae:
stefanzombe@yahoo.com
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Ad
inserted 18 January 2006
We are a couple from Edinburgh (Scotland) though
I was actually born in
Zimbabwe. We are on an advanced stage of relocating to
Southern Africa
(Zambia and Zimbabwe, but preferably Zambia around the
Victoria Falls
area).
We are both mid career professionals with
extensive professional experience
in management research and project
management (I am an Ecologist with an MSc
in
human ecology, my wife is
also an MSc in social policy with a very broad
range
of professional
experience in senior level). We are thinking of investing
in
a business
(Eco-tourism etc) in the long term. We are currently looking for
a
placement (work/voluntary) for us to do while we are deciding our
future
plan.
We will be in Victoria Falls on 30-01-06. An body with
information or
something for us should email us on graccag@yahoo.co.uk or
phone
00441316616925. We are happy to forward our CVs if
required.
"Most people pursue pleasure with such breathless haste they
often hurry
past it"
Soren C
Kiekegaard
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Ad
inserted 18 January 2006
I am a woman aged thirty-five years with sixteen
years experience in
bookkeeping, accounts and administration. I am a holder
of ZAAT diploma
in accountancy and doing my final year in Bachelor of
Commerce, majoring
in banking and finance, as well as various other courses
in accounts and
administration and very conversant with computer and payroll
packages.
I can be contacted on 091 405 281/091 400 031 or Julia@soszim.co.zw
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Ad
inserted 16 February 2006
"Fitter and turner seeking position as
handyman, technical sales rep,
stores man etc.
Phone Fred Harmse
091-319272,
882866."
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Ad
inserted 16 February 2006
EMPLOYMENT SOUGHT
I am a hard working,
loyal and honest man aged 34 with many years of
valuable work experience
looking for employment in a Managerial Role with
the right company. I have
been primarily involved in the Plastic &
Chemical Industry with past
experience in the Freight Sector (Import /
Export) working my way from the
bottom to a top position of Managing
Director for a
successful company in
previous employment. I am currently employed and
can be contacted on the
following E-Mail Address for further details and
a copy
of my Curriculum
Vitae: abutler@siltrade.co.zw
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Ad
inserted 22 February 2006
WAITER/CASHIER
Experienced waiter -
very well trained also trained by ex owner of
Restaurant in Stock control and
Cashier
Smart and well spoken, very good with the public
If any
business requires this young and enthusiastic male please write to
sherrols@zol.co.zw
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For
the latest listings of accommodation available for farmers, contact
justiceforagriculture@zol.co.zw
(updated 23 February 2006)
VOA
By Aida Akl
Washington, D.C.
22 February 2006
China's expanding
economic presence in Africa is proving to be a mixed
blessing, spurring
growth on the one hand and squeezing out local
competition on the
other.
The 18-hundred kilometer TanZam railway connects Zambia in
southern Africa
with Tanzania along the continent's eastern shore. It was
designed and
built by the Chinese in the mid-1970s as part of their foreign
aid program
to Africa, but has long since fallen into
disrepair.
The railway gave land-locked Zambia access to the
sea. It symbolized China's
solidarity with Africa's newly independent
nations, and countered western
and Russian influence on the
continent.
Out with the Old, In with the New
Many
experts say China is now building on its old friendships in Africa.
Ernest
Wilson, Professor of Government and Politics at the University of
Maryland,
says Beijing is pursuing a different kind of policy that favors
economics
over political rhetoric.
"The Chinese originally had one kind of
foreign policy, which was sort of an
international, socialist foreign
policy. And it wasn't very much rooted in
economics. It was rooted more in
politics nd rhetoric. It has now moved
into a period where economics has
moved to the forefront," says Professor
Wilson.
Ernest Wilson
says this transition from a Maoist orientation to a
market-economic foreign
policy has led the Chinese to enhance their presence
in Africa in search of
raw materials and oil.
Oil, Minerals and Good
Will
Boston University political scientist Edouard Boustin says
oil is probably
the most important part of China's African
strategy.
"China's needs for oil imports have grown much faster
than anybody else's,
possibly because of its economic expansion. At this
point, Africa, of
course, is definitely a major source of oil imports for
China. Between 25
and 30 percent of China's oil imports come from Africa,"
says Eduard
Boustin.
Beijing has already signed multi-million
dollar oil deals with South Africa,
Nigeria, Angola, Sudan and many other
African countries. And it has
invested millions of dollars in copper and
cobalt mines in countries like
Zimbabwe and the Republic of
Congo.
Moreover, former Congressional Research Service Africa
analyst Ray Copson
says China is engaged in building infrastructure and
development projects in
some of Africa's poorest countries to enhance its
economic and cultural
presence and garner political good
will.
"Chinese business is engaged in countries that aren't
resource-rich. Even
in Sierra Leone, there's a Chinese-built hotel
functioning. So Chinese
business people will take risks. But, of course,
you know that so many
African countries do have resources. So China is
undertaking some activity
in Liberia. Many of us think of it as a poor
country without resources.
But, in fact, Liberia does have iron and timber
and other resources that may
be of long-term interest to China," says Ray
Copson.
According to official Chinese statistics, overall, trade
between China and
Africa has grown in the past year by nearly 35 percent to
more than $
39-billion dollars. And, as the world's second-largest consumer
of oil,
China has become Africa's third most important trading partner,
after France
and the United States.
Edging out the
West
Some analysts argue that Beijing is positioning itself in
Africa at the
expense of the United States and Europe. Analyst Ray Copson
says China has
an advantage over the West that allows it more flexibility to
work with
Africans on more than one economic level. He adds, "When they
become
involved with an African country, they are able to provide a complete
package because of their state-owned corporations and their state-affiliated
corporations. Looking at Nigeria, just in January, China signed a $ 2.3
billion deal for the exploitation of a Nigerian oil field. At the same
time, the Chinese Government came forward with a $2 billion loan for
Nigeria. A Chinese company is going to be involved in rehabilitating
Nigeria's railways."
This strategy, as outlined in a policy
paper issued last month by the
Chinese government, is conditional only on
limiting African countries'
recognition of Taiwan. In contrast, many
western countries, including the
U.S., often tie their foreign aid to the
recipient country's willingness to
implement political and economic
reforms.
Most observers point out that China does not question
its African friends
about their political records. And some worry that
African leaders
reluctant to embrace democracy may emulate what some
analysts call China's
brand of "free-market
dictatorship."
China's Trade Tsunami
Many analysts
say the West should talk to China and Africa about these
issues. They argue
that the time is ripe for such dialogue as more and more
Africans decry what
they call Africa's "tsunami of cheap Chinese goods."
Chinese
textiles, for example, have cost South Africa and Nigeria thousands
of jobs
and put hundreds of local manufacturers out of business. Just this
month,
South Africa convinced China to curb its textiles exports to give
local
industries a chance to compete. Other African nations have yet to
follow
suit. But that is not to say that Africa has not benefited from its
relationship with China.
Africa's Gains
For
the last two years, Africa has experienced an annual 5 percent increase
in
its gross domestic product due to China's demand for resources. The
continent has gained increased access to Chinese markets and several
countries have signed agreements with Beijing to implement a host of
development projects.
But some observers say these gains do
not provide a sound economic basis for
future growth. They point to the
TanZam railway as an example of how the
Chinese send in their workers to
construct a project and then withdraw once
it is completed without leaving
behind the expertise necessary to keep it
going.
The Times February 24, 2006
Graham Searjeant,
Financial Editor
EVEN in Britain, the International
Monetary Fund conjures up an
image of failure, discipline and painful cuts.
The UK has had to apply for
IMF aid five times, the last time a few years
after we had abandoned the
fixed exchange rate system that the Fund was
created to oversee. We then ran
into similar trouble in 1992, when we last
attempted a semi-fixed exchange
rate, but by then it was up to our fellow
members of the European
exchange-rate mechanism to look stern and turn their
thumbs down.
Over the past 13 years, we have managed our affairs
better. In
other parts of the world, the IMF is still the lender of last
resort, feared
and occasionally defied. Turkey, now the biggest borrower,
still owes the
Fund more than £7 billion, the relic of a busted boom fuelled
by foreign hot
money. Zimbabwe, that living museum of hyperinflation, has
just printed
21,000 billion Zimbabwe dollars to buy foreign currency to meet
an IMF
payment, which is not how the adjustment process is supposed to
work.
Yet the IMF is now the subject of a debate on its
future, partly
sparked by our own Gordon Brown as its chairman. Unless the
Fund is
reformed, even fund executives appear to admit, it is in danger of
becoming
moribund, expensively irrelevant and reduced to the status of a
twice-yearly
networking opportunity for bankers who do not make it to
Davos.
Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, fired up
the
debate this week. In a speech in India, which he felt should play a key
role
in reform, Mr King said: "The Fund's remit is unclear. Its lending
activities have waned and its role in the international monetary system is
obscure." He wants it to take over, on an independent, professional,
non-political basis, the key roles of the many groups of countries, from G7
to G77, that meet endlessly to chew over trends and problems of the world
economy.
When important people talk about the IMF (or its
Washington
twin, the World Bank) needing to be independent and nonpolitical,
they
really mean that it should no longer be an instrument of American
foreign
policy. The IMF's managing director is, by unofficial rule,
European, but
America's shareholding gives it a veto. The rest of the world
has little
voice. For many years this helped, because US foreign policy
coincided with
the ideals that led to the IMF's creation after the Second
World War. Its
aim was to help to maintain stability by keeping the free
world's economies
on the right path, preventing their collapse and helping
them to deal with
shocks.
This happy relationship faded
when Europe grew up, so that the
Fund's customers tended to be Leftist
governments in Latin America and
Africa or industrial competitors in Asia.
Then Soviet communism fell.
The moment of truth came in the
Asian currency crisis of
1997-98, when a domino effect set several smaller
tiger economies back 15
years. Instant currency recycling was needed, but
did not happen. The IMF
was a bit-part player. By then, the private capital
flows that flooded in,
and more suddenly out, of the region dwarfed any
resources that the IMF
could muster. America was not displeased. The US
trade representative of the
time boasted of the chance to buy Korean assets
and spike a trade challenge.
Countries in the region
subsequently drew up proposals for a
reserve recycling facility centred on
the Asian Development Bank, but the
ideas were firmly sat on in Washington.
So Asian economies saw that global
stability did not include them and set
about amassing currency reserves to
protect themselves. China, which
succeeded the tiger economies, has massive
reserves that could be used as a
political weapon, like Russia's gas. In
this neo-mercantilist regime, China
is unlikely to disarm itself Mr King
says that the key to stability, which
should be monitored by a reformed IMF,
is the balance sheets of nations. If
countries have too much foreign
currency borrowing, they are almost asking
for trouble. If that is the case,
countries must either have a currency with
international status or rely on
domestic finance.
Perhaps
the new role for the IMF should be to help smaller
nations to create joint
regional currencies, as may eventually happen in
parts of Latin America,
Africa and South-East Asia. But if Denmark, Sweden
and the UK see advantages
in staying outside the euro, most countries in
less developed parts will
surely keep their own currencies for many decades.
To fulfil
the role originally conceived for it, the IMF would
need to become a true
central bank, converting its special drawing rights
into a real reserve
currency. It should probably also merge with the World
Bank and the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the
industrial
nations' club, which is also in need of revival. But all such
changes would
upset too many people. So they won't happen.
graham.searjeant@thetimes.co.uk