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Zvinavashe has no business in
politics
2/26/2003 7:32:35 AM (GMT +2)
By Takura
Zhangazha
The statements issued by Zimbabwe Defence Forces
Commander General
Vitalis Zvinavashe denying any participation in the alleged
exit package
plan for President Mugabe were to be expected. The Press,
however,
celebrated the general's acknowledgment that the country is in a
serious
crisis that requires a multi-sectoral approach to solve
it.
In some newspapers, the call was for the general to do
something
besides talking about it. Through letters to the editor the
sentiment was
not only that the general had said too little too late but also
that he
partially reflected the sentiment of the country's citizens. This
gave the
reader a feeling that there was anticipation that Zvinavashe has
some
special political move up his sleeve to bring about change in
Zimbabwe,
especially with his talk of setting up a committee to look into the
economic
crisis, which he said could not be wished away.
It is
my contention that both the statement from the general and the
resultant
public anticipation are severely misplaced. The army should have
no role in
the present political impasse in Zimbabwe and the public should
not expect
the army to do so. When Zvinavashe led a Press conference of
security chiefs
which ominously declared that the army, police, airforce and
the Central
Intelligence Organisation would not accept a new president
without a credible
history in the liberation struggle, there was a public
outcry. It was evident
that the security forces did not anticipate a change
in the government before
or after the presidential election. Then a number
of newspaper editorials in
the private Press rightly condemned the statement
and accused the security
forces of plotting a coup d'etat. On the other
hand, the Zanu PF politicians
rejoiced at this statement, obviously feeling
they had all but sealed their
presidential election victory by showing on
whose side the security forces
were.
To all intents and purposes there are inherent risks that
are
associated with an army commander who habitually issues
political
statements, whether they be perceived to be for the good of the
nation or
for the benefit of a ruling party. It is not in the interests of
either Zanu
PF or the people of Zimbabwe to have Zvinavashe appearing in the
Press to
make political statements about elections or about how to get the
country
out of the mess that it is currently in. The negative effects of
Zvinavashe'
s affinity to issuing statements are tremendous and should make
those who
believe that the people of Zimbabwe are the custodians of the gun
shake
their heads in disgust. Whatever the military pundits might
argue,
Zvinavashe's purported involvement in some exit package for Mugabe is
an
unacceptable course of action. This is because it promotes the role of
the
military in the politics of the country.
The purpose of the
military is to be guided by politics and not to
formulate policies. That
Zvinavashe can be a linchpin to any potential
successor to Mugabe indicates
that if it were true that the incumbent
president is to leave office, his
successor would be a mouthpiece for the
military and not for the people.
Moreover, it also means that there would be
limited leeway for any elections
held after the exit plan is hatched to be
free, fair or without the
involvement of the army. It could even possibly
mean that Zvinavashe could
end up, like Obasanjo, exchanging his military
fatigues for civilian clothes
as a presidential candidate of sorts. In this
sense neither the people of
Zimbabwe nor Zanu PF would stand to gain
anything from a sitting commander of
our defence forces turning into a
politician because of a political crisis
that should be resolved outside of
the military hierarchy.
As it
is, Zvinavashe's newfound and unofficial role as spokesperson
against
conspiracy plans over Mugabe's exit may have the added effect of
dividing his
subordinates who may not agree with the idea of their superior
playing the
politician. This would mean that if Zvinavashe's political role
is elevated
any further then there would be a serious rift within the army
that has all
along seemingly avoided being directly involved in politics.
The reason for
this is that without Mugabe, the loyalties within the army
are bound to be
rather divergent. As a result of the rumoured transition
plan, Zvinavashe's
subordinates might feel that there is need for a
different political plan and
therefore not agree with their superior's
intentions.
For the
people of Zimbabwe this would be a recipe for disaster equal
in proportion to
that in the Ivory Coast, where the divisions within the
Robert Guei-created
army saw the demise of the democratisation process under
the incumbent
president Laurent Gbagbo. Politicised defence forces do not
have the capacity
to maintain singular loyalties and Zvinavashe should not
be mistaken on this
point. There should be a resounding rejection by the
people of Zimbabwe of
any transition plan that involves the army at the
level that the latest exit
plan was forwarded. Any exit plans or transitions
of government have to be
carried out in a democratic manner with the
involvement of electoral
processes.
Where no electoral processes can be undertaken, then
there must be a
consensus-driven transition, with the role of the defence
forces relegated
to acceptance of the wishes of the civilian population.
Zvinavashe has to be
dissuaded from setting a bad precedent where the public
is forced to accept
army commanders appearing on television and in
newspapers, purporting to
represent the best interests of Zimbabweans and yet
they have never been
voted into office.
Daily News
Senior public prosecutor leaves job after
threats
2/26/2003 7:40:46 AM (GMT +2)
By Brian
Mangwende Chief Reporter
THABANI Mpofu, a senior public prosecutor
based at the Harare
Magistrates' Court abruptly left the Attorney-General's
Office amid
allegations he acted in favour of the defence in two separate
cases
involving an MDC legislator and a foreign
journalist.
Mpofu is the second public prosecutor to desert
the Harare Magistrates
' Court following the abrupt departure of his
colleague, Kennedy Mupomba,
two years after he was allegedly threatened by
war veterans over a case he
was handling. Mpofu reportedly left the Harare
Magistrates' Court last month
and never returned after he was confronted on
several occasions by secret
agents over the manner in which he was handling
cases involving those
perceived to be enemies of the State. Reports were that
Mpofu resigned but
Joseph Musakwa, the director of public prosecutions, said
he was still to
receive the resignation letter.
"People say he
has resigned but there is no correspondence to that
effect," Musakwa said.
"The Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary
Affairs is now handling the
matter." No comment could be obtained from that
ministry yesterday. Last
June, the State-controlled Herald newspaper
reported that the State intended
to probe Mpofu after he made submissions in
court saying Andrew Meldrum, a
journalist with a British newspaper, The
Guardian, might not be jailed if
convicted. Meldrum had been dragged to
court for allegedly publishing
falsehoods after he reproduced a story
initially published by The Daily News
in which a man claimed his wife was
beheaded by Zanu PF supporters in
Magunje. The Herald said Mpofu had said if
Meldrum was convicted the State
would try to have him fined instead of
jailing him, and "raising
eyebrows".
A public prosecutor is, however, supposed to assist the
court in
arriving at a fair decision that meets the justice of the
offence.
Magistrate Godfrey Macheyo acquitted Meldrum of the offence but John
Nkomo,
then Minister of Home Affairs and now Minister of Special Affairs in
the
President's Office, ordered his deportation. The deportation papers
were
served on him by officials from the Immigration Department. But High
Court
judge, Justice Anele Matika, suspended the deportation order and
referred
the matter to the Supreme Court for a constitutional determination.
Last
month, Mpofu is said to have baffled the court when he agreed to bail of
$30
000 for Job Sikhala, the MP for St Mary's, who had been charged
with
allegedly contravening Section 5 of the draconian Public Order and
Security
Act.
It was the State's case that Sikhala, human rights
lawyer Gabriel
Shumba and three others torched a Zimbabwe United Passenger
Company bus in
Highfield in an effort to overthrow the government. Initially,
the State had
opposed bail, but Mpofu later changed his attitude saying:
"Given the
medical report whose contents cannot be divorced from the charges
and the
case, the State is of the opinion that if they are granted bail,
justice
would be allowed to prevail."
Christian Science Monitor
Churches engaged in soul searching over role in
Zimbabwe's crisis
Some leaders fear the church will become irrelevant if
it doesn't do more to
speak out against the government
By Nicole Itano
| Special to The Christian Science Monitor
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE - On a
recent weekday evening, a dozen young members of
the Bulawayo Baptist church
met in their congregation's spacious hall for a
jam session and prayer group.
Seated on wooden benches amid scattered
bibles, the young musicians
animatedly discuss the topic of the day: praise
and worship and the
difference between them.
This is a church that would prefer to stay focused
on its parishoners'
spiritual - not political - education. But here in
Zimbabwe, events on earth
are not so easily ignored. President Robert Mugabe
has tightened his grip on
the country since winning reelection nearly a year
ago. Zimbabwe is
experiencing severe food shortages, skyrocketing
unemployment, and
heavy-handed repression of anyone who dares oppose the
government.
Now spiritual leaders here are doing some soul searching
about what their
role in the crisis should be.
"God has heard the
suffering of the people of Zimbabwe," says the Rev. Ray
Motsi, the fiery
pastor of this 3,000-strong congregation. "He has heard the
cries of the
people, not just in Israel, but also in Zimbabwe.... I don't
believe the
church should be involved in politics, but if politics means
bread and butter
issues, then I'll talk about it."
The role of African churches during
crises has been an uneven one. The
continent is full of haunting memories of
times the church has failed to
speak out for the poor and powerless - and
even contributed to the turmoil.
Some religious leaders here hope Zimbabwe
won't be added to that list. While
a few parishes have railed against Mr.
Mugabe and his ruling party - even in
the face of threats and violence -
others have remained silent or even sided
with the government.
"By and
large, the church in Zimbabwe is fearful, docile, and selfish," says
the
small, stocky Mr. Motsi, whose manner bounces between intensity
and
lighthearted teasing. "The majority don't want to get involved because
they
are afraid they will be victimized by the government."
One of
those who has been victimized is Archbishop Pius Ncube, head of the
Bulawayo
Catholic diocese. He is a tireless campaigner against the violence
of
Mugabe's regime. For his efforts, he has been vilified in the
government
press. These days he often sleeps in safe houses, but worries more
about the
safety of his elderly mother, against whom he says multiple threats
have
been made.
"It all depends on one man - Robert Mugabe," he says
with conviction. "He is
the source of all our suffering."
Fr. Ncube,
Motsi, and several other ministers here have united to form
Christians for
Peace and Justice, a group of about 10 religious leaders and
100 members
formed in response to the current crisis. But too few, they say,
have joined
the cause.
Indeed, not all churches here agree that the government is
responsible for
Zimbabwe's current plight, or that it is the responsibility
of men of God to
speak out against it. The majority have remained
silent.
Still others have sided with the ruling party. The Anglican
Bishop of
Harare, Nolbert Kunonga, uses his sermons to praise Mugabe and last
year
attempted to ban 19 parishioners from church property for their
opposition
to his pro-government stances.
While government foes here
in Zimbabwe take inspiration from those like
Nobel-laureate Archbishop
Desmond Tutu, who was instrumental in ending South
Africa's state-sponsored
racism, and Martin Luther King Jr. - Motsi's
personal hero - they also take
warning from the places where churches here
have failed.
Many African
churches openly supported the slave trade, or opposed the fight
for
independence from European colonizers or for racial justice. In South
Africa,
for example, the Catholic church was criticized for its initial
failure to
challenge apartheid. In Nigeria, Christian and Muslim leaders
have been
accused of inciting religious violence that has left thousands
dead in the
past few years.
Still others have been closely tied to corrupt African
regimes or have
actively engaged in violence themselves. Last week, a Rwandan
minister was
sentenced to 10 years in prison by an international court for
his
involvement in that country's 1994 genocide.
"The [Zimbabwe]
church runs the risk of becoming irrelevant if we don't
speak out," says the
Rev. Barnabus Nqindi, a handsome young Anglican priest
who is saddened by the
silence in his own church. "People will say, 'Where
were you when I was
hungry? When I was raped?' "
Fearing that churches are fomenting dissent,
the government has tried to
declare some meetings and church services
illegal, and has prevented
churches from feeding the hungry, saying that the
food will be used to build
support for the opposition party.
Motsi was
arrested for distributing food, while Father Nqindi's colleague,
Father Noel
Scott, spent four days in jail before last year's election for
leading a
public prayer for Zimbabwe. Two weeks ago, a priest was strangled
to the
point of unconsciousness by police for taking pictures of a women's
march
against violence.
Back in his office before a trip to South Africa to
garner support, Ncube -
the man who may one day be remembered as Zimbabwe's
version of Bishop Tutu -
laments Zimbabwe's lack of religious leadership. In
India, he says, there
was Gandhi; in South Africa, they had Tutu.
Here
in Zimbabwe, he says, there are more than 300 different churches,
divided
among and within themselves. While Ncube condemns Mugabe in
Bulawayo, in
Harare, priests serve him weekly communion.
"Mugabe has managed to divide
us," he says. "Churches are no longer speaking
with one voice."
"But,"
he adds, "we will not be bullied, whatever the cost."
Daily News
Legal Resources Foundation launches test litigation
unit
2/26/2003 7:42:21 AM (GMT +2)
Staff
Reporter
THE Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) yesterday launched a
Test Case
Litigation Unit in Harare that would help disadvantaged and
marginalised
communities in Zimbabwe seek legal advice.
The litigation unit also received a donation of $96 million from the
Canadian
International Development Agency. The LRF was formed in 1984 to
improve the
accessibility of legal services to all sections of the country.
Its
litigation unit will also see the formation of a partnership between the
LRF,
Canadian Bar Association and Legal Resources Centre of South Africa.
"The
partnership is aimed at strengthening the present work of the Test
Case
Committee. "This is a one year pilot project to establish a specific
test
case litigation unit within LRF building on Canadian and South
African
experiences," the LRF board chairperson, Sara Moyo, said at the
launch.
The role of the two organisations would be to pursue
litigation
matters and provide support to LRF. "It is hoped that this
partnership will
contribute to the enhancement of constitutional democracy
and the
development of a culture of respect for human rights and the rule of
law in
Zimbabwe," Moyo said. The test case programme will undertake cases
which
will establish new legal precedents to protect the human rights
of
Zimbabweans in all areas of the law. It was hoped that cases
undertaken
through the litigation unit will contribute to an increased
awareness among
government officials of their obligations as set out in the
law.
Daily News
Bungling at Zimsec blamed for mix-up
2/26/2003 7:39:30 AM (GMT +2)
By Loveness Mlambo
THE Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) yesterday alleged
that the
2002 November "O" and "A" Level examinations were the worst managed
since the
Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) took over the
process from
Cambridge University, a British institution.
For the first
time since the examinations were localised, the marking
of "O" and "A" Level
examinations could not be completed in December of that
year, said the PTUZ.
It said that Zimsec took full control of the
examinations in 1998 and 2002,
respectively. Before Zimsec took over, it was
working in collaboration with
the Cambridge University. An extension of the
marking period had to be
declared from 3 to 11 January 2003 at Zesa Training
Centre in Harare, where
all unmarked papers had to be allocated to markers,
PTUZ president Takavafira
Zhou said. He said the marking of 2002
examinations was marred by low turnout
of examiners.
Zhou, a former Zimsec examiner, said PTUZ had received
reports from
teachers complaining about the conditions they were working
under during the
marking period and some had withdrawn from the exercise last
year.
He said the teachers' strike last year saw some seasoned
markers being
suspended and these did not participate in the exercise. Zhou
said: "Out of
500 teachers called to mark the "O" Level Shona Paper 2 at
Mutare Teachers'
College, only 250 turned up. "Sixty-three turned down the
offer to mark "O"
Level Mathematics at the United College in Bulawayo. It is
very likely that
they resorted to what I can call a helicopter view of
marking." A poor
response also affected the "A" Level examinations with 10
out of 17
Literature in English markers participating in the exercise at
Msasa
Management Training Bureau, the PTUZ said. The allocations were not
finished
on time and the markers had to be recalled in January to mark 1 500
scripts
that had not been allocated to anyone, said Zhou. "If marking is
done
rigorously and efficiently, an 'A' Level examiner should mark 15
scripts,
while an 'O' Level marker should go through 25 scripts a day." Zhou
said
because of the low turnout, there was shoddy marking with "A" Level
markers
ending up marking 56 scripts, while "O" Level examiners had up to 60
scripts
a day. The entering of the results by Zimsec was also shambolic in
some
cases. When the "A" Level results were released early this month, 30
Guinea
Fowl High School students had their results missing. Officials at
Zimsec on
Monday refused to comment on the allegations raised by PTUZ, saying
they
were in a meeting.
Daily News
Mudede refuses to release voters' rolls
2/26/2003 7:31:07 AM (GMT +2)
By Pedzisai Ruhanya Deputy News
Editor
TOBAIWA Mudede, the Registrar-General, has reportedly
refused to give
the MDC's candidates in the looming Kuwadzana and Highfield
by-elections
copies of the main voters' and supplementary rolls, raising
fears the whole
exercise may be rigged.
The by-elections
are scheduled for 28 and 29 March. This comes in the
wake of a letter written
to the opposition party on 3 February by one
Goredema on Mudede's behalf. The
letter, titled Supplementary Roll for
Kuwadzana Constituency, addressed to
Nomore Sibanda, the MDC national
elections co-ordinator, reads in part:
"Reference is made to your letter
dated 28 January 2003 on the above
underlined matter whose contents we have
noted. "We write to inquire in terms
of which law you are claiming a copy of
the supplementary roll. In any case,
we do not have a copy of the
supplementary roll for Kuwadzana constituency."
The respective MDC
candidates for Kuwadzana and Highfield, Nelson Chamisa and
Pearson Mungofa,
on Monday tried to meet Mudede in a bid to have access to
the voters' rolls
but were denied audience.
As a result, Chamisa
yesterday threatened to take court action to have
the process stopped until
Mudede avails the voters' rolls to him before the
poll date. Chamisa said:
"If Mudede does not give us the voters' roll, there
will be no election in
Kuwadzana. We want to move away from complaining
after we have been cheated
as has previously happened. It is not necessary
to have an election that is
predetermined. "It is sad that Mudede is denying
us the voters' rolls while
the ruling Zanu PF's candidates are using them as
registers to discriminately
distribute maize-meal. We are going to resist
moves to rig the elections."
Mungofa said they were shocked by Mudede's
attitude.
He said: "I
went with Chamisa to see Mudede, but he refused to have an
audience with us.
He was very stubborn and we do not know his intentions."
Mungofa said
officials from Mudede's office refused to give him the
inspection roll for
Highfield, arguing that they were still working on it.
The two opposition
candidates said they wanted to inspect the voters' rolls
following reports
that Zanu PF was busy registering outsiders from as far as
Hurungwe and
Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe.
Mungofa alleged that Joseph Chinotimba, the
Zanu PF candidate in
Highfield, was secretly registering people from outside
the constituency. He
said: "I am going to take up the case with my party
seniors to make sure
that people from Hurungwe are not allowed to vote in
Highfield. The
intention to rig the poll is there. That's why we are being
denied access to
public documents which are readily available to Zanu
PF."
But Chinotimba dismissed the allegations as false, saying:
"Mungofa is
not telling the truth. That's rubbish." Chamisa said his party
also wanted
to verify allegations that at least 15 people from outside
Kuwadzana were
registered at the homes of Zanu PF activists. Chamisa is
contesting against
Zanu PF's David Mutasa. "In the absence of these voters'
rolls, we have
reasonable suspicion that Mudede is conniving with Zanu PF to
steal the
election. If that is not his intention, then he must operate in
a
transparent manner. "But let it be known to him that we will not
allow
people from Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe to vote in Kuwadzana and
Highfield,"
Chamisa said. In January, the MDC alleged that it had unearthed
hundreds of
phantom and non-resident voters in Kuwadzana, with 10 000 new
names from
outside the constituency being added to the voters' roll since the
March
2002 presidential election. The MDC's campaign manager in
Kuwadzana,
Charlton Hwende, told The Financial Gazette a further 150 people
registered
actually live in Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe in Mashonaland East
province. Some
of the new voters were traced to Dzivaresekwa, close to
Kuwadzana, while
others were from Epworth just outside Harare, and Seke
communal lands.
JAG OPEN LETTER FORUM
Email: justice@telco.co.zw; justiceforagriculture@zol.co.zw
Internet:
www.justiceforagriculture.com
Please
send any material for publication in the Open Letter Forum to
justice@telco.co.zw with "For Open Letter
Forum" in the subject
line.
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Prelude
text: The first letter tonight is directed at the CFU leadership
concerning
their dialogue route and their response to the recent Genocide
report
(summarized in our communiqué on the 21st of February 2003). The
last two
letters concern the current situation in Chiredzi, characterized
by
intimidation and illegal attempts to acquire land and equipment.
These
letters, plus tonight's Sitrep, show that despite government's
assertions,
the land reform program is not over and the rule of law has not
returned to
farming
regions.
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Letter
1: Kerry Kay
CFU President and Director
Dear Colin and
Hendrik
With regards to CFU's dialogue and dealing, we, as do the
majority of other
farmers and citizens of Zimbabwe believe that now is
without any doubt the
time to say "enough is enough, and you, the CFU, under
the circumstances
and in the light of what is still happening, can no longer
remain in
dialogue with this regime."
If you want a consensus then you
owe it to the few remaining farmers on the
land and to the majority who have
lost almost everything, to call a meeting
and take on board what the farmers
both in situ and displaced want. As Iain
said in a letter to you Colin (to
which he has had no acknowledgement!), it
is time to make a tactical
withdrawal out of dialogue and dealing. Not to
do so will leave the CFU, and
you as individuals, complicit in what has
happened and is still happening and
what is still to come - there is no
shadow of doubt that in the eyes of
Zimbabweans CFU is seen as an arm or
wing of the elitist ruling
party.
I would appreciate a reply and your comments on the Genocide
report.
Kind regards,
Kerry
Kay
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Letter
2: Peter Henning p.p. Sheleen Addison
Mr. K Sithole
South African High
Commission in Zimbabwe
Harare
Dear Mr. Sithole
RE: HOLDING 36,
HIPPO VALLEY ESTATES (GREIG HENNING)
HOLDING 40, HIPPO VALLEY ESTATES (PETER
HENNING)
Mr. Peter Henning is currently in Harare with his Attorneys and
he has
requested me to e-mail the information contained herein:-
I have
recently started working for Mr. Henning and am sending this from my
home
computer, as we are unable to return to the farm offices.
1. The
situation has taken a few steps backwards regarding the tenure by
the
Hennings' of their properties. The Section 5's do not exist, as you
know,
and hence the Section 8's are not valid. Nonetheless, as Mr. P
Henning
discussed with you, it would strengthen your hand if these Orders
were set
aside once more in the High Court. Therefore, he is in Harare to
keep the
pressure up on his attorneys.
2. The conditions are generally becoming
quite tense on the sugar farms,
which are 60% owned by the Mauritian
community, with an indeterminate
number of South Africans, both groups
enjoying protection from their
countries of origin. The threat of "Jambanji
(sp)" has become a reality it
seems with a new and concerted push - please
refer to previous
correspondence last week informing you that there would be
such a push
around the 24th & 25th February.
The Hennings seem to be
under particular pressure being targeted at
present, irrespective of the
assurances given to you by the Zimbabwean
Authorities.
3. This
morning (Monday February 24) Greig Henning, who was at the ZRP
offices in
Chiredzi, was told to proceed to his Farm Holding 36. There he
met a
gathering consisting of Governor Hungwe, District Administrator
Sanjobo,
DISPOL Ncube, Provincial Land Officer Mutero, A2 plot aspirant K
Kanda and
various ex-combatants.
The Governor was the spokesman, he demanded that
Greig return all the
agricultural equipment including implements, pumps &
motors etc to the
property. The pumps etc we removed last year, quite
legally in the absence
of any Section 8, & stored for safety due to the
theft and harassment by
Kanda. Irrigation piping was also removed as it had
become impossible to
irrigate with pipes being stolen continuously. Other
farmers in the area
also removed their piping for the same
reasons.
Governor Hungwe ignored Greig's explanation that there was no
Section 5 &
hence the Section 8 was not valid. He also discounted the
explanation for
the removed irrigation equipment. He demanded against he the
tractors etc
be returned to the Holding 36 yards. He stated that the
exercise of
'Setting Aside' Section 5 & Section 8 was now water under the
bridge and no
longer of any consequence. He further stated that he was
looking forward
with "new laws" in hand and that any court findings would be
meaningless to
him. As you can imagine, his illogical idea that we would
readily return
all our implements and equipment, has furiously flabbergasted
us.
4. Farm Holding 40 is expected to come under similar pressure. This
is
where most of Greig's equipment is stored and there are also
sophisticated
workshops, an office block and housing. These are all fully
equipped and
furnished. If the aforementioned trend comes into being, it is
possible
this could be vandalised by the ubiquitous 'Green
Bombers'.
5. It is feared that the Government utterances will give rise
to a
crisis of expectations amongst those who aspire to the properties. It
is
also feared that there could be theft, damage and vandalisation unless
this
extraordinary trend is halted immediately.
6. Please consider
the situation as grave. These are small, highly
intensive properties with
expensive infrastructures, as you have seen for
yourself in October. Whereas
diplomatic wheels turn slowly, you are urged
to call on the protection
promised by the Zimbabwe Authorities for the
South African Operatives. It is
particularly urgent since damage could be
irrepressible and violence could
ensue.
7. Greig Henning is spending time this afternoon at the ZRP
station in
order to try to get assurances that there will be no eviction or
damage to
the property of either owner's equipment or structures (however
strongly
motivated at a local level).
Your assistance in this urgent
plea would be appreciated.
Yours sincerely
Peter Henning
p.p.
Sheleen
Addison
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Letter
3: Gerry Whitehead
24th February 2003,
Dear Sir,
At about 11.30
am, Whitro Eng in Chiredzi had a visit from the Prov.
Governor Hungwe with
Several members of the CIO, Army and DISPOL Snr. Chief
Insp.Ncube of
Chiredzi. They drove into my yard and walked over to the
equipment that I
have been storing for several farmers. About 10 minutes
later Chief Insp.
Ncube came to my office and informed me that Gov. Hungwe
wished to meet me
outside. I went outside and walked up to him, he put out
his hand to shake
hands; I could not bring myself to shake hands with him,
which made him very
angry. I was threatened and told to leave the country,
I did not feel that I
needed to listen to that kind of rubbish so turned my
back on them and went
down to my workshop stores. About 10 minutes later
they came down to the
stores and threatened me again calling me a
racialist, one of the CIO said
that it was against the law to store the
farmers equipment, I answered that
it was not against the law. I was asked
how long had I lived in Zimbabwe and
that it would be better for me to
leave now. I asked him if he was
threatening me and he said yes he was.
This was in front of DISPOL Chief
Inspector Ncube, who made no comment.
The Governor and his entourage left
and then proceeded to Farm 36. This is
a copy of a letter I received from Mr
GR Henning, owner of farm 36 earlier
this morning.
I am a farmer aged
32 without a valid section 5 or section 8 farming sugar
in Chiredzi, and a
single farm owner.
At mid-morning on the 24th February 2003, I was
advised by one CIO and one
Police officer that Gov. Hungwe and his delegates
were visiting farm 54 and
would soon be meeting on my property, farm 36. I
was told to round up all
the supervisors and new farm owners for the
meeting. Instead of meeting
him at the shed I was summonsed by the police
officer to drive to my pump
station, were I met Gov. Hungwe, a few army
personal, local DISPOL, local
DA, members of the Ministry of Lands Masvingo
Province and Kanda, a
prominent squatter who had organised my previous
assault and abduction and
many of the other squatters with land offer
letters. Gov. Hungwe was not
interested in finding out what the problems
were with regard to the sect.5
sect. 8 withdrawal papers and current High
Court injunctions on some of the
squatters. He interpreted the law as he saw
fit. Such as ordering me to
return my pumps and motors to irrigate fields,
that I had abandoned due to
increased theft of overhead irrigation
equipment. He called me a liar when
I told him why I had removed the pump
and motor. He asked me about some
land that I had recently ploughed and
again called me a liar when I told
him of the maize that I had wished to
plant there, apart from the 12 Ha
already planted for the farm workers. I
asked him to read my sect.5 and
sect. 8 withdrawal papers, which I tried to
give him, I said I was as free
as a bird, one of his colleges said "Well why
don't you fly away", but he
was not interested and said that was water under
the bridge and a mere
technicality. I was ordered to put back my irrigation
equipment
immediately. I was unable to convince him that the farm still
legally
belonged to me and would not allow me to continue such a
conversation. A
man by the name of Fajo said: "Young man, if you do not move
from this
farm, we are going to kill you." He is apparently a squatter and
owns a
funeral service in Chiredzi. When the meeting ended and I was walking
to
my vehicle, I received several derogatory comments such as: "If you
stay
here we are going to fix you, you will see what
happens."
Subsequently to today's issues, I have now been summonsed to
the Police
station to give a statement as to why I have farmers equipment in
my yard.
They intend charging me with some kind of theft according to the
police.
Gerry
Whitehead
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Daily News
MDC activist in court on kidnapping charge
2/26/2003 7:37:29 AM (GMT +2)
Court Reporter
MATHIAS Chabwara, an MDC activist charged with kidnapping Robert
Mataga, the
Zanu PF chairman for Budiriro, was yesterday remanded to 11
March on
$1 000 bail by a Harare Magistrate.
Prosecutor Chifarai
Dube said that on 24 February last year Chabwara
and some MDC youths who are
still at large went to Mataga's house in
Budiriro. It is alleged that when
they got there they demanded to see some
Zanu PF youths who had allegedly
assaulted them. Magistrate Garikayi Churu
heard that when Mataga failed to
immediately reveal the whereabouts of the
youths, the accused then kidnapped
Mataga. Mataga was allegedly taken to one
Nhemachena's residence, another MDC
activist, and was locked in his house
for two hours. Mataga, however, managed
to escape and subsequently reported
the matter to the police. The police
arrested Chabwara, the suspected
ring-leader of the group, the State alleged.
Chibwara will appear in court
on 20 August for trial. He is represented by
Harare lawyer Simbarashe
Muzenda.
Daily News
UZ lecturers' strike continues
2/26/2003
7:43:31 AM (GMT +2)
Staff Reporter
The University
of Zimbabwe (UZ) failed to open for lectures for the
second day running
yesterday after striking lecturers vowed to continue with
their industrial
action until the government addresses their grievances.
Student leaders at the campus immediately backed the actions of
the
lecturers. Pilani Zamchiya, the vice-president of UZ Students'
Executive
Council, said: "We are now left with one option, if lecturers do
not go back
to work on Monday next week, we will definitely take to the
streets." The
lecturers are demanding a 50 percent retention allowance on
their basic
salaries. The university was scheduled to open for the 2003
academic year on
Monday. A member of the Association of University Teachers
said they would
only return to work if they get the right offer from the
government. Efforts
to get comment from the UZ director of
information,
Elizabeth Karonga, yesterday on the outcome of the senate
meeting held
on Monday, were fruitless.
Said one lecturer: "The
situation has remained the same although the
senate met. They only said they
were aware lecturers wanted money, but there
were no profound resolutions
made." Zamchiya said: "We are fully behind our
lecturers. The impasse between
the lecturers and the government must be
resolved without creating
inconveniences and prejudices to the students. "It
is unheard of and very
unethical for the responsible authorities to ignore
the plight of lecturers.
"Last year we did not write our examinations
because of another strike by the
lecturers and now history is repeating
itself. "It now takes almost a year to
complete a semester, when it's
supposed to last three months. This problem
must be solved now."
Last year the university had to be closed
early after the lecturers
ignored calls by Dr Swithun Mombeshora, the
Minister of Higher Education and
Tertiary Education, to call off their
strike. They were then demanding a
cost of living adjustment of at least 80
percent as well as substantial
increases in housing and transport
allowances.
Daily News
15 Nagg members detained by police
2/26/2003 7:38:22 AM (GMT +2)
Chief Reporter
FIFTEEN members of the National Alliance for Good Governance (NAGG)
were on
Saturday detained for over three hours at Machipisa Police Station
as
campaigning hots up ahead of the Highfield by-election.
President Mugabe fixed 29 and 30 March as the dates for the
by-election in
Highfield and Kuwadzana constituencies. Rabson Maserema, NAGG
's
spokesperson, said the 15 were charged for allegedly contravening
provisions
of the draconian Public Order and Security Act (POSA). Said
Maserema: "Our
supporters paid fines after they were accused of being part
of an illegal
gathering. "We had called for the rally at Gazaland without
seeking police
clearance because we feel it is not necessary. We are trying
to do away with
that piece of legislation because under POSA, it is
impossible to hold a
political gathering." He said the police on Monday
insisted the party should
surrender all documents pertaining to its
activities.
"But we
are not going to do that," Maserema said. "We are not going to
be deterred by
their intimidatory tactics." The police have blocked similar
attempts by the
MDC to hold political meetings throughout the country. The
Highfield seat
fell vacant in December after the expulsion of Munyaradzi
Gwisai from the MDC
for continuously criticising the party's policies. The
Kuwadzana seat is up
for grabs following the death of Learnmore Jongwe in
mysterious circumstances
in Harare Remand Prison while awaiting trial for
the alleged murder of his
wife, Rutendo. Nelson Chamisa, 24, MDC's national
youth chairman, was in
December unanimously elected the MDC candidate for
the Kuwadzana seat while
his colleague, Pearson Mungofa, will contest the
Highfield seat against
Everisto Chidhakwa (NAGG).
David Mutasa will represent Zanu PF in
Kuwadzana while controversial
war veteran leader, Joseph Chinotimba, is
contesting the Highfield
seat.Kempton Chiwewete of NAGG will stand in
Kuwadzana while Gwisai will
stand as an independent candidate in
Highfield.
Business Day
Zimbabwe doubles fuel
price
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HARARE
- The Zimbabwean government has nearly doubled fuel prices, according
to
figures released by state radio.
The less expensive and commonly used brand
of petrol went up by slightly
more than 91% to $2.64 (E2.45) per litre, with
the hikes effective from
midnight on Tuesday.
Energy Minister Amos
Midzi gave rise in fuel price on international markets
and increases in
operational costs like freight charges as reasons for
Tuesday's
hike.
Zimbabwe, which imports all its petroleum products, is facing an
acute
shortage of foreign exchange and has been experiencing fuel shortages
since
December 1999.
The government last hiked fuel prices in June
2001, when prices increased up
to 82% and sparked national
protests.
Sapa-AFP
VOA
Once a Grain Exporter, Zimbabwe Now Depends on Food
Aid
Challiss McDonough
Chivi, Zimbabwe
25 Feb 2003, 21:33 UTC
More than half the population of Zimbabwe is in danger of starving.
Experts blame a combination of drought and bad economic and agricultural
policies for the food crisis in a country that used to export food to its
neighbors. VOA's Challiss McDonough visited a World Food Program distribution
center near the town of Chivi, in south-central Zimbabwe.
AP
Four donkeys careen down a dusty road outside the town of
Chivi, pulling an empty cart behind them. The owner of the donkey cart is making
money today, carrying sacks of maize and beans for families who are receiving
their monthly food rations from the U.N. World Food Program.
People who do
not have money to hire a donkey cart, have to carry their food home in a
wheelbarrow, if they are lucky, or balanced on top of their heads.
Mirirai
Virukai, 52, is using her rations to feed a family of 11, including five of her
orphaned grandchildren.
Mrs. Virukai says in a normal year, she can usually
harvest two or three tons of maize on her land. But this year, she says, she is
not expecting to get any crop at all.
A visitor to the area notices
immediately that the cornfields are incredibly stunted and dry. This time of
year, the stalks would normally be about two meters tall. This year, most of
them are less than half that size. Some have already dried up and died.
AP
Zimbabweans line up to receive relief aid distributed by the
World Food Program
The corn should be ready for harvest in March and April,
but in this part of the country at least, there will not be much to harvest.
Zimbabwe used to be considered the breadbasket of the region. Two years ago,
it was a net exporter of grain. The U.N. World Food Program had an office in
Harare, but only so it could buy grain to distribute in neighboring countries.
This year, the tables are turned. The World Food Program says it is
struggling to import enough grain for all the hungry people in Zimbabwe. WFP
officials say they are feeding roughly two-thirds of the population in the rural
parts of the country, including here in Masvingo province.
But the Zimbabwe
food shortage is not only about bad harvests. Not far from the WFP food
distribution center, Catherine Sagiya, 55, works as a nurse at the local clinic.
"You know the situation these days," she says. "There is nobody who can say,
oh, I am all right! Because things are becoming hard."
Mrs. Sagiya is a
30-year veteran of the public health service, and her take home salary is 65,000
Zimbabwe dollars a month, or roughly $65 U.S. at the black market rate. Still,
in normal times, she might be able to live fairly well on that. But not in
Zimbabwe today. These days, it is not just the unemployed who are going hungry.
Because she has a job, Mrs. Sagiya does not qualify for food aid. But, she
points out, even though she has money, there is simply no food in the stores to
buy.
"We don't have anywhere to buy," she says. "You know food is not
everywhere nowadays! We just keep the money."
With a wry smile, nurse Sagiya
says she cannot eat money. The last time she was able to buy cornmeal was two
months ago. She has found herself asking the clinic patients if they have any
food to spare for her.
Her story is not unusual. But how did the situation
get this bad? Zimbabwe's food crisis is a complex one.
This is the second
year of drought in Zimbabwe, and the third year of the country's controversial
land-reform program that saw white-owned commercial farms seized, split up and
distributed to landless blacks. Many had little or no farming experience, and no
collateral to borrow money to get their crops planted. Some were political
cronies of President Robert Mugabe.
Experts say erratic rainfall has
combined with the upheaval in the commercial agricultural sector to virtually
bring food production to a halt.
AIDS has also contributed to the problem.
Roughly one-quarter of Zimbabwean adults have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
The disease is killing off members of the middle generation who would normally
be the most productive, whether on the farms or in the cities, leaving a legacy
of AIDS orphans and overburdened grandmothers.
In addition, the Zimbabwean
government has imposed price controls that University of Zimbabwe economist Tony
Hawkins says are not realistic.
"Food prices continue to go up very
rapidly," he says. "Even with all the price control on just about every food, I
think food prices were up over three percent last month alone. It doesn't sound
like a lot, but price controls were supposed to come in and stop this kind of
thing from happening. In fact, prices should have gone down if you took the
price control seriously, and they didn't."
The government imposed price
controls in an effort to keep food affordable for average Zimbabweans, while
inflation was skyrocketing at a rate of more than 200 percent. But because many
basic food supplies, for example, sugar and salt, are imported, the rate of
exchange for foreign currency comes into play.
Until last week, the
Zimbabwean dollar was pegged at 55 to $1 U.S. That was the official rate, at
least. On the black market, one U.S. dollar could get between 1,000 and 1,500
Zimbabwe dollars, more than 25 times the official rate.
Shopkeepers and
other businesspeople who want to sell imported goods need to buy them in hard
currency, like U.S. dollars or euros. They get that hard currency at the
black-market rate. But the price controls mean they often cannot sell the
products at a high enough price to even cover their cost.
The result is that
many basic goods have simply disappeared from the shelves. Grocery stores in
Harare, Bulawayo and Masvingo have no bread, no salt, no sugar, no cooking oil
and, most of all, no cornmeal, the staple food of most Zimbabweans.
When
scare foods do arrive in stores, people line up for hours, if not days, to buy
them. A VOA reporter in Harare saw about 2,000 people waiting at one store to
buy sugar. Bread lines are commonplace. To prevent hoarding, there is a limit on
the number of loaves one person can buy.
But the more common solution is to
get around the price controls by selling value-added goods. Plain bread, for
example, is price-controlled, but shopkeepers can charge higher prices for
raisin bread, even if it only has a few raisins in it. A bakery VOA visited in
Bulawayo has no regular bread, but plenty of pies, pastries and specialty rolls,
all far too expensive for most Zimbabweans to afford.
Last week, the
government finally bent to pressure from economists and agreed to devalue the
Zimbabwe dollar. The official exchange rate is now 800-to-one. But Mr. Hawkins
believes that will not make much difference in the end. He says unless the
government's core economic policies change, food prices will keep going up, and
food lines will keep forming.
There is a joke making the rounds in Zimbabwe
that points to how serious the situation has become. The joke goes, Zimbabweans
have the highest IQ's in the world - I queue for maize, I queue for petrol, I
queue for bread, I queue for everything.
Hoovers
Zimbabwe: Power firm said struggling to renew contracts with
regional
suppliers
February 25, 2003
7:39pm
February
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority
(ZESA) is struggling to renew its
contracts with regional power companies to
augment the country's limited
supplies and avert looming load sheddings and
serious shortages.
It is understood ZESA is battling to renew the crucial
electricity contracts
before they expire at the end of the year.
ZESA
management services officer Daniel Maviva said that his company was
already
negotiating for a new contract with SA power utility Eskom.
He said ZESA
was also in talks with Eskom about a management contract for
the
administration of Zimbabwe's Hwange power station.
"We are currently
negotiating for a new contract with Eskom to supply us
with power," he
said.
"Our management contract with Eskom expired last, year and we are
also
trying to renew it"
Zimbabwe imports about 50 per cent of its
electricity needs from Eskom,
Mozambique's Cahora Bassa and Snel in the
Democratic Republic of Congo.
However, official documents indicate the
regional power companies have of
late reduced supplies to Zimbabwe due to
non-payment.
Eskom, to which ZESA owed about five million dollars last
year, decided to
classify ZESA as "an interruptible customer", which means
supplies can be
reduced or even cut at any time.
In addition, Eskom
has decided to raise its tariffs for supplies to ZESA by
12,596 until the
Zimbabwean economic situation has improved.
The Zimbabwean equivalent of
Eskom arrears was, however, deposited into an
account at the Jewel Bank and
was awaiting transfer.
Cahora Bassa decided to reduce electricity
supplies to ZESA from 30 June
last year due to non-payment.
ZESA owed
the Mozambican company 6.7m dollars. An arrangement last year to
pay the debt
at a rate of 1.5m dollars a week collapsed because ZESA could
not raise the
foreign currency to clear the arrears.
A debt swap agreement, which once
allowed ZESA to settle debts with Cahora
Bassa in local currency, has been
terminated.
Snel has been demanding payment in foreign currency since
April last year.
To make matters worse, ZESA'S operations have been
seriously affected by the
acute foreign exchange shortages.
Local
electricity production, which used to be 55 per cent of
Zimbabwe's
consumption, has also been reduced due to problems at Wankie
Colliery
Company.
Wankie Colliery is owed 300m Zimbabwean dollars by
ZESA and 1.6bn Zimbabwean
dollars by the Zimbabwe Iron & Steel
Company.
This has worsened Wankie's cash-flow crisis and reduced its
supplies to ZESA
to a point where it constitutes a risk to the
economy.
According to Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries, by December
last year,
ZESA'S debt to regional power utilities exceeded 143m
dollars.
The confederation warned that load shedding was "inevitable,
given reduced
electricity imports and limited local generation
capacity".
ZESA is in talks with an Indian financial institution to
borrow 350m dollars
to settle its debt and import machinery spare
parts.
The Southern African Power Pool arrangement prohibits a country
from
importing power from another member of the group to make up for
supplies
forfeited through failure to pay debts.
Source: Business Day,
Johannesburg, in English 25 Feb 03 p 15
/© BBC
Monitoring
Publication: BBC Monitoring International
Reports
Distributed by Financial Times Information Limited - Asia
Africa
Intelligence Wire
Copyright © 2003 BBC Monitoring
International Reports. All Rights Reserved.
VOA
Zimbabwe's Mugabe Attacks Bush, Blair As Imperialists
VOA
News
26 Feb 2003, 00:30 UTC
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has
accused President Bush and British
Prime Minister Tony Blair of trying to
impose their will on weaker nations.
In a speech at the Non-Aligned
summit meeting in Malaysia Tuesday, the
Zimbabwean leader said Mr. Bush and
Mr. Blair are imperialists imposing a
new form of colonialism on Third World
countries.
Mr. Mugabe said the United States and the Western powers have
set double
standards for themselves and others. He said the United States is
pushing to
disarm Iraq without taking a similar step to disarm itself of
weapons of
mass destruction.
Mr. Mugabe said the sole superpower, the
United States, is joined by Britain
which he called a "born-again
colonialist." He said the two countries have
turned themselves into, in his
words, "hunting bulldogs as they sniff for
Third World blood."
The
United States and Britain have been among the harshest critics of
Mr.
Mugabe's land policy that seized white-owned farmers for landless
blacks.
They also criticized him over the alleged rigging of a presidential
election
last year that returned the Zimbabwean leader to
office.
White House National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice told VOA
that the
behavior of Mugabe's government before and during last year's
election was
not appropriate and can not be accepted in the modern world. Mr.
Mugabe said
his position as a president is more legitimate than that of Mr.
Bush who, he
said, became president because of a decision of "the Republican
dominated
Supreme Court."
VOA
US National Security Advisor: Mugabe Cannot
Continue to Oppress Zimbabweans
Scott Stearns
White House
26
Feb 2003, 01:02 UTC
Zimbabwean
President Robert Mugabe says President Bush is trying to impose his will on
weaker nations. The White House says Mr. Mugabe's economic mismanagement is
making life worse for the Zimbabwean people.
In a speech at the Non-Aligned summit in Malaysia
Tuesday, Mr. Mugabe said President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair
are imperialists engaged in what he calls a "new form of colonialism" over
developing countries.
The Zimbabwean leader said Mr. Bush and Mr. Blair
have turned themselves into what he calls "hunting bulldogs as they sniff for
Third World blood."
The United States and Britain have been some of the
harshest critics of the Mugabe government's seizure of white-owned farms, as
well as the alleged rigging of last year's presidential elections, which kept
Mr. Mugabe in power.
 |
 |
| Condoleezza Rice during an
exclusive VOA interview |
|
White House
National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice emphasized the international
community must make clear to President Mugabe that he cannot continue to oppress
his own people.
"The world needs to unite and send a strong message
to Zimbabwe that the appalling behavior of the Mugabe government, not just in
the way that the elections were handled but in everything leading-up to the
elections, is really not condoned or appropriate and can not be accepted in the
modern world," she said.
President Mugabe drew protests at a Franco-African
summit in Paris last week when French President Jacques Chirac got a waiver of a
European Union travel ban prohibiting the Zimbabwean leader from visiting
Europe.
In an interview with VOA, Ms. Rice said it was a
"very bad thing" for France to host President Mugabe, but she noted it was a
French meeting, so it is their decision.
More important, she added, Mr. Mugabe's poor human
rights record and economic mismanagement is making life worse for Zimbabweans at
a time when President Bush is increasing development assistance to reward
African countries investing in health and education, good governance, and
economic reform.
"Mugabe is the exact opposite of that," said Ms.
Rice. "And so not only Europe and the United States, but also the African
countries themselves need to stand up and say that this is simply unacceptable
in the 21st century."
For President Mugabe, Washington is guilty of setting
double standards by pushing to disarm Iraq without taking similar steps to
give-up U.S. weapons of mass destruction.
East London Dispatch
NAM criticised for Zim stance
JOHANNESBURG --
Two of South Africa's opposition parties yesterday branded
the Non-Aligned
Movement a "disgrace" for its support of the
Zimbabwean
government.
"The behaviour of the leadership of the
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Kuala
Lumpur is a disgrace to the developing
world," DA leader Tony Leon said.
"Far from standing up and defending the
principles of democracy and human
rights, the NAM is ... supporting one of
the most pitiless dictators in its
ranks, (Zimbabwean) President Robert
Mugabe."
African Christian Democratic Party president Kenneth Meshoe said
NAM had
given Mugabe "a unanimous vote of confidence" in spite of the human
rights
abuses his government was perpetrating in that country.
The
NAM, a group of 116 mostly developing nations of the world, closed its
summit
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, yesterday with a declaration expressing
support
for Zimbabwe's seizure of white-owned farms and giving them to
blacks who
support Mugabe. -- Sapa
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Kariba:
house for occasional letting. Consists of 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Fully furnished and equipped, swimming pool
and double lock-up garage, walled and serviced.
House is located in Baobab Ridge.
Tel Ben Kaschula on Harare 498121 or at CFU
309800.
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Upmarket
two bed-roomed garden flat with courtyard, self-contained garage, in small
complex for sale in Mandara, Harare.
Please
contact Carrie Wilson on 747935
(evenings).
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House
to share in Highlands. Fully furnished. Suit single lady or gentleman, available
immediately.
Phone:
Ben on 309800 (Bus) or 498121 (Home).
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Ø COMPUTERS
RD
COMPUTERS
We
offer a personal and efficient service for all your computer requirements,
including: -
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upgrades
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hardware and software sales
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maintenance contracts
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trouble shooting
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repairs
Please
call Gus McTiernan at RD Computers on 091 347 961 or email rdc@zol.co.zw for
further details.
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LEARN
HOW TO USE YOUR COMPUTER in a safe, friendly and pleasant environment, by the
real professionals in the field. If you
need to start right at the beginning, expand your existing knowledge or learn
something new, then contact us to book a place on one of our many courses on
offer. Enrol for the ICDL course to gain
an internationally recognised certificate in just 12 days. Join others in a classroom situation or book
the trainer for a one-to-one either at your place or our offices. WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU! For more information, phone Sutherland
Computers on 732286 or 726476/9 or E-Mail us on : suth@mweb.co.zw Stay on track . . . .
TRAIN!
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Ø FOR
SALE
Toyota
Land cruiser pick up, 1997 model in good condition.
Offers.
phone
Leon : 091 237 296.
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CAR
FOR SALE: FIAT 124 SPORT 1600cc Personally maintained. Very special car.$2 500
000
BOAT
FOR SALE: PIRANHA 75hp Mercury (1992 285hrs) Extras. $5 000 000
Phone:
Peter Hickman: 300443 Cell: 011 403 765
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1996
Mazda T35 very
low mileage. $18 million o.n.c.o. Tel 057-2403. e-mail
nethers@utande.co.zw
AE82
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TOYOTA
FOR SALE
Toyota
Corolla sedan (1500cc diesel) 1992.
Genuine mileage 133 500km, radio/tape, alarm. In excellent condition. $5 million or nearest cash offer. Phone Rob van Vuuren 490771 (h), 309861 (w),
011 203 822.
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Brand
new Isuzu double cabs and pick-ups.
Brand
new Opel Astra sedans.
Good
quality used cars and pick-ups.
Phone;
Mitch Green 011 211
911.
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Partnership
shares for sale in lucrative established hardware/engineering company in
Francistown. Only serious buyers
Contact. P Bag F83, Francistown,
Botswana.
AE90
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Picture
frame factory in Bluff Hill. Asking
price $ 7 million. Phone : Ken Caithness
on 332373. E-Mail : caithnessken@zol.co.zw
AD100
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Hino 8
tonne lorry for sale. Bulk sides. Motor is sound. Contact :
334802-4.
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Suzuki
125 farm bike. Good condition. Recent overhaul. Contact : 023 782 824 or
496672.
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25000
tobacco clips for sale. Contact : 023
782 824 or 496672.
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Ø WANTED
WANTED:
Small hand or pto driven maize sheller.
John
Tayler
Chiredzi
Fx/Ph
263 (0)31 2653mobile 263 091 631 556
NP
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CRICKET
BATS
Cricket
bats, old, cast-off bats from your youth or your son's cricketing days would be
gratefully received by Watershed College,
Marondera.
We
need bats primarily for U14 and U15 boys as part of the cricket equipment
essential to coaching cricket effectively.
Smaller
bats would be received gratefully by Lendy Park Primary School,
Marondera.
A
drop-off point could be arranged in Harare or
Marondera.
Your
bats would be really appreciated by the coaches of the
games.
If
you can help, please contact Chris Green at Watershed College on wshed@icon.co.zw.
AE99
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Wanted: Cattle gun that works! Motorola radios. Phone 091 331 610, 067-22084, 067-23112, 011
808 262.
AE84
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Wanted: Second hand swimming pool fence. Telephone Jo on 301289 or 011 412
901.
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SMALL
RELIABLE RUNABOUT VEHICLE FOR OLD COUPLE.
PHONE ROB VAN VUUREN 490771 (H), 309861 (W), 011 203
822.
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Wanted:
1 x 1 tonne p/up 2wd LWB Toyota/Isuzu/Mitsubishi;
31"
tilita clips W or N;
31"
slat packs preferably pine.
Contact
011 208 089.
AE96
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Second
hand back pack and warm coat/s. Phone :
303673 (After
hours)
or 091 338 047.
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Irrigation
Equipment Wanted : Institutional
cash buyer wants large quantity of irrigation equipment or complete systems,
either on farm or in storage. Systems held by settlers will be considered.
Contact: Water Affairs Exec. @ CFU.
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Wanted
: Old letters (intact) with stamps. Any
old douments from Rhodesian days.
Includes contracts, maps, railway tickets, anything prior to 1980. E-Mail : caithnessken@zol.co.zw
AD100
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Wanted:
1. Old
solid wood furniture e.g. Oak or Teak
items.
2. Portable
car port, preferably 2 car size with shade cloth
cover.
3. Old
Belgian or Persian carpets.
4. Old
silver plate tableware e.g. candelabra and old
brassware.
Phone
Ben Kashula on 309800 (Bus) or 498121 (Home) or Sheila Mumford on
495699.
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Second
Hand Asbestos Roofing Sheets, Wheat straw delivered to Harare (a couple of truck
loads). Please Phone Nick on 011 213 188 / 304310
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Any
old camping equipment e.g. paraffin pressure lamps, folding chairs etc. Phone
Ben on 309800 (Bus) or 498121 (Home).
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Ø HOLIDAY
& TRAVEL
Kariba
- Warthogs Bush Camp. . Simple self cater accomm nestled in Mopane bush
on lakeshore for up to 20 people. 'A' frame bashas and a family dorm. Splash
pool, bar. Boat launching nearby. 3km from Kariba shops and fuel (!!) From
$1,000 p.p or have the whole camp to yourselves for 1/2 term or Easter for
$18,500/night.
