VOA
By Blessing Zulu
Washington
12 June
2007
Zimbabwe's Central Statistical Office has again delayed
release of monthly
inflation data as figures for May were due out last week.
But a private
consulting firm estimates year-on-year inflation surged to
4,530% last month
from 3,713% in April.
Focus Research of Harare said
monthly inflation slowed to some 55% from over
100% in April. CSO Chief
Executive Moffat Nyoni said the inflation data were
not
ready.
Release of official data has been erratic in the past several
months amid
allegations that the government has been massaging increasingly
appalling
inflation figures.
The Central Statistical Office for the
past year has published the data
around the 10th of every month, but the
March figure, which hit 2,200% was
only announced by the Central bank on
April 26 after weeks of delay and
speculation.
Last month's data
emerged May 16 but was initially released only to the
state-controlled
Herald newspaper.
Economist Luckymore Zinyama, a former president of the
Zimbabwe National
Chamber of Commerce, told reporter Blessing Zulu of VOA's
Studio 7 for
Zimbabwe that nothing is being done to relieve underlying
inflationary
pressures.
The Telegraph
By Peta
Thornycroft, Zimbabwe Correspondent
Last Updated: 2:17am BST
13/06/2007
President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF party is due
to sit down for talks
with Zimbabwe's opposition party, the Movement for
Democratic Change, in
Pretoria this weekend.
Zimbabwean sources
in Johannesburg said the talks, engineered by Thabo
Mbeki, the South African
president, should begin on Saturday. Mr Mbeki hopes
that the meeting - which
would be the first in more than four years - will
help to pave the way for
peaceful and fair elections in Zimbabwe next March.
The South
African leader was nominated by fellow southern African
leaders nearly three
months ago to help find a solution to the crisis in
Zimbabwe where Mr
Mugabe, 82, hopes to stand for another term as president
despite a
spiralling economic crisis, record inflation, 80 per cent
unemployment and a
recent violent crackdown on opposition activists. Mr
Mbeki has refused to
condemn Mr Mugabe publicly as part of a highly
criticised policy of quiet
diplomacy.
The South African team is led by Sidney Mufamadi, the
local government
minister, and the Reverend Frank Chikane, a presidential
adviser. Mr Mugabe
has appointed two hawks to represent Zanu PF; Patrick
Chinamasa, the justice
minister, and Nicholas Goche, a former security
minister. The two wings of
the MDC will be represented by their
secretary-generals, Tendai Biti and
Welshman Ncube.
The two
sides last attempted to meet in 2003 but the talks broke down
within hours
as those attending were unable to agree on an agenda. The MDC
is currently
threatening to boycott next year's elections over fears that
they will be
rigged while Mr Mugabe has accused the opposition of acting as
stooges for
Britain.
Mr Mbeki's team has been in touch with both sides but the
president
has yet to meet directly with either Mr Mugabe or Morgan
Tsvangirai, the MDC
leader. Mr Mugabe has reportedly shown a slight change
of tone towards the
opposition, acknowledging that they have a role to
play.
Opposition members said that nothing had changed, however,
and a
government ban on their gatherings remained.
zimbabwejournalists.com
13th Jun 2007 00:59 GMT
By a Correspondent
HARARE - There was
commotion in the House of Parliament yesterday as
legislators tussled each
other over the controversial Interception of
Communications
Bill.
The Bill, which went through parliament for its second reading, has
generated a lot of interest, especially within the shrinking media
fraternity and NGOs, the opposition and others who are set to be snooped on
by the government.
There was heated debate and commotion in the House
as Zanu PF legislators
supported the snooping Bill with the opposition
standing against it.
The House had to be divided as legislators argued
over whether it was
necessary for the Bill to go through the second reading
or not and Zanu PF
won the vote 23 to 18.
Transport and
Communications Minister Christopher Mushohwe defended the Bill
saying
Western countries that preach about democracy day in day out also had
similar laws.
He said in light of the advancement in information
technology that posed a
threat to national security, the Zimbabwe
government, which has been
reportedly getting help from China to tap into
phones, the internet and
blocking radio stations based abroad, had no
choice.
He said in drafting the Bill, his government had considered
balancing
individual rights as enshrined in the Zimbabwe Constitution and
the national
interest
MISA-Zimbabwe had earlier implored Members of
the House of Assembly to
seriously consider the constitutionality of the
proposed law when the Bill
came for its second reading
"In debating
this Bill, Honorable Members should conscientiously examine and
enquire into
the constitutionality of the interception of citizens' private
mail and
telecommunications-related activities by the government as
proposed," said
MISA-Zimbabwe.
"It is MISA-Zimbabwe's objective view that the revised
Bill still falls far
short of meeting the democratic benchmarks expected in
a free and democratic
society.
"The House of Assembly should,
therefore, take into serious and objective
consideration the concerns raised
by citizens and the telecommunications
industry during the public hearings
conducted by the Parliamentary Portfolio
Committee on Transport and
Communications on the impact of the ICB on
constitutionally and universally
enshrined fundamental rights and freedoms
and the civil liberties of
ordinary citizens including the right to free
communication and
privacy."
Of particular concern are the powers bestowed on the Minister
who is an arm
of the Executive to authorise the interception of
communication.
MISA-Zimbabwe noted with concern that security chiefs, all
appointed by the
Executive, have to liaise with the Minister also appointed
by the Executive
in deciding on what individuals and/or organisations to
target using this
proposed law. Besides MISA-Zimbabwe's objections to the
unclear intentions
of this law, there are glaring gaps as far as checks and
balances are
concerned in the application and administration of this
law.
MISA-Zimbabwe and journalists in the country said security agents
have means
and ways already in place to track, arrest and seek the
prosecution of
criminal elements without making every citizen a suspect
subject to privacy
invasion through Ministerial certificates. The media
fraternity is
concerned by the implications this law will have on the
development of the
telecommunications industry, which as stated in the ICB
would be required to
install equipment and systems to monitor communications
at their own costs.
This industry is already struggling as evidenced by
the serious challenges
being faced by mobile and fixed telephone service
providers, an
underdeveloped internet industry among other mediums of
communication, would
be further damaged and any prospects for growth doomed.
Public confidence in
this industry will be undermined and the enjoyment of
freedom of expression
rights further repressed.
Zimbabwejournalists.com
13th Jun 2007 00:25 GMT
By Nothando Motsipe
HARARE - Zimbabwe's Attorney General
Sobusa Gula-Ndebele has been sent on
forced leave, impeccable Ministry of
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary
Affairs sources said yesterday.
The
sources told zimbabwejournalists.com Gula-Ndebele had on Monday told his
department's senior directors at a morning briefing that he was going on
leave starting Wednesday 13 June to 15 July, trying to cover up for the
developments.
"He told senior directors at a morning briefing that he
was only going on
leave starting Wednesday," sources who attended the
meeting said yesterday.
"He said he wanted to rest," the sources
said.
New information however emerged yesterday that senior government
officers
were not happy that Gula-Ndebele's officers failed to nail
opposition
Movement for Democratic Change activists who had been arrested
for allegedly
bombing police stations.
Scores of MDC activists,
including former Daily News reporter, Luke
Tamborinyoka, were released on
Thursday after the state failed to prove its
case.
The sources said
Gula-Ndebele's problems mounted following his officers'
consent for the
release of two human rights lawyers, Alec Muchadehama and
Andrew Makoni,
last month.
One of the AG's prosecutors was assaulted by suspected CIO
agents after he
agreed to the release of the lawyers.
The sources
also said senior government officials were also not happy with
Gula-Ndebele
over the arrests of senior politicians including Chinamasa.
Chinamasa was
early this year dragged before the courts for obstructing the
course of
justice, while a deputy cabinet minister Bright Matonga is still
before the
courts charged with corruption.
Gula-Ndebele has had a patchy
relationship with Justice minister Patrick
Chinamasa. The two have openly
clashed before.
The sources also revealed that Gula-Ndebele, who is loyal
to General Solomon
Mujuru and the army top brass, also had a stormy
relationship with police
Commissioner Augustine Chihuri over his office's
failure to represent the
police when they arrested opposition leaders and
activists.
"Chihuri was not amused when officials from the Attorney
General's office
failed to nail several opposition activists who had been in
jail for bombing
police stations," the source said.
With his
connection to Mujuru and the army elite, the former soldier is,
however,
expected to ride through the rough tide.
Unimaginative attempts
to discredit and divide the opposition will not work.
The
ZANU(PF) propaganda mouthpiece The Herald was at it again on the 12th of
June 2007. It lied about the beneficiaries of the so-called Agricultural
Mechanisation programme. For the record MDC President Arthur G.O. Mutambara
does not own a farm, and is not carrying out any farming activities in
Zimbabwe. He has never applied for land or agricultural equipment from
Robert Mugabe, Gideon Gono or anyone in this criminal and illegitimate
regime. He has never been offered any such land or equipment by the ZANU(PF)
government. If offered he will reject it with contempt. Mugabe and his
patronage system can go to hell and hang. The malicious and unmitigated lies
in the Herald are clearly meant to discredit the opposition, while
attempting to divide its leadership.
The MDC is an African
opposition party, rooted in Zimbabwean nationalism and
the history of the
liberation war. Our critique of the chaotic Zanu(PF) land
reform program is
predicated upon our belief that there was need for a land
revolution in
Zimbabwe. Land was part of the basis of our armed struggle.
However we make
a distinction between our notion of a land revolution and
the criminal
conduct and corruption on land that Robert Mugabe and his
surrogates have
carried out in Zimbabwe. This is not a land reform program.
It is visionless
and directionless destruction of agriculture benefiting a
few elites at the
expense of the majority. The so-called Agricultural
Mechanisation program is
nothing but shameless abuse of tax-payer's money in
pursuit of cheap
propaganda, while satisfying a few cronies to the detriment
of the
generality of the people. It's a mockery and a travesty of justice.
Shame on
you Robert Mugabe and Gideon Gono.
Ours is a different kind of
land revolution. We seek fair, secure and
effective use of land with new
strategies that will make the land green
again. What is required is a
democratic and participatory framework that
endeavours to achieve equitable,
transparent, just, and economically
efficient distribution and use of land.
There must be an emphasis on
productivity, food security and
self-sufficiency. Agricultural assistance by
way of inputs, resources and
training should be through transparent
processes biased towards the needy,
while putting emphasis on productivity.
It is critical that collateral value
of land is guaranteed as this has a
bearing on property rights in general.
Without consistent respect for
property rights and strict adherence to the
rule of law there cannot be any
domestic or foreign investment in all
aspects of our economy. Hence we need
to establish security of land tenure
through the provision of title or
meaningful and proper 99 year leases, and
not the worthless and ineffectual
ZANU(PF) leases. Land should never be used
as an instrument of political
patronage.
At the centre of MDC
land policy is the holistic use of technology and
scientific innovation.
Proper mechanized agriculture requires training,
planning, technological
innovation and research, not uncreative public
display of a few tractors and
ploughs. With an effective land revolution in
Zimbabwe land owners should be
motivated towards beneficiation where
emphasis is placed on secondary
agriculture. Under this philosophy, we
should encourage exporting processed
agricultural products and not raw
materials. For example; export clothes not
cotton, tinned vegetables not raw
vegetables, flour not wheat, and furniture
not timber. Instead of selling
raw materials we should sell value added or
finished products. This will
facilitate entrepreneurship, job creation, and
thus ensure income for
Zimbabwean families and guarantee prosperity and food
security for all.
The motivation behind the Herald distortions
must be clearly understood. The
objective is to discredit and damage the
standing of the opposition, among
Zimbabweans in particular and within the
African community in general, while
creating disruptive divisions amongst
the opposition leaders. These current
lies are a continuation of the
falsehoods about the Blair SA visit and the
Dell Bronte Hotel meeting. Yes
we do see the pattern, and no we are not
impressed. We are amazed by the
brazen ineptitude, incredible laziness and
lack of creativity on the part of
these intelligence officers and their
handlers. How desperate can this
illegitimate regime get? They will not
succeed. We seek neither
reconciliation nor accommodation with the mindless
despot Robert Mugabe.
Tractors and combined harvesters will not do it. Our
mandate is to drive
this tyrant out of office, by any means necessary.
There
will be no compromise, retreat or surrender
The Struggle
Continues Unabated
Arthur G.O. Mutambara
MDC
President
VOA
By Carole Gombakomba
Washington
12 June
2007
Representatives of Zimbabwean civil society groups
met Tuesday with South
Africa's ambassador in Harare to submit their
combined views on the crisis
negotiations being mediated by South African
President Thabo Mbeki on behalf
of regional leaders.
National
Coordinator Jacob Mafume of the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition said
activists
met South African Ambassador Mlungisi Makalima and gave him a
document
summarizing the views of a wide range of civic stakeholders.
Represented
in discussions with Makalima were the National Association of
Non-Governmental Organizations, or NANGO, the Save Zimbabwe Campaign, the
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe
and the Women's Coalition, among others.
NANGO Executive Director
Cephas Zinhumwe told reporter Carole Gombakomba of
VOA's Studio 7 for
Zimbabwe that although Mr. Mbeki said he would not
entertain the views of
civic organizations, Zimbabwean civil society
activists believe that their
unified position as expressed in the document
transmitted Tuesday will gain
his attention.
International Herald Tribune
The Associated PressPublished: June 12,
2007
THE HAGUE, Netherlands: Bickering African countries
threw an international
trade conference into deadlock Tuesday over whether
to ease an 18-year ban
on ivory sales, with opponents warning it will
increase the poaching threat
in countries where elephants have almost
disappeared.
Southern African countries, hoping to offload accumulated
ivory stockpiles,
pledged to earmark the revenues for conservation and said
renewed trade will
benefit their expanding elephant herds and the people who
live close to
them.
The dispute has consumed the triennial meeting of
the 171-member Conference
on International Trade in Endangered Species, or
CITES, the watchdog
organization that outlawed the cross-border ivory trade
in 1989 to halt the
slaughter of elephants in Africa and Asia.
Three
weeks of negotiations broke down late Monday after failing to bridge
competing proposals, either to further open the trade or to further restrict
it.
"We were absolutely close to a solution," German mediator Jochen
Flasbarth
told the packed conference hall. "We didn't succeed," he said,
acknowledging
he was exhausted.
Kenya, which had proposed
reinforcing the ivory ban with a 20-year
moratorium on discussions,
suggested one more try, and the open debate
adjourned for more back-room
haggling.
"Africa is huge and we all have different challenges," said Kenyan
delegate
Patrick Omondi. "We really need a practical way out."
The
conference ends Friday, two days after an unprecedented
ministerial-level
meeting.
Herds in southern Africa rebounded after elephants were declared
in danger
of extinction two decades ago. But the animals remain threatened
in some
West and central African states, which have been ravaged by civil
wars and
rampant exploitation of natural resources.
Several countries
- Cameroon, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo -
have been
implicated in a sharp rise in the illegal ivory trade over the
last two
years, said TRAFFIC, a nongovernment wildlife monitoring group.
Sophisticated smuggling routes have been set up from Africa to Asia by
organized Chinese gangs, it said in a report to the conference.
Last
week, a CITES body approved a one-time sale of 60 metric tons of ivory
by
South Africa, Namibia and Botswana that had been stockpiled from animals
which died naturally since the ban was imposed.
The three countries,
joined by Zimbabwe, asked CITES to increase the one-off
sale by another 40
tons and to authorize quotas for annual sales, with
profits going to
conservation trust funds.
Kenya and Mali, supported by 21 central and
west African countries, called
for a "rest period" on further sales, arguing
that reviving the legal trade
would encourage poachers.
Compromise
proposals centered on increasing the one-time sale to as much as
200 tons,
and then freezing the issue for nine years.
The United States threw its
weight behind the compromise.
"The elephant issue has dominated every one
of these (CITES) meetings. We're
all tired of having to debate this question
every time," said the U.S.
delegation leader, Deputy Interior Secretary Todd
Willens.
Willens suggested in an interview that wider inter-African
politics were
part of the background between the feuding camps.
Like
the African states, conservation groups also were split on whether
easing
the trade ban would harm or help the elephants.
A moratorium would give
the Africans "a big chance to find a joint solution
to elephant management
and to improve enforcement," said Peter Pueschel, of
the International Fund
for Animal Welfare. Reopening trade "will be a
disaster for the
elephants."
The World Wildlife Fund for Nature said it had no problem
with increasing
the size of the one-off sale, saying it made no difference
to monitors of
the illegal trade whether 60 or 200 tons of legal ivory
entered the market
in a controlled way. WWF also opposed the
moratorium.
But no matter how the trade issue turns out, "we still
haven't solved the
problem of elephant poaching. We think they spent the
last three weeks
talking about the wrong thing," said Susan Lieberman, WWF's
director of the
Global Species Program.
Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
By SCOTT PATTERSON
The biggest stock-market rally in
the world this year is happening in a very
small place, and for all of the
wrong reasons. The Zimbabwe Industrials
Index has soared about
4,000%.
The country's economy has contracted about 30% since 1999,
according to the
International Monetary Fund, thanks to the misguided
economic policies of
Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe.
While much
of the developing world is getting economic policy right these
days --
keeping inflation low and fiscal houses in order -- Zimbabwe is an
example
of how badly it can go wrong.
Its explosion in stocks is tied to
runaway inflation. According to the IMF,
the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has
been giving public-sector enterprises
massive subsidies and funneling cash
to troubled banks. It has also been
giving large loans to private-sector
industries such as tobacco, gold and
cotton producers.
Zimbabwe "is
basically printing money," says William Duggan, an associate
professor at
Columbia Business School. "We'll probably see every trick in
the book as the
productive base of the economy winds down."
Stocks usually rise when an
economy and corporate profits are growing.
Zimbabwe stocks are soaring
primarily because inflation is surging at an
annual rate of 7,500% or more,
the highest in the world.
It now takes more than 50,000 Zimbabwe dollars
to purchase a single U.S.
dollar, twice the rate of a month ago and much
more than the official
exchange rate of 250 to 1.
Trying to preserve
their capital, Zimbabwe citizens -- the few who have
savings -- are pulling
currency out of banks and buying the one appreciating
asset: stocks.
Momentum-chasing investors might also be playing a role.
The situation
could be worse. In post-World War I Weimar Germany, the
inflation rate
topped one million percent. Zimbabwe isn't quite there yet.
But this is one
rally not worth chasing.
VOA
By Patience Rusere and Chris Gande
Washington
12 June 2007
President Robert Mugabe has
urged the opposition Movement for Democratic
Change to unite with the
government on matters of national interest.
The state-run Herald
newspaper said Mr. Mugabe "reached out" to the
opposition in a ceremony
Monday at which agricultural equipment was
distributed, saying, "there must
be occasions when we must be together.
After all, we eat
together."
Some officials from the MDC faction headed by Arthur Mutambara
attended the
presentation of tractors and plows, including Umzingwane
parliamentarian
Nomalanga Khumalo, Senator Fanuel Bayayi of Pumula-Luveve,
Lobengula-Magwegwe Senator Thabiso Ndlovu and Bulawayo-Nkulumane Senator
Rita Ndlovu.
Senior Program Manager Philip Pasirayi of the Crisis In
Zimbabwe Coalition
told reporter Patience Rusere of VOA's Studio 7 for
Zimbabwe dismissed the
president's comments as grandstanding, saying the
opposition should have
stayed away.
Movement for Democratic Change
faction leader Arthur Mutambara told reporter
Chris Gande that Mr. Mugabe's
gesture was a political gimmick and stated
categorically that contrary to
what the Herald reported, he owns no farm in
Zimbabwe.
The government
characterized the event as a phase of the land reform program
that most
economists agree is the root cause of Zimbabwe's steep economic
decline.
New Zimbabwe
By Courage Shumba
Last updated: 06/13/2007 09:00:53
THE
opposition Movement for Democratic Change's failure to unite and advance
the
cause of Zimbabweans as one opposition will be very costly in our
struggle
against despotism.
Zanu PF with all their differences and disorganisation
have done a pretty
job, realising the little hope of survival they can
scratch united under
their aged dictator.
As for us, the opposition,
our egos and ambition are so self-defeating one
would think we were the ones
in power. This monkeying around is coming at a
big price. It is akin to
attempting to abort a pregnant revolution that is
about to deliver. What
real strength is there in an opposition that cannot
see that in dangerous
and critical times like this, safety is in unity?
Our own history speaks
of the importance of unity. The Zanla/Zipra forces
were a show of unity in
our quest against imperial racism. The Rainbow
Coalition in Kenya was a show
of unity against 'nationalist'
authoritarianism. The infighting in the MDC
is misdirection and
misapplication of our focus and energy. This fighting
reveals shallowness,
an emptiness of depth and resolve that can be dangerous
if given power. It
is unbelievable that instead of keeping our eyes and
minds on Robert Mugabe,
or whatever his real name is, we have the luxury to
create new rivals
between ourselves.
Part of being a good governor,
before we venture into discussions about good
governance, has to do with the
ability to make priorities, to be flexible,
accommodating, evaluating,
reconsidering, take responsibility and being
accountable. Accountability
requires that not only should the MDC tell us
why they have allowed this
expensive split to interfere with the core
business of the party but why
they are failing to effectively deal with it.
This fallout has all the
traces of weak minds. One would be forgiven for
asking if the MDC really
knows what the pressing needs of Zimbabweans are
outside this self-indulgent
struggle for personal power.
Does anyone agree that this crucial episode
in our struggle with a
dictatorship that is threatening to entrench itself,
is the best opportunity
to showcase personal distaste for one another over
what are rather academic
differences about what was right or wrong about
participating in 2005 senate
elections some two years ago? If it isn't about
that fall-out in 2005 over
the senate election then what is it
about?
People do not become good leaders because they are in government;
they
become a good government by bringing with them important leadership
attributes they hold outside the structures of power. The failure to manage
this fallout has a sad telling about the political liability and
indecisiveness we may risk remaining entangled in even at the collapse of
Zanu PF unless we start thinking as people who wish to take on a much bigger
responsibility than running an opposition party.
The MDC leadership
has a moral duty to ensure that it does not become itself
the reason Mugabe
escapes with another unendorsed presidential term. By
assuming the
responsibility to stand for the people and indeed marry their
wishes to its
political brand, the MDC is answerable to the masses through
whom it claims
its political legitimacy. Its leadership needs to understand
that Zimbabwe's
main problem today is the ruling party and not the
structural constitution
of the opposition.
The main point that must not be overlooked in all this
is that we are not
yet in power, and fighting for supremacy in the right to
oppose is fighting
for fictional and non existent power. Opposition becomes
more effective with
many and more people fighting against a common enemy
together than with
small fractious voices of discontent operating
separately.
Zimbabwe's crisis today is about leadership. Zimbabwe needs
people who can
make sound and exceptional decisions than it needs courage,
bravado and
oratory might. The quality of a decision will be judged by its
ability to
prioritise the common stand of our people. Our people today are
eager and
restless in seeking to bring to an abrupt end the treacherous,
brutal and
fascist continuation of colonial policy in what is supposed to be
a free
African state.
An opposition that has inherited a dangerous
habit of behaving like the
enemy we are struggling to remove is not helping
that. We are fighting an
enemy that turned a promising regional food
producer into a refugee
producing country. We are fighting a man who like
Ian Smith still believes
Zimbabweans are the happiest Africans, a statement
Smith once made and
regretted.We are fighting a man who like Smith believes
there will be no
democratic self rule in Zimbabwe in his lifetime. We expect
no similarities
between the party we support and the Rhodesian mentality of
the tyrant in
charge of our country. We cannot afford to misplace our
priorities.
Exactly what are we meant to benefit from Arthur Mutambara
fighting Morgan
Tsvangirai, and Tsvangirai fighting Mutambara when both
blows ought to knock
out Mugabe? It is sad that now when Mugabe is fighting
dissidents within his
own party, the perfect opportunity we should have sent
him flying face down,
we have chosen to undermine the importance of
capitalising on his present
difficulties.
I have advised against
participation in an election conducted in an
environment where free choice
is rendered inexercisable. However, if the MDC
is to be headstrong, and
participate anyway, the real danger is that this
present weakened outfit
will itself be used to justify its massacre. It will
be harder to argue that
you have been defrauded when you would have lost
anyway.
If this does
not matter to the present factions of the MDC, it surely is a
matter of
critical concern to him or her who last had a square meal
yesterday, or the
day before, who may skip today's and tomorrow's. If it is
not that important
to Tsvangirai or Mutambara and their deputies, surely it
could have been
important to a statesman whose vision includes a good health
policy that has
sadly failed another Zimbabwean today.
The present situation in Zimbabwe
has practical consequences; very tangible
implications visibly visited on
the quality of lives of the people each day.
Each day a solution is not
worked out someone dies of lack of drugs. Each
day that a solution is not
found someone else starves to death. Each day we
find no solution another
child drops out of school. Each day we delay the
finding of a solution
another person becomes a first time criminal. Each day
we fail to take
victory from Mugabe and his puppets, another Zimbabwean
crosses the border
in frustration. That is the frequency of the desperation
by which we demand
measurable maturity in politics as a standard.
Politics is not about
privilege. That thinking will take us where Zanu PF is
dragging us. Politics
is about patriotism; patriotism being the inestimable
and unquantifiably
irrevocable love for one's country and its peoples.
Patriotism is the
ideology that builds countries. In the absence of
patriotic faith, countries
collapse from indifference. Patriotism overrides
the selfishness of the
individual. Patriotism inspires justice, equality and
unity. In itself
patriotism is a fuel awaiting ignition at the very onset of
national
betrayal.
This is why Zanu PF will use force, rigging and threats because
it has lost
the legitimacy to claim to be acting in patriotic interest. It
is
doubtlessly nothing else but patriotic goals and values that win an
election
in any democratic exercise. It is therefore very crucial that the
priorities
of the MDC must be seen to pass the patriotic test. It is clear,
from this
analysis, that the project to remove Mugabe is far more patriotic
and in the
interests of national well being, which patriotism is about, than
is the
administrative issue of who has more recognition, power and influence
within
the MDC itself.
I believe that before this election which the
MDC has a choice to abandon,
quite sensibly, takes place, there is a
compelling case for leadership
re-engagement from the two senselessly
warring factions. This should be done
for the people of Zimbabwe even if
this is a bitter taste for the
individuals and a set back to their own
personal positioning and ambitions.
Without proper calculation, most of
these ambitions will remain a fantasy
but whilst that may not be anything of
a national crisis, Zimbabwe will have
been robbed of a chance to deal with
its institutional and structurally
entrenched political
weakness.
What I am asking these two sides to do is what we have long
demanded from
Zanu PF without relief - to put the national interest first.
It would be a
shame for the MDC to continue behaving like Zanu PF --
sacrificing national
interest on the altar of pride, ego and personal
ambition.
Courage Shumba is a former student leader and human rights
campaigner
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Letter
1 - Jean Simon
Dear Wee Willy
Once again CFU Congress is coming
up, where the interested farmers and ex
farmers who believe that there is a
future for Zimbabwean farmers and/or who
believe that there is some hope that
CFU will be able to hold an important
place in the reconstruction of
Zimbabwe, and are here in Zimbabwe, will meet
to chart the way forward and
select their new leadership to lead us into the
next year.
As always
this Congress is an important date in the CFU Diary.
While we know that
there are many people who are unable to attend as they
are outside the
country and not able to get back for the meeting, we always
hope that farmers
and ex farmers will attend and become active members in
the Union again to
inject new blood and encourage new ideas.
I challenge you to come out
from behind your apron strings and "walk"
through the front doors of CFU with
a positive, pro-active view to helping
build a future for all of
us.
Perhaps you too could make a contribution towards our
future?
Funny how one's perspective changes when they become
pro-active!!
Best regards
Jean
Simon
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Letter
2 - Willy Robinson
Dear Jean,
I met with Roy in Johannesburg
nearly a year ago and it was a very moving
experience for me, and I think for
Roy it was fairly similar.
One of the most powerful experiences I have had in
Australia is the enormous
value Australians place on their own people -
stemming mainly from
Gallipoli. Interestingly, Australians cherish the
diversity of other
cultures injected int their own as long as those cultures
embrace their
culture of "a fair go for all."
I have reflected on my
own perspective as a result of my experiences. Boris
Yeltsin told his people
that he had failed to transform their dreams into
reality.
Zanu (read
Mugabe) did actually transform the peoples' dreams into reality
but then
proceeded to remove them - starting with the 20 000 people he
murdered in
Matabeland in the Gukuruhundi. With an estimated four million
people leaving
the country and Zanu still destroying the social fabric of
society, the
magnitude of Zanu's "means used" to hold on to power is
clearly
defined.
As I write, there will be a new Zimbabwean being born
and another one
dying - but Zanu (Mugabe) does not care one little bit for
either, or for
anybody who does not hero worship him. Similarly, there are
Zimbabweans
(well connected to Zanu) who are making millions in the current
situation -
these people clearly do not want change.
I approached the
CFU five years ago and they informed me that they were
"working with the Zanu
Government on the land reform programme." Just as I
firmly believe that I
could (and should) have done more about the
Gukuruhundi atrocities at the
time, so I believe I have not shirked my
responsibility to expose the
enormously powerful CFU for its complicity in a
genocide by starvation -
commonly referred to as The Third Chimurenga.
I cannot alter my legacy of
inactivity over the Gukuruhundi, and openly
admit it, but am satisfied with
my efforts regarding the CFU - although not
necessarily with the
results.
Once I see that the CFU is not acting in a similar manner to,
and in the
interests of, Zanu, and actually cares about the poorest
Zimbabwean people -
I will support it.
You are well aware that Jag was
built around the Rule of Law, and Title and
my position remains unchanged
five years on.
If you choose to refer to Rule of Law, Property Rights and
Human Rights as
"apron strings" - I still believe that you are entitled to
your own opinion.
Just as Francis Reitz left the Vrystaat rather than
surrender to the British
(unconditionally) - so I also refused to surrender
to Zanu.
Interestingly, Mugabe has done to Zimbabwean agriculture what The
Empire did
to South Africa's agriculure a hundred years ago.
Best
regards,
Willy
Robinson
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Letter
3 - Snobologist
Dear JAG,
Mr. Jarrett appears to have defined the
ethos and situation facing the
incumbents at what we used to refer to as the
CFU.
Probably about 4 000 ex farmers and about 500 actual farmers now.
A
brilliant union achievement by any standard.
I believe we have actually moved
into a new era with a new breed at the
building he is referring to.
I
believe that they are best described as SNOBS - Sensitive New Order
Bobbejaan
Spanners.
This is a new sub species of Bobbejaan Spanners.
SNOBS think
only of themselves, their image and US$.
All of a sardine they need
legitimacy and a mandate - for what now we might
ask?
Off dashes a
delegation to Kezi to sweet talk SACFA:
"Matabeleland is always going to
be a good catch to deceive the Fallen Four
Thousand.
Just get them back
into Snobville.
Tell them anything they will believe.
They are oblivious
to the fact that there are still farmers being evicted in
their own province
just as we are hooking them back in.
Offer them fame and fortune.
Flatter
them.
That will suck them in.
Then we can move on to Jag.
We really can
keep Snobville going with only one member, you know - Doug of
course, and he
can hide behind spokeswoman Emily's apron.
Really smart.
The Wayne
Bvudzijena approach we learnt at the Scud House Seminar.
Nobody can see what
we are doing for Zanu, or have done for the last five
years.
We are so so
clever, you know!"
Snobologist,
Fallen
Fourthousandville.
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Letter
4 - Displaced and Disgusted Farmer
Dear JAG,
We are all
experiencing and have witnessed since the year 2000 and for some
period
before, the wanton undermining of all standards of living, breakdown
of law
and order, and sheer greed displayed by those who should be governing
this
Country and attending to more important matters in this regard.
Many
people, more literary than I, have blossomed into print and both laid
out and
forecast the outcome of the political manoeuvres and sheer arrogance
of a
small percentage of our populous against the unprepared, vulnerable,
and
peace loving majority of Zimbabwe.
I don't boast to be related to a
rocket scientist, to be spending a little
time on my calculator to work out
some of the reasons for our accelerating
demise and frightening economic
situation, which may or may not be reversed
in months (or years to come) by
certain bold political changes.
As a displaced farmer of nearly 5 years,
now living in Harare, I mention
that it took our family of two generations
spanning 75 years of hard work
and dedication to the natural resources, to
build up and maintain standards
on a farm which supplied agricultural
products to both earn foreign currency
and to feed the nation. We were one
of thousands of like commercial farming
families now made almost extinct for
political reasons. The scale for
generating wealth and improving the lot of
all in Zimbabwe has taken on a
new slant, direction and speed, with the
advent and persistence of greed.
I refer now to THE CHEF's
SCHEDULE:-
Z$
Investment US$
Return on Investment Z$
Day
1 250
1
50.000
Day 2
50.000 200
10.000,00
Day
3 10.000,00
40.000
2,000,000,000
Day 4
2,000,000,000
8,000,000
400,000,000,000
This represents a return
on investment over 4 days
Of
160,000,000,000%
NO WONDER THE "SYSTEM"
CONTINUES!
Displaced and disgusted
farmer.
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Letter
5 - Cathy Buckle
Dear JAG,
This week all semblances of normalcy
collapsed in most parts of Zimbabwe.
The supply of electricity was negligible
for most of the week and we
found ourselves behaving in the most absurd
fashion in order to remain
functional.
Going to bed at 7 in the
evening in the cold and the dark - and 'waking
up' when the lights came on at
11pm.Mostly your body doesn't know which way
is up as it struggles to
understand your new absurd routine. Doing the
ironing at 11 pm; downloading
emails and working on the computer at
midnight.
Getting up again at 4am to
cook porridge for breakfast and being thankful
for that achievement as the
electricity goes off again at 5am and another
day of insanity
starts.
The eerie silence characterising suburban life was not much
better in
shopping and business centres - machines not working, lifts not
moving,
supermarket meat fridges defrosting, butchery saws silent, bakery
ovens
cold, food going bad and people just sitting out on walls and
pavements.
The absurditities of the situation kept slapping you in the
face all
week. One evening, in the cold and dark, Short Wave Radio
Africa
interviewed a
top official in ZESA ( Electricity Supply Authority).
Bear in mind this
Radio
Station is banned from operating in Zimbabwe and
it's staff members are
prohibited from returning to the country - and yet the
ZESA executive
speaks openly on the forbidden radio station! She had a great
swathe of
excuses
in order to apportion blame for this diabolical
situation and then uses the
opportunity to announce a 50% increase in the
price of electricity. Oh
really, what electricity is that!
On Tuesday
it was World Environment Day and again Zimbabwe was in the
quiet and the dark
- at least we were doing our bit for the world - however
unintentionally!
That absurd irony was then punctuated all day by the
sound of tree chopping
and the sight of people pouring out of the bush
carrying
sticks, branches
and cart loads of newly cut indigenous timber. 60 year
old trees felled in
minutes - what tragedy for Zimbabwe and what a disgrace
for the country whose
Minister of Tourism heads the UN body on Sustainable
Development. What
disgrace too for the world who chose him for the job.
The near complete
collapse of Zimbabwe's electricity supply is affecting
country areas too. In
a rural area near me people are walking up to six
kilometres to reach the
nearest grinding mill. They arrive to find the
mill not able to function
without electricity and there is no option but to
leave your precious bag of
maize and return the next day to collect it -
hoping
that most of it is
still there. The millers are having to work at night
or whenever the power
comes back on - its all about survival.
Perhaps the greatest irony of the
power cuts is that at least now we
physically don't have the means to listen
to or watch the propaganda on
ZBC radio and TV - a blessed relief,
particularly as the bigwigs have begun
positioning themselves for the next
round of elections - just eight
months away.
Until next week, thanks
for reading and please take note of my new
website address: www.cathybuckle.com
Love
cathy
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Letter
6 - Eddie Cross
Dear JAG,
It would seem that South Africa is
having a few problems with Zanu PF. They
have the gate to the holding pen
open, plenty of herdsmen with all the
necessary - but the one group of steers
is very shy and frightened. They see
the gate and know a little about what
lies ahead, but shy away from final
commitment just when we thought they were
in the process of accepting their
fate!
Although nothing is being said
by anyone connected to the process, it seems
that the planned talks for this
past weekend were postponed at the last
minute and that Zanu PF only
submitted their position paper to the South
African team on Monday - a month
after it was formally requested. It took
our team 5 days - this clearly shows
who is ready to talk and who is not.
But I cannot see South Africa, as
the supervisor in this particular
exercise, allowing these steers much more
leeway. I suspect the whip is
about to crack again. Rumor has it that the
postponed talks will start on
Friday.
The situation has been clarified
further in recent days. We had the
fascinating visit to South Africa by Tony
Blair. He clearly set out the
position of the international community. He
stated that something had to be
done about Zimbabwe. He then pointed out that
something was being done by
the SADC States themselves. South Africa was
coordinating the effort and the
international community stood by ready to
move at short notice to help
Zimbabweans rebuild their country once a more
representative government was
in place and doing the "right things".
I
thought he was very clear, at UNISA he made another statement on
our
situation that showed they are thinking this through. He told
business
leaders and academics that the Zimbabwe crisis is costing South
Africa 3
percent of its potential GDP. I have held that view for some time
and
defended an estimate close to that at a discussion in Cape Town last
year.
What I said also was that no developing State with the poverty problems
of
South Africa could afford to forgo such growth for very long. What
a
difference that sort of additional growth would make to South
Africa.
What most foreign observers fail to see is that if you take
Zimbabwe and
South Africa, and perhaps Swaziland, out of the SADC you are
left with a
region that is growing at the same frantic pace as the Asian
Tigers. Angola
will see growth of some 30 per cent this year - even though it
is driven by
oil, it is still an achievement and if only the government could
be
persuaded to stop stealing a third of all that new wealth, the people
might
start being better off!
There are other imperatives driving this
situation and which make me
confident that this time something is going to
happen. They are: -
The first point is that the economic implosion in
Zimbabwe is reaching a
critical point. Right now I estimate that prices are
about doubling every
week. This could be seen on the local stock market where
despite 54 per cent
growth in equity prices in one week, they fell back in
USD terms by 10 per
cent during the week. Despite undertakings to business
and labour leaders,
there is no sign of any fundamental changes in the
policies being followed
by the Ministry of Finance or the Reserve Bank.
Therefore I see no
possibility of this slide into financial chaos being
halted or reversed.
When prices start doubling every day, business will
come to a halt, people
will stop going to work, the army and the police will
join the rest of us
and with guns in their hands anything could happen. I am
not talking about a
situation that is months away - its now weeks. In April
prices doubled in
one month, in May they went up by 200 per cent, right now I
estimate they
are doubling weekly. July is not far away! Someone said to me
that the only
good thing about such a situation is that it does not last
long. The
question is what will happen when that situation becomes a
reality?
The second point is that the floodtide of refugees going to
South Africa is
accelerating. We have a long porous border with South Africa
and Botswana
and even Mozambique. There is no way they can halt this tidal
wave. I am
told that in many schools there are now so few teachers left that
they can
barely function. Many children have also left school for economic
reasons so
that the impact is not as great as might otherwise be expected -
but add to
that the thousands of civil servants, soldiers, policemen, nurses
and even
doctors and you get the picture.
I laughed out loud the other
day when the SABC said - with all seriousness -
that they had 70 000 refugees
in South Africa. The reality is that they have
become the main destination
for economic and political refugees from African
States in the world. By the
end of this winter I have no doubt that over 4
million Zimbabweans will be
living in South Africa - under terrible
conditions and desperate to make
money from any means to live on and send
home. The implications are
frightening.
The third point that I make is that South Africa and
regional leaders have
now decided to take action. In a statement issued this
week, Mr. Mbeki
stated that in what remains of his Presidency he wants to
resolve the
Zimbabwe crisis as a top priority. He has also accepted that he
cannot
control the outcome of such a process, but he can make the process
happen.
That is all we really ask - we will then decide what to do about
our
leadership and our policies.
I encounter skeptism and hopelessness
every day. But for the above reasons I
think we are going to see change -
dramatic change shortly. I think the twin
track approach of the SADC is right
- politics and economics are the oxen in
this team. If they can pull together
we can get this field ploughed.
Eddie Cross
Bulawayo, 7th June
2007
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Letter
7 - A Mother
Dear JAG,
Glory, glory HOT WATER I stay in the shower
and luxuriate, wash my hair,
rinse it wash it again rinse it OH HEAVEN BE
PRAISED
After 10days without electricity and water the simple pleasure of
life take
on 'O' such a different complexion. Now what shall I do?
Hoover
the carpets? Clean the tiles in the light and with fresh water? Wash
all the
crockery with hot water.
Make cakes? - have I any flour, margarine, eggs or
sugar or has it all gone
off????
Or I'll make pastry for pasties and
today we will have a proper meal
But wait, the dirty clothes are piling up in
the laundry and that must be a
priority.
After all morning and afternoon
washing the pasties are being made when the
electricity goes off again.
I
AM NO GOING TO BE DEFEATED
But I am, we all are, we are running around making
contingency arrangements
to continue living
IS WHAT WE ARE DOING
LIVING?
or are we all mice being watched, played with, gradually eaten by the
BIG
FAT BLACK CATS who are now determining our futures?
God bless
A
mother
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1.1
Generators & Inverters for Sale
The JAG office is now an official
agent for GSC Generator Service (Pvt) Ltd
and receives a generous commission
on sales of all Kipor generators and
equipment. Generators are on view at
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So Far and No further! Rhodesia's Bid for Independence during
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Pet Food for Sale
Still supplying pets food which consists of 500g of
precooked pork offal and
veg costing $8000 and 250g of pigs liver or heart
costing $8000 for 250g.
Collection points: Benbar in Msasa at
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Jag offices in Philips Rd, Belgravia at 10.30
Peacehaven which is 75
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This is on Fridays only. Contact details: phone 011
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For Sale
Road motorcycle for sale. YAMAHA - Model YZF 600cc - Thundercat
- in
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Highest cash offer secures. For further
details contact Dave on 011 600 770
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For Sale (Ad inserted 5/06/07)
MAZDA 2.5 petrol 4x4 single cab pick up,
1991 model.
12 cubic foot deep freeze.
Assorted Mono pump
spares.
Please contact: Tom Lambert, 494 796, 0912 288
448
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For Sale (Ad inserted 5/06/07)
Nissan CWA 45. 15 tonne lorry and 10 tonne
trailer. Can carry 220 tobacco
bales. 176000 kms. Absolutely immaculate
condition. Phone 011 606595
or
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Inverters
1500 Watt complete with 1 x
100 Amp Hr battery and charger in cabinet
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Hr Batteries and charger in cabinet
Large Range of Generators available
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Please phone:-
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Please phone:- Radium Africa -Tel + 263 4 335848 /
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FORAGE HARVESTERS (Ad inserted 5/06/07)
Single Row forage harvesters
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Please
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D1SC HARROWS (Ad inserted 5/06/07)
Imported Offset disc harrows suitable
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and will be available August /
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Please phone:- Radium Africa - Tel + 263 4 335848 /
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Sean Bell: + 263 11 600389, Keith Lowe + 263 11 800859
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Items for Sale (Ad inserted 5/06/07)
2 Crastermatic Stokers
2 Twin
Pass 4 Bank Radiators
Drotsky Mill
Electric Motor 25HP 1450 rpm 380V
2
Platform Scales
Please call 665398 after
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Items for Sale (Ad inserted 5/06/07)
2 Carpets for Sale - Imported Sage
green carpets with underfelt 9 x 12,$10
000 000 (as new)12 x12, $4 000
000
Fax phone;Panasonic KX F 50 - Telephone answering System with
facsimile $8
000 000
Tea Trolly -Oak - $2 000 000
Old Swimming
pool and fish pond pump (needs recoiling) offers
Please tel: 882566 or
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For Sale (Ad inserted 5/06/07)
ZNSPCA IS SELLING GOODS DONATED FOR RESALE
TO HELP WITH OUR WORK.
ZNSPCA HQ 156 Enterprise RD, tel 497574/
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PINE COFFEE TABLE GLASS TOP 2mtr X 1mtr - $ 3. MIL
OLD/
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RECORDS-
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GARAGE DOUBLE DOORS - 3MILL
LARGE MIRRORS
FIRE WOOD -
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Tractors for Sale (Ad inserted 5/06/07)
Same Explorer - 80 H.P External
Hydraulics. 6275 Hrs. Recently repaired and
serviced by I.T.S. Very good
condition.
Selling as a unit with 7".6" Trojan Tiller - US$20,000
(Equivalent).
Tafe 45H.P 1726Hrs. (Indian Assembled M/F). New Tyres.
Very Good Condition.
US$9000 - (Equivalent)
Please contact:
883279 or
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FOR SALE (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Satellite TV Receivers. Receive TV FREE!
This is a one-of payment - NO subs
to pay. No hidden costs. SABC, Botswana,
e-TV, CNBC, Trade and Travel,
several religious channels, Radio stations like
RSG, Radio Pretoria, SAFM,
2000Fm etc. Contact Joe Esterhuizen on 339378 or
0912 338414 or e-mail
countryjukebox@hotmail.com
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1.17
BRAND NEW LAPTOP FOR SALE (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Toshiba Satellite Pro
A120
Intel Duo Core T2250 1,73 GHz
1 GB DDR2 533 MHz Ram
ATI Tadeon
Xpress Graphics
80 Gb SATA Hard Drive
15" WXGA TFT
DVD-Super Multi
Drive Dual Layer Writer
Wireless and Bluetooth
Lan and 56 Kilobyte Dal-up
Modem
Microsoft Vista Business 32 Bit Edition "Original Software"
Toshiba
Carry Case.
Brand new. Asking price US$ 1 950. Offers
considered.
Contact Nico on 04-302030 or Sally on
04-702402.
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1.18
For Sale (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Grader 1999 Champion 710a Under 4000
Hour's Immac. Contact: 0912235465 or
chippy@ecoweb.co.zw
Paraffin
-Petrol/Diesel for Sale 0912235465 or chippy@ecoweb.co.zw
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1.19
THE WEAVERY (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Going Overseas or down South? Why not
take hand woven gifts for your friends
or family? These super articles which
are light,easy to pack, take or send,
and fully washable. Contact Anne on
332851 or 011212424.Or email
joannew@zol.co.zw
Crocheted oven
gloves--$360,000.
Cotton oven gloves--$340,000.
Small woven
bags--$295,000.
Large woven bags--$360,000.
Crocheted
bags--$420,000.
Queen(approx.250x240cms) size
bedcover--$2,690,000.
Double(approx.250x210cms) size
bedcover--$2,420,000.
Other sizes to order.
Single Duvet cushions(open
into a duvet)--$1,810,000.
Other sizes to order.
2x1 meter
Throw--$1,180,000.
Baby Blanket(1x1meter)--$780,000.
3 piece toilet
set--$715,000.
Bath mat--$505,000.(small rug).
Decorated cushion
covers--$360,000.
Table runner--$210,000.
Set(4)Bordered table mats +
serviettes--$715,000.
Set(6)Bordered table mats +
serviettes--$1,070,000.
Set(4) crocheted table mats
only--$570,000.
Set(6)fringed table mats + serviettes--$1,070,000.
Lots of
other combinations.
Small(approx.105x52cms) plain cotton
rug--$505,000.
Medium(approx.120x65cms) plain cotton
rug--$715,000
Large(approx.150x75cms) plain cotton
rug--$1,070,000.
Ex.Large(approx.230x130cms) plain cotton
rug--$2,310,000.
Small patterned cotton rug--$715,000.
Small rag
rug--$505,000.
Medium rag rug--$715,000.
Medium patterned cotton
rug--$1,070,000.
Large patterned cotton rug--$1,430,000
Ex.Large patterned
cotton rug--$2,840,000.
Small patterned mohair rug--$1,410,000.
Medium
patterned mohair rug--$1,780,000
Large patterned mohair
rug--$2,310,000.
Ex. Large patterned mohair rug--$3,910,000.
Lots of
other articles.PLEASE be aware that prices may change without
notice and
orders take some time as they have to be woven and sent from
Gweru to
Harare.
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1.20
For Sale (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
ZNSPCA IS SELLING GOODS DONATED FOR
RESALE TO HELP WITH OUR WORK.
ZNSPCA HQ 156 Enterprise RD, Tel 497574/ 497885
or 882566
OLD/ NEW BOOKS SALE 16 JUNE 10 - 1PM
RECORDS-MAGAZINES
JIGSAW PUZZLES
PRINTERS TRAY - $ 500 000
PINE COFFEE TABLE GLASS
TOP - 2mtr X 1mtr - $ 3. MIL
STEEL COUNTER DOOR WITH LOCKING MECH. - $1
500 000
GARAGE/GATE DOUBLE DOORS - 3MILL
LARGE MIRRORS
113cm x
139 cm - $3,600,000
90 cm x136cm - $3,000,000
70 cm x 61.5cm -
$900,000
59,5cm x 62 cm - $700,000
Down Duvet as new - $1 200
000
FIRE WOOD - $80 000 PER
BAG
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2.
WANTED
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2.1
Wanted
By way of loan or donation to the JAG Trust. The Trust is
Capacity Building
a New Project which necessitates the furnishing of an
office with desks,
chairs, cupboards and shelving. Any surplus office
furniture or trimmings
will be welcomed. Phone
799410.
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2.2
Wanted
Sheila Macdonald (Sally in Rhodesia) - If you have any of Sheila
Macdonald's
books for sale, please let JAG know the details including
condition etc with
your name, telephone number and price
wanted.
Telephone JAG - 04 -
799410
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2.3
Shotgun Wanted (Ad inserted 5/06/07)
Good quality, Baretta or Browning,
20 bore over/under shotgun. In excellent
condition. Please contact the JAG
office on
799410.
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2.4
PAPRIKA GROWERS WANTED (Ad inserted 5/06/07)
The Capsicum Company is
looking to contract paprika growers for the 2007/8
season. We have various
types of contracts, which may be adjusted to suit
your specific
needs.
We also need uncontracted crop from the current season, for which
we will
pay highly competitive prices.
Contact us on the following
numbers 04- 369198, 369257, and 369143
or alternatively on the following cell
numbers Zane 011-611650,
Brendan
0912-214340
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2.5
WANTED ITEMS (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Looking for old, small TV, colour or
even black & white. Also looking for
gas braai or small gas stove. Pse
sms 091
2264160.
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2.6
Wanted (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Peterhouse - a full boarding school
situated just outside Marondera, would
like to urgently source old 200 litre
drums that can be used for dustbins
and braai units around the
campus.
We are also looking to purchase a generator 175kva -
200kva.
If you can help in any way, please contact the Rector's Secretary
-
peterrec@mweb.co.zw, or Tel: 079 -
24951/3 or
22200/4
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3.
ACCOMMODATION WANTED AND
OFFERED
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3.1
Accommodation Wanted
Ex farmers daughter, husband and two young children
looking for 3/4
bed-roomed, 2 bath-roomed house, with domestic quarters to
rent. Prefer a
long lease. Please call on
0912258491.
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3.2
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 5/06/07)
I am a 43 year old Irish male
teacher visiting Harare for the month of June
(3rd June to 1st July). I seek
a furnished 1-2 bed-roomed cottage or flat to
rent for the month. I will pay
very generously for the right property which
should be clean, safe and secure
with at least the basics. Can also provide
deposit and references. The
alternative (hotels) are OVERPRICED for
foreigners for what you get, and I
can't afford to stay in hotels for a
month, nor do I want to (cabin fever!) I
have lived in Zimbabwe in the past.
Dónal Mac Cormaic 0353860852101 and who_can_fix_my_pc@yahoo.co.uk
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3.3
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 5/06/07)
Wanted accommodation for
single lady with pets, either garden flat or
cottage .Contact Caroline
0912325055
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3.4
Accommodation Offered (Ad inserted 5/06/07)
House for rent available to
rent immediately. Immaculate house in mold
crescent, Avondale, within
walking distance of shops, movies and
restaurants.
3 Bedrooms
1
Main Bathroom
Fitted Modern Kitchen
Open Plan Lounge Dining
Area
Alarmed and Walled With Electric Gate and Fence
Very Pretty
Garden
Lock Up Garage and Staff Quarters
Perfect For Business or
Residential
Equivalent of 300 Per Month
Please contact Janna Pole to
arrange viewing: 091 2 432523 / 870019 /
janna@earth.co.zw
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3.5
For Lease (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Industrial factory in Ruwa 1000 sq/m two
houses on same premises for offices
and caretaker cottage with workshop and
pit with big garden.
Phone fax 04-308551---0912235465 or chippy@ecoweb.co.zw
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3.6
MALVERN HOUSE TRUST (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Malvern House was built in
1969 in Umvukwes (now Mvurwi) by the local
farmers and businessmen, and was
intended originally as a retirement home
for the local residents of the
area.
In the last few years most of the farmers have moved away and the
facilities
are now under utilized.
The complex consists of a large
central building referred to as the
cloisters, which includes the reception
area, lounge, library, dining room
and kitchen. Accommodation consists of 9
double rooms and 7 single rooms al
with en-suite bath/shower and toilet. The
current all in charges for this
facility as at July 2007 are as
follows:-
Cloisters (ALL FOUND)
1 room with bath
and toilet for 1 person $1,386,000
5 empty
2
rooms with bath and toilet for 1 person $2,079,000
2
rooms with bath and toilet for 2 persons $2,772,000
In addition
there are 17 self catering cottages and 4 self catering flats on
the
property, the rates for these are as follows:-
Cottages:-
2
empty
2 bedroom cottages
$42,000 per month
1 bedroom
cottages
$31,500 per month
3 empty
Flats
$26,250 per
month
Lock up garages are available at
$31,500
per month
Care Unit:-
There is also a highly rated 13
bed care unit with 24 hour nursing care:-
Long stay
patients
$2,142,000 per month
Other Charges:-
Cottage and Flat
Residents Meals at Cloisters $40,000
Guest
Meals
$50,000
Guest Nights
$60,000
Al the above charges are
payable in advance and are subject to
regular
increases
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3.7
For Sale (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
MAZOWE SPRINGS CLUSTER
DEVELOPMENT
Wake up to the calls of the bush within a stonesthrow of the
city. 16
spacious 3 and 4 bedroomed houses in this most appealing
setting.Next to
Wild Geese Lodge.
Payment plan over 4 months. For further
details or appointment to view
contact the the Sales Team at Kennan
Properties -Central Branch on 251643/5
or 794202/7/9
or Biddy Railton on
023 403
887
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4.
RECREATION
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4.1
Need a break
Getaway and enjoy peace and fresh air at GUINEA FOLWS
REST
Only 80kms from Harare, Self-catering guest-house
Sleeps 10 people,
Bird-watching, Canoeing, Fishing, DSTV
REGRET: No day visitors. No boats
or dogs allowed.
Contact Dave: 011 600 770 or Annette 011 600 769
or 091
22 55 653 or email dapayne@zol.co.zw
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4.2
Savuli Safari (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Self catering chalets in the heart
of the Save Valley Conservancy. Game
watching, fishing, horse riding,
canoeing, walking trails and 4x4 hire. Camp
fully kitted including cook and
fridges. Just bring your food, drinks and
relax. Best value for money. U12
are 1/2 price
Contact John: savuli@mweb.co.zw or Phone 091 2631
556
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5.
SPECIALIST
SERVICES
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5.1
Vehicle Repairs
Vehicle repairs carried out personally by qualified
mechanic with 30 years
experience. Very reasonable rates.
Phone Johnny
Rodrigues: 011 603213 or 011 404797, email:
galorand@mweb.co.zw
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5.2
SpeedWorx - WYNN'S
Intelligent Car Service has arrived!
Why pay
ridiculous prices and be without your car for days.
Our services are done
while you wait & cost a fraction of the normal repair.
At SpeedWorx
we will:
Service your car
Increase your engine's performance and
improve your fuel economy
Completely flush your engine oil to prolong your
engine life
Restore your Power steering performance and stop it
leaking
Restore your Automatic Transmission performance and stop it
leaking
Completely flush your brake system and make you safe
Stop your car
overheating and reduce the risk of leaks
Remove bad odours from the interior
of your car and keep it fresh
Services done at your home or
office.
Contact: Bryan 011 612 650 or Russell 011 410
525.
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5.3
MAGNA PLUMBING & ELECTRICAL (Ad inserted 5/06/07)
MAGNA MULTI
CONTRACTING
Please be advised that the above Company has moved premises
and the phone
number has changed.
We still offer continued professional
and prompt service for the following
;-
A. Electrical repairs and
installations
B. Plumbing repairs and installations
C. Home and
Office renovations
D. Extensions and Buildings
E. Patios and
Driveways
F. Painting, Carpentry and Glazing
G. Roofing, Gutters and
Flashing
Please contact ROB and SUE
Phone: (04) 852658, Mobile -
011 601 885 or 023 824 896
Email: macgyver@zol.co.zw, havill@zol.co.zw
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5.4
VIDEO PRODUCTION (Ad inserted 5/06/07)
Filming & Editing of Weddings
& Special Events. DVD Production, Broadcast
Quality. DVD & VHS
transfers. Call Greer on 744075 / 0912 353 047
Greer Wynn, Focused Video
Productions: 0912 353 047 /
744075
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5.5
Unusual Flower Arrangements (Ad inserted 5/06/07)
For unusual flower
arrangements for all occasions including iki bana
arrangements, please call
Leighann Halfpenny on 011 632 272 or
302679
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5.6
HARDWOOD FURNTURE (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Sleepers and Teak Custom made
Dining Tables, Coffee Tables, Bars , Even
Wrought iron and Pine Phone Simon
Silcock persistently 668843
or sms 091 233 103 and I will reply
quickly.
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5.7
VISIO INTERIOR DESIGN (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Specialising in residential
and lodge interiors - let us help you create
your dream home.
Diploma
in Interior Design and Decoration - Rhodec International UK
Contact - Janna
Pole, 19 Rolf Avenue, Ballantyne Park, Harare
091 2 432523 / 870019 / janna@earth.co.zw
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5.8
THE PACKING CO (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Professional packing and crating of
trophies
Secure storage of trophies with treatment to prevent any
contamination
Thorough inspection of trophies
Trophies individually
wrapped and packed in industrial boxes and strong
wooden crates
Fast
and efficient processing of documentation
Delivery of packed crate and
paperwork to shipping company
Weekly update on progress of
shipment
Contact - Janna Pole, 19 Rolf Avenue, Ballantyne Park, Harare
091
2 432523 / 870019 / janna@earth.co.zw
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5.9
Investing in a holiday home or retirement pad (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Are
you thinking of investing in a "bolt hole", holiday home or
retirement
pad.
Try the beautiful Eastern Cape.
Rob Owsley
Properties specializes in property sales along the Eastern Cape
Coast from
Port Alfred to Hamburg, including Riet River, Kleinemonde,
Mgwalana, Mpekweni
and Birha. The sales office in located in Kleinemonde,
20km from Port Alfred
on the Sunshine Coast between Port Elizabeth and East
London in the Eastern
Cape.
The long stretches of white unspoilt beach, warm Indian ocean waves
and
peaceful lagoons make it an ideal seaside getaway. The natural assets
of
Kleinemonde make it an excellent venue for all river and beach
activities,
including water skiing, surfing, boating up the unspoilt river,
horse riding
on the beach, fishing and sand boarding and much more! The
beautiful
indigenous vegetation reaches down to the riverbanks and the
ancient cycads
are in abundance. Bird and wild life are abundant, the cry of
the resident
fish eagles echoes in the silence. In close proximity are
various game
reserves and parks where the Big Five can be seen on day and
night drives.
There are two excellent golf courses in the area, the Fish
River Sun, 5
minutes away and the Royal Alfred Golf Club in Port
Alfred.
All this makes Kleinemonde the ideal holiday home area and also a
restful
and peaceful place to retire.
Contact : Rob Owsley
Properties; Tel. +27 46 6751021; Fax. +27 46 6751126,
e-mail : owsley@imaginet.co.za www.kleinemondeproperty.co.za
If
you have children at school or university in Grahamstown, Rob
Owsley
Properties also has many delightful properties available on their
books for
short term
rents.
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6.
PETS
CORNER
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6.1
FOUND (Ad inserted 5/06/07)
Male Dachshund, Tan with white muzzle. Very
sweet natured
Found in Pomona/ Doon Rd, At ZNSPCA HQ, 156 Enterprise Rd,
Chisipite,
Tel:
497574
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6.2
Seeking (Ad inserted 5/06/07)
Seeking Purbred or Pedigree male Doberman
to cover a Pedigree Doberman
female. Urgent as the bitch is ready in 5days
time. Please phone sherry 0912
724 595 or
852027/8
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6.3
Looking for a Home (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
My diplomat neighbours are
leaving very soon, and cannot take all 3
Ridgebacks back - therefore they are
looking for an excellent person or
preferably family to adopt ONE of their
pedigree Rhodesian Ridgebacks, who
is some 18 months old - Sire a Sarula
(Linda Costa), Dam an Umvutcha
(Sankeys). If you or your family is
interested, please respond as soon as
possible with contact details and
information about your home/family of
interest to such a dog.
Please pass
this information to anyone you know who might be interested.
Please
contact: trudys@zol.co.zw
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6.4
PUPPY WANTED (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
The following puppy wanted: - Bull
Terrier; Bull Mastiff; Rottwieler; Boer
Bull; Bull Mastiff or any cross with
the above. Contact Debbie on 091 2 830
953 or 492519 (After
Hours)
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6.5
Wanted (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
LABRADOR OR JACK RUSSELL PUP - PLEASE PHONE
JENNY TAYLOR ON 495706 OR 011
409
353
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7.
SOCIAL
GATHERINGS
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7.1
Book Sale (Ad inserted 5/06/07)
Jig saw puzzles, magazines,
records
SATURDAY10 JUNE, 10 - 1 PM, 156 Enterprise Rd, ZNSPCA
HQ
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7.2
CUTTY SARK HALF MARATHON KARIBA
MONDAY 13 AUGUST 2007 (over long
weekend)
All serious runners, fun runners/walkers, family and friends are
invited to
take part in the second Kariba Half Marathon, sponsored by Cutty
Sark Hotel.
Disco, full bar and catering at Cutty Sark after the
race.
Email: kiara@zol.co.zw or guyhammond@zol.co.zw for more information
or
telephone 011 208 218 / 0912 275
714
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7.3
SOCIAL GATHERINGS (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Come and dance with Country Juke
Box. Bring the family. Children allowed.
Reasonable bar prices, club menu and
a great atmosphere. A wide selection of
dance music from the 60's to 90's,
Country, Tiekkie Draai, Rock and Roll
etc. Contact Joe on 339378 or 0912
338414 for
details.
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JAG
Hotlines: +263 (011) 610 073, +263 (04) 799 410. If you are in trouble
or
need advice, please don't hesitate to contact us - we're here to help!
To
advertise (JAG Members): Please email classifieds to: jagma@mango.zw
with subject
"Classifieds".