Zim Online
Wed 23
November 2005
HARARE - Zimbabwe has for the first time in five
years remained
peaceful ahead of a major election simply because no one -
and that probably
includes even contesting politicians themselves - believe
next Saturday's
senate poll is worth their while, analysts said on
Tuesday.
They said Zimbabweans were too engrossed in the battle for
survival to
worry about a senate project which to many ordinary people was
significant
only in so far as it showcased on one hand the inadequacies of
the
opposition and on the other the arrogance of President Robert Mugabe's
government.
University of Zimbabwe (UZ)'s politics scientist
Eldred Masunungure,
said for the common man, the battle to keep body and
soul together in an
environment where every basic survival commodity is in
critical short supply
was far more important than a senate election which
will neither change the
way the country is governed nor bring bread on the
table.
"The pre-senate election environment has been
uncharacteristically
calm and peaceful primarily because there are far more
compelling issues
competing for attention and people find it an
unnecessarily expensive
event," said Masunungure, who is head of the UZ's
political science
department.
Masunungure said that
the manner in which President Robert Mugabe's
government, which last August
controversially amended the constitution to
facilitate creation of a new
senate, had pressed ahead with the senate
project was a testimony of how it
placed political survival ahead of
resolving Zimbabwe's worsening economic
and humanitarian crisis.
"It shows the extent to which political
survival is the basic instinct
in the ruling ZANU PF party and the
government," he said.
Critics of the proposed new senate have said
it serves no meaningful
purpose other than to extend Mugabe's patronage
network.
The President will appoint six of the 66 senators, another
10 will be
elected by traditional chiefs while the rest will be directly
chosen next
Saturday by Zimbabweans.
But the situation has
remained calm and peaceful in the country, a
pleasant surprise for
Zimbabweans who have since the formation of the main
opposition Movement for
Democratic Change (MDC) in 1999 become accustomed to
murder and violence
before any national election.
Churches and human rights groups have
in the past blamed political
violence mostly on militant ZANU PF supporters
and government trained youth
militias. Members of Zimbabwe's army and police
have also been in the past
accused of harassing and torturing MDC
activists.
Chairman of the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA)
civic alliance
Lovemore Madhuku, said the fact that ZANU PF militants had
not stepped up
violence against the MDC was testimony that even the ruling
party that is
behind the senate project did not take the Saturday poll as a
serious
contest.
"That there is no violence reflects that this
is not a (serious)
election because if it were one, ZANU PF would have upped
violence to stop
opposition parties from winning," said Madhuku, whose NCA
campaigns for a
new and democratic constitution for Zimbabwe.
He added: "It (absence of violence) does not portray maturity on the
electorate but that this election is a non-event."
Masunungure
added that were it not for bickering in the MDC over
whether to contest the
poll it would have passed almost unnoticed by
Zimbabweans.
The
MDC is on the verge of splintering after disagreeing on the senate
vote with
President Morgan Tsvangirai insisting the party boycotts the poll
because it
would be rigged by ZANU PF.
Besides, the senate election was a
waste of scarce resources for a
country that should be better directing its
energies towards fighting
hunger, the opposition leader has
said.
However, secretary general Welshman Ncube supported by other
top
leaders of the party openly revolted against Tsvangirai saying the
opposition party had to contest the election after its national council
voted for the party to do so.
Ncube's group also says it would
be unwise for the MDC to surrender
political space to ZANU PF by boycotting
the poll.
But apart from the comical, if sometimes vulgar and
dirty,
name-calling between the bickering factions of the MDC, there appears
to be
very little able to draw the attention of Zimbabweans from the hunt
for
food.
About three million Zimbabweans or a quarter of the
country's 12
million people face starvation after poor harvests last season
according to
a United Nations estimate.
Meanwhile, the southern
African country is also battling an alarming
economic meltdown, described by
the World Bank as unseen in a country not at
war.
The economic
crisis has spawned acute shortages of fuel, electricity,
essential medical
drugs and other basic commodities because there is no hard
cash to pay
foreign suppliers. - ZimOnline
Zim Online
Wed
23 November 2005
CHIPINGE - As we drove into Chipinge, a town some
200km south of
Mutare city in Zimbabwe's eastern highlands, we were greeted
by an eerie
silence.
What you could only hear were howling
winds blowing from the
south-east as the town seemed literally
deserted.
The few shops that were still open appeared devoid of
life. The
shelves were empty. Only a few customers were slowly trickling in.
The once
busy streets were also empty of people and cars.
Young
children, who are normally full of zest and joy, were also
nowhere near in
sight, instead what greeted you was a frightening silence of
the
graveyard.
Chipinge, until recently boasted of vast tea, timber and
coffee
plantations that stretched miles towards the horizon. Numerous
agro-businesses and supporting industries were operating at full
throttle.
It was a typical agricultural town whose soul was the
land. Everything
seemed to tick.
Not anymore.
For
52-year old Mary Jana, who has lived in the town over the past 30
years, the
change has been traumatic.
Jana has seen farms collapse and
businesses close, sapped of their
lifeblood as President Robert Mugabe,
against all conventional wisdom,
pushed ahead his often violent land reform
agenda.
But five years down the line, Jana says Zimbabweans are
paying for
Mugabe's ill-advised experiment.
"This is a sad
story of a town which used to be a centre of
agricultural excellence," Jana
said.
Zimbabwe is going through a severe economic recession blamed
on
Mugabe's disruption of the key agricultural sector after he seized large
tracts of farmland from the minority whites for redistribution to landless
blacks five years ago.
Mugabe says the land seizures were
necessary to correct historical
imbalances in land ownership which saw the
best farmland in the hands of the
minority whites while blacks were cramped
on poor sandy soils.
The farm seizures slashed food production by
60 percent leaving
Zimbabweans dependent on food handouts from the
international community for
survival. The five-year old crisis has also seen
severe shortages of fuel,
electricity, essential medical drugs, hard cash
and several basic
commodities.
Jana said transport businesses
which depended on ferrying farm produce
to Mutare and other towns, have also
shut down due to lack of business.
Brendon Scot, a large-scale
commercial farmer in the town, is among
hundreds of farmers who had survived
the earlier purge of white farmers
which took place five years ago. He was
kicked out of his farm a few weeks
ago.
"We are not sure how we
will transport our produce to markets because
we have relied on Scot's
transport companies over the years," said a black
commercial farmer who
refused to be named for fear of victimisation.
Another shop in the
town which was owned by a white couple, which
provided telephone and
secretarial services to the community, was virtually
pushed out of business
after the majority of its customers relocated en
masse.
"They
closed because there is no business anymore. I do not know how
the people
will conduct their business having lost reliable commercial
banks, transport
companies and even clinics. It is not looking good," Jana
said.
A private clinic, Chipinge Trust Clinic, closed its doors in September
after
the sole doctor, Petra Baum Gatner, relocated after his farm was taken
over
by government supporters.
Gatner said: "Chances that the clinic
will re-open or be able to lure
another doctor to Chipinge are slim given
the events that have happened in
this area." - ZimOnline
Zim Online
Wed
23 November 2005
HARARE - Zimbabwe's Agriculture and Rural
Development Authority (ARDA)
has seized six cars from white farmer and
prominent opposition politician,
Roy Bennett, as the government ratchets up
pressure on the country's few
remaining white farmers by seizing their farm
equipment, including household
property.
The vehicles were
seized from Charleswood estate in the eastern
Chimanimani farming district.
The government grabbed the farm from Bennett
late last year, disregarding
High Court orders barring the state from taking
over the farm which was one
of the leading agro-export concerns in the
country.
A local
official of Bennett's Movement for Democratic Change party,
Pardon Maguta,
told ZimOnline that while ARDA grabbed the vehicles,
officials of President
Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU PF party also stole two
cows from the farm which
they slaughtered to feed people who had gathered
for a rally of the party
held in the area last Sunday.
Maguta said: "They (ARDA) took the
cars and are using them. They also
slaughtered two cattle to feed their
supporters who attended the Chimanimani
rally."
ARDA officials
were not immediately available for comment on the
matter
yesterday.
There is a fresh wave of chaos and looting of property
on the few
farms still in white hands and on farms deserted by white owners
as Mugabe's
government moves to ensure that virtually all farmland is in
black hands.
Marauding gangs of ZANU PF militants have in the past
five months
invaded farms in Manicaland, Mashonaland West, Masvingo,
Matabeleland North
and South provinces while the government has revived its
Loot Committee to
grab equipment from white farms.
The
committee led by one Assistant Police Commissioner Ndanga last
month swooped
on Mwenzi district in Masvingo province seizing equipment
worth billions of
dollars.
Already all farmland in Zimbabwe is technically state land
after the
government controversially amended the constitution to bar
citizens from
contesting in court seizure of their land by the state while
courts were
also prohibited from entertaining such appeals.
State Security Minister Didymus Mutasa, who is in charge of land
reform, has
in the past said he wanted to seize more land from whites for
redistribution
in order to ensure that every black Zimbabwean had land.
But
Vice-President Joseph Msika and influential Reserve Bank of
Zimbabwe
governor, Gideon Gono, have been quoted by state media as having
said that
the government did not want to evict all of the remaining few
white farmers.
- ZimOnline
Zim Online
Wed 23 November 2005
HARARE - The vice-chairman of Zimbabwe's
troubled national airline on
Tuesday blamed an acute shortage of hard cash
to import A1 jet fuel for
grounding the entire fleet earlier this
week.
Air Zimbabwe board deputy chair Jonathan Kadzura told ZimOnline
that the
country's traditional suppliers Total and British Petroleum (BP)
had failed
to supply fuel to the embattled airline because of they had
failed to get
foreign currency to import the commodity.
Kadzura said:
"We have taken a holistic approach to the challenges the
company is going
through, which in itself is a manifestation of what
Zimbabwe is going
through. It is difficult for the country to procure fuel
due to foreign
currency shortages.
"Traditional suppliers Total and BP (British
Petroleum) do not have the
product in the country and we had to get fuel
from NOCZIM (National Oil
Company of Zimbabwe)."
Zimbabwe has battled
acute foreign currency shortages since the
International Monetary Fund
withdrew balance-of-payments support six years
ago after disagreeing with
President Robert Mugabe's government over fiscal
policy and other governance
issues.
Food, electricity, essential medical drugs and just about every
other basic
survival commodity is also in critical short supply because
there is no hard
cash to pay foreign suppliers.
But Air Zimbabwe had
until Monday managed to scrounge for fuel to keep its
planes flying.
The
unprecedented grounding of the fleet has seen the airline's board
suspending
chief executive officer Tendai Mahachi and the divisional
director for
finance and company secretary Tendai Mujuru to pave way for
investigations.
- ZimOnline.
[ This report
does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]
HARARE,
22 Nov 2005 (IRIN) - Urban Zimbabweans, facing soaring food prices,
are
increasingly defying a government order not to grow crops in cities and
towns ahead of the new agricultural season.
The government early this
year banned urban farming in undesignated areas as
part of a clean-up
campaign, saying it was contributing to soil erosion,
siltation of dams and
providing cover for criminals.
Harare City town clerk, Nomutsa Chideya,
said residents would only be
permitted to cultivate on the outskirts of the
capital on earmarked farms.
"We will take action against people growing
crops in the city because that
is against our by-laws," Harare council
spokesperson, Leslie Gwindi, told
IRIN.
But with the arrival of the
rains in the last few weeks, many city residents
have ignored the threat and
are busy digging and sowing on patches of waste
ground, and will use the
harvest - however tiny - to cover part of their
household food
bills.
On some plots around Harare, healthy knee-high maize can already
be seen.
And it's not just the urban poor who are out wielding their hoes -
even in
the affluent northern suburbs, crops are being grown on vacant
pieces of
land.
Loshto Chimutalama, whose maize plot is unfortunately
next to Mabelereign
police camp, said with food shortages rocking Zimbabwe,
it did not make
sense to ban urban agriculture.
"Right now, the
economy has been run into the ground, and people in urban
areas can hardly
make ends meet. There is a lot of unemployment in the
country and some of us
are surviving on the maize and other crops that we
grow. I cannot listen to
anybody who tells me not to feed myself and my
family," he
explained.
The police so-far have not seemed particularly interested in
Chimutalama's
blatant lawbreaking. Part of the reason is that at several
police and army
barracks around the city, low-paid constables and soldiers
are also defying
the ban.
Mbuya Shava, an elderly woman who lives
with her four orphaned
grandchildren, said she had managed to feed them in
part through her annual
maize and sweet-potato harvest.
"Maize meal
has become so expensive that I cannot afford to buy it from the
shops. I
have no option but to grow my own food," she commented.
Aid workers
estimate that at least four million Zimbabweans - around a third
of the
population - will face food shortages between now and the next
harvest,
beginning early next year.
Urban Zimbabweans, struggling for several
years with triple digit inflation
and the most basic of shortages, have seen
food prices continue to climb
while the value of their salaries has
plummeted.
The government blames western economic "sanctions" imposed
following its
controversial and violent fast-track land reform programme in
2000. The
opposition, whose stronghold are the urban centres, accuses the
government
of long-running economic mismanagement.
According to the
watchdog Consumer Council of Zimbabwe, an average family
needs Zim $11.6
million (US $483) a month to cover basic household expenses.
Most
Zimbabweans earn a salary of around $3 million (US $125), nevertheless
better off than the 70 percent of people who are unemployed.
Mike
Davies, the chairman of the Harare Ratepayers Association, told IRIN
that it
was outrageous for the government and councils to ban urban
agriculture at a
time when the country was grappling with food shortages.
"The authorities
are engaging residents in a game of deception when they say
they are
allocating plots for urban agriculture," he alleged.
"Residents who want
pieces of plots to grow crops have been told to visit
their district offices
but officials there profess ignorance about the
existence of such a scheme.
Given the food crisis that we are facing, it is
criminal for a government
and local authorities to bar people from producing
food," he
said.
Davies urged residents to grow food on what open spaces they could
find, but
to avoid ecologically damaging stream bank
cultivation.
"The people should grow food in order to feed their families
and they should
be prepared to defend their crops when the authorities
attempt to cut them
down," he added.
[ENDS]
Mmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone)
OPINION
November
22, 2005
Posted to the web November 22, 2005
Kebapetse
Lotshwao
Gaborone
At independence in 1980,Zimbabwe had the second most
advanced capitalist
economy in Africa after South Africa. By 1979,a year
before
independence,there were 1, 340 manufacturing industries.Commercial
agricuilture was the backbone of the economy,producing rich cash crops like
tobacco and fruits for export. Together with mining,agriculture was the
source of raw materials for industry and industry supported agriculture
through production of fertilizer and pesticides.Education was also developed
because manufacturing and commercial agriculture required skilled labour
force,there were 12 000 graduates at independence in Zimbabwe while other
countries had less than 20 graduates at independence.
The settlers
built Zimbabwe on the image of the metropolitan proving Karl
Marx correct
that: the country that is more developed industrially only
shows to the less
developed the image of its own future.Present Zimbabwe was
the industrial
nucleus of the Central African Federation (1953-63) and
further economic
developments occurred during those 10 years. Although April
18 is a symbolic
day for Zimbabwe marking attainment of independence from
many years of
minority rule,this is the same day that Zimbabwe was thrown
into reverse
gear as the current predator regime came to power.
Between 1983 and 1987
it carried a bloody campaign against Matebele. It is
believed that between
10 000 and 20 000 Matebele were killed by the Shona
controlled post
independence government of Zimbabwe.
This was ethnic cleansing against
the country s second largest
ethnolinguistic community and the perpetrators
have been let off the hook
and their campaign now continue against
sympathisers of the political
opposition. In 1998, the government committed
the country's military to a
war in the Great Lakes on the side of
Kabila.What was Zimbabwe's national
interest there? Nil,it was the interest
of the ruling elite only.No benefit
whatsoever for an ordinary Zimbabwean in
the villages,towns and cattle posts
of Botswana.Blood of Zimbabwean soldiers
was shed for no good reason in that
war that was financed from public
treasury. In 2000, the regime started a
politically motivated and
economically suicidal land reform against popular
will.
Well,land is
an asset that people should own,but David Blair (2002)recorded
the
Zimbabwean president as saying land will not be redistributed to
followers
of the opposition. Land became not an asset now but a weapon of
political
patronage showing that indeed the land reform was pursued in bad
faith.
Commercial agriculture collapsed immediately,leaving thousands
unemployed
and hungry for food production was disrupted.The war veterans
were the
vanguards here.But Sunday Standard recently carried the story of a
young
officer in the Zimbabwean military who escaped to Botswana because he
was
forced to masquerade as a war veteran during the suicidal land
seizure.Today
the Zimbabwean government blames drought for the food
shortages.
This is not true,even the deputy agriculture minister recently
said the
problem was that land had been given to people who know nothing
about food
production ( God bless him for telling the truth). Despite the
serious food
shortages,the ruling elite with enough food for themselves
reject food aid
for the odinary people of Zimbabwe. In 2005, they started a
clean up
campaign against the poor whom they accused of being squatters.
Thousands
were left homeless and some innocent children were killed by
government
during the demolitions. In all these,Botswana and South Africa
were greatest
losers alongside the poor of Zimbabwe.
Thousands of
immigrants (illegal) came to these countries for survival.The
two countries
spend millions on repatriations and crime has worsened in the
two countries
because of the influx of thousand of immigrants with idle
hands.
Convinced that SADC and AU have failed to resolve the
Zimbabwean problem and
have become part of the problem themselves , I think
it is now time for the
church to lead the struggle for change in Zimbabwe
and the ultimate
liberation of the country from despotism.
SADC and
AU are blanket organisations,aid mobilisation schemes and trade
unions for
African leaders and have betrayed the people of Zimbabwe.The
Catholic church
in particular must take the front line.
It has a record of mobilising
people against civilian and military
dictatorships in Latin America leadng
to the defeat and collapse of such
regimes. Secondly,the despot in Zimbabwe
is its member just like Ferdinand
Marcos was in Phillipines. Liberation
theologians in the Catholic Church in
Zimbabwe and the region must emerge
from their hiding caves and lead the
struggle like their counterparts in
Latin America those years.
They must put to practice great theories of
liberation theology and liberate
Zimbabwe. One such theory is that of Jurgen
Moltmann who said the church
must have a society transforming vision,not
personal salvation only.
Johannes Baptist Metz also said there is political
dimension to faith and
the church must be an institution of social criticism
and political change
in times of need.This is the only way Zimbabwe can be
saved.
Elections have failed to bring change because they are never free
and
fair,the military is also on his side. But SADC and AU observers will
tell
you the elections were free and fair when they arrived in Zimbabwe only
a
few days before the elections.
The church must stand against what
is inhuman like rejection of food aid
when people are dying,it must side
with the oppressed and the poor and lead
the struggle for defeat of
despotism.God stands against oppression and those
who follow him must do
likewise.
Inaction of the church when things are like they are in
Zimbabwe is a sin
before God,liberation theologians must stand up now.The
Bishop of Bulawayo
alone cannot succeed and he needs assistance.
The Age, Australia
Valetta
November 23, 2005 - 3:20PM
Page 1 of
2
Heads of state and government from the 53-nation Commonwealth meet in
Malta
this week for talks which will focus largely on finding a consensus
ahead of
crucial WTO talks in Hong Kong next month, officials
said.
The meeting will provide many small African, Pacific and Caribbean
nations
with a last chance to pressurise agricultural giants like the
European Union
for concessions ahead of the deadlocked World Trade
Organisation talks.
"There are three or four major issues," Commonwealth
Secretary General Don
McKinnon told a news conference in
Valletta.
"One will definitely be international trade, another key issue
is tolerance,
and how to deal with some of the core issues relating to
terrorism," he
said.
Foreign ministers will meet today and tomorrow
to thrash out lower priority
issues, as part of a new format for the
biannual gatherings designed to
allow more "retreat time" for the leaders to
facilitate bilateral talks,
said McKinnon.
On trade, he said all the
leaders, the majority of them from developing
countries, "want to see a
successful conclusion to the Doha Development
Round.
"There are 32
small nations represented at the meeting, many of them are
sugar producers
and all of them want to see a bit of blue sky on the issue"
of trade, he
said.
Malta's Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi told the same news conference
yesterday: "This is a unique opportunity for leaders to come together and
decide what positions they will take."
The Commonwealth is a motley
group of former British colonies representing
1.8 billion people bound
together by a common language and heritage, which
supporters say strengthens
development, governance and democracy goals,
though its critics dismiss it
as a toothless post-colonial talking shop.
Many believe that its strength
lies in its diversity, in that members range
from the micro-states of
Polynesia to giants of the G8, straddling the
north-south divide like no
other international association.
In his comments to journalists, McKinnon
hinted at difficulties ahead in
forming a consensus before the Hong Kong
talks.
"We feel justified in feeling despondent at the lack of ambition
of some
members," he said.
Commonwealth giants like Australia and
India will seek to pressurise the
European Union, through Britain and Malta,
for a bigger offer to reduce its
agricultural support system.
The EU
wants India in particular to open up market access for industrial
goods and
service, saying it has gone far enough on agriculture.
The summit poses a
major security headache for tiny Malta, a former British
colony situated
only a few dozen kilometres from the North African coast.
An early test
of readiness comes on today with the arrival of Queen
Elizabeth, the head of
the Commonwealth who will make a state visit before
formally opening the
summit in the capital Valletta on Friday.
African development will be
high on the agenda, with 16 African leaders
arriving over the next few days,
including South African President Thabo
Mbeki and his Nigerian counterpart
Olusegun Obasanjo.
Mbeki, who opposed Zimbabwe's suspension from the
Commonwealth in 2002, is
unlikely to raise the issue of re-admitting its
neighbour.
"Zimbabwe is not on the agenda," said foreign ministry
spokesman Ronnie
Mamoepa.
Instead, the meeting is likely to be
concerned with Uganda, and its arrest
of opposition leader Kiiza Besigye,
seen as a main rival to President Yoweri
Museveni in upcoming elections.
Besigye has been charged with plotting to
overthrow the
government.
"Of course I look forward to meeting Mr Museveni to talk to
him about some
of the things we've been seeing in Uganda," said
McKinnon.
"As regards the opposition leader, in a case like this the
sooner the court
process can take place the better."
- AFP
Cape Times
November 23,
2005
I wonder which "intelligence" ministry Ronnie Kasrils attends?
To
congratulate Zimbabwe on "great achievements during its 25 years of
independence" is an insult to millions of black Zimbabweans who have
suffered under Robert Mugabe and his cronies-murder, torture, political
shenanigans and gross human rights abuses...from Bob Sankey, Somerset
West.
Never mind the destruction of a once-vibrant economy with an
adult
literacy rate of more than 80% - all destroyed in the last 10
years.
Great achievements. I suppose so!
If I was
in the South African Air Force, I would not want some
Zimbabwe Air Force
fellow training me - do we not have enough SAAF trainers?
Mr
Kasrils, you owe many millions of good decent Zimbabweans an
apology. I
cannot believe you are a minister - unless it is of ignorance.
Bob Sankey, Somerset West
Email: jag@mango.zw; justiceforagriculture@zol.co.zw
Please
send any material for publication in the Open Letter Forum to
jag@mango.zw with "For Open Letter Forum" in the
subject
line.
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Letter
1:
Dear Editor,
A statement of fact. We are witnessing armed ZRP
(Police) plundering all
the valuable equipment in Masvingo, Mwenezi and
Chiredzi, which belongs to
some of our colleague farmers. Our turn is
imminent. Having dispensed since
Monday with the farmers who keep their
equipment in town, the confiscation
team is today dragging away our
neighbour's farm machinery. You can imagine
what the farmers feel whilst
witnessing his sophisticated equipment, the
tools of his trade if you would,
being manhandled off his premises. Centre
pivots, piping, tractors, crawlers,
you name it.
This is truly the darkest hour we have faced in our
association of 44 years
with Zimbabwe.
For the sake of interest, I
replicate two articles off DSTV's News 24 14h24
update of today, at the end
of this e-mail. They are so diabolically in
contrast to the reality on the
ground, the ceremonies and accords described
might as well be happening on
Mars. By the time you read this email you
will probably have read the
article. Besides, from your position in foreign
affairs, you would obviously
have been privy to these formal Zimbabwe/South
Africa co-operation agreements
at their inception and in their making.
Anyone with the slightest
interest in politics knows that the military arm
of a country is an extremely
important political tool for a government to
use to wield influence, if it
chooses to.Together with its handmaiden,
Intelligence, it often enjoys a
confidentiality with its political masters
which even economics do not come
close to.
Therefore, if a military co-operation between two states exists
on the
level which Minister Ronnie Kassrils so extravagantly describes
as
prevailing between Zim and SA, in a situation of such cosiness, it is
the
closest thing to marriage that two governments can get! This existing
state
of affairs between the ZG and SAG which everyone has long
suspected,
overtly describes a depth of co-operation and width of affection
which is a
rare Government to Government event.
Surely then, with so
much goodwill, prosperity and security in mind, the
existence of such a close
and important inter-state relationship begs the
question, why can SA not
insist on basic decency from Zimbabwe in its
so-called Land Reform Policy?
Specifically I ask why the SAG, with its
immense power and political clout
will not at least see to the safety of
the livelihood of its Nationals in
Zimbabwe? Has it some how become
impossible to tell the neighbour it is wrong
to beat his wife and abuse the
children?
Aggrieved farmer Masvingo
Zimbabwe
Cape Town: Nov 17.1005 14.24 Update
SA and Zim have
signed an agreement to strengthen defence and intelligence
ties.
The
agreement was signed at a ceremony on Thursday, and emphasises
solidarity
between the two neighbours in the face of growing condemnation
of
Zim.
South African intelligence Min. Ronnie Kassrils praised Zims
"advances and
successes" in the 25 years since its Independence from Britain.
He said
"the two countries shared a common world view" and would "march
forward
shoulder to shoulder".
The comments are in stark contrast to
the criticism heaped on Zim by most
western governments which accuse the Zim
president Robert Mugabe of
bringing his country to the brink of economic and
social collapse, and
trampling on human rights.
Zim says greatest
threat is from outside influences. Zim National Security
Min. Didymus Mutasa
said the greatest threat to the Southern African
regions security came from
"outside influences" whose aim is to effect
regime change specially with
regard to countries led by liberation
movements.
Zim has repeatedly
accused its western critics, the US and Britain in
particular of plotting
against Mugabe's regime.
Mugabe has found allies among movements in the
region such as SA's ruling
ANC, movements that fought colonialism and white
rule, Mugabe supported the
ANC in the fight against
apartheid.
Kassrils said that SA enjoyed multiracial democracy thanks to
"the heroic
people of Zim" this will never ever be forgotten by the people of
SA"
SA the heavyweight in Southern Africa, is the most important ally of
an
increasingly isolated Zim. SA Pres. Thabo Mbeki maintains his policy
of
quiet diplomacy is the only way to bringing about economic and
political
reform.
ZIm inflation is at more than 400 %.
The
agreement provides for a joint permanent commission on Defence and
security,
boosting military, police and intelligence co-operation. It will
also tackle
specific areas of concern such as cross border crime and
illegal
immigration.
There are about 3 mil Zims living in SA many of them without
papers,
seeking refuge from political repression and economic
collapse.
Under a separate agreement, Zim has also promised to send
flying
instructors to train SA Airforce Pilots and technicians.
Zim
was one of Africa's most advanced countries with a highly educated
and
trained workforce. It now has an inflation of more than 400%,
mass
unemployment and shortages of most staples.
Analysts blame the
meltdown in the agriculture based economy. On the
chaotic and often violent
seizures of more than 5000 white owned Commercial
farms since
2000.
The UN estimates that at least 4 mil of the countries more than 5
mil
people are suffering severe food shortages.
ZIM TO TRAIN SA
PILOTS
CAPE TOWN:
ZIM Airforce instructors are to be dispatched to
SA to train local airforce
pilots under a memorandum of understanding signed
between the two
governments on Thursday.
Intelligence. Min. Ronnie
Kassrils said "this initiative, involving
seconding Zims flying instructors
to train SA Airforce pilots , aircraft
technicians and support staff, follows
a long tradition of training
exchanges between our countries.
These
include joint military exercises, peace keeping training, defence
management
training, staff course visits communication training,sporting
activities and
aviation safety.
Defence Security
Kassrils was addressing cabinet
ministers from Zim and SA during the first
meeting of a joint permanent
commission on defence and security between the
two countries.
In his
welcoming address, he congratulated Zim on "great achievements"
during its 25
years of independence.
He said "very heavy congratulations to those
notable achievements at a time
when Zim is facing challenges".
Zim's
national security Min. Didymus Mutasa said good relations between SA
and Zim
were vital for the stability of the region.
He said" the future of the
region depends on the good relationship of our
two countries. If there is
conflict between our two countries, there will
be no stable future in this
region".
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Letter
2:
Dear JAG,
There have been reports of some very poor wheat
yields around the country.
It would be useful to collect credible data,
perhaps from harvesting
contractors, on the scale of the disaster.
For
instance some thousands of hectares planted in the Mazowe Valley
had
insufficient water to see the crop through. What are the facts
here?
What happened in other major wheat producing areas?
My main
interest is in the management of water resources.
However the further
question is: how much cheap public money was lent out
for how many hectares
and how many tonnes of wheat did this yield for the
GMB?
Perhaps JAG
could facilitate the collection of some facts. Be aware that it
does not help
to exaggerate.
VERY
INTERESTED
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Letter
3:
Dear JAG,
VEHICLE STOLEN at 4:30am this morning from Glen Lorne
area.
Beige Toyota Landcruiser pickup in very good condition. Full house
(2
spare wheels, worn winch on the front, double rollbar on the back, 8
inch
wide tyres).
Registration number 674-141L.
Reward of $50
million offered.
Please contact 011
208848
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Letter
4:
Dear JAG,
Please could you or your readers assist me in finding
the whereabouts of
Hazel Forrest from Harare. I have heard that she's moved
to the north
coast of Natal. Please contact JAG office with any
information.
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of the
submitters, and do not represent the official viewpoint of Justice
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Agriculture
As a JAG member or JAG Associate member, please send any classified
adverts
for publication in this newsletter to:
JAG Classifieds: jag@mango.zw; justiceforagriculture@zol.co.zw
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1.
Offered for Sale Items
2. Wanted Items
3. Accommodation
4.
Recreation
5. Specialist
Services
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1.
OFFERED FOR
SALE
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1.1
Motor car for sale (Ad inserted 01/11/05
BMW 2800 for sale; rebuild
including new tyres and respray.
For details contact Paul:
09-64727
:
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1.2
For Sale (Ad inserted 16/11/05)
"THE WEAVERY."
Phone your orders
to--Anne--011212424 or 332851.
Email joannew@zol.co.zw
Fax--332851
SUPER
GIFT IDEAS FOR LOCAL OR OVERSEAS FRIENDS AND FAMILY. LIGHT,EASY TO
WASH AND
SOMETHING DIFFERENT. Christmas is on it's way
again!!
Prices:
Small crocheted bags--$185,000 each.
Small
woven bags--$200,000 each.
Large crocheted bags.--$305,000 each.
Large
woven bags.--$400,000 each.
Table Runners.--$290,000.
Set of 4
Fringed Table mats + serviettes--$875,000.
Fringed mats
only(4)---$590,000.
Set of 6 Fringed mats+ serviettes--$1,310,000.
Set
of 4 Bordered table mats+ serviettes---$1,050,000.
Bordered mats
only(4)--$770,000.
Set of 6 Bordered mats + serviettes--$1,580,000.
Set of
8 Bordered mats + serviettes---$2,100,000.
2m
Throws--$980,000.each.
Traycloths--$145,000.
Jug
covers--$105,000.
Tea cosy(L)--$170,000.
Tea cosy(m)--$160,000
Tea
cosy(s)--$150,000.
Crocheted oven gloves(pair)--$400,000.
Oven
gloves(pair)--$220,000.
Oven
gloves(single)--$110,000.
Aprons--$440,000.
Decorated cushion
covers--$395,000.
Plain cushion covers---$280,000.
Round crocheted
cushions--$380,000.
Scarves--$400,000. each.
Hats--$210,000
each.
Ladies jerseys(med.)--$1,730,000 each.
Woven
waistcoats--$1,050,000.
X Large patterned cotton
rug--$2,750,000.
Large plain cotton rug--$880,000.
Med. plain cotton
rug---$560,000.
Small plain cotton rug.---$360,000.
Cotton Rag
Rug--$360,000.
Med. plain mohair rug--$630,000.
Med.patterned mohair
rug.--$790,000.
Small patterned mohair rug--$610,000.
X Large patterned
mohair rug.--$3,110,000.
and lots more.
Wholesale prices available for
orders(over 6 of an article) or
large
purchases.
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1.3
Motorbikes for Sale (Ad inserted 26/10/05)
BEAT THE FUEL
CRISIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NEW ENDURO XY 125 - 10 MOTORBIKES FOR
SALE
(Averages 50KM/LT)
PHONE: 790266/ 011
414050
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1.4
For Sale (Ad inserted 01/11/05)
Digital Gram Scale measures up to 200grams
used for gold etc - brand new -
$5 million
English made 17" Fan - $4
million
Plastic Sealing machine (foot operated ) hardly used -
$5m
White wooden baby cot - $4 million
Please phone 744397 for
further
details
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1.5
Goods for Sale (Ad inserted 18/11/05)
GEC 2 door fridge freezer.
Recently overhauled and in very good
condition - 25 million
Golf
umbrella 250,000
String tennis net - 2 million
Old tent sleeps 4 -
l million
9 Illustrated children's Encyclopaedia edited by Arthur Mee - 2
million
4 blazers, size 34, 2 beige, l navy, royal - all in excellent
condition - l
million each.
Tel 04 333852, or 073 3399, or 0ll
4236l4
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1.6
Household Goods for Sale (Ad inserted 01/11/05
1 x Hostess Trolley
1 x
Double Bed (Mattress and Base)
1 x 2 drawer Dressing Table with Mirror
(Saligna)
1 x medium fridge (Ocean)
1 x Monarch 390 3 plate stove
1 x
Belling Mini Stove (oven/warming drawer/Hot plate and Grill)
If
interested please contact linda@gekko.co.zw with realistic
offers.
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1.7
GOODS FOR SALE (Ad inserted 01/11/05)
Various Burma Teak furniture (this
wood is now extinct I am told).
Chest of drawers
Breakfast
table
Side Table
Many beautiful solid wood bookshelves -
(The new
year is coming and then everyone will be looking for a bookshelf
which will
be out of stock in Jan 2006).
Several solid wood good bedroom chairs.
2 x
OLD OAK Bookshelves.
2 x Dark Oak Dining Room Chairs.
1 x OAK drop leaf
table.
1 x Oak Chest of Drawers (4 x drawers).
1 x Oval oak table - medium
size.
2 x Panga Panga Dining Room Chairs.
1 x Nursing Chair.
2 x Office
chairs Mid - condition - but also a fair price - bit of
attention.
1 x
Mahogany drop leaf table (square - perfect for cards or a
sewing
table).
Various strong large tables (dining and kitchen)
One
veneer table large for a Site office/back verandah -old and
reasonably
priced.
1 x round Mahogany (1.25) - dining table.
1 x
Humungous Heavy Dining Room table (Cottage style - very heavy).
In fact -
tables for Africa!! (these tables do not have chairs.
Tables with chairs
:
1 x Old shaped Table (very good wood - not sure of type) - with 6
Oak
chairs (colours matching fine).
1 x Antique round dining room table
with 5 chairs (large).
1 x Burmese teak table with 4 chairs - a beauty and
very beautifully
covered.
1 x Petrol lawnmower FROM GERMANY.
1 x
electric lawnmower (field flight).
Set of (metal) garden table with 4
chairs.
2 x garden chairs metal with 2x small side tables.
9 Plastic
garden chairs excellent condition.
3 Garden benches (rustic type).
1 x
Garden Bench PICNIC STYLE.
Steel Lounger - A true beauty ! (No
cushions).
1 x Single Bed - base and mattress (mint condition) plus headboard
covered
in draylon.
1 x double mattress.
2 x 3/4 beds in really good
condition.
Bunk beds with mattresses. Can be used as a unit or the 2
beds
side-by-side PRISTINE CONDITION.
Some computer desks without
drawers - great size enough space for
printer, scanner etc.
Computer
trolley for top of desk or to be used on the side.
Various smalls: too many
to list.
Lots of Kenwood parts - come and scrounge.
2 x watercolour
paintings.
Cups and saucers 2/3 sets.
2 x sets coffee cups small and
beautiful.
Glasses galore.
Oldish Dinner service - not the full
set.
CASH CRUSADER TEL : 302 081
86 EAST ROAD
AVONDALE
(Just
down the road from Reps Theatre, and the same road as the
Trauma
Centre)
Wilma 091 237
216
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For Sale (Ad inserted 14/11/05)
2 Man tent with stretcher
Satellite
dish
Workshop
2 work benches
1 metal shelve (+ 3m long, 2 m high,
1/4 m wide)
1 metal folding table
2nd Hand domestic sewing machines +
spares
1 boot sewing machine
Household
1 Dining room suite
wrought iron with formica top
2 Sets of draws (4 or 5)
1 Linen
cupboard
2 Wardrobes different sizes
1 Single bed
1 small office desk
with 3 draws
1 Kudu horn lamp and shade
Various sets of shelves, wood
covered with formica
1 Tea set
+15 years of readers digests approx 180
copies in good condition
Please call Grace or Steve, Ruwa 073 2847/2850
or 023 516
290
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For Sale (Ad inserted 01/11/05)
GAS STOVE FOR SALE, PARKINGSON COWAN
PRINCE TWO, WITH 3 GAS BOTTLES : 2 X
14KGS AND 1 X 4.5KGS.
$25 000
000.00 O.N.C.O.
Please call Shelley on 490684 or 091
264361
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1.10
(Ad inserted 01/11/05)
Located at Haddow House 10 east Road Belgravia are
the following shops.
· Gallop Gear, has clothes and accessories for all
ages.
· Stable Mates, is stocked with Crazy Cutlery and Laura's
Linen.
Haddow House is a wonderful place for Christmas Shopping.
kilbride@zol.co.zw
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For Sale (Ad inserted 01/11/05)
1) Full sized pin pong tables and
trestles. Z$ 12, 000,000 delivered
Harare.
2) Children's coloured
chairs. Z$ 250,000 each
Contact: mnmilbank@zol.co.zw
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1.12
Plants for Sale (Ad inserted 01/11/05)
FERNATIC NURSERY
Now that the
weather has warmed up and the rains are almost here, it's time
to garden
again! For a variety of FERNS, PINK ARUMS & various other plants
visit
FERNATIC Nursery on Crowhill Road. (1,8km past the Brooke on the left
just
before Hoggerty Hill Drive.)
8-12noon, 3-6pm. Closed
Sundays
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1.13
PIANO FOR SALE (Ad inserted 02/11/05)
J & J HOPKINSON walnut upright
piano for sale. $50 million. Just been
tuned and serviced. Anyone
interested please phone Mandy Gilmour 011
204680 or 069
3878.
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1.14
BOOKS FOR SALE (Ad inserted 16/11/05)
HARRY POTTER AND HALF BLOOD
PRINCE
FIRST EDITION .............FIRST
EDITION.........................FIRST
EDITION hard cover
Pensioner
wanting to sell the above.
Would like to get as close to shop price
(which is $2.500,000) as you are
willing to offer. Highest offer will secure.
Pse contact Wilma/Hirell on
302081 or Wilma on 091 237216.
We are not
taking commission on this - it is sale is for a retired
person.
THE
BOOK IS BRAND NEW - READ ONCE, AND IN IMMACULATE CONDITION
Perhaps a good
idea for an Xmas present for a special
person?
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1.15
For Sale (Ad inserted 17/11/05)
Farm Chemicals FOR SALE -
GRAMOXIN - 4
x 5ltr (NEW SEALED BOX)
ROUND - UP - 2 x 20 ltrs & 1 x 25ltrs
(NEW)
Please phone 499790 or 091 308903
or email greencroft@zol.co.zw
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1.16
For Sale (Ad inserted 17/11/05)
BRAND NEW
Submersible Pumps (0.25KW -
4KW) $13 million upwards
Booster Pumps (0.37KW - 1.1KW) $6 million
upwards
Water Pumps (Petrol) $30 million upwards
Generators(KIPOR 5.5KVA
petrol or diesel) $140 million, $150 million
Lawn Mower (Petrol) $45
million
Knapsacks $3.5 million
Phone Carrie
Email - tpc@mweb.co.zw
Mobile + 263 91
206558
Tel/Fax + 263 4 495
433
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1.17
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/11/05)
1) 40 ha Valley Centre Pivot, c/w
Fertigation Unit.
2) 1 x Electric Baling Press, c/w Baling Box
3)
1 x Scrap cleaner / Shaker / Grader - suitable Grass seed, Soyas,
Maize,
Wheat etc.
4) MacAdams Bakery equipment including:-
Model
120 Dough Mixer
Dough piece Moulder
Bread Slicer
Pan trollies c/w pans
(Falcon 3)
Confectionery Trollies and Trays
5) 600 Plastic Bread trays
- suitable Bread or Vegetable display and
Transport
Contact:- zanadu@zim.co.zw - phone
091-231393
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1.18
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/11/05)
Vagabond for sale. Only 500 hours. In
sheds at LLA. 190 OMC Inboard. Only
$200,000,000 ONO
Ph: (07) 4957
2381
Fax: (07) 4951 1167
Email: John_Eden@mky.canegrowers.com.au
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1.19
For Sale (Ad inserted
21/11/05)
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WANTED
ITEMS
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2.1
Wanted (Ad inserted 21/11/05)
Unattached male companion (not for
marriage). He must be decent, patient,
healthy and good humoured. Someone
who loves Zimbabwe, wildlife and wild
places. I am a 60 something, healthy,
energetic female who enjoys life and
adventures and wants someone to share
this with me occasionally.
Alcoholics, pot-bellied grumpy old skabangas need
not apply. Please
contact JAG
office.
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2.2
Pets (Ad inserted 02/11/05)
Wanted - one dachshund puppy for a young boy.
Please quote for both male
and female. Phone evenings Pam Shaw
04-301031.
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2.3
Pets (Ad inserted 11/11/05)
Wanted: a large breed bitch puppy or possibly
a mature bitch, but
preferably not Rottweiler.
Contact Jocelyn Ricquebourg
04-344009 or Cell
011-406611
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2.4
Pets - Home Wanted - (Ad inserted 22/11/05)
We are looking for a home for
our 9 month old dog. He is a blue-heeler
cross staffie and has been
neutered. He is good with children and loves
life to the full but, being an
Australian sheep dog type, he needs a
companion & space (preferably a
farm) to run & be active. If you are
interested in meeting "Blue" please
contact Peta Beattie on 882707 or
091226191 or pjb@zol.co.zw
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2.5
Pets - Home Wanted - (Ad inserted 04/11/05)
Two Jack Russells looking for
kind and loving home. Tiger and Tina both 6
years. House trained, good little
watchdogs. Owner can't keep them as he
has moved into a flat. Tel Michelle on
884294 or e-mail gandami@mweb.co.zw
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2.6
Pets - Home Wanted - (Ad inserted 04/11/05)
Home wanted for young dog
with super nature. He is about 18 months and is a
boerbull/Labrador, cream in
colour. Found abandoned, longing to be loved.
Tel Michelle on 884294 or
e-mail gandami@mweb.co.zw
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2.7
Pets - Home Wanted - (Ad inserted 21/11/05)
Fox Terrier Lovers. Super
little bitch 'Heidi' looking for good home,
lovely nature. 5 years. Tel
Michelle on 884294 or e-mail
gandami@mweb.co.zw.Owner leaving end
November so
URGENT.
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2.8
Houseboat Wanted to Hire (Ad inserted 26/10/05)
HOUSEBOAT WANTED TO HIRE
for period December 27th - 3rd January for 11 pax.
Contact Pat Townsend 011
208836 townsend@zol.co.zw I can supply
fuel
if
necessary...
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2.9
Wanted (Ad inserted 14/11/05)
Piranha Fisherman or similar with 85hp
Yamaha. Also looking for a separate
motor.
250mm VJ couplings for ac
pipe
7.5KVA, 4 POLE MOTOR
TESS KAGELER 011 607466 ; 302909; or jtkageler@zol.co.zw
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2.10
Wanted (Ad inserted 15/11/05)
WANTED
Greenhouse plastic, any size,
used, less than 2 years old
Contact
stangers@mweb.co.zw
cell; 011
717975
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2.11
(Ad inserted 01/11/05)
WANTED. Cattle salt.
Contact mnmilbank@zol.co.zw
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2.12
(Ad inserted 17/11/05)
Wanted:
Second hand Fax Machine.
Please
phone Richard on 091-239966 / 04 481072 or email richardo@zol.co.zw
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3.
ACCOMMODATION WANTED AND
OFFERED
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3.1
House Offered (Ad inserted 26/10/05)
Available from 1st November for rent
.......
Buddlia free standing house in Dandaro Village Borrowdale... Phase
5.
Please phone 091602033 or 497095 evenings. Failing that 011608715
email
heathmoore@zol.co.zw
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3.2
House Sit (Ad inserted 26/10/05)
We are looking for a farming couple to
house sit and look after our
seedling nursery in Marondera for a period of
six months. Please contact
Andy - email walton@zol.co.zw
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3.3
FOR RENT (Ad inserted 26/10/05)
DOUBLE STOREY THATCHED COTTAGE ON
MSASA-CLAD HILL TOP IN KAMBANJI. 2
DOUBLE EN-SUITE BEDROOMS, SITTING
ROOM/DINING AREA, EQUIPPED KITCHEN,
SCULLERY, UPSTAIRS LANDING AREA (IDEAL
FOR TV ROOM, STUDIO OR OFFICE
SPACE), WOODEN DECK VERANDAH ON BOTH LEVELS.
COVERED PARKING. ELECTRIC
GATE, FENCE, NIGHT GUARD. FURNISHED OR
UNFURNISHED. AVAILABLE
IMMEDIATELY. MUST BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED! CONTACT
499119 or
091248330.
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3.4
For Rent (Ad inserted 26/10/05)
Bromley (55km outside Harare)
Large
airy two bedroomed self contained flat furnished or unfurnished,
attached to
farmhouse. Animal lover essential. Handyman a huge asset.
Available
now.
$1,500,000.
200 Acres grazing partly burnt with green grass.
Fences need attention
after fire. 6 stables in paddock. Rent neg.
Tel
073-3399
011-423
614
333852
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3.5
For Rent (Ad inserted 26/10/05)
Lovely furnished and equipped house to
rent in Ballantyne Park area of
Harare
A must-see fully furnished and
equipped house comprising three large double
bedrooms all with build-in
cupboards and en suite bathrooms, a fully
equipped kitchen, pantry, dining
room, living room with fire place, large
terrace, garage, swimming pool,
satellite dish and borehole. The house is
situated in a quiet close, well
secured and fully alarmed, fully walled and
it has an electric gate. All
furniture and furnishings are provided,
washing machine and tumble dryer,
crockery and cutlery * down to towels and
bed sheets.
The house is a
well-maintained golden oldie with wooden floors and wooden
beams on the
ceiling, lots of original fittings and furnishings, just
breathing old
English style. The garden is huge with sprawling lawns, a
large variety of
trees and lots of flowering plants. Presently, the old
jacaranda trees are
in full bloom and by April the entire garden will smell
of roses.
A
reliable gardener will remain to look after the garden and swimming
pool.
There are three domestic quarters, several storerooms and there is
a
vegetable garden. For the bird lovers, there are plenty of indigenous
birds
that live on or visit the garden.
Sounds enticing? Well, it is.
The house is available for a fixed period
only, short or long term, so ideal
for expatriates. Rental is negotiable.
Ballantyne Park is an upmarket leafy
neighbourhood of Harare, about 20"
drive from the city centre, near to
schools and shopping centres.
For more information or viewing, call + 263
4
882170
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3.6
Accommodation offered (Ad inserted 01/11/05)
Cute house in Imbeza Valley,
Mutare for rent. Would suit a person who
wants to grow stuff and chill.
Please make contact through this email
address pollyanna@comeone.co.zw
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3.7
Accommodation offered (Ad inserted 04/11/05)
Free Accommodation offered
to displaced farmers - 16km from Mutare on main
Vumba Rd.
Contact:
Colleen Taylor
c/o Leopard Rock Hotel 020-60115
Home 020-81061
e-mail
lrock@zol.co.zw
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3.8
Accommodation offered (Ad inserted 11/11/05)
Two bedroom garden flat,
Greendale, easy walking to shops, with carport,
available end of November.
Please phone Mr Wallis
023894597.
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3.9
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 21/11/05)
Ex-farming family desperately
seeking a house to rent - preferably in the
Chisipite/Ballantyne Park/Mandara
side (near Chisipite Senior School). We
need a 4 bedroomed house, with an
additional office/studio, and preferably
a pool. We have 3 girls, aged 13, 10
and 8 years.We don't have dogs. We are
hoping to lease for at least a
year.
Tel : Home +263-4-498292, Work (Jo) +263-4-490718
Cells :
+263(0)23411377, +263(0)23401822
Fax : +263-4-494375
Email : nesaunders@zol.co.zw
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3.10
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 26/10/05)
SINGLE MATURE LADY LOOKING
FOR UNFURNISHED GARDEN FLAT OR COTTAGE (EITHER
ONE OR TWO BEDROOMS WILL BE
SUITABLE) AND URGENTLY REQUIRED.
CAN BE IN AVONDALE, MARLBOROUGH, MT
PLEASANT AREAS OR SURROUNDING SUBURBS.
HIGHLANDS OR BORROWDALE AREAS WILL
ALSO BE SUITABLE.
PLEASE CONTACT 091-704-066 REGARDING THIS
MATTER.
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3.11
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 26/10/05)
Looking for affordable
accommodation from the end of December. A cottage,
small house or garden flat
(in good condition, child friendly environment).
To be occupied by a couple
with a child and four kittens/cats. Please
contact Carmen Van Wyk on 091 615
656 or (work) 575
431-3.
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3.12
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 01/11/05)
URGENT!
ACCOMMODATION TO
RENT
SINGLE MOM WITH TWO CHILDREN DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR 3
BEDROOMED
UNFURNISHED GARDEN FLAT, HOUSE OR COTTAGE. CAN BE IN HIGHLANDS,
GREENDALE,
AVONDALE, MARLBOROUGH, MT PLEASANT AREAS ETC
CONTACT CAROL 091
603847 OR EMAIL vanessas@zol.co.zw
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3.13
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 11/1/05)
Small house or cottage.
Preferably with own entrance and garden & good
security. Suitable for
young married couple with dogs. Areas:
Borrowdale/Greystone park/Glen
Lorne/Helensvale or close. Unfurnished.
Needed from beginning of
January.
CONTACT tourleaders@zol.co.zw or phone 091208836
or
091289345.
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RECREATION
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4.1
HOLIDAYS (Ad inserted 01/11/05)
Savuli Safari, 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. $500 000 pppn,
1/2 U/12.
Booking at Off2Africa, phone 498480, or 091-943195 email:
emma@off2africa.co.zw
or direct 091
631 556 or savuli@mweb.co.zw
John
Tayler
Singisi Farm
Pvt. Bag
7011
Chiredzi
Zimbabwe
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4.2
Ad inserted 01/11/05
GACHE GACHE LODGE - Kariba
With the weather now
nice and hot, it is time to go up to Kariba! Book for
this ideal family
holiday now, especially if you like to catch a fish!
(Xmas & New Year
full, sorry)
Contact tourleaders@zol.co.zw for more info
today!
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5
SPECIALIST
SERVICES
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5.1
(Ad inserted 14/11/05) Care Management Services. Formerly called
"Substitute
Daughter."
Have you left Zim? Are worried about a remaining relative? For
a modest fee
our service will monitor the well being - physical, mental and
emotional -
of those
who might be in need. The service is run by
qualified, experienced,
registered nurses of "the old school". We ensure that
health needs are
being met and that if your relative needs any other sort of
care -
nursing, financial services, transport, domestic aid, medical
visits
etc... - we will arrange for these needs to be met. We visit regularly
and
keep you informed with reliable, accurate reports of all developments.
24
hour call available.
Want to know more? e-mail: brumarlow@mango.zw
Ph.: 00-263-4- 302518
(after hours) or 00-263-91-603621.
References will be supplied on
request.
Margaret Low. SRN.
SCM.
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5.2
(Ad inserted 11/11/05)
Harare SPCA Boarding Kennels
Harare SPCA is
under new management. Mrs Mary Toet is the Administrator
and Mrs Yvonne Rose
(ex Mutare SPCA) is the Animal Welfare Officer.
We have recently
consolidated our operations, and constructed some new
kennels at the Boarding
Kennels Site. With these now complete, we can now
reoffer a boarding service
for dogs, and will be open for business on 1
December, in time for the
Christmas holidays.
Please phone 576356/7 for details and
bookings.
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5.3
(Ad inserted 11/11/05)
Harare SPCA Charity Shop
The Charity Shop
is still operative, but needs stock urgently. As I live
just off Ridgeway
North I am in a position to be able to collect to take
delivery of goods
which can include virtually anything and everything.
Harare SPCA is under
new management and as a result it has undergone a
considerable change for the
better, and we feel that our service to animal
welfare is now worthy of the
aims of the SPCA.
We would be grateful for any donations of any kind to
help us keep going.
Funding is an eternal problem, as sadly we are all too
aware.
Vicki Campbell (Treasurer)
Phone: 851115 Cell 091
256554
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5.4
(Ad inserted 26/10/05)
ZEB Water Back-up Systems
Tired of erratic,
unreliable water supplies or low water pressure? Invest
in a reliable water
back-up system. We supply, install and maintain water
back-up systems to all
areas in and around Harare.
WE ARE NOW ABLE TO DELIVER UP TO 7000 LITRES
PER DROP OFF to fill your tank
if you have been off municipal for some
time!
For more information please contact us on 011-424712 or 011-806525
e-mail
bowen@zol.co.zw
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5.5
Ad inserted 26/10/05
Oxford IT
A leading IT professional recruitment
firm, with specialized staff, are
ready to meet your recruitment needs. Give
us a call today to secure top
calibre personnel for all your IT
requirements.
Don't Hesitate - IniTiate!
Call : Monique Fachet or
Melissa Ricardo on 309274 (Direct) or via
Switchboard on 309800 - 17 (Ext 270
or 272)
Oxford IT
Agriculture House
South East Wing
Cnr Adylinn
Road/Marlborough
Drive
Marlborough,
Harare
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5.6
(Ad inserted 15/11/05)
ROOF LEAKS / RISING DAMP
WE SPECIALISE IN
WATERPROOFING, DAMPPROOFING, WALL AND ROOF COATINGS.
WE MAY BE LOCAL, BUT
OUR PRODUCTS ARE NOT!!!!
FOR ALL INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTIES.
CONTACT: 882511, 091 261 741 or 011 420
003
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