CFU Information Room will be open during working hours for the whole of
the Easter Weekend. If you telephone please let the phone ring for some
time. We have re-routed the Switchboard to the Information Room and this
results in a delay in answering the telephone. We apologise for this but
please bear with us
Air Traffic Control at Harare main advise
that light aircraft have not been refused permission to fly and have not
been effectively grounded. There were restrictions on air traffic
earlier in the morning due to adverse weather conditions
impacting primarily on Kariba and the Victoria Falls.
The funeral for the late Mr Martin Olds will be held tomorrow, 22nd
April, 2000, at 11.00am at the Presbyterian Church, Bulawayo.
The CFU leadership continue to hold meetings in an attempt to
resolve the crisis situation.
Manicaland
All quiet
Mashonaland Central
200
war veterans armed with sticks and knobkerries seen marching peacefully
up Christon Bank/Mazoe Road.
Mashonaland East
Rudolphia Farm, Alan Windram (Enterprise), farm house and
compound looted and burnt. Domestic animals savagely beaten and
killed. Televised live by BBC/SABC.
Enterprise area tense and
rife with rumour. There is presence of both army and support unit on the
ground.
A bit of movement of people in the Hwedza and Ruzawi
area. Rest of the province seems quiet.
A number of
farmers met with Dr Hunzvi in Marondera late yesterday afternoon to
discuss the land issue
Mashonaland West North
All quiet
Mashonaland West South
All quiet
Masvingo
All quiet
Matabeleland
Most members are in town, with their families.
When they go out to the farming districts they travel in groups.
4 trucks with armed personnel seen moving on airport road at
02:30Hrs. Confirmed at Inyathi 14:00Hrs. Three or four more
death threats made to members.
Midlands
Fairly quiet. Kwekwe situation somewhat tense and Rex (Jesus) in situ.