JUSTICE FOR AGRICULTURE: VERY IMPORTANT JAG CAUTIONARY STATEMENT TO
ALL
COMMERCIAL FARMERS AND ALL ON THE JAG NETWORK - February 10,
2006
Email: jag@mango.zw: justiceforagriculture@zol.co.zw
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The
JAG Trust notes with grave concern the statement released by the CFU
this
week to the Government and People of Zimbabwe
The JAG TRUST is mindful of
the following facts:
· That the few remaining commercial farmers still on
the land
remain, even now, under intense and escalating pressure to vacate
their
farms.
* That 90% of the commercial farmland is now lying idle
and derelict
with only 10% productive in some small way.
* That
the National agricultural production levels this year will be at
an all
time record low in spite of an excellent summer rainfall
season.
* That the total breakdown of the Rule of Law still subsists in
all the
commercial farming areas with the situation worsening on a
daily
basis.
* That a total lack of respect for property rights
exists and
intensifies with regard to not only land and improvements
thereon but
also moveable farming assets, livestock, crops and personal
household
effects.
* That the so called "land program" as the
FIRST MURAMBATSVINA, as
with the SECOND, gives rise to massive human
rights abuse issues if
not crimes against humanity.
The JAG Trust
reserves its position with regard to the CFU Statement
until more facts are
to hand with regard to a purported change of policy
by the Government. In
the meantime the Trust will be in consultation
with farmers with regard to
these issues
NB: for those who have not had access to the CFU
statement, it is
included below.
Harare, 3 February 2006
The
following statement is made by the Executive and Members of the
Commercial
Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe (CFU) to the Government and People
of
Zimbabwe
In the course of a nations historic development, especially when
there is
a high disparity between `haves and have nots', it is
understandable
that the Government of the day, in pursuit of narrowing that
gap, would
legislate accordingly.
Unquestionably, a period of euphoria
would follow, as would Government's
expectation that its actions would impact
positively on the majority,
hopefully resulting in greater yields and
profitability, thus enhancing
benefits to the lesser
privileged.
Regrettably, correcting what was seen as a nations right to
reverse
prevailing inequality, has created many challenges.
In such
situations, the quality of Zimbabweans, black and white, is fully
tested. We
at the CFU believe that the greatest asset of a nation is the
quality of its
people.
Whilst current conditions are indeed tough and testing, it is not
the
time for recrimination or going back - it is the time to draw the
line
and go forward, learning from the past.
The CFU is cognisant and
sensitive to the fact that there is sufficient
evidence that both Government
and those foreign agencies currently
represented in the country, want nothing
more than to see Zimbabwe
prosper.
Regionally, Zimbabwe is charged
with food security and is a key player.
Our commitment in coming forward
today is to help restore this country to
its rightful position on the
sub-continent of Africa as a leader in
agriculture.
We seek an all
inclusive and vibrant agricultural industry that is
sustainable. To this
end, urge the authorities to declare a moratorium
on land and current
agriculture policies and, with the full protection of
the law, bring together
all stakeholders and rebuild the entire industry
to return as the principal
employer of labour and generator of food and
forex.
We have the energy
and capacity to help bring Zimbabwe back, once again,
to being the `bread
basket' of the sub-continent. Lets do it! A
return to productive
agriculture, which will benefit our nation, will
attract, in every way, both
at home and overseas, the support we need to
regenerate our economy and the
status of Zimbabwe.
Douglas S.
Taylor-Freeme
President
Commercial Farmers' Union
Is Zimbabwe's CIO involved in the MDC
split?
Sokwanele Report: 10 February 2006
The bitter infighting that has
been going on within the Movement for
Democratic Change (MDC) since the
fateful meeting on October 12 last year
has spawned any number of conspiracy
theories. On the one side Gibson
Sibanda, vice president of the MDC and
Professor Welshman Ncube,
secretary-general, stand accused of secretly
conniving with South African
President Thabo Mbeki to undermine MDC
president Morgan Tsvangirai, needless
to say to their own political and
material advantage. On the other side
Morgan Tsvangirai has been accused of
colluding with ZANU PF in a plot
executed by former army general Solomon
Mujuru, whereby Tsvangirai betrayed
his party by pulling it out of the
senate elections in exchange for certain
undisclosed "political rewards".
Conspiracy theories abound; these are only
two of the many that circulate.
As they move along the gossip chain they are
inevitably elaborated and the
details become more picturesque. Sadly it
seems that all too many
Zimbabweans feel bound to accept one or another of
the prevailing theories -
depending on where their political sympathies
happen to lie - without
beginning to engage their own critical faculties.
The view we put forward
here is that both sides in the intense leadership
struggle are thereby
playing right into the hands of the Central
Intelligence Organisation (CIO)
which not only benefits from the resulting
division and confusion but
actually planned it that way. And the meticulous
planning began many years
ago.
Zimbabweans should never forget that for the past quarter century
one of the
foremost functions of the CIO, which operates as the intelligence
and
security arm of ZANU PF, has been to undermine and destroy any credible
opposition offering even the slightest threat to the party's hold on power.
Moreover they have always assumed the right - which the Mugabe-led
government has never challenged - to achieve this objective by whatever
means are deemed necessary, including unlawful and extreme violence.
Consider for example the chilling words of Emmerson Mnangagwa, then Minister
of State Security and responsible for the CIO in March 1983, a matter of
weeks after the deployment of the infamous 5 Brigade in Matabeleland North.
He told a rally at the Victoria Falls that the government was considering as
one option the burning down of "all villages infested with dissidents". The
dissidents were, in his words, "cockroaches" and 5 Brigade was the "DDT"
brought in to eradicate them. A few weeks later in a parody of the
Scriptures he said: "Blessed are they who will follow the path of the
Government laws, for their days on earth shall be increased. But woe to
those who will chose the path of collaboration with dissidents for we will
certainly shorten their stay on earth". Mnangagwa was speaking as the
Gukurahundi reign of terror was just getting under way - an act of genocide
that was to claim the lives of between 20,000 and 30,000 victims in
Matabeleland and the Midlands.
The ostensible aim of Gukurahundi was
to deal with a dissident problem in
Matabeleland and for this purpose Mugabe
assembled a massive force,
including the notorious 5 Brigade, thought to
number between 2,500 and 3,500
combat troops. But the threat posed by
dissident activity was far smaller
than the government contended. According
to the 1997 report of the Catholic
Commission for Justice and Peace and
Legal Resources Foundation, entitled
"Breaking the Silence: Building True
Peace" at the peak of dissident
activity their numbers did not exceed 400.
In short Mugabe was taking a
sledge hammer to crack a nut. The wider purpose
of the exercise however,
which soon became apparent, was to eliminate ZAPU
as a party with a
significant power base beyond the control of ZANU PF with
the aim of
establishing a de facto one party state. Hence the deliberate
blurring of
the distinction between the dissidents and "collaborators" -
their supposed
ZAPU supporters - and the use of equal violence against
both.
In the ensuing reign of terror the CIO worked hand-in-hand with 5
Brigade.
Mugabe's intelligence network played a major role for example in
the
enforcement of the food embargo in Matabeleland South in 1984, in
rounding
up thousands for interrogation at army camps such as Bhalagwe, and
in the
associated acts of torture and brutality best chronicled in the
report
"Breaking the Silence".
When considering the pivotal role of
the CIO in keeping Mugabe in power for
over 25 years we do not need to
resort to speculation or conspiracy theories
of our own. Rather can we rely
on the facts which largely speak for
themselves.
It is well known
that during the liberation war Robert Mugabe and those
close to him forged
strong links with a number of authoritarian regimes,
including China, North
Korea and Romania. ZANLA cadres were sent to China
for military training.
(At the same time the ZAPU leadership under Joshua
Nkomo was cultivating
links with the Soviet Union, where for example Dumiso
Dabengwa received
training under the KGB and the East German Stazi) The
significance of
Mugabe's close relationship with the political leadership of
countries which
were in effect under one-party, militaristic rule should
never be
under-estimated. Not only was he exposed to the rhetoric of
communist
ideology; he was also provided with a unique opportunity to study
closely
how authoritarian regimes maintained their hold on power. He and
those who
later rose to the top leadership of ZANU PF - and particularly
those who
were to assume political control of the CIO - were able to
understudy the
masters of state repression and learn from them some valuable
lessons on
dealing with any popular opposition.
Evidence that Mugabe was a good
student of authoritarian rule was provided
as early as 1977 when he used his
dominance of the ZANU faction in
Mozambique to introduce a programme of
"political re-education" for those
colleagues who were suspected of having
any leanings towards unorthodox
ideologies or harbouring any personal
ambitions which threatened the
established leadership. Those who were forced
to undergo this form of
indoctrination included none other than Augustine
Chihuri, now Mugabe's
trusted Commissioner of Police and the journalist
Justin Nyoka who was later
to take on the role of his information chief. The
experience was evidently
traumatic. None of those who underwent the
re-education programme would ever
talk it about it subsequently. (In passing
we note the similarity of purpose
between this programme and the
re-education of the country's youth under the
youth militia programme some
25 years later).
It was significant also that within six months of
independence Mugabe led a
delegation of ministers to North Korea.
Accompanied by Joyce Mujuru and
education minister Mutumbuka, Mugabe
returned to his old mentors to sign a
pact of friendship. At the same time
(though Zimbabweans were only to learn
of it much later) he entered into an
agreement for a team of North Korean
instructors to train a new military
force which would be independent of the
normal command structures and
answerable only to Mugabe - what was to become
the infamous 5 Brigade. The
mandate of the new brigade was to quell internal
dissent, a euphemism for
crushing any political opposition.
When General Halle Miriam Menghistu,
who had imposed a brutal form of
dictatorship on Ethiopia and been directly
responsible for starving many of
his citizens to death, needed a place of
asylum to escape justice in his own
country Mugabe was quick to provide it.
What is less well known is that he
arranged for Menghistu to become a
consultant to the CIO. No doubt the
former dictator found the income useful
and the CIO could benefit from his
wide experience in suppressing
dissent.
A further and rather amusing anecdote illustrates how close
Mugabe's ties
with former authoritarian regimes were. In December 1989 a
People's Unity
Congress was held in Harare to consolidate what were for
Mugabe the huge
gains made under the Unity Pact of 1987. Under this pact
Joshua Nkomo and
the ZAPU leadership had finally submitted to ZANU PF
dominance. In reality
it was an exercise in political ingestion in which the
old ZAPU was
swallowed up by its numerically stronger former partner in the
liberation
struggle. Mugabe was in buoyant mood - as he had good reason to
be - at the
Unity Congress. In opening the event however he lamented the
fact that his
"dear friend Nicolae Ceausescu" (the Romanian President) and
his wife were
unable to be present. However, Mugabe went on, to make amends
for this
unfortunate absence Zimbabwe was planning a full state visit for
the couple
early the following year. Delegates at the Congress exchanged
curious
glances as Mugabe continued, pouring lavish praise on the couple
whom he
obviously held in high regard and considered close personal friends.
It
seems that on this occasion Mugabe was for once behind the news, for at
precisely this time the world's media was focussed on the popular uprising
in Romania. The following morning it was announced that the Ceausescus had
fled the presidential palace in Bucharest and a few days later the fugitive
couple were apprehended by security forces and executed.
But what is
paramount is that from the first the CIO was moulded and shaped
by those who
had direct experience of the use of the instruments of State
intelligence to
buttress one-party, authoritarian rule and to subvert any
popular
opposition. This is not a national intelligence organisation; it is
ZANU PF
instrument designed first and foremost to keep ZANU PF in power.
Another
indisputable fact about the CIO is that vast sums of money have been
made
available to the organisation without any requirement for
accountability to
the people of Zimbabwe. Just consider the figures over the
last three years
- a period be it noted when the country has been
experiencing unprecedented
economic hardship, as a result of which the
government has been unable to
feed its own people or to provide sufficient
resources for even such basic
amenities as education and health.
In the year 2004 the CIO was allocated
62 billion dollars.
In 2005 the CIO allocation was increased five-fold to
334 billion dollars,
with a further 61 billion dollars supplementary
allocation (including 50
billion dollars for the procurement of
"equipment").
The 2006 budget estimates for "special services" provides
the CIO with a
staggering figure in excess of one trillion dollars.
1,007,512,081,000
dollars to be precise, and we spell it out thus to give
our readers some
appreciation of the huge sum involved. Nor should we
overlook the
supplementary allocation of 116 billion dollars.
In
other words the current allocation to Mugabe's intelligence services
amounts
to something in excess of 3 billion dollars per day. And remember
the
intelligence vote is not subject to audit. Not one single dollar of this
huge daily outpouring of money need be accounted for to the Zimbabwean
taxpayers who provide it. No body, not even the Chairperson of the
Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has a clue how this money is
spent.
Where does this leave us? It leaves us with a powerful
"intelligence"
organisation that is totally the servant of the ruling ZANU
PF party and
answerable to none other, which is ideologically committed to a
one-party
state, and is provided with almost limitless resources to pursue
this
objective. Should we wonder at the CIO's amazing ability to deliver
whatever
its political masters' desire?
But let us return to the year
1999. This was the year in which the MDC came
into being. As an organisation
which embraced the trade unions (and some
employers), civic organisations,
churches, student groups and many others,
it amounted to the widest
coalition of forces ever brought together to
challenge ZANU PF rule. For
that reason alone, and because of its rapidly
increasing popularity across
the country, it represented the gravest threat
ever posed to ZANU PF
hegemony. Moreover if that threat was not perceived
immediately it was
certainly underscored by the 2000 referendum results, in
which Mugabe's
constitutional proposals were rejected by a significant
majority. With good
cause the alarm bells started to ring in the corridors
of
power.
Against this background of panic breaking out in the ZANU PF camp
it is
surely not at all fanciful to assume that the Director General of the
CIO
was given a mandate to destroy the MDC by any means possible. Indeed it
would be extremely naïve to think otherwise.
How would he set about
doing this? Logically he had a number of options,
involving both overt and
covert operations.
First he would use the government's (read ZANU PF
party's) monopoly control
over the state media to demonise the new
opposition. He would have unlimited
opportunities to characterise the MDC as
"unpatriotic", their leaders as
beholden to either white commercial farmers
or western interests, and their
activities as treasonous. There would be
much scope here - and the grossly
distorted and tendentious "reports" in The
Herald and The Chronicle bear
testimony to the reality of this policy.
Meanwhile the possibility of any
balanced or objective reporting was reduced
by subjecting the independent
media to constant harassment and intimidation.
Among the overt measures
employed were the harsh new legislative controls on
the media, and among the
covert measures the bombing of the Daily News
printing press.
Then the Director General would surely use the vast
arsenal of resources at
his disposal to intimidate opposition supporters
with murder, rape, torture
and all manner of terror tactics. In fact this is
exactly what the CIO did
in the run-up to both the parliamentary elections
of 2000 and the
presidential election two years later. Of course the
perpetrators of these
dastardly deeds would require guarantees of immunity
from prosecution, but
this was easy enough to arrange with a regime that was
sympathetic to any
violence or lawlessness employed to enhance their hold on
power. One has
only to recall the name Joseph Mwale to be reminded just how
much those
committed to the ZANU PF cause can get away with, given the
active
connivance of the CIO. Mwale was the CIO operative accused of
masterminding
the gruesome murder of two MDC activists during the run-up to
the 2000
parliamentary poll. Talent Mabika, an MDC activist, and Tichaona
Chiminya,
Morgan Tsvangirai's personal assistant, were burnt to death when
the vehicle
they were travelling in was torched by Mwale and three of his
accomplices at
Murambinda Growth Point in Buhera. Subsequently, with the
free use of rape,
torture and other terror tactics, Mwale and a former ZRP
officer,
Chogugudza, turned Chimanimani into a no-go area for opposition
supporters,
human rights activists and journalists from the independent
media. To this
day Mwale remains a free man despite a court order to have
him arrested. The
CIO's response to the court order was to redeploy him to
Mutoko, provide him
with a disguise and help him to drop out of
view.
No doubt any competent CIO boss would also ensure that a number of
"sleepers" were infiltrated into the MDC, to take influential positions and
to lie dormant until such time as their spy masters chose to activate them.
Less dramatic than the murder of opposition activists this measure would be
no less effective in undermining the opposition. In the long term it would
actually achieve more. This tactic has been used by spy and intelligence the
world over and it is naïve to think that the CIO would have done any
different. The CIO would also seek to infiltrate a number of "moles" into
the MDC - moles who, with time, might rise to high office. A number of these
"moles" would have been trained in the 1980s and would have had years to
earn their "democratic" credentials thus over time "earning" the respect and
trust of unsuspecting opposition leaders. One needs to recall the activities
of the likes of Craig Williamson, the notorious apartheid era spy who wormed
his way into anti-apartheid organisations over many years through his
convincing "opposition" to the apartheid regime. The CIO Director would not
have been doing his job well if he has not infiltrated the MDC with similar
spies/"moles"/agent provocateurs. It is also important to remember that the
more radical the language used by opposition activists does not necessarily
mean that those people have not been infiltrated by the CIO. Indeed it is
sometimes those very people, as certainly was the case with Williamson, who
have the "freedom" to be more outspoken because they literally have free
licence from the CIO to give them the cover they need. It should also be
noted that a competent "intelligence" chief would make sure to infiltrate
both sides of any potential fault line in a political party and he would
also make sure that one operator/mole would not know who else in the
organisation was working as well for the CIO. This is not fanciful
speculation - if this as not at least been tried in the CIO then the
directors of the CIO are not worth their salt. Judging by the events of the
last few months not only have people been infiltrated in this manner but
they have also been successful.
If the infiltration of CIO operatives
into the MDC was the first step
towards undermining the party from within,
the next step would surely have
been to examine carefully the potential
fault lines within the party.
Ethnic, race, class and intellectual
differences come to mind immediately,
and we may be sure each was given
close attention. The remarkable thing
about the formation of the MDC as a
united party with a coherent policy was
the manner in which these
differences were transcended. But for anyone
wishing to make mischief in the
party the differences provided the obvious
starting point. The work of the
CIO was to turn differences into divisions
by sowing the seeds of mistrust
on both sides, and then fanning the flames
of conflict. Standing back today
and viewing the wreckage of what was once a
vibrant and united party, now
strewn across the political landscape, one has
to concede they have
succeeded - and brilliantly. Any reasonable teacher
presented with such work
would have to award his student an "A" for effort
and an "A"
achievement.
Most of the time Zimbabweans live in not-so-blissful
ignorance of the CIO
skulduggery that is going on around them, but then
there come the occasional
moments when, as it were, the veil is lifted and
we behold the shocking
truth. Such a moment came during the treason trial of
Morgan Tsvangirai
when, thanks to the skills of Advocate George Bizos
(himself well aware of
in the murky dealings of fascist/apartheid
"intelligence" organisations) in
cross examination, it was revealed that the
State's principal witness, a
world-renowned rogue by the name of Ben
Menashe, had received 700,000 US
dollars from the State for his part in
seeking to secure a conviction. The
evidence obtained from an evasive and
difficult witness also suggested
strongly that he had been de-briefed by the
CIO on the sting operation they
had to set up together.
Long before
the treason trial was finally concluded (in December 2004) it
became evident
that, despite the CIO's best efforts, the regime was not
going to produce
the guilty verdict the CIO had planned for. Indeed the
State's evidence was
so unconvincing that it became clear that even a
politically compromised
judge would have the greatest difficulty in finding
any credible grounds for
returning a guilty verdict. It is surely no
coincidence therefore that as
the treason trial was drawing to a predictable
close two other events
occurred, both of which were extremely detrimental to
the MDC. It was as if,
denied the conviction of the MDC leader, the CIO
redoubled their efforts to
damage the opposition party in other ways. (One
must also bear in mind that
the long drawn-out treason trial had a draining
effect on the party anyway,
forcing them to concentrate a huge amount of
time and resources on the trial
rather than stepping up the pressure on the
Mugabe government. Whatever the
outcome therefore, the prosecution of
Tsvangirai was by no means a wasted
effort so far as the CIO were
concerned).
The first, no doubt
related, event was the increased pressure brought to
bear upon the
Secretary-General of the party, Welshman Ncube. During the
last few months
of the year 2004, and subsequently, the attack upon Ncube in
the State media
became noticeably more virulent. The conspiracy theories
proliferated and
there was even the preposterous suggestion that Ncube was
somehow complicit
in the State's decision to prosecute Tsvangirai -
preposterous if for no
other reason than that Ncube was himself initially
jointly charged with
Tsvangirai. Again and again, the State media played on
the theme of a
serious split emerging between Tsvangirai and Ncube. So
flimsy was the
evidence yet so persistent the charge that one is almost
driven to the
conclusion that there was a hand behind the State media almost
willing the
split to occur.
Interestingly at precisely the same time opposition to
Welshman Ncube from
elements within the MDC reached new heights of
intensity. An official MDC
enquiry into disturbances at party headquarters
in the latter part of 2004
provides some interesting insights into this
phenomenon. The enquiry was set
up to deal with the issue of intra-party
violence which had become a serious
problem, and more specifically the
violent assault upon Peter Guhu, the
party's Director of Security at Harvest
House in October 2004. Guhu had been
brutally assaulted by a group of young
thugs who attempted to murder him by
throwing him down the stairwell from
the sixth floor of party headquarters.
In fact the youths very nearly
succeeded and would have done so had others
not heard the commotion and
rushed to the scene. There had been many other
less brutal but nonetheless
serious attacks and a sustained campaign of
harassment carried out by the
same group of young thugs on other
professional employees of the
party.
The youths it transpired had not been given any official
appointment but had
attached themselves to the party as a kind of vigilante
group. The evidence
given to the enquiry was that they were there to serve
the interests of some
high ranking MDC officials whose protection they were
under.
The most interesting fact to emerge from the enquiry was that
there was a
strong faction within the party which was orchestrating a
campaign against
Welshman Ncube on ethnic and tribal lines. To quote one of
the commission's
findings: "there is a strong anti-Ndebele sentiment that
has been
propagated, orchestrated and instilled into innocent party members'
minds by
a senior party leader under the guise of sheer hatred for the
Secretary
General at a personal level." One of the key witnesses who was
well placed
to know the truth identified Isaac Matongo, the party chairman,
as the
leader of this faction and Gandi Mudzingwa, the Director of
Presidential
Affairs, as a member of it.
The evidence presented to
the commission pointed strongly to a significant
link between what we may
call the Matongo faction and the group of vigilante
youths, suggesting that
the former effectively controlled the latter. On his
own evidence Nhamo
Musekiwa, the head of VIP protection, security and
operations, was
identified as the handler of the vigilantes.
The common thread linking
all the victims of violence, including Peter Guhu,
was that they were
perceived to be sympathetic to or supportive of Ncube
even though Guhu was
himself a Manica. So here was an orchestrated campaign
being carried on
within the MDC to isolate and undermine Ncube at exactly
the same time as
the state media were directing their fire upon him and
playing up the
rumours of a tribal and ethnic split in the party. It would
surely be
foolish to think that the parallel events inside and outside the
party were
unrelated. The hand of the CIO can be discerned in both.
Moreover there
were other strong pointers to the successful penetration of
CIO operatives
into the upper echelons of the MDC. Even before the serious
violence broke
out in Harvest House in October 2004 Morgan Tsvangirai had
received a number
of tip-offs from other intelligence sources, notably the
Germans, that he
was surrounded by a number of "ZANU PF submarines" who were
"very close" to
him. Gandi Mudzingwa was identified positively as a known
CIO
operative.
Again in May 2005 there was an outbreak of serious violence
within the MDC.
A week of sporadic attacks on individuals who worked closely
with Welshman
Ncube culminated in a violent rampage through Harvest House by
the same
vigilante group of youths. Again it was the same instigators of the
violence
and the same plot - to isolate Ncube and undermine his authority
within the
party, effectively therefore dividing the MDC. When the violence
was at its
height Isaac Matongo stood outside Harvest House, quietly
observing events.
He was in fact challenged to intervene and restore order
by other observers
who thought it his clear duty as party chairman to do so.
Matongo however
refused to intervene. Matongo escaped sanction in a
subsequent enquiry in
which he ironically presided over himself. A
confidential internal enquiry
report tabled at the MDC National Executive
meeting in June found, inter
alia, that Gandi Mudzingwa was at least
sympathetic to the youths
responsible for the violence.
By this time
the evidence that Gandi Mudzingwa was linked to the violence in
both October
2004 and May 2005 was overwhelming, and the evidence of Isaac
Matongo's
complicity in the various attempts to destroy the party from
within was no
less compelling.
Whatever mischief the CIO was doing within the MDC,
October 12 (2005) must
rank as one of the high water marks of their success
in dividing the party.
On this fateful day, after reminding the national
council that the MDC was a
democratic party, that there were strong
arguments for and against
participation in the senate elections and
appealing to all to respect the
result, Morgan Tsvangirai promptly rejected
the outcome of the secret ballot
which went against his personal wishes. In
the party's top management
committee Tsvangirai who wanted to boycott the
senate elections had found
himself in a minority of one against five. The
ballot went the same way. The
result was close but clear; 33 votes in favour
of participation and 31
against, with two spoilt papers. Tsvangirai then
walked out of the meeting
and without further consultation with his
colleagues gave a press conference
in which he lied to the media about the
outcome, claiming a "split vote"
(which there was not) and the use of his
casting vote (which the
constitution did not give him) to secure a verdict
against participation.
The rest, as they say, is history. The party, stunned
by the leader's
dishonesty and dictatorial tendencies, found itself divided
almost down the
middle between those who rallied to Tsvangirai's support
notwithstanding his
delinquent behaviour and those who now opposed his
leadership. Gibson
Sibanda and Welshman Ncube were in the second group and
inevitably the
opposition coalesced around them. Although the issue that
divided them was
not a tribal or ethnic one the resulting division could
easily be
misinterpreted in this way. Not surprisingly that is precisely the
way the
State media chose to interpret the split, and tragically there have
been
those irresponsible leaders on both sides of the divide whose fiery
rhetoric
has given further credence to the idea.
A fact that has been
all but forgotten in the turmoil that has resulted from
the 12 October
meeting is that Isaac Matongo was one of the most fervent
supporters of
participation in the Senate. It is no secret that he had lined
up a Harare
seat for himself and that he openly organised for his mistress,
former MP
Yvonne Masaiti, to have another. It is also no secret that he
openly opposed
Morgan Tsvangirai in the Management Committee deliberations
which took place
on the 12th October just prior to the vote. Tsvangirai was
outgunned 5 to 1
in that Committee.
The mudslinging from both sides since the 12th October
2005 has been hugely
damaging to the MDC. Some of the inflammatory insults
traded have bordered
on the ridiculous and none more so than Isaac Matongo's
accusation that
Welshman Ncube had been part of the conspiracy behind Morgan
Tsvangirai's
treason trial. As we have seen this preposterous idea first
surfaced in The
Herald several months before and here was Matongo, at a
Tsvangirai Rally in
White City Stadium in Bulawayo on November 13, repeating
this ZANU PF
propaganda piece. One is tempted to ask if he was not the
author of the
original propaganda. The closeness of the level of cooperation
between those
working to destroy the MDC from within (the moles) and those
working from
outside, particularly in the State media, to achieve the same
purpose, has
now become plain for all to see. During the heated exchanges
between the two
factions for example The Herald proved only too willing to
blazon forth a
report that Gibson Sibanda had called for the creation of a
separate Ndebele
state. This was pure fiction. Sibanda had never said any
such thing, but it
suited the State press to fan the flames of division in
this way.
But to return to the national council of October 12, it has to
be said that
Tsvangirai's bizarre behaviour on that day has left many
formerly
enthusiastic supporters both inside the party and outside,
completely
baffled. Why was he so totally committed to boycotting the
election that he
would not countenance any other course of action? Why was
he so dogmatic and
unyielding in his view that he was prepared to trample on
the party's
constitution, lie to the media and even say to the national
council "If the
party breaks, so be it" ? It was a new side of Morgan
Tsvangirai that the
world saw on October 12 and many did not like
it.
The unanswered and troubling question is why he did it - and why he
has not
done anything since to make amends or seriously to seek to reconcile
the two
opposing factions as one would expect of the leader of a national
party
representing the hopes and aspirations of so many. His opponents
within the
MDC say that he was once in favour of participation in the senate
elections
and suggest that he changed his mind following a secret meeting
with the
ZANU PF king-maker (former Army General) Solomon Mujuru. Though
there may be
impressive circumstantial evidence to support such a claim it
remains
unproven. But what adds to the dilemma of those who seek to stay
with the
facts and take a balanced view of the whole, is the strange
response of
Tsvangirai and his spokesperson William Bango when asked to
comment on this
meeting. It was reliably reported in 2005 that Tsvangirai
had told several
top aides that he met Mujuru in late August. He indicated
then that he would
be briefing his "top six" or management committee on the
meeting - though in
fact he never did so. (There were also unconfirmed
reports of two meetings
between Tsvangirai and Mujuru, for which Tsvangirai
was collected from his
home by the Director General of the CIO). The strange
thing is that William
Bango denies vehemently that his boss ever met with
Mujuru. Even when faced
with the blatant contradiction between his statement
and Tsvangirai's
reported statements and having, as he says, referred back
to his boss for
confirmation, Bango still insists that Tsvangirai never did
meet with
Mujuru.
Clearly someone is lying here and the intriguing
question is why. Why should
it be so important to deny that Tsvangirai met
Mujuru some few months before
either the MDC national council or the senate
elections held at the end of
November? And, even more intriguing, why if a
meeting (or meetings) did take
place did Tsvangirai attend them alone? The
risks were obvious. It would
surely have been a matter of normal prudence
for him to take one or two of
his senior colleagues with him to the meeting.
Did Tsvangirai really learn
nothing from his bruising entanglement with Ben
Menashe?
Moving on, it is instructive to note who is moving into high
office in the
Tsvangirai faction of the party. Tsvangirai entrusted the
re-structuring of
his slimmed down version of the MDC (which excludes the
likes of Gibson
Sibanda, Welshman Ncube and Paul Themba Nyathi) to none
other than Isaac
Matongo. Under his direction elections have been held at
district and
provincial level.
At provincial level we see a number of
discredited politicians taking
office. Morgan Femai is the new chairman of
the Harare Province. Mr Femai's
main claim to fame (or rather notoriety) is
the crucial part he took in
engineering the violent attacks upon the party's
MPs from Matabeleland and
the Midlands in the year 2001 and again in 2005.
He is said to be driven by
an almost fanatical hatred of those of his fellow
citizens whose ethnic
roots lie in the western side of Zimbabwe.
The
new chairman of Tsvangirai's Matabeleland South Province is Lovemore
Moyo.
Moyo, it should be noted, had previously contested and failed to
secure
election to a post in the parallel structures of the Sibanda/Ncube
faction
of the party. As a Member of Parliament he has conspicuously failed
to
impress. He is the son-in-law of prominent ZANU PF politician Sithembiso
Nyoni and appears to have benefited greatly in material terms from this
relationship. It is understood that he has recently acquired substantial
assets in both the city of Bulawayo and rural Matabeleland, and he has
failed to offer any other satisfactory explanation for the sudden
acquisition of this wealth.
The deputy chairman of Tsvangirai's
Bulawayo province is one Matson Hlalo,
otherwise known as Matson Musikiwa.
(He was born Musikiwa but recently
assumed the name Hlalo after his
stepfather). His brother Temba Musikiwa is
a well known Kwe Kwe businessman
who in turn is close to Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Hlalo was an active member of
Mugabe's ZANU when the butchering of the
people of Matabeleland and the
Midlands was under way in the early 1980s. He
has subsequently flip-flopped
several times between ZANU PF and the MDC and
has the rare distinction of
having been expelled from both parties at
different times. After a spell in
the political wilderness last year Hlalo
hitched his colours to the
Tsvangirai faction, and has been rewarded with an
influential
post.
One could mention also Victor Mapungwana, newly elected organising
secretary
of the Bulawayo Province of Tsvangirai's restructured party who
was once
expelled from the party for treacherously betraying to the CIO his
party
colleagues who were assisting in the mass action campaign of June 2003
- and
several others like him. But the point has been made that many of
those
moving into provincial and district leadership positions lack all
political
credibility. In one way or another they have been associated with
violence,
factionalism, betrayal of colleagues or simple ineffectiveness.
Many have
flip-flopped between ZANU PF and the MDC showing that their only
true
allegiance is towards themselves and their own material
advantage.
Isaac Matongo, the common thread in so many of the MDC's
problems and
failures of the past, is conspicuous for his ineffectiveness in
achieving
any of the goals the party has set him. Ironically it was none
other than
Matongo who was appointed head of the Democratic Resistance
Committee. This
committee was set up to prepare for mass action. Its biggest
project in 2005
was the stay away held on June 8 last year to protest the
infamous Operation
Murambatsvina. It was a popular cause and should have
attracted massive
support, yet under Matongo it proved to be the most poorly
organised mass
protest action to date. Another dismal failure for Matongo
who was himself
nowhere to be seen when the crucial day arrived. The same
happened in the
so-called "Final Push" in June 2003 when Matongo was nowhere
to be seen when
the call for leaders to be out in the streets was
made.
There is another very troubling fact. The only member of the MDC
Management
Committee who has not been detained or obviously harassed by the
regime
since the formation of the MDC in1999 is none other than Isaac
Matongo.
Tsvangirai and Ncube both had to endure a treason trial and the
detention
that went with that. Sibanda was detained after the "Final Push".
Chimanikire has been detained on several occasions. Dulini-Ncube lost his
eye during his 2001/2002 detention which included a long period of solitary
confinement. Virtually every other MDC leader of any significance has been
detained or harassed in some way, but never Matongo. For that matter nor has
Gandi Mudzingwa. The question must be asked: "why is this?" Do the CIO not
know that Matongo is head of the so called DRC? Surely they know that
Mudzingwa has known Tsvangirai's every move in the last 6 years. It is
inconceivable that they would be unaware of the roles they play or
uninterested in them.
Which prompts the obvious question why, against
the advice and warnings of
so many, and against Matongo's own appalling
track record, Morgan Tsvangirai
still appears to trust him implicitly - to
the point of being content to
rest his own political fortunes on such a
discredited ally ?
This past week's disastrous meeting in Livingstone
(which culminated in
Morgan Tsvangirai's ignominious deportation from Zambia
in the middle of the
night) once again involved Matongo. One asks the
question why is it that
Tsvangirai has managed to hold meetings outside the
country without any fuss
or bother in the past and yet the planning of this
meeting appears to have
been communicated very well to the CIO. It certainly
appears from the
outside that anything Matongo puts his hand to in the MDC
results in chaos.
Is that incompetence on his part or does he have a
different agenda and is
he working for a different master? The question must
also be raised why
Morgan Tsvangirai continues to collaborate with a person
who has so
obviously failed the party.
We end where we began - with
two bitterly divided factions of the MDC. Each
needs the other yet at the
moment they are divided into two warring camps.
Accusations are being traded
back and forth on the basis that absolute right
resides on the one side of
the divide and the other is somehow complicit
with ZANU PF. Yet we urge our
readers to consider another possibility -
namely that, wittingly or
unwittingly, both sides have played right into the
hands of the CIO.
Consider that this is precisely the end result the CIO
planned all those
years ago when the MDC was first formed, and which the CIO
has carefully
choreographed through the intervening turbulent years, to be
brought to a
dramatic denouement just as ZANU PF reaches its lowest ebb in
terms of
popularity and would otherwise be on the ropes. Consider how
convenient the
timing to a desperate ZANU PF. Consider how otherwise a
strong opposition
would be in a position to press home its advantage and
demand real and
radical change.
We do not seek to arbitrate between the two warring
factions but we do wish
to sound a clear wake-up call to civic society. It
is desperately important
that we all cease henceforth from making simplistic
judgments between the
one MDC faction and the other. It is dismaying to see
how otherwise sane and
rational people have leapt to accuse people in one or
other camp without
taking the time to consider the hard evidence, or lack of
evidence,
supporting such allegations. It is time we considered that our
assumptions
may not be correct, or not wholly correct. It is time we
considered that
perhaps the CIO is involved in both sides of this dispute
and that neither
side commands absolute moral high ground. It is time to
consider that
perhaps the very people we think are the "good guys" simply
because they are
on the "right side" and saying the "right things" are
anything but that. It
is time to question why it is that there are people on
both sides who have
made absolutely certain that there will never be any
chance of
reconciliation through their inflammatory statements directed
against their
erstwhile comrades. It is time to consider that whilst some of
these
statements may just be the outbursts of hot heads, made without any
regard
for their consequences, other may be deliberately made to ensure that
the
MDC remains divided. In doing so the makers of these statements, on both
sides of the divide, will have served their common master well.
It is
also high time we ended the personality cult in Zimbabwean politics.
It is
time we stopped blindly following (even popular and charismatic)
personalities who have already shown that they are seriously flawed as
leaders. Where there is confusion and uncertainty in the political realm, as
here, it falls to civic society to critique those who put themselves forward
for positions of leadership. The evidence is before us if only we will take
the trouble to sift and weigh it. Some of those who beckon for our support
have shown appallingly bad judgment. Others have shown they have no
substance but are ready to do a political flip-flop as necessary just to
retain their status and standard of living. Others again have clearly
demonstrated that they are hopelessly ineffective in opposition politics;
meaningful change will never come through them. And some are obviously there
to spy on and subvert the opposition; so long as they remain among us all
our efforts towards freedom and democracy will be doomed.
Jesus said
(in the context of discerning between true and false prophets)
"You will
know them by their fruits". Wise words indeed. And since we can
see the
fruits let us - trade unions, churches, women's and student groups,
human
rights activists and the whole of civic society - let us show true
discernment and wise judgment. Let us judge the principal actors in the
drama by their own records. Those on both sides of this division imperilling
the MDC and opposition politics in general who have condemned themselves by
their own actions and those who are under serious scrutiny must be excluded
from leadership - or opposition politics will not survive in any credible
form.
Country/Topic: Zimbabwe
Date: 10 February 2006
Source: Media Institute
of Southern Africa (MISA)
Person(s): David Masunda, Arnold Tsunga, Lawrence
Chibwe, Nhlanhla
Ngwenya, Millie Phiri, Isabella Matambanadzo
Target(s):
Type(s) of violation(s): legal action
Urgency:
Bulletin
(MISA/IFEX) - On 10 February 2006, a Harare magistrate relaxed the
reporting
conditions against Voice of the People (VOP) radio board members
when they
appeared in court for a remand hearing.
David Masunda,
VOP chairman, his deputy Arnold Tsunga, and board members
Lawrence Chibwe,
Nhlanhla Ngwenya, and Millie Phiri, all of whom are accused
of operating a
radio station without a licence in terms of the Broadcasting
Services Act
(BSA), are on Z$4 million (approx. US$40) bail each.
The bail conditions
for the accused were relaxed after their lawyer,
Beatrice Mtetwa,
successfully applied for a reconsideration of the bail
conditions. The VOP
executives will no longer be required to report to the
police every
Friday.
An application for refusal of further remand is expected to be
made at the
next hearing on 28 February.
However, Isabella
Matambanadzo, the sixth accused, is not subject to the
same remand
conditions because she is currently residing in South Africa.
She will only
appear in court when the trial commences on a date still to be
fixed.
BACKGROUND:
The VOP executives are accused of contravening
Section 7 (1), as read with
paragraph 4 and 5 of the BSA Chapter 12:06,
which deal with broadcasting and
signal carrier licenses.
It is
alleged that the accused illegally established an office in Harare,
which
they equipped with computers, and that they produced unauthorized
programmes
which were transmitted through the Internet to Radio Netherlands.
The
broadcasts were then beamed into Zimbabwe through a relay station in
Madagascar, without an operating licence.
VOP director John Masuku,
who is appearing before the court separately, is
also on bail on charges of
breaching the country's broadcasting laws. Masuku
was arrested after the
police raided the VOP radio station's offices in
Harare on 15 December 2005,
at which time the police also confiscated
computers, equipment and
administration files.
Three VOP employees - Nyasha Bhosha, Maria Nyanyiwa
and Kundai Mugwanda -
spent four nights in police custody following the
raid. The three were
subsequently released without being
charged.
These developments have taken place against the backdrop of the
bombing of
the VOP offices on 29 August 2002 (see IFEX alerts of 30 and 29
August
2002).
MORE INFORMATION:
For further
information, contact Zoé Titus, Programme Specialist, Media
Freedom
Monitoring, MISA, Private Bag 13386 Windhoek, Namibia, tel: +264 61
232 975,
fax: +264 61 248 016, e-mail: research@misa.org, Internet:
http://www.misa.org
From The Mail & Guardian (SA), 10 February
Godwin Gandu in Harare and Jean-Jacques Cornish in
Pretoria
South Africa's patience with Zimbabwe is running thin.
President Thabo Mbeki
is no longer prepared to grit his teeth and stare down
his critics to defend
his "quiet diplomacy" approach to the troubles on his
northern front. In an
interview with the SABC last Sunday, he as much as
conceded that he had been
duped into believing that informal talks between
the Zanu PF government and
the opposition Movement for Democratic Change
would yield a political
breakthrough. This after the two parties had
presented him with a draft
constitution "initialled by everybody" in 2004.
The plan was abandoned after
"new problems arose between them", Mbeki said.
He reflected an air of
weariness about the way Zimbabwe continues to
dominate foreign affairs
debates within the ANC. A party insider said,
"We're inclined now to leave
the Zimbabweans to sort things out for
themselves before we can move along.
We continue to impress on both sides
the need for them to find the solution,
that no-one else can do it for
them," said the source, speaking on condition
of anonymity.
He
said Eskom's cutting off of Harare's electricity supply and a recent
directive by the Department of Minerals and Energy to local oil contractors
to halt supplies "is certainly part of that pressure, but more by the law of
unintended consequences than hard design. We are saying that Eskom has to do
maintenance that will interrupt the flow of power to Zimbabwe, and we in
South Africa are ourselves experiencing fuel shortages. If this illustrates
the extent of their reliance on South Africa, then it is all good and well."
Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni warned in off-the-cuff comments at a
seminar last year that "the wheels have come off there. I am saying this as
forcefully as I am because the developments in Zimbabwe are affecting us and
stressing us unnecessarily." The M&G perused the 108-page draft
constitution
in Harare this week. It proposed the establishment of five
commissions: on
elections, human rights and social justice, land, media and
an
anti-corruption body. It mooted that a prime minister-led government and
an
executive president be head of state. The creation of a Senate was also
contained in the document as well as provision for presidential and
parliamentary elections to run concurrently. The document Mbeki alluded to
in his interview also envisaged the setting up of a constitutional court in
Zimbabwe and set a two-term limit for the president.
But, on
Tuesday, the feuding leaders of the MDC momentarily ditched their
differences to deny ever agreeing with Zanu PF on a draft or handing it to
Mbeki. "As a party we are not aware of what he is talking about. We are in
shock," MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai told ZimOnline. In a separate
interview, his party nemesis and MDC founding secretary general Welshman
Ncube said, "I can confirm that during the informal party dialogue meetings
between myself and [justice minister Patrick] Chinamasa, one of the things
we did was to draw up a draft constitution which we had hoped would form the
basis for the formulation of a political settlement of the disputed issues
in Zimbabwe. That document was never adopted by any of the groups as far as
I know. It therefore fell through," said Ncube, who would not be drawn on
the authenticity of the 108-page draft seen by the M&G. Presidential
spokesperson Murphy Morobe insisted that Mbeki stood by his statement. "The
president would never lie about an issue as important as this." Chinamasa is
quoted as saying that "the constitution is what resulted in the
reintroduction of the senate. Obviously, when two sides discuss, you cannot
agree on everything." This is not the first time the MDC has contradicted
Mbeki. In January 2004, Mbeki told then German chancellor Gerhard Schröder
that ZanuPF and the MDC had agreed to talks. The negotiations were delayed,
he explained, only by the long summer holiday in the southern hemisphere.
Within hours, Tsvangirai denied Mbeki's contention and the party has since
repeatedly denied that it was in dialogue with the ruling party.
From The Star (SA), 10 February
By Moshoeshoe Monare
The South African spy who
found himself left out in the cold in Zimbabwe
will be confined to a desk
job - after his cover was blown by the media.
Briefing the media yesterday,
Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils said
Aubrey Welken would not be kicked
out of the intelligence service. "Just
because he was identified does not
mean that he is kicked out of the service
or is no longer employable.
Members of the service are involved in different
things, from training to
management. He does not have to go out," he said.
Welken was arrested in
Zimbabwe in 2004 for spying on President Robert
Mugabe's highest
decision-making body in the ruling Zanu PF after he had
been lured into that
country at the Victoria Falls border by its
intelligence agents. Kasrils
quipped yesterday that "some people said he was
spying but I believe he went
. for a little bit of a break". Welken has
taken leave after Kasrils managed
to bring him back from Harare for
Christmas in a highly publicised
diplomatic move. "The individual concerned
(and) his wife went on a holiday,
given a rest that he needed, paid for by
his service," he said. Kasrils said
Welken had also returned to Zimbabwe
this year as part of his release
agreement to testify in the trial of those
he allegedly tried to recruit.
Kasrils said he allowed Welken to be exposed
to media scrutiny in South
Africa after his name was mentioned in the press.
He was also interviewed by
Zimbabwean journalists before he was released
into South Africa's
custody.
The Herald (Harare)
February 11,
2006
Posted to the web February 10, 2006
Harare
TUITION fees at
the University of Zimbabwe have gone up from between $6 and
$9 million per
year to between $30 and $90 million with effect from
yesterday.
The
university also increased residence fees to $4,5 million per semester.
UZ
information and public relations director Mrs Taurwi Mabeza said the fee
increases were in line with the escalating costs of education in the
country.
"We have increased the fees in line with the cost of
education in the
country," she said.
Following the increase
undergraduate Arts and Humanities students are now
required to pay $30
million per year up from $6 million.
Those studying Engineering and
Natural Sciences will fork out $37 million
per year, up from $7,5 million
and Medical and Veterinary Science students
will pay $45 million per year,
up from $9 million.
Postgraduate students in the same field are required
to fork out between $60
and $90 million per year up from around $1
million.
The university had initially demanded a down payment of at least
$15 million
on registration from every postgraduate student and at least
$7,5 million
for undergraduate students.
However, by midday yesterday
the arrangement had been cancelled and students
were required to pay half
the fees on registration with the other half to be
cleared before the end of
March.
In a Press statement, the UZ said Government had approved the
tuition and
residence fee increases. Mrs Mabeza said as a result of the fee
increases,
the UZ has had to delay opening by two weeks. The 50-year-old
institution
will now open on February 27. However, students, parents and
guardians
described the increases as astronomical.
An Arts
postgraduate student who declined to be named said the UZ should
have
communicated the increases earlier to help them budget.
"The increase
actually means education is going out of reach for many as the
fees are
astronomical," said the student.
VOA
By Carole
Gombakomba
Washington
10 February 2006
Some
grain millers in Zimbabwe have gone underground to escape police arrest
amid
a government furor over the extreme shortage of bread and maize meal,
both
staples.
Government claims that millers are hoarding maize and wheat
grain, causing
the food shortages, have led some millers to shut their
plants, worsening
the situation.
Managing director Takesure Mbano of
the Mwendas Milling Company told
reporter Carole Gombakomba of VOA's Studio
7 for Zimbabwe that he was
assaulted by the police on Thursday in connection
with the accusations of
profiteering.
Police spokesman Wayne
Bvudzijena said he had no information on the alleged
attack, and added that
police are forbidden by law from assaulting citizens.
By
Andrew M
Manyevere.
Zimbabwe, due to what she is suffering
spiritually, emotionally and
materially, has obviously to go down to the
dogs before making a turn
around, first out of its political misrule, and
second rescuing the economic
corruption and decline from Zanu Pf cronies
with a third element of putting
good governance in place. Imperatively the
emotion of correction to previous
government eras evokes anger, vengeance
and even victimization, if done
without forethought. Inevitably, because the
process of government change
democratically is a very new but desired
essential, it brings into question
the issue of successions in political
leadership.
In Zimbabwe today Zanu Pf has a crisis at hand and
President Robert Gabriel
Mugabe is a very unhappy person with a picture of a
political end that is
extremely uncertain. The questionable way by which the
current Vice
President of Zanu Pf, Joyce Mujuru, was brought into the run
for
presidential leadership can be lightly described as hand picking. With
all
Zanu Pf vice presidents having been chosen from fear of displacement
than to
meet political futuristic plan of the party, Robert Mugabe has
nicely and
unintentionally created a headache for himself and the country.
Naturally
the Vice Presidents have passed away, and those who have taken
over do not
have much to go and even with one who perchance is supposed to
have many
years in life, the question is still that of legitimacy and
suitability to
take Zimbabwe into the millennium. These realistic
impossibilities in
politics are normally brushed aside, for political
expedience, at the
expense of economic collapse and human rights abuse as
well as disregarding
the rule of law.
Inadvertently Zanu Pf's
failure to build political consensus, but instead
the preparation to the
institutionalization of violence and secret bugging
of communication medium
cannot be openly admitted without conceding to
admission of guilty in poor
governance. Compounded by the fact that the
Morgan Tsvangirai leadership
style of taking people based decisions, the
trauma the new turn in political
game in the country brings cannot be easily
noticed, but accepted as a
reality which has made Mugabe very uncomfortable.
With the
tightening up of militia security in the country so is the
tightening up of
the people's secret resolve to deal a blow to their enemy
at an appropriate
hour when it comes. This unsettles the Zanu Pf government.
A sign of an
unsettled regime is the expenditure of any government on un
revealed secret
police work when the country is at peace except for its
inept ability to
plan to provide goods and services necessary to constitute
good
governance.
Because Zanu Pf government came into power through
the support of a people
armed struggle, it gives that party nightmare to
fail to understand cause of
certain of the MDC political behaviour. To the
extent that the Central
Intelligence Organization (CIO) shepherds the MDC
leadership and membership
everywhere, should in it signal to the world
leadership that political
events in Zimbabwe are going beyond the Nazi
surveillance, unless the world
charges rules midway and accept Nazism for
application on poor African
states and its
peoples.
Zimbabweans admittedly accept that Zanu pf as a
leadership lives in the
past, and as such oblivious to read people's faces
on the streets of each
city and country side, the misery of the army in
their uniform and the
answering to insubordinate ways through joining to
corruption adopted as a
rule by the police force. Africa has been fraught
with military coups, and
the only reason why it will not occur in Zimbabwe
is due to the entrenchment
of corruption as a tool of appeasement and reward
among all those supportive
of Robert Mugabe and his party Zanu
Pf.
We normally do not read of single persons trying to take a
head of a country
by a gun alone except as it either suggests that the rest
behind are in
hiding, or political insanity coming out of political
realities of failure
unmatched.. When a corporal soldier tried to take Joyce
Mujuru's life it
underlines a lot undercover in the direction of general
unhappiness within
community of Zimbabweans.
The governor of
the reserve bank, Mr Gideon Gono, made a clarion call on
people to take up
their role in returning the country back to civilization
except for the fact
that he could not be more explicit than he did without
facing the hatchet of
a man who cuts unpardonably on political threat
irrespectively, Robert
Gabriel Mugabe. He pleaded that the army General
Chiwenga admits the
irreversible action which the country could face if
people decide on
striking for food shortages in the country, because in
party he would not
command the soldiers to shoot hungry people crying for a
right to food.
Ironically there is hunger freezing all Zimbabweans, except
for the corrupt
who make more money out of a poverty situation, with open
blessings from the
government of Robert Mugabe and his Zanu Pf.
The effort to
neutralize people and take off their minds from real issues of
hunger and
oppression, by diverting it on secrets of MDC meeting on the
Zambian soil
deserves world condemnation, and indeed undiluted protests from
all in the
Diaspora, firstly to the Zambian president and secondly to the
UN, in order
that they tie down their running dog Zanu Pf.
The formation of
many political parties, timely geared to benefit from the
soon presidential
elections speculated for either 2008 or 2010, not only
does it manifests the
heartlessness based on greediness for personal wealth
by all who register
them; but should help us grow to sideline meaningless
political culture of
air fighting to defeat object of freedom by persuading
longevity of poverty
for one more little time, while those evil and
malicious acquire fame and
wealth from it.
The sad but true nostalgic fever among some of
African descent dwelling in
the citadels of world fame and wealth, to
allocate respect to some
individuals for African reconnaissance and
liberation, and among such being
the person of Robert Mugabe, does not help
students of good governance
against tyranny and its power of muckraking the
world. What remains
unchanged about virtues on leadership for the people is
that it reduces
while the people choice increases, this is typically
opposite of what has,
is and shall continue to happen in Zimbabwe for as
long as world leaders
turn a blind eye on evil of abuse of governance
machinery and people by
those in power of control through
cheating.
Repeated appeals on African leaders cannot be ignored
as coming from every
African exile, but never from within the African within
Africa, has it that
poor governance appears a cancer with no doctor now that
either the west
connives with or applies lip service criticisms. A need for
a system that
gives redeeming grace on poor people in the world is
necessary. In Zimbabwe
since 2000 the country has experienced strong derive
for democratic rule
quest, without a substantial answer for assistance from
the African Union or
the United Nations.
The two visits by
the UN in the country resulting in a vote of no confidence
in the May 2005
Operation Murambasvina (Clean Dirty) and that on affirming
the lack of
solution from Zanu pf government on the destruction of people
lives, hopes
and homes at the end of 2005, are enough indicators that Zanu
Pf government
is a failing government who cannot however accept change
constitutionally
except they are removed by a vote of the world body, UN.
The
effort by Zanu Pf to pass a legislation which will stop people from
travel
by withdrawing traveling documents shows the callous inhumanity Zanu
Pf
craves on psychologically torturing the common people into docility,
under
the world's watch and without remorse.
Day to day of life in
Zimbabwe is pain and torture to imagine that better
things could be done and
that our country would be on top of many other
developing countries, if not
only it was not for Zanu Pf and its leadership,
who have unilaterally
assigned themselves the honors of running down the
country and kill people
in order to silence opposition. There is more than
what meets the eye in the
politics of Zimbabwe.
TMCnet
February 10, 2006
(Comtex Environment Via Thomson
Dialog NewsEdge)HARARE, Feb 10, 2006 (Xinhua
via COMTEX) -- Zimbabwe's
deteriorating
infrastructure has resulted in poor waste management which
has
seen accumulation of waste and outbreaks of diseases, the Ministry
of
Local Government, Public Works and Urban Development said
on
Friday.
Speaking at a Waste Management Workshop, an official from
the
ministry, John Chikuruwa, said the breakdowns had resulted in
water
supply and sewage reticulation problems.
"The disappearance of donor
assistance five years ago has been
greatly felt and has been quite difficult
to fill as a number of
projects were left uncompleted," he said.
He
said lack of foreign currency and equipment, coupled with
lack of technical
assistance, had also compounded the waste
management
problems.
Meanwhile Chikuruwa called for the fostering of
partnerships
with the community, adding the government was in the process
of
creating an enabling environment through decentralizing the whole
waste
management system to bring decision making closer to the
people.
A
representative from the Commission running the affairs of
Harare said the
organization lacked trucks to collect and dispose
of refuse
timely.
"We need about 60 trucks to collect refuse but we have only
13
functional, this obviously would result in heaps of garbage and
this
derails good waste management practices," he said.
An official from
Environment Africa, Douglas Kativu, said
quality service provision and
resource mobilization coupled with
enforcement of stiffer legislation were
key to dealing with waste
in the wake of such diseases as cholera, dysentery,
typhoid and
other disease caused by poor hygiene.
"Development of
national standards guidelines, stakeholder
participation partnership,
recycling and material recovery are
some of the ways forward," he said.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES: Updated February 10, 2006
Please send any job
opportunities for publication in this newsletter to:
JAG Job Opportunities;
jag@mango.zw
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Ad
inserted 19 January 2006
Bookkeeper Wanted.
Mornings only bookkeeper to
Trial Balance. Knowledge of VAT and Wages
would be an advantage. Garage and
kiosk environment. Suit older
person. Female office environment. Must be
computer literate. Please
contact Louise on 309447/8 or email blong@zim.co.zw
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Ad
inserted 18 January 2006
Looking for a manager, between the ages of 18 - 24
years. Preferably just
left school. To grow flowers, potatoes and a cattle
herd. Situated in
Ruwa.
Please contact me by e-mail at hopitt@zol.co.zw
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Ad
inserted 18 January 2006
CANE FARMER IN TRIANGLE AREA LOOKING FOR A RETIRED
FARMER TO OVERSEE CANE
PRODUCTION. POSITION WOULD SUIT SOMEONE LOOKING FOR
ADDITIONAL INCOME
TO SUPPLEMENT EXISTING PENSION, AS THE AREA OF CANE DOES
NOT SUSTAIN A
PRESENT DAY FARM MANAGERS SALARY.
HOUSE, ELECTRICITY, WATER
& SERVANTS PROVIDED.
PLEASE CONTACT: - ANN BRADFIELD acasiasafaris@zol.co.zw
CELL:
011211336 OR 091273639 OR BULAWAYO
230615
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Ad
inserted 12 January 2006
Wanted - Lady with accounting background, computer
literate with Excel
and Word.
Pleasant office environment in
Willowvale
Negotiable package and fuel allowance.
Please reply to
091-208566 or 011-207084 or email hyena@zol.co.zw.
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Ad
inserted 11 January 2006
CHILDMINDER WANTED
Looking for a brilliant
child minder to help with our 2-year-old
daughter. If anyone is leaving and
needs to place their child minder
please get hold of us. Accommodation
offered.
Brenda
Pattenden
091326755
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Ad
inserted 11 January 2006
Position - OFFICE ASSISTANT
Duties Include -
assisting with computer input, keeping CD1's up-to-date,
assisting with
banking, general office duties - a varied job.
Type Of Person - friendly,
out-going, able to work with the minimum of
supervision, loyal,
confidential.
Please could CVs be emailed to the Export Manager at rene@zimflower.co.zw
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Ad
inserted 11 January 2006
Wanted Senior Bookkeeper
The Company:
Well-established, small and dynamic, growing, multi-faceted
organisation
based in the Northern Suburbs of Harare.
The Role: All accounting data
capture. Production of monthly trial
balance sheets and management
accounts. Cash management, statutory
returns, VAT administration and other
day-to-day office duties.
The Person: Experienced bookkeeper who is self
motivated, responsible and
reliable. Willing to grow with the Company they
must be ready to tackle
new and varied tasks as they arise delivering work
accurately, on time
and in full. Own transport essential. Knowledge of
Pastel an advantage.
The Rewards: Negotiable salary for the right
person.
Part of a small but busy and motivated team.
Please contact
Tanera Bouchet on 04 494540 or
Tanera.bouchet@rutland.co.zw
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Ad
inserted 11 January 2006
WANTED - Office Assistant
The Company -
well-established, small, dynamic, fresh flower marketing
agent based at the
Harare International Airport.
The Role - To assist in a very busy office with
computer data capture,
day-to-day office duties - a varied job.
The Person
- loyal, honest, reliable, must be able to work with a minimum
of
supervision. Own transport essential - company will assist with
fuel. To
start asap.
The Rewards - right salary offered to the right person.
Please
send CVs to: rene@zimflower.co.zw
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Ad
inserted 11 January 2006
Bookkeeper required for small but busy business
based in the Avenues.
Applicant should be qualified up to trial balance, debt
collecting, petty
cash, etc some admin work and also have hands-on
involvement. Varied
position in relaxed office with good salary offered to
the right person.
To start immediately. Phone Lorraine Thomas on 733113/5,
792365 or
707245 or cell 091
263172.
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Ad
inserted 11 January 2006
Full Day Bookkeeper required to work in
Msasa.
Competitive package on offer.
Please contact Marina or Dale on
446520, 091 261 629, 011 206
794.
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SUDAN:
Ad
inserted 18 January 2006
Position Title: Permaculture Program
Manager
Field Site: Upper Nile, S Sudan
Essential Job duties/Scope of
Work (provide at least 6-7 bullet points):
§ Plan, coordinate and implement
the permaculture / livestock
programme in Upper Nile
§ Provide
specialist input and oversight for best practice in
appropriate agricultural
activities within food security/livelihood
related projects
§ aa
communities with sound technical basis, education, and
promotion sustainable
crop cultivation
§ Introduce and mobilise community permaculture gardens
in
targeted communities
§ Coordinate and monitor project
implementation and ensure
timely reporting of activities
§ Provide and
facilitate technical direction, education and
training to staff, community
health workers and community members
§ Monitor and manage Community
Animal Health Workers and
agricultural outreach officers
§ Survey and
study the existing situation of livestock food
(fodder) and propose practical
methods of adjusting the food regiment
§ Coordinate veterinary activities
with VSF B and partners
§ In collaboration with VFS B, study and appraise
the existing
condition of animal husbandry and identify its constraints and
potentials
for development.
§ Develop demonstrable program linkages
between animal and
human health and nutrition levels
§ Identify and
monitor disease outbreaks among livestock and
ensure effective strategies for
disease control are in place
§ Document lessons learned across the
various project
activities and recommend future strategies and
interventions
§ Maintain and develop relationships with project partners
and
key stakeholders in project implementation
§ Represent IMC at
official forums when necessary, including
attending workshops, meetings,
seminars, conferences, etc.
§ Evaluate the working capacity of the local
counterparts from
a technical, planning and management point of view and
propose practical
methods for enhancing this capacity.
§ Write and
compile reports - both narrative and technical
Personal Qualifications
(special training/experience required, provide
6-8 requirements):
·
Bachelors degree or equivalent
· Minimum 5-7 years experience in
designing and implementing
agriculture programmes
· Experience in
community mobilization and participatory
methodologies strongly
preferred
· Knowledge of and experience in permaculture design
and
cultivation
· Experience with livestock / veterinary
programmes
· Experience in livestock management / animal husbandry
including
teaching and research. Abilities in survey, study and analysis of
the
livestock situation.
· Previous NGO experience
· Ability to
undertake physical work in a challenging and harsh
climate
· Ability
to communicate effectively both orally and in writing in
English
·
Able to work effectively independently and as a team member
· Experience
facilitating agricultural workshops / trainings
· Experience in the
region - ideally in Sudan itself
Other comments:
Able to function
effectively in remote, harsh environments with very
limited
communications
Contact: Candice von Memerty, candice@fauvelife
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AUSTRALIA
Ad
inserted 18 January 2006
Manager - Hazeldean Pty Ltd
A position is
available for a hands-on manager, with a strong interest in
animal breeding
using measured performance, to take on a close working
relationship with the
managing director in the running of Hazeldean & its
sheep & cattle
seed stock enterprises. The position is at company
headquarters, Hazeldean,
located 15 minutes south of Cooma in
southeastern
NSW.
The
successful applicant will be required to contribute ideas and form
strategies
for the future growth of the property & business. Planning
&
budgeting are essential skills however a desire for hands on
involvement
is equally important.
The position would suit a team
player and one capable and willing to take
on more responsibility in the
future. We are happy to consider
employment of a suitably qualified or
experienced Zimbabwean.
Applications to:
Jim
Litchfield
Hazeldean
Cooma NSW 2630
Email: Litchfield@hazeldean.com.au
www.hazeldean.com.au
THE ZIMBABWE
CONNECTION
MOBILE: +61 414 363 006
(international)
0414 363 006 (within
Australia)
EMAIL: jill@zimbabweconnection.com
WEBSITE:
www.zimbabweconnection.com
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Ad
inserted 9 February 2006
Wanted
Retired, energetic, fun loving Book
Keeper, living in Greendale,
Borrowdale, Chisipite areas in March, for a
small Nursery School : basic
administration, reception, books and general
helping out.
Please call Debi or Shelley between 8am and
12pm
482067
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Ad
inserted 9 February 2006
HORSES / MANAGER
A mature, responsible
person who is experienced with and passionate about
horses required by one of
Zimbabwe's leading safari operators. This
challenging position offers an
extremely exciting lifestyle, full board
and lodging and a very competitive
salary. The right person should also
be able to get on as well with people
as with horses. Please send CV to
awc@africanencounter.org
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Tanzania
Ad
inserted 9 February 2006
Tanzania
A vacancy exists for a farm manager on a
mixed farm in Tanzania.
Our core business is vegetables for export
however various other crops
and livestock operations are
undertaken.
The right candidate should have at least 5 years farming
experience in
East/Southern Africa, preferably with horticultural
experience.
Responsibilities would include daily farm management, record
keeping to
Eurepgap specifications, farm security and community
liaison.
The candidate should be either single or accompanied without
children.
To start immediately.
Package: $1500 per month, medical
aid and usual benefits of farm
management positions. Work permit to be
provided by the employer.
Company details to be found at www.gel.co.tz
Please send CV to: lizzie@gel.co.tz
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Nursery
School or Infant Teacher
Ad inserted 9 February 2006
Experienced Nursery
School or infant teacher wanted for 2nd Term,
Avondale area. English must be
first language. Very good working
environment, mornings only, school terms
only. Good package for right
person - mail gandami@mweb.co.zw
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EMPLOYMENT
SOUGHT
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Ad
inserted 11 January 2006
I am a man aged 26 years and I wish to apply for any
suitable vacancy. I
am a holder of BSC Honours Degree Economics with an
upper second class.
Please contact me on the following email address for
curriculum vitae:
stefanzombe@yahoo.com
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Ad
inserted 18 January 2006
We are a couple from Edinburgh (Scotland) though I
was actually born in
Zimbabwe. We are on an advanced stage of relocating to
Southern Africa
(Zambia and Zimbabwe, but preferably Zambia around the
Victoria Falls
area).
We are both mid career professionals with
extensive
professional experience in management research and
project
management (I am an Ecologist with an MSc in
human ecology, my wife is also
an MSc in social policy
with a very broad range of professional experience
in
senior level). We are thinking of investing in a business
(Eco-tourism
etc) in the long term. We are currently looking for a
placement
(work/voluntary) for us to do while we are deciding our future
plan. We
will be in Victoria Falls on 30-01-06. An body with information
or
something for us should email us on graccag@yahoo.co.uk or
phone
00441316616925. We are happy to forward our CVs if
required.
"Most people pursue pleasure with such breathless haste they
often hurry
past it"
Soren C
Kiekegaard
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Ad
inserted 18 January 2006
I am a woman aged thirty-five years with sixteen
years experience in
bookkeeping, accounts and administration. I am a holder
of ZAAT diploma
in accountancy and doing my final year in Bachelor of
Commerce, majoring
in banking and finance, as well as various other courses
in accounts and
administration and very conversant with computer and payroll
packages.
I can be contacted on 091 405 281/091 400 031 or Julia@soszim.co.zw
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For
the latest listings of accommodation available for farmers, contact
justiceforagriculture@zol.co.zw
(updated 10 February 2006)
February 10,
2006
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As
a JAG member or JAG Associate member, please send any classified
adverts for
publication in this newsletter to:
JAG Classifieds: jag@mango.zw; justiceforagriculture@zol.co.zw
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1.
For Sale Items
2. Wanted Items
3. Accommodation
4.
Recreation
5. Specialist Services
6. Pets
Corner
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1.
OFFERED FOR
SALE
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1.1
Business For Sale (Ad inserted 12/01/06)
Well established, operating
auto-electrical business for sale in City
centre. Large client base. Turn
over +-400 million/month. Asking price
5 billion. Walk in Walk
out.
Enquiries to: 011 414 050--, 04 790266 (Work), 04 860054
(Home)
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1.2
For Sale (Ad inserted 04/01/06-)
Dorper Sheep Flock
144 head
including 3 stud rams
Feeding Troughs
Scales
Medicines on
hand
Call 011 403 558 / 091 218 822 / 062 2473
Email: timjack@zol.co.zw
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1.3
For Sale (Ad inserted 04/01/06)
"THE WEAVERY."
Phone your orders
to--Anne--011212424 or 332851.
Email joannew@zol.co.zw
Fax--332851.
SUPER
GIFT IDEAS FOR LOCAL OR OVERSEAS FRIENDS AND FAMILY. LIGHT,EASY TO
WASH AND
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.VALENTINES DAY AND EASTER ARE JUST AROUND
THE
CORNER!
Prices.
Small woven bags--$400,000 each.
Large crocheted
bags.--$1,000,000 each.
Large woven bags.--$800,000 each.
Table
Runners.--$600,000.
Set of 4 Fringed Table mats +
serviettes--$1,800,000.
Fringed mats only(4)---$1,200,000.
Set of
6 Fringed mats+ serviettes--$2,7000,000.
Set of 4 Bordered table mats+
serviettes---$2,180,000.
Bordered mats only(4)--$1,580,000.
Set of
6 Bordered mats + serviettes--$3,280,000.
2m
Throws--$2,220,000.each.
Tea cosy(L)--$345,000.
Tea
cosy(m)--$340,000
Tea cosy(s)--$335,000.
Crocheted oven
gloves(pair)--$800,000.
Cotton(lined)oven
gloves(pair)--$460,000.
Aprons--$950,000.
Decorated cushion
covers--$800,000.
Plain cushion covers---$560,000.
Round crocheted
cushions--$730,000.
Scarves--$800,000. each.
Hats(Beanies)--$450,000
each.
X Large plain cotton rug--$4,555,000.(Approx-230x130cms.)
Large
plain cotton rug--$1,785,000.(Approx-143x75cms.)
Med. plain cotton
rug---$1,155,000.(Approx-120x60cms.)
Small plain cotton
rug.---$735,000.(Approx-105x52cms.)
Cotton Rag
Rug--$735,000.(Approx-105x52cms)
Small patterned mohair
rug--$1,185,000
Med. plain mohair rug--$1,380,000.
Med.patterned
mohair rug.--$1,725,000.
X Large plain mohair
rug.--$5,455,000.
Hall Runner--$2,600,000.
(Approx-200x75cms)
Wholesale prices available for orders(over 6 of an
article) or large
purchases.
Please note that as all items are
individually hand crafted, exact sizes
cannot be guaranteed.
All items
are subject to availability.
Prices are subject to change without
notice.
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1.4
Motorbikes for Sale (Ad inserted 16/01/06)
BEAT THE FUEL
CRISIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NEW ENDURO XY 125 - 10 MOTORBIKES FOR
SALE
(Averages 50KM/LT)
PHONE: 790266/ 011
414050
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1.5
Items For Sale (Ad inserted 04/01/06)
IMBUIA LOUNGE SUITE 7 SEATER INCL 2
ROCKERS - $100,000,000.00
IMBUIA COFFEE TABLE -
$8,000,000.00
IMBUIA ROUND TABLE WITH GLASS TOP -
$6,000,000.00
IMBUIA HALF MOON TABLE - $8,000,000.00
2 X SMALL
COFFEE SIDE TABLES - $5,000,000.00
IMBUIA DINING ROOM SUITE (COLLECTOR'S
ITEM) -
$80,000,000.00
OREGON PINE CABINET (LOUVRED SLIDING DOORS)
- $20,000,000.00
WRITING BUREAU - $12,000,000.00
KIAAT CHEST
DRAWERS - $10,000,000.00
TV CABINET (KIAAT) - $8,000,000.00
SOLID
WOOD SEWING CABINET - $8,000,000.00
007 METAL CUPBOARD -
$5,000,000.00
WOODEN BROOM CUPBOARD - $2,000,000.00
WOODEN KITCHEN
UNIT (1 DRAWER AND CUPBOARD) - $2,000,000.00
VACUUM CLEANER (HOOVER) -
$1,500,000.00
TEA TROLLEY - $750,000.00
BOOK SHELF IMBUIA -
$750,000.00
UNDERFELT - OFFERS
¾ HEAD BOARD/FOOT BOARD AND SPRINGS
- $1,500,000.00
2 X BRAND NEW KIRSH RAILS -
$1,000,000.00
BATHROOM CABINET - $1,000,000.00
Please contact Irene on
497556 or Cell 091 431
873
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1.6
Plants for Sale (Ad inserted 01/01/06)
FERNATIC NURSERY
Now that the weather has warmed up and the rains are now
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 after Hoggerty Hill Drive.)
8-12noon, 3-6pm.
Closed
Sundays
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1.7
For Sale (Ad inserted 09/01/06)
1X'Quest' calibrated citrus
Applicator
Contact 335499 or 011
603296
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1.8
Chemicals for Sale (Ad inserted 10/01/06)
Benlate - Fungicide 2 x 1
kg
Lennate - Pesticide 4 x 1kg & 4 x 100g
Sequential Two -
Fertilizer 1 x 10ltrs
Dual 960 EC Magnum 3 x 5ltrs
Ronstar -
Herbicide 2 x 5ltrs
Agil 100EC - Herbicide 1 x 5ltrs & 1 x
4ltrs
Command 4EC - Herbicide 1 x 5ltrs
Bion (Tobacco Leaf Spot) 8
x 60gms
Bravo 500 SE 1 x 5ltrs
Please phone 499790 or 091308903 if you
are interested in any or all of
the
above.
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1.9
Car For Sale (Ad inserted 09/01/06)
Mitsubishi RVR Sports Gear 2000,1995
Petrol. Neat, dark green in colour,
lady driven with 110,000 kms. $650
million. Call Kathy 011 602
144
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1.10
Seedlings for Sale (Ad inserted 11/01/06)
JATROPHA (Diesel Plant)
seedlings for sale (ready for planting).
Phone: 011 420
777
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1.11
Pump for Sale (Ad inserted 17/01/06)
Jacuzzi large capacity, heavy duty,
brand new, borehole irrigation pump
with Franklin 1.5 Kw motor and control
box. $120,000,000.00 neg.
Phone Mark or Pat 883236 or
011-204-642
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1.12
Items for Sale (Ad inserted 17/01/06)
Toyota Landcruiser VX 4.2 Diesel,
Manual, 1996, two owners, excellent
condition 209 000 km,
$26,000.00
Landrover V8i ES Petrol, Full house leather/electric seats etc,
1996, 64
000 km, mint condition $22,000.00
Generator - Brand new TEK - SA
assembled 5.5 KVA Diesel, Electric Start
$2000.00
Pressure Geyser 150Litre
- Brand new in the box Z$ 90 Million.
Please email rob@arniston.co.zw or phone 011
221623
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1.13
Dishwasher for Sale (Ad inserted 17/01/06)
Bosch Dishwasher, hardly used.
$85,000,000.00.
Phone: 490880 Cell 011
405218
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1.14
Various Items for Sale (Ad inserted 17/01/06)
Whiskey collection consisting
of 102 bottles (all different), intact -
$350 million
1 swimming pool
filter (without motor) - $20 million
1 5-track CD player (excellent
condition) - $10 million
1 DVD player together with sound system - $10
million
1 food processor with all attachments - $5 million
1
coffee maker - $1.5 million
1 1000 litre Coleman cooler box and one
smaller - $6 million
1 wooden and black leather bar together with four
backed chairs - $20
million
1 set garden table and four chairs - $4
million
1 set wooden garden table (round/collapsible) and three chairs -
$6
million
All above prices negotiable.
Please contact: rbwatson@mweb.co.zw
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1.15
Car/Yacht For Sale (Ad inserted 17/01/06)
Datsun Bluebird 1982 in immaculate
condition only 80,000 kms
Sharp Yacht on trailer with complete suit of
sails
Please phone 011 719
302
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1.16
Container Space Available (Ad inserted 17/01/06)
Selling space on a
container, which is bound for Brisbane. Packing end
of January 2006. Please
contact Mr R Hinde 091 274 615 or 011 418
046
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1.17
Items for Sale (Ad inserted 18/01/06)
COMPUTER - ($50
Million)
Intel P4, 3 GHz
40GB Hard Drive
512MB
Ram
64MB VGA
DVD Rom
CD Writer
15"
Monitor
Optical Mouse
Keyboard
Speakers
FULL HOUSE DISCO
- ($200 Million)
Technics Amplifier
DA Amplifier
Technics
Graphic
NUMARK Mixer
Sound to light converter 3000W
Smoke
Machine
Strobe Light
Disco lights
UV light and disco
stand
2 x 15" 450 W wit 10" and tweeter inbox
2 x 15" Subs
inbox
2 x CD Diskman
Microphone
EMPISAL S300 OVER-LOCK MACHINE
- ($50 Million)
As new, still boxed and has original cotton with
manual.
Immaculate condition.
For any Enquiries on the above please
contact:
Mrs. Taryn Knight on 091243374 or after hours
304426
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1.18
Vegetables for Sale (Ad inserted 18/01/06)
Haddow House is now selling fresh
farm veggies. Please visit the Farm
House at Haddow House, 10 East Road,
Belgravia.
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1.19
Items for Sale (Ad inserted 19/01/06)
House alarm, single zone
wireless/cordless system, PIR sensors - $70m.
2.5kVa petrol generator -
$50m.
Vacuum packer - $3m.
Clothes steamer - $1m.
Travel
iron - $1m.
New cordless kettle - $4m.
Ice cream maker, Philips -
$10m.
Slow cooker, tedelex - $10m.
Juice extractor, black &
decker - $15m.
Electric can opener - $2m.
Coffee maker, Braun -
$15m.
15 fin oil heater - $15m.
Hoover upright vacuum cleaner -
$15m.
Delonghi wet & dry carpet shampooer/vacuum cleaner -
$20m.
40cm desk fan - $2m.
Slide projector - $5m.
Extension
reel with flex - $5m.
Camping stretchers (2) - $3m each.
Kitchen
scale - $2m.
Floor scale - $3m.
Safe - $30m.
Garden
fertiliser spreader - $10m.
Garden spray - $3m.
Golf clubs,
ladies, c/w bag & caddy cart, complete - $20m
Golf clubs, men's, c/w
bag & caddy cart, complete - $25m.
Tumble dryer, old but works -
$5m
Peugeot 405 sedan car, '99 model, <60000km - $450m.
Steel
shelving (qty = 75), assorted sizes, $725k each or $500k each if
take the
lot.
Further details contact Marc on 304791 or 011 604419; 011
610073.
Email: mjh@zol.co.zw
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1.20
Chemicals & Fertilisers (Ad inserted 7/2/06)
Chemicals and Fertilisers
for Sale:-
16 X 1KG MACOZAM 80% WP
120 X 60G BION 50WG
4 X 2KGS
DIPTEREX 95% SP
4 X 5 LITRE DOKA
1 X 5 LITRE FENAMIPHOS
1 X 5 LITRE
NUTRIFOL
2 X 10 LITRE SEQUENTIAL TWO
9 X 1 LITRE TAMARON
1 X 25 LITRE
WEEDKILLER FOR WHEAT OR BARLEY
8 X 2 LITRE ALACHLOR
2 X 2 LITRE
ATRAZINE
2 X 1 LITRE DUAL
2 X 1 KG SODIUM MOLYBNATE]
4 X 5 LITRE
GRAMOXONE
3 X 20 LITRE SUCKERKILL
8 X 1 KG BAYTAN
20 X 25 KGS CALCIUM
NITRATE
All the above chemicals are still sealed . For further details
please
phone the following numbers:-
Harare 497735 Cell - 011-603-889
Fax/Phone - 481419
E-mail - charlespat@zol.co.zw
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1.21
Cooking Oil (Bulk) for sale (Ad inserted 7/2/06)
"Cooking oil, bulk, attn
restaurants, takeaways, etc, phone
495897"
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1.22
For Sale (Ad inserted 7/2/06)
Potato Seedlings now available - large or small
quantities.
also we still have full range of submersible pumps, well
pumps - full
range of pumps for all garden needs. Generators, knapsack
sprays,
irrigation systems for garden and larger . Lawnmowers, Very
competitive
prices.
Please phone Carrie 091 206 558 for details and
prices.
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1.23
Cattle Farm/Ranch For Sale
(Ad inserted 7/2/06)
PRIME CATTLE
FARM/RANCH FOR SALE IN BOTSWANA
Cattle farm business in Ghanzi District,
Northwest of Botswana for sale.
Comprises of a well developed free hold farm
measuring 16000. hectares,
with large house ( 5 bedrooms, en-suite bathroom,
bathroom & separate
toilet, large lounge with an attached larpa. Separate
dining room and
kitchen with old fashioned coal stove.) The farm has 3 very
strong
boreholes with five watering points and is divided into 13 camps.
All
farming equipment, lighting plants, gensets and inverter
equipment
included.
walk in - walkout deal
We even are prepared to
sell everything as a package.
The farm, cattle, the house with all
furniture (cupboards, beds, TV's,
tables, chairs, fridges, the works), all
our vehicles (merc truck, double
cab, cruiser, grader) our bank account and
company.
Cattle producer prices just been increased by 40% for the first
time in
10 years. Owner retiring.
EVERYTHING TO GO
Nearest cash
offer will secure.
If you are interested please contact The Advertiser
Farm--email:
shell@it.bw
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1.24
Generators for Sale (Ad inserted 7/6/06)
Beat the ZESA power cuts by powering
up your house and bore holes with
one of the following KIPOR Generators which
we have on hand.
KDE5000E Single Phase 4.2 KVA Diesel, open - frame
type.
US$1 100
KDE5000T Single Phase 4.2 KVA Diesel, Sound proof
type
US$1 260
KDE6000T3 Three Phase 5 KVA Diesel, sound
proof
type US$1 320
KDE6500T3 Three Phase 5.5 KVA Diesel, sound proof
type
US$1 380
KDE12STA3 Three Phase 9.5 KVA Diesel, Super
silent
type US$4 450
KDE16STA3 Three Phase 13.5 KVA Diesel, Super silent
type
US$6 580
For all enquiries contact the following
:-
Graham 011 617 999
Rusty 091 278 460
Office
884022
Fax 850195
E mail graham@adas.co.zw
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1.25
Items for Sale (Ad inserted 7/2/06)
Teak pick nick bench and table
40mil
Big front door with frame
24mil
Chest of
drawers
18mil
Large dining room suite with side table
35mil
Double bed plus headboard mattress and bench 18mil
Queen
size bed solid pine lime washed with bench 18mil
Queen size therapeutic
mattress 25mil
Biggie best lounge suite (1x3seater, 2x 1seater)
30mil
Oregon pine Morris chairs (1x2seater, 2x1seater)
45mil
Oregon pine coffee table 25mil
Oregon pine side table x4
20mil
Old computers and monitors
offers
Curtains
Pram
offers
Play station
1
offers
Kitchen table with 4 chairs plus shelve
15mil
Old Golf club set
offers
Teak lounge table plus 4 side
tables 25mil
Teak CD corner stand 5mil
2-pine lime washed single
beds 6.5mil
6-side tables lime washed 600.000
2 large cupboards
blue brand new 60mil
Oak kitchen cupboard doors with hinges and handles
40mil
Full bedroom suite - pine lime washed
including:
Corner TV cupboard 15
mil
Two side tables 6mil each
Large chest of drawers 18
Large desk with chair 20mil
Large speakers
with amplifier
Peugeot 405 very good condition available only in mid
march (54.000km)
1998 VW Golf
Lots of piping (black pvc) was used
for solar heated pool
Trays
Cd player works fine for radio or
connecting to TV*cds don't work
1 side table lamp - children
1.5mil
1 side table lamp 1.5mil
2 wrought iron wine racks 2,
3mil
There are lots of other little pieces for sale as well
Please contact
Christina on 011 606 074 if you are interested in any of
the
above
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1.26
Items for Sale (Ad inserted 07/02/06)
1. Originally imported from UK, music
and comedy videos, music
biography books and CD's, a small P.A. system,
musical instruments,
some lighting equipment, smoke machine, a black 10m
backdrop &
materials, a music recording studio for sale. If you're
interested please
email me at brogue@mweb.co.zw and I'll send you the
catalogues with
prices.
2. Full household for sale, numerous various
items, accessories and
furniture. Please email me at brogue@mweb.co.zw for complete
catalogues
and
prices.
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1.27
Dog Meal for Sale (Ad inserted 07/02/06)
"Dog meal,$800000 per 20 kg
pack,free delivery Harare for orders over 10
packs, call Mr Wallis 023894597
or email zermatt@mweb.co.zw
"
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1.28
Items for Sale (Ad inserted 07/02/06)
SEED DESIGNS (based in
Chiredzi)
Beautiful exclusive, hand embroidered ethnic style cotton items for
sale
:-
Q/size duvet covers $8,500 000
Throwovers $3,900
000
Oven gloves $750 000
Binocular bags $580 000
Shoulder
bags $900 000
Webbing handbags $1,200 000
Evening bags $550
000
Cushion covers $800 000
6 table mat set with serviettes $2,800
000
Wallets $600 000
Spectacle cases $300 000
And lots more!!
For further queries, please phone Michelle Ross (Harare
Representative) on
091 202 138 or alternatively 883606.
SECOND HAND BABY ITEMS FOR SALE
Baby
tender with fold out changing mat and bath $25 000 000
Mother care pram
(navy blue) $15 000 000
Baby camp cot (fold up complete with bag) $25 000
000
Baby bath ring with suctions $500 000
For further enquiries,
please contact Michelle Ross on
091 202 138 or alternatively
883606.
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1.29
For Sale
2 doors GEC frig, recently overhauled, 1,50cm high, 60 and 70cms
deep and
wide. $25 million
Incomplete English Rockwood dinner service,
white with maroon edging,
consisting of:
5 large dinner plates, 8
small dinner plates, 3 side plates.
6 large bowls, 3 small
bowls.
2 large oval serving dishes, I entrée dish with lid
1 gravy
jug with plate
4 million ono
Pair roller blades in good condition,
size 6. $2 million
9 Illustrated children's encyclopaedias edited by Arthur
Mee - $3
million
Lots of lovely children's books, bedtime stories
etc
Childs cricket bat, ball and stumps, brand new still in plastic.
3
million
Two gum plantations, also about 70 pines - please come and cut
them
yourself, I live in Bromley, 55 kms from Harare. Please find out
prices,
as I have no landline, and limited cell network.
Telephone
Jennifer at 011 423 614, or leave message at office tel 336945
or 333952 and
I will return your
call
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2
WANTED
ITEMS
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2.1
Wanted (Ad inserted 07/02/06)
Is there anyone out there, wanting to sell
the following:
Round dining room suite with 4 chairs, preferably with a
glass top.
Alternatively, a cane suite would be equally suitable.
Glass
top, not essential. Plain oval cream coloured rug or cream
with
autumn
shade pattern.
Please call Kathy 011 602
144
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2.2
Wanted (Ad inserted 07/02/06)
WANTED: Heavy Duty Tumble Drier in good
working order. Please call
091 237 772 or 04
495862
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2.3
Wanted (Ad inserted 07/01/06)
Old guitars wanted for cash, any condition,
call Gordon
023894597
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2.4
Wanted (Ad inserted 07/01/06)
Non-running/accident damaged, cars, trucks,
tractors, wanted urgently for
breaking, please call Mr Wallis
023894597.
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2.5
Wanted (Ad inserted 09/01/06)
Adult and child's life jackets. Oars for
canoes and rowing boat. Fishing
rods, reels and tackle.
Contact: savuli@mweb.co.zw or John Tayler 091 631
556.
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2.6
Goats Wanted (Ad inserted 09/01/06)
WANTED: Many, young ready for breeding
female goats for breeding
programme, will collect.
Contact: ranch@africaonline.co.zw
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2.7
Wanted (Ad inserted 09/01/06)
A farm close to Harare to rent. Call Patience
on 091 312 560 or Kurai on
091 212
304
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2.8
Books Wanted (Ad inserted 12/01/06)
WANTED: GCSE STUDY GUIDES AND REVISION
BOOKS. PLEASE PHONE 055 20213 OR
011
407747
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2.9 Handset Wanted (Ad inserted 17/01/06)
JAG now has a new phone line in the
office and we are looking for a
handset phone to borrow in order to relieve
congestion on the
existing
line.
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2.10
Vegetables Wanted (Ad inserted 17/01/06)
Looking for wholesale suppliers of,
if you can supply yourself or know of
where I can
find:
Potatoes
Onions
Butternut
Carrots
Gem
squash
Apples
Please email kuipers@zol.co.zw or phone Kirsty on 011
212493.
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2.11
Items Wanted (Ad inserted 07/02/06)
Is there anyone out there wanting, to
sell the following:
Round dining room suite with 4 chairs, preferably
with a glass top.
Alternatively, a cane suite would be equally
suitable.
Glass top not essential. Plain oval cream coloured rug or cream
with
autumn
shade pattern.
Please call Kathy 011 602
144
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2.12
Wanted (Ad inserted 07/02/06)
Second hand in good condition;
Motorola
GP300 handheld radios.
Motorola GM300/350 vehicle mounted
radios.
Motorola or Kenwood repeater.
We are a environmental NGO
looking for radios to help with anti-poaching
in the Vic Falls
area.
If you have old farm radios not in use any more we could really use
them
constructively.
Please email; ranch@africaonline.co.zw or call 011
213
529
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3.
ACCOMMODATION WANTED AND
OFFERED
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3.1
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 6/2/06)
WANTED TO RENT: Urgently wanted - a
house in the Harare area starting
1st Feb 2006. Must have a secure garden
for dogs. Please call 091 365
515 or 091 363
970.
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3.2
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 6/2/06)
Looking for House to rent from 1st
April. Northern Suburbs. 4
bedrooms. Long lease essential.
Contact: egravett@zol.co.zw
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3.3
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 6/02/06)
Young couple with 2 young children
desperately looking for a 3+ bed
roomed house, flat or cottage in Borrowdale,
Mount Pleasant, Vainona,
Gunhill, areas, with reasonable rent.
Will be
happy to make improvements and will take good care of home in
place of high
rent.
Please call Ben on 091 335060 or Hayley on 011 219864 or
Home 04
884208
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3.4
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 10/01/06)
We are desperately looking for a
house to rent immediately. Situated on
the western suburbs of Harare i.e.
not Borrowdale, Greendale, Chisipite.
Good security is a must, 4 bedrooms
borehole and pool if possible.
Please if you hear of anything contact us as
soon as possible.
Dave & Jan Stewart
091606242 Dave
011606242
Jan
304210
Flat
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3.5
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 12/01/06)
Single young girl with 1 dog
& cat urgently looking for small 2/3
bedroomed house or flat or cottage
with extremely good security in
Greendale/ Chisipite/ Highlands areas. Must
be unfurnished. Looking to
move end February beginning of
March.
Please respond to secunltd@ecoweb.co.zw
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3.6
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 16/01/06)
Looking for accommodation in Glen
Lorne area for my maid who is middle
aged and on her own. Must include
ablutions. Willing to pay reasonable
rent, but we have no domestics quarters
on property we are renting.
Please contact Carol on 091 264160 or e-mail carol@powerspeed.co.zw
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3.7
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 16/01/06)
PLEASE HELP, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A
HOUSE WITH DOMESTIC QUATERS TO RENT.
VERY VERY URGENT, AS OWNER OF THE HOUSE
WE ARE RENTING FROM NEEDS THE
HOUSE FOR HER SON, SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR A
HOUSE A.S.A.P, PREFRENCES:
GREENDALE, NEWLANDS, EASTLEA, MANDARA AND ANYWHERE
ELSE,
PLEASE PHONE PAUL HUNDERMARK ON 091315767 OR ROXY HUNDERMARK ON
011611288
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3.8
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 17/01/06)
URGENT
Young married
couple with two kids looking for a 2-bedroomed house. Must
have servants'
quarters and be in Harare.
Please phone Paul 091 315 767 or Roxy 011 611
288
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3.9
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 07/02/06)
"ACCOMMODATION
WANTED"
Responsible, professional single lady with ten year old son
seeks
suitable
accommodation in northern suburbs. Must have staff
accommodation for one
maid and garden for Jack Russell puppy. Contact Sue on
011-204193."
Please let me know how much this will cost and how I make
payment. Many
thanks
Penny Gibbons
email address penny@redfernmullett.co.zw
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3.10
House Wanted to Buy (Ad inserted 19/01/06)
We are looking for a house to buy,
preferably in or around the Ballantyne
area towards Borrowdale or in
Borrowdale Brook. (Something near St
Johns!!)
Please let us know if you
know of a house available.
Contact: Shayne Hay
Tel: (263 4)
720138/9
Fax: (263 4) 706921
cell: (263) 11 201 677
shayne@katun.co.zw
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3.11
Accommodation Offered (Ad inserted 11/01/06)-
2-bedroomed garden flat in
Greendale, walking distance from shops,
carport, phone Mr Wallis
023894597
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3.12
Accommodation Offered (Ad inserted 17/01/06)
AVAILABLE FROM: 4 MARCH TO
20 JUNE 2006
To Rent -Beautiful House Fully Furnished
12 Room
House 2 minutes from St. Johns and Shopping Centres
Double Alarm System
in House
Carpets, Shades, Blinds
4 Bedrooms
2 ½
toilets
Kitchen: Dishes, Pots and Pans, Cutlery and
Utensils
Stove/ Microwave/ Large Fridge
Scullery: Wash-up Sinks/
Deep Freeze/ Large Top Load Washer and Dryer
Furnished formal
lounge
Dining Room: Oak table, chairs, pottery, glassware and
silverware
TV Room: DSTV decoder
Library
Large
entertainment veranda
Swimming pool
Developed garden & rockery
on 2 acres with dam
Secure wall and auto-gate outside lights
Under
Voltage over voltage Protection Unit
3 ½ Month Lease from 4 MARCH to JUNE 21
2006
For Pre-paid rent, discount
RENT
$55,000,000-00
Realtors and Estate Agents Finders
Commission
Contact Mark or Pat Cell 011-204-642 or Tel.
862282
Email: utmost@mweb.co.zw
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3.13
Accommodation Offered (Ad inserted 17/01/06)
GLENLORNE COTTAGE FOR
RENT
Single-roomed (10mx 3m) cosy thatched cottage, suitable for up to
2,
ensuite kitchen and bathroom, partially furnished, in delightful
Glen
Lorne Msasa woodland surrounds. Excellent
security, with 3 other
residences, each with their own privacy, on the 5
acre stand making
a
comfortable and friendly community as back up.
Rent based on US$ 80
pm, converted at blended inter bank rate, currently
at Z$70,000, i.e. Z$ 5.6m
pm, all in.
Contact Janet on 499060 or 011 614
197
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3.14
Accommodation Offered (Ad inserted 18/01/06)
Secure granny flat for rent in
Chisipite with separate entrance.
Accommodation consists of one large room,
full size kitchen and
bathroom. Z$6 million plus deposit and
utilities.
Phone Mike Lukas o4/490138 or
011400855
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3.15
Accommodation Offered (Ad inserted 19/01/06)
House to rent in
Northwood
4 Bedroom House
Borehole
Swimming Pool and
Jacuzzi
Electric Fence and gate
Inside alarm, all connected to
Gauntlet
Available 01/03/06
Call 011 205
183
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3.16
Accommodation Offered (Ad inserted 7/2/06)
Spacious furnished accommodation
offered to fit elderly person in
Borrowdale. Share expenses. For further
information, please phone
Renting Department on telephone number 885623 (am)
or 885571
(pm).
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3.17
Accommodation Offered (Ad inserted 7/2/06)
""We have a delightfull single
roomed thatched cottage , and separate
flatlet ,
each with lovely
views
onto the garden and surrounding msasa woodlands.
Suitable for singles , or a
tidy couple, available immediate , on a 5
acre
stand with 3
other
residences, providing a friendly small community which is good
for
security,
but maintains
individual privacy.
Contact Janet on
499060 or 011 614
197"
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3.18
Looking for House to Sit (Ad inserted 7/02/06)
Mature couple looking to
housesit for any length of time. Loves animals
available immediately. Please
call Lauren or Jason on 091237648
or
091760874.
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3.19
Looking for House to Sit (Ad inserted 11/01/06)
Honest, reliable, mature lady
looking to housesit as from 01 February
2006. Avondale area preferred.
Please phone Jenny 011 423 614
or
331087.
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4
RECREATION
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4.1
Harare International Festival of the Arts (Ad inserted
7/2/06)
The Harare
International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) is one of
Zimbabwe's premier
artistic events. It gives Zimbabweans the change to
meet and interface with
top local artists, as well as regional and
international artists and
performers. The Festival's appeal is for all
ages and interests and during
HIFA, Zimbabweans come together in a truly
carnival atmosphere
to
experience the sheer joy that is art in whatever form - art as
healer,
art as educator, art as up lifter of the spirit.
HIFA 2006 is
scheduled for 25th to 30th April 2006. All the major
international festivals
offer a "Friends of Festival" scheme and ours is
known as HifAmigos.
HifAmigos are a highly valued and regarded
component of the Festival. HIFA
offers a series of comprehensive
benefits in several categories of HifAmigos
to cater for all interests
and needs and subscriptions are
reasonable.
HIFA has been described as "second to Edinburgh" and "among
the top ten
festivals of the world!" HIFA 2006 now invites you to become a
HifAmigo
or to renew your HifAmigo membership. If you do so by 24th
February
2006, you will be listed in the Official HIFA 2006 Programme and
invited
to what is becoming the hottest even on the Zimbabwean social
calendar -
the HIFA Opening Party. Our launch events are legendary. Join
early &
be there!
2006 HifAmigos will enjoy 20% discounts on all
shows and workshops.
Procedure for becoming a hifAmigo
Contact the
hifAmigo Manager for an application form -
Angie Thomas - contactable via
HIFA as below.
Harare International Festival of the Arts
Box A42,
Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe
Phone & Fax: +263 (4) 300 119
Email: amigos@hifa.co.zw
Website: www.hifa.co.zw
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4.2
HOLIDAYS (Ad inserted 04/01/06)
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. $900,000 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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4.3
Ad inserted 01/01/06
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!
Contact tourleaders@zol.co.zw for more info
today!
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4.4
(Ad inserted 7/2/06)
VALENTINES AT HADDOW HOUSE:
Celebrate a romantic
valentines day at Haddow House. We will be open in
the evening where we will
be serving a three course meal for $1.5million
per person exclusive of
drinks. Please feel free to bring your own wine.
(no corkage charged). For
bookings please contact Haddow House on
733405, 724408, 011 403316 or 011
206205.
Haven Rise
57 Argyle Road
Avondale
Harare
tell/fax:
(H) 04-335181
tell: (O) 04-733405
Cell:
091-320192
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4.5
Fun Fund Raiser (Ad inserted 7/2/06)
Tickets for this very worthwhile
fund raising event advertised below are
available from the college or the Jag
office, 17 Philips Ave, Belgravia.
Come along to a great fun day of
entertainment.
St George's Boat Club
Fund Raising
Lunch
Venue: Sable Motor Club (behind Haddon Motors)
Date:
Saturday 18 February - 12 noon onwards
Live Music with Bucks and Johnny
M!
$ 400 000 per head
Cash Bar / Secure Parking
(Ticket
serves as a lunch
voucher)
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5
SPECIALIST
SERVICES
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5.1
Auto Electrics (Ad inserted 12/01/06)
For all your auto electrical work call
in at 16 Harare Street or phone 04
790266 or 011 414
050
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5.2
Ad inserted 04/01/06
DO YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR OLD VHS VIDEO TAPES OR CASSETTES
OR RECORDS ON TO
DVD OR VCD. IF SO PLEASE CONTACT WENDELL ON 067 23040 OR 091
743 965 OR
091 386 665 or wendelljamu@yahoo.com
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5.3
(Ad inserted 16/01/06)
Do you dread the thought of holding your child's
party?
Do you have nowhere to hold a party?
Do you have no time to
plan and hold a party?
Your problems have ended!
Penny and Shelley
will organize everything for your child's party.
Theme parties could
include:
Transport, Space, Animals, Noah's Arc, Barbie, Spider Man,
Barney,
Insects, Winnie the Pooh, Toy Box, The Sky, etc.
We can have it in
a garden, at Safety Sam, etc, provide ponies, jumping
castles, slippery
slides, games, individual eats, group eats, painting or
craft parties where
your children can all create something to take home.
Call Shelley now on 091
264361 or 490684
Or Penny on 091 237434 or
336955
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5.4
(Ad inserted 6/02/06) Care Management Services. Formerly called
"Substitute
Daughter."
Care Management Services. Formerly called Substitute
Daughter.
Have you left Zim? Are worried about a remaining relative? For a
modest
fee our
service will monitor the well being - physical, mental and
emotional -
of those
who might be in need. The service is run by
qualified, experienced,
registered
nurses of "the old school". We ensure
that health needs are being met
and that
if your relative needs any other
sort of care - nursing, financial
services,
transport, domestic aid,
medical visits etc., we will arrange for these
needs
to be met. We visit
regularly and keep you informed with reliable,
accurate
reports of all
developments.
24 hour call available.
The service has been working
successfully, without interruption since
Sept.
2002.
Want to know more?
e-mail: brumarlow@mango.zw
Ph.:
00-263-4- 302518 (after hours) or 00-263-91-603621.
References will be
supplied on request.
Margaret Low. SRN.
SCM.
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5.5
(Ad inserted 11/12/05)
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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5.6
(Ad inserted 16/01/06)
ZEB Water Back-up Systems
Tired of erratic,
unreliable water supplies or low water pressure? Invest
in a reliable water
back-up system. We supply, install and maintain
water back-up systems to all
areas in and around Harare.
WE ARE NOW ABLE TO DELIVER UP TO 7000 LITRES
PER DROP OFF to fill your
tank if you have been off municipal for some
time!
For more information please contact us on 011-424712 or 011-806525
e-mail
bowen@zol.co.zw
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5.7
Ad inserted 16/01/06
Oxford IT
A leading IT professional
recruitment firm, with specialized staff, are
ready to meet your recruitment
needs. Give us a call today to secure top
calibre personnel for all your IT
requirements.
Don't Hesitate - IniTiate!
Call: Monique Fachet or
Melissa Ricardo on 309274 (Direct) or via
Switchboard on 309800 - 17 (Ext 270
or 272)
Oxford IT
Agriculture House
South East Wing
Cnr Adylinn
Road/Marlborough
Drive
Marlborough,
Harare
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5.8
(Ad inserted 16/01/06)
ROOF LEAKS / RISING DAMP
WE SPECIALISE IN
WATERPROOFING, DAMPPROOFING, WALL AND ROOF COATINGS.
WE MAY BE LOCAL, BUT OUR
PRODUCTS ARE NOT!!!!
FOR ALL INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTIES.
CONTACT: 882511, 091 261741 or 011
420003
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5.9
(Ad inserted 16/01/06)
Please remember we have reliable services
available in Harare North at a
very competitive rate.
*Plumber - toilets,
basins, blocked drains - Gauti c/o MP on 304492
*Electric Gates,
Intercoms, House Alarms, Surveillance Cameras etc
Creative Decor 091 408
320
*Swimming Pools and Pumps - all repairs and installations -
Creative
Decor 091 408
320
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5.10
(Ad inserted 16/01/06)
WEDDINGS & SPECIAL EVENTS VIDEO
PRODUCTION
Focused Video Productions specialize in weddings & special
events video
production. We use digital equipment to capture your special
moments in
the
highest quality.
Call Greer on 744075 / 091 53
047
Email: fvp@fvp.co.zw
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5.11
Nursery School Vacancies (Ad inserted 04/01/06)
Little Blessings Nursery
School
There are a few vacancies available at a small, up-market,
Christian
preschool in The Grange area of Chisipite. Owner: 15 years
teaching
experience and is a trained nurse. Viewing welcome. Please
telephone for
appointment 499108 or 091 345
079.
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5.12
Nursery School Vacancies (Ad inserted 6/01/06)
Rugrats Nursery School,
conveniently located in a lovely safe and secure
setting in Mount Pleasant,
still has a few places available for 3, 4 and
5 years olds for
2006.
In addition to the usual painting, colouring, drawing and making
of
exciting crafts, Rugrats also offers additional activities such as
gym,
tennis, ballet, music, computers and baking. Numbers in classes are
kept
to a minimum which means that your child will benefit from
individual
attention. We cannot stress enough how important the welfare of
your
child is to us, and how blessed we are to be given an opportunity to
lay
a secure foundation for their future. If you would like to know
more
about us, or to be a part of Rugrats Nursery School, please contact
Karyn
on 091 261 641 or by email -
rugrats@mango.zw
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5.13
(Ad inserted 18/01/06)
Haven Rise Bed and Breakfast is situated in
Avondale and is a wonderful
tranquil place to stay. For further information
please contact us at
kilbride@zol.co.zw or visit our website www.havenrise.co.zw
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5.14
(Ad inserted 19/01/06)
WEDDING VENUE, CATERING &
CO-ORDINATING...
Also an upmarket BED & BREAKFAST suitable for
Embassy guests.
6 Chelmsford Rd. Avondale.
Phone: 091
228563
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5.15
(Ad inserted 7/2/06)
"Chemical analysis,tap/borehole water.Phone
023894597"
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5.16
(Ad inserted 7/2/060
TRANSFORM YOUR ACCOUNTING BLUES AND BE INSPIRED BY
SAVING MILLIONS OF ZIM
KWACHA
FREELANCE EXPERIENCED BALANCE BOOKKEEPER
CAN DO THAT FOR YOU!
INTERESTED?
CALL OR SMS TRISH
BRUINS
091 402 599
OR EMAIL vanessas@zol.co.zw
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5.17
(Ad inserted 7/2/06)
The Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals
requests that all cases of cruelty or abuse of animals,
both domestic and
livestock, are reported to them.
Recently there
has been an increase of deliberate cruelty to livestock,
but unfortunately
many of these incidents are not reported to ZNSCPA and
we
only get to
hear about them through a third party long after the abuse
has
taken
place.
Cruelty to animals, including wild life in captivity, is a
punishable
offence in Zimbabwe and we are pleased to report that the Police
and the
Courts are dealing swiftly and decisively with these cases when we
present
our dockets to them.
Whilst ZNSPCA remains totally
non-political, we continue to respond
quickly and professionally to requests
for help on farms where the welfare
of animals is being compromised in any
way.
ZNSPCA HQ: 497885/497574
156 Enterprise Rd
Chisipite
Inspectors Cell:Glynis: 091 367
260
Simon: 011 630
430
Jimmy: 011 528
449
Justine: 023 306
456
John: 011 867
099
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6
PETS
CORNER
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6.1
Pets - Wanted (Ad inserted 7/2/2006)
I am look for a Jack Russell & a
Labrador or other large dog to go to a
very good home. Neither has to be
puppies, but would be preferred in
order to
avoid conflict.
Please
contact Michelle on
091402559.
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6.2
Pet - Wanted (Ad inserted 09/01/06)
Am looking for a Golden Labrador
female puppy, will go to a very good
home. Please contact Bridget 011
408044
Email: info@zambezitrader.co.zw
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6.3
Home Wanted (Ad inserted 10/01/06)
Toy Pom bitch called Cindy looking for
home. For more information tel.
Michelle on 884294 or e-mail gandami@mweb.co.zw
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6.4
Hamsters For Sale (Ad inserted 17/01/06)
Homes sought for adorable,
well-behaved Russian hamsters looking for good
homes - Free delivery in
Harare area. Phone Katie on 091 252 847 or
email: katie@gekko.co.zw
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6.5
Homes Wanted (Ad inserted 18/01/06)
GOOD HOMES NEEDED FOR FIVE GORGEOUS
LITTLE KITTENS - SOMEWHAT WILD BUT
NOTHING A BIT OF TENDER LOVING CARE WILL
NOT CURE!!!!! Please call me on
860277 or
091260827.
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6.6
Homes Wanted (Ad inserted 07/02/06)
Geese needing good home
25 geese
both male & female looking for good, safe homes with water to
swim in.
Unfortunately, their current "water world" is haunted by a
river otter who is
terrorising them and slowly killing them all. Don't
all need to go together
- you can take any number you wish, as long as
you promise them a safe home
and not the pot!
Please phone either 011 205 190 Deena or 091 307 450
Linda
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-JAG
Hotlines:
+263 (011) 205 374 If you are in trouble or need advice,
please
don't hesitate to contact us - we're here to help!
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