Gono's monetary statement a breach of trust and confidence in the
political
settlement
The purported RBZ governor, Gideon Gono, yesterday announced
a
monetary policy statement which violates the ground rules of
normal
economics and casts further doubt on Zanu PF's sincerity to
comply
with the Global Political Agreement and the SADC
resolutions.
Firstly, Gono has no locus standi to act as RBZ governor as
his
reappointment is still contentious. The SADC summit conceded that
his
reappointment is subject to fresh negotiations.
The logical
position would have been for both the national budget and
the monetary
statement to be deferred to allow for the consummation of
the inclusive
government.
Secondly, the decision to lop off 12 zeroes is not a panacea
to the
economic ills afflicting the country. The real zeroes that need to
be
lopped off are the charlatans and corrupt barons in Zanu PF who
are
milking the country.
The new measures that give unbridled leeway
to gold and diamond
traders will create serious leakages on precious minerals
that will
allow the big sharks, who are mainly found in Zanu PF, to fleece
the
country.
Thirdly, the decision to license rural shop owners is at
variance with
the reality of the lack of adequate stocks in most rural shops.
For a
rural shop owner with very few items on his shelves to afford
United
States dollars in licence fees is an extortionate measure, to
all
intents and purposes.
It will be a casino economy where even
vendors and road-side dealers
are all required to procure licences of US$10
from the RBZ to engage
in mundane economic activities that are of no benefit
to the national
economy.
Furthermore, there is too much rhetoric on
the part of the RBZ when it
comes to its commitment to deal with
corruption.
Only last week, the government threatened to name, shame and
prosecute
all ministers and MPs who looted the RBZ-sponsored farm input
scheme
but suddenly there is silence of the grave on the issue.
The
MDC believes that a new family of local currency notes is not the
solution.
Workers including civil servants should also be paid their
salaries in
real money not to use the voucher system.
The real
solution is a family of political formations working towards
one purpose of
addressing the problems facing the people of Zimbabwe.
We must stop as a
nation the habit of addressing symptoms and not the
real disease affecting
our economy.
Our economy needs open heart surgery and not painkillers. We
need to
bite the bullet. Only a political solution will address the
challenges
facing the country.
Gono cannot make fundamental policy
decisions outside the framework of
the inclusive government. He cannot claim
to be restructuring the
central bank when his own tenure is a subject of
serious political
differences.
His tenure has seen the RBZ being
turned into Father Christmas; doling
out largesse to senior Zanu PF officials
while quasi-fiscal activities
have been used to bribe the populace to vote
for Zanu PF.
Under Gono's tenure, the RBZ became a Zanu PF private bank
through
which they were able to sponsor terror campaigns against the
innocent
people of Zimbabwe.
A solution will be found only in Zimbabwe
when Zanu PF becomes sincere
on the issue of the formation of an inclusive
government in line with
the resolutions of SADC.
Zanu PF should stop
dithering on outstanding issues so that we clear
the way for the formation of
an inclusive government which should deal
with the political and economic
crisis.
We are only the solution to our problems.
Hon. Elton
Mangona
MDC Secretary for Economic Affairs
The Zanu PF caretaker government has begun to backtrack on the inclusive government by dithering to discuss contentious issues in line with the SADC resolutions.
Last week, a full SADC summit resolved that the negotiators of the three major parties meet "immediately" to consider the National Security Council Bill and the modalities and formula for the distribution of governors.
Today, the Zanu PF negotiators said they could not talk about the issue because they have no mandate from their leader who is attending the AU summit in Ethiopia.
We in the MDC are convinced that there is no intention on the part of Zanu PF to put all these issues to rest. There is no wish to consummate an inclusive government in line with SADC resolutions.
There is no wish to alleviate the suffering of the people of Zimbabwe through a negotiated political process. In short, there is no wish to tackle the outstanding issues as directed by the SADC Heads of State.
Zanu PF is panicking. It has been caught flat-footed. Zanu PF never budgeted that the MDC would agree to be part of the inclusive government and now they are in sixes and sevens while trying desperately to scuttle the deal.
For the record, the contentious issue of governors was supposed to be dealt with last Tuesday in South Africa. But the Zanu PF negotiators said their tickets did not allow them to stay a day longer and they returned with their principal to Zimbabwe. On Wednesday, nothing happened as they said they were preparing for the budget.
On Thursday, preliminary but inconclusive discussions took place before the Zanu PF negotiators said discussions should break to enable to them to attend the budget, which Zanu PF again unilaterally presented against the spirit of the inclusive government.
The Zanu PF negotiators then suggested that discussions on the matter be deferred to today ahead of the passage of Constitutional Amendment number 19 on Thursday, but true to culture and tradition; they have shifted goal posts and are now saying they have no mandate.
Zanu PF is spoiling to scuttle the inclusive government which SADC directed
should be in place by 13 February 2009. We are ready to clear all outstanding
issues so that we collectively confront the challenges facing the people of
Zimbabwe. Zanu PF is not. We are ready to tackle cholera, unemployment and the
collapse of basic services such as
education and health. Zanu PF is not.
We are ready to sort out the working conditions of civil servants so that our children go back to school. We are ready to save lives. Zanu PF is not. We are ready to recover this economy and to bring back confidence in our institutions. Zanu PF is not. We are ready to give the people hope and faith. Zanu PF is not.
We are a party of excellence. We are celebrating a decade of commitment, courage and leadership. We are committed to the Global Political Agreement but Zanu PF's acts of commission and omission risk derailing the smooth passage of Constitutional Amendment 19.
The acts of insincerity also risk dislocating the swearing-in of the Prime Minister and his deputies and the formation of an inclusive government thereafter.
We derive our comfort from the unbridled support and loyalty of the working people of Zimbabwe, the poor and the downtrodden, our parents in the rural areas, our brothers and sisters in the urban areas, the students, and the church and minority groups.
Tax on Miscellaneous Income Deposits into Individual & Corporate Accounts
458. Due
to illegal parallel market activities, huge amounts of deposits have been
reflected in both individual and corporate accounts. This unproductive income
has largely remained outside the tax net.
459. I
propose to introduce a special tax on funds deposited into individual and
corporate accounts at the highest marginal tax rate of 40%, with the tax-free
threshold to be determined in tandem with market developments, with effect from
1 February 2009.
460. This proposal will not apply to lawful sources of income as defined in the Income Tax Act and in incidences where the same income has already been subject to tax.
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GMT
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By Barry Moody
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 3
(Reuters) - Britain expressed scepticism on Tuesday about Zimbabwe's new
coalition government but pledged support because of the suffering of the
population, indicating a shift in the West's stance on the crisis.
The
comments from Mark Malloch Brown followed a similar marked shift of tone from
Washington since opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai agreed to enter a power
sharing government with President Robert Mugabe last week.
The new Obama
administration has dropped its public demand for Mugabe to step down and the
European Union also welcomed the deal, although Western powers say they are not
ready to lift sanctions on the president and his entourage until they see
concrete evidence of reform.
Malloch Brown said he had been convinced by
African leaders at a summit in the Ethiopian capital that the new government
must be given a chance.
"I think the one message I've got loud and clear
from this summit, and I'm very sympathetic to it, is we've got to give this a
go, we've got to all do our best to support it, because the needs of Zimbabweans
are so overwhelming," he told BBC radio in an interview from Addis
Ababa.
"We're sceptical but we've got to try and help this work," he said,
saying Britain and others would be generous donors if the agreement
succeeded.
Mugabe used a session of the summit on the global economic crisis
on Tuesday to rail against Western powers, which he accused of blocking support
to Zimbabwe from the IMF and World Bank, whose programmes have been suspended
because of arrears.
"Due to some illegal, unilateral, extraterritorial
legislation by some powerful members of the same institutions, the enjoyment of
our rights of membership have been strangulated," Mugabe told his fellow African
leaders.
"We believe that these illegal actions are not only unjustified and
cruel but they have also led to the needless suffering and foreign-induced
polarisation of the people of Zimbabwe."
NEW GOVERNMENT
The new
government, with Tsvangirai as prime minister, is due to be sworn in by Feb. 13,
although the opposition MDC accused Mugabe's ZANU-PF on Tuesday of backtracking
on the agreement by delaying discussions on contentious issues.
Former
colonial power Britain has been one of the fiercest critics of Mugabe, accusing
him of destroying the economy of the formerly prosperous country and using
militias to violently suppress opposition. The veteran Zimbabwean leader blames
the crisis on Western sanctions.
Zimbabwe suffers the world's highest
inflation rate, officially put at 231 million percent, and acute shortages of
food, fuel and foreign exchange.
A cholera epidemic has killed 3,229 people
and infected 62,909 others -- Africa's deadliest outbreak in 15
years.
Malloch Brown's remarks suggested African leaders have persuaded
Western powers to take a softer line over Zimbabwe while the power-sharing
government starts work.
The toning down of U.S. rhetoric was a sharp change
from the previous Bush administration, which had intensified calls for Mugabe,
in power since 1980, to quit.
Analysts say Western rhetoric against Mugabe is
often counter-productive in Africa, feeding his allegations that Britain and
other powers are plotting to overthrow him.
Malloch Brown made clear,
however, that Britain would not drop sanctions against Mugabe and his entourage
until it had seen whether they were making a real commitment to power-sharing,
echoing U.S. and European views.
"We really hope this time it is different
for the sake of the people of Zimbabwe and we will work as though it is
different, but we are not going to completely put away our stick, if you like,
until we're convinced it is."
Britain, Washington and the EU are holding out
promises of a major aid package to Zimbabwe but only after there is evidence of
substantial political and economic reform.
"At this stage we need proof on
the ground ...We have to see the implementation of the agreement before we can
talk about possible next steps," one EU diplomat told Reuters in
Brussels.
"We have to see that real change is taking place. The bottom line
for the U.S. government and for our allies is that talk will not be sufficient,"
State Department spokesman Russell Brooks said. (Additional reporting by Daniel
Wallis, Marius Bosch in Johannesburg, Ingrid Melander in Brussels and Sue
Pleming in Washington; Editing by Diana Abdallah)
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Asked by The Earl of Sandwich [Destitute Zimbabweans]
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the
recommendation of the Independent Asylum Commission that destitute Zimbabweans
should be allowed a temporary and revocable permit to work in the United
Kingdom. [HL737]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office
(Lord West of Spithead): Our asylum system provides protection to individuals
where it is needed in the form of leave to remain in the United Kingdom. Asylum
seekers who need support to avoid destitution are given it from the time they
arrive in the UK until their claim is fully determined. Any failed asylum seeker
who is unable to return home through no fault
of their own can apply for
support. It is not government policy to grant failed asylum seekers permission
to work.
As the UK Border Agency noted in response to the commissioners' findings, the Government believe that managed economic migration is a valuable source of skills and labour for the UK economy, and maintains recognised routes into the UK for those seeking to work. It is important to maintain the distinction between economic migration and asylum.
Allowing failed asylum seekers to work would be likely to encourage asylum applications from those without a well founded fear of persecution, thus slowing down the processing of applications made by genuine refugees and compromising the integrity of our asylum system.
Asked by Lord Hylton [Zimbabweans removed to Malawi]
To ask Her Majesty's Government why they are deporting Zimbabwe citizens to Malawi, in view of the possibility that they may be immediately sent on to Zimbabwe; and [HL772]
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Government of Malawi concerning Zimbabwean asylum applicants whom they wish to send to Malawi; and whether they have received any assurances from Malawi. [HL773]
Lord West of Spithead: Unsuccessful asylum claimants are returned to Malawi only if they are entitled to reside there, and only when the decision-making and independent appeals system have found that this would be consistent with our obligations under the refugee convention and the European Convention on Human Rights. Among many other factors, decision-makers and the courts take full account of any risk that the claimant would be removed from Malawi to another country where they could be at risk.
The nationality or entitlement of an applicant to reside in a country is
determined by looking at and weighing up all of the available documentary and
oral evidence. Where a person holds a genuine and legally obtained Malawian
passport or other identity document issued by the Malawian authorities, that
would normally be enough to show that the holder is entitled to reside in
Malawi.
As an additional safeguard in the case of those who claim
connections to Zimbabwe, the British High Commission in Lilongwe has obtained
from the Malawian immigration authorities confirmation that they would not
deport an individual who has Malawian nationality or the right to reside in
Malawi, regardless of ancestral nationality or previous residence in a third
country.
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Written
by Telegraph Correspondent
Wednesday, 04 February 2009
Mrs Mugabe, who at
43 is more than four decades younger than her husband, already has a string of
properties across the country, taken after Mr Mugabe's loyalists began evicting
white farmers in 2000.
Her latest acquisition - said to be for a son, Russell
Goreraza, from her first marriage - comes as Mr Mugabe's Zanu-PF party prepares
to form a coalition with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change next
week.
It demonstrates that the ruling hierarchy have yet to change their
behaviour, and are even turning on their own supporters to satiate their
greed.
Grace Mugabe - looting for the road, openly.
Gwina, about 50 miles
north of Harare and close to Mr Mugabe's rural home, was once a prize-winning
farm until Judge Ben Hlatshwayo, who presides in the High Court in Harare,
forced off its owner, Vernon Nicol.
Mr Nicol - who is now in Australia, along
with most members of his large family, who also lost their farms - won a court
order to prevent Mr Hlatshwayo seizing the premises in 2002, but the judge
ignored it and broke into the homestead.
Now he has received similar
treatment, and is said to be "absolutely furious".
According to farming
sources the judge was an exception among the Zanu-PF elite who helped themselves
to farms, employing a qualified manager, growing decent crops, and even spending
some time living on the farm.
By contrast at least 90 per cent of formerly
white-owned farms - more than 20 million acres - lie fallow since Mr Mugabe
began chasing whites off their rural properties, while agricultural exports,
which once earned 40 per cent of Zimbabwe's foreign exchange, have collapsed,
and more than half the population needs food aid.
Mr Hlatshwayo's downfall
came after he held an "open day" at Gwina last year, when visitors included some
connected with the first lady.
The details of how she forced him off are not
clear, but according to legal sources in Harare the judge decided to go to his
own court to seek "justice" shortly before Christmas.
He tried to bring an
urgent chamber application before a fellow member of the bench, Judge Joseph
Musakwa, but was persuaded "one way or another" to drop the case before it was
heard.
Mr Hlatshwayo was contacted by The Daily Telegraph and was given all
the details in this article. He did not deny anything and said only that he had
"no comment".
Once one of the country's youngest judges, he chaired the
commission which drew up the constitution that was rejected in a referendum in
2000. It was Mr Mugabe's first electoral defeat, which presaged the start of the
land invasions two weeks later.
Now the judge is due to be given another
farm, south east of Harare - so that either another of the few remaining
productive white farmers will be evicted, or one of his Zanu-PF colleagues will
be in danger of losing "their" land.
Mrs Mugabe was married to an air force
officer when she worked as a typist in State House and had two children with Mr
Mugabe while his popular first wife Sally was dying of kidney failure.
They
married after her death and had a third child together. Mrs Mugabe is now
renowned for her prodigious spending ability on overseas shopping trips, and
recently attacked a British photographer outside a £2,000-a-night hotel in Hong
Kong.
Her spokesman Laurence Kamwi did not answer his telephone and State
House said there was no one in her office to comment. Telegraph.co.uk
Last
Updated ( Wednesday, 04 February 2009
)
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Picture:
Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe fresh from assaulting a photographer in Hong
Kong has now grabbed a farm from High Court Judge Justice Ben Hlatshwayo.
04
February 2009
Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe fresh from assaulting a
photographer in Hong Kong has now grabbed a thriving farm from High Court Judge,
Justice Ben Hlatshwayo.
The Gwina Farm which is 50 miles outside Harare
apparently attracted the attention of Grace Mugabe who decided she would seize
it on behalf of her first son Russel Goreraza, from her first marriage with an
airforce pilot.
Justice Hlatshwayo is said to be furious at the seizure and
has made several attempts to seek justice from his own courts but all the Judges
are refusing to hear the matter under pressure from the Executive.
Justice
Hlatshwayo will struggle to find sympathisers after he himself grabbed the farm
from white farmer Vernon Nicol who was chased out of the homestead by the judge
in 2002. Despite a court order barring Hlatshwayo from occupying the farm the
judge ignored it.
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Written
by CZ Correspondent
Tuesday, 03 February 2009
As the Movement for
Democratic Change threatened not to support Constitutional Amendment 19, if Zanu
(PF) does not accommodate its "outstanding" demands, the European Union has
announced the new sanctions list as adopted by the Council of the European
Union, Brussels, January 26 2009.
ZimOnline however, reports that the talks
are still going on in South Africa.
More than 200 individuals, with new
additions in the security forces as well as John Bredenkamp and Billy
Rautenbach, and more than 40 companies have been added to the list of companies
and individuals not allowed to trade with, operate in, or visit the EU.
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Having regard to the Treaty on
European Union, and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 19
February 2004, the Council adopted Common Position 2004/161/CFSP (1) renewing
restrictive measures against Zimbabwe.
(2) Council Common Position
2008/135/CFSP (2), adopted on 18 February 2008, extended Common Position
2004/161/CFSP until 20 February 2009.
(3) In view of the situation in
Zimbabwe, in particular given the violence organised and committed by the
Zimbabwean authorities and the continued blocking of the implementation of the
political agreement signed on 15 September 2008, Common Position 2004/161/CFSP
should be extended for a further period of 12 months.
(4) Moreover, certain
persons and entities associated with the Government of Zimbabwe and whose
activities seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule
of law in Zimbabwe should be added to the list set out in the Annex to Common
Position 2004/161/CFSP.
(5) The list set out in the Annex to Common Position
2004/161/CFSP should also be amended to take account of changes in the functions
of certain persons and to include additional identifiers for certain persons and
entities,
HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:
Article 1
Common Position
2004/161/CFSP shall be extended until 20 February 2010.
Article 2
The
Annex to Common Position 2004/161/CFSP shall be replaced by the Annex to this
Common Position.
Article 3
This Common Position shall take effect on the
date of its adoption.
Article 4
This Common Position shall be published in
the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 26 January
2009.
For the Council
The President
A. VONDRA
(1) OJ L 50,
20.2.2004, p. 66.
(2) OJ L 43, 19.2.2008, p. 39.
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ANNEX
List of persons referred to in
Articles 4 and 5 of Common Position 2004/161/CFSP
I. PERSONS
1. Mugabe,
Robert Gabriel President, born 21.2.1924, Passport AD001095.
Head of
Government and as such responsible for activities that seriously undermine
democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law.
2. Abu Basutu, Titus
MJ
Air Vice-Marshal, Matebeleland South. Directly involved in the terror
campaign waged before and during the elections.
3. Al Shanfari, Thamer
Bin
Former Chairman of Oryx Group and Oryx Natural Resources, born 3.1.1968
(see item 22 in part II). Ties to the Government and involved in activities that
seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of
law.
4. Barwe, Reuben
Journalist with Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation,
born 19.3.1953, passport BN311374. Whipped up the government-orchestrated terror
campaign before and during the 2008 elections.
5. Bonyongwe, Happyton
Director-General Central Intelligence Organisation, born 6.11.1960, Passport:
AD002214. Ties to the Government and complicit in forming or directing
repressive state policy.
6. Bonyongwe, Willa (a.k.a. Willia)
Chair of
Securities Commission, married to Happyton Bonyongwe. Supporter and beneficiary
of the regime through appointment and through close association with key member
of the Government.
7. Bredenkamp, John Arnold
Businessman, born
11.08.1940, passports: Netherlands (1285143, expired), Zimbabwe (Z01024064,
Z153612), Surinam (367537C). Businessman with strong ties to the Government of
Zimbabwe. He has provided, including through his companies, financial and other
support to the regime (see also items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 20, 24,
25, 28, 29, 31 and 32 in part II).
8. Buka (a.k.a. Bhuka),
Flora
President's office (Former Minister of State for Special Affairs
responsible for Land and Resettlement Programmes, former Minister of State in
the Vice-President's office and former Minister of State for the Land Reform in
the President's Office), born 25.2.1968. Former member of the Government and as
such engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human
rights and the rule of law.
9. Bvudzijena, Wayne
Assistant Police
Commissioner, Police Spokesman. Member of the security forces and bearing wide
responsibility for defending serious violations of human rights.
10.
Chairuka, Annie Flora Imagine
Married to Paradzai Zimondi. Supporter and
beneficiary of the regime through close association with key member of the
Government.
11. Chapfika, David
Former Deputy Minister of Agriculture
(former Deputy Minister of Finance), born 7.4.1957. Former member of the
Government and as such engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy,
respect for human rights and the rule of law.
12. Charamba,
George
Permanent Secretary, Department for Information and Publicity, born
4.4.1963, Passport AD002226. Member of the Government and as such engaged in
activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the
rule of law.
13. Charamba, Rudo Grace
Married to George Charamba, born
20.6.1964. Supporter and beneficiary of the regime through close association
with key member of the Government.
14. Charumbira, Fortune Zefanaya
Former
Deputy Minister for Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, born
10.6.1962. Former member of the Government with ongoing ties.
15.
Chidarikire, Faber Edmund
Provincial Governor for Mashonaland West, former
Mayor of Chinhoyi, born 6.6.1946. Ties to the Government.
16. Chigudu,
Tinaye
Former Provincial Governor: Manicaland. Ties to the Government and
bearing wide responsibility for serious violations of human rights.
17.
Chigwedere, Aeneas Soko
Provincial Governor: Mashonaland East, former
Minister, born 25.11.1939. Former member of the Government and as such engaged
in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and
the rule of law.
18. Chihota, Phineas
Deputy Minister for Industry and
International Trade. Member of the Government and as such engaged in activities
that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of
law.
19. Chihuri, Augustine
Police Commissioner, born 10.3.1953. Member of
the security forces and bearing wide responsibility for serious violations of
the freedom of peaceful assembly.
20. Chihuri, Isobel (a.k.a. Isabel)
Halima
Married to Augustine Chihuri, born 14.4.1974. Supporter and
beneficiary of the regime through close association with key member of the
Government.
21. Chimbudzi, Alice
ZANU (PF) Politburo Committee Member.
Member of the politburo and as such with strong ties to the Government and its
policy.
22. Chimedza, Paul
President of the Medical Association of
Zimbabwe, Doctor, born 29.6.1967. Engaged in activities that seriously undermine
democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law.
23. Chimutengwende,
Chenhamo Chekezha
Former Minister of State for Public and Interactive Affairs
(former Minister of Information, former Minister of Post and
Telecommunications), born 28.8.1943.
Former member of the Government and as
such engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human
rights and the rule of law.
24. Chinamasa, Monica
President of the
Zimbabwe National Farmers' Union, married to Patrick Chinamasa, born 1950.
Supporter and beneficiary of the regime through close association with key
member of the Government and involved in activities that undermine the rule of
law.
25. Chinamasa, Patrick Anthony
Minister of Justice, Legal and
Parliamentary Affairs, born 25.1.1947. Member of the Government and as such
engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human
rights and the rule of law.
26. Chindori-Chininga, Edward Takaruza
Former
Minister of Mines and Mining Development, born 14.3.1955. Former member of the
Government with ongoing ties to the Government.
27. Chingoka, Peter
Farai
Chairman of Zimbabwe Cricket, born 2.3.1954. Ties to the Government and
involved in activities that undermine the rule of law.
28. Chinotimba,
Joseph
Vice Chairman of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans
Association, leader of ZANU-PF militia. Engaged in activities that seriously
undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law, including
direct involvement in the terror campaign waged before and during the
elections.
29. Chipanga, Tongesai Shadreck
Former Deputy Minister of Home
Affairs, born 10.10.1940. Former member of the Government with ongoing ties to
the Government.
30. Chipwere, Augustine Colonel,
Bindura South. Directly
involved in the terror campaign waged before and during the elections.
31.
Chiremba, Mirirai
Director of Financial Intelligence at the Reserve Bank of
Zimbabwe, born 14.05.1962. Ties to the Government and complicit in forming or
directing repressive state policy.
32. Chitakunye, Eliphas
High Court
Justice. Has refused to allow investigation of abductions and torture at the
hands of security agents.
33. Chitepo, Victoria
ZANU-PF Politburo
Committee Member (former Minister of Information, former Minister of Post and
Telecommunications and former Tourism Minister.), born 27.3.1928. Member of the
politburo and as such with strong ties to the Government and its policy.
34.
Chiwenga, Constantine Commander Zimbabwe Defence Forces, General (former Army
Commander, Lieutenant General), born 25.8.1956. Member of the security forces
and complicit in forming or directing repressive state policy.
35. Chiwenga,
Jocelyn
Businesswoman, born 19.5.1955, married to General Chiwenga, Commander
of the Defence Forces. Engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy,
respect for human rights and the rule of law.
36. Chiweshe,
George
Chairman, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Supreme Court Judge and
Chairman of the controversial delimitation committee), born 4.6.1953. Ties to
the Government and complicit in forming or directing repressive state
policy.
37. Chiwewe, Willard
Former Provincial Governor: Masvingo (former
Senior Secretary responsible for Special Affairs in the President's Office),
born 19.3.1949. Former member of the Government with ongoing ties and bearing
wide responsibility for serious violations of human rights.
38. Chombo,
Ignatius Morgan Chiminya
Minister of Local Government, Public Works and Urban
Development, born 1.8.1952. Member of the Government and as such engaged in
activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the
rule of law.
39. Dabengwa, Dumiso Former ZANU-PF Politburo Senior Committee
Member, ZAPU leader, born 1939.
Former member of the politburo and as such
with strong ties to the Government and its policy.
40. Damasane,
Abigail
Deputy Minister for Women's Affairs, Gender and Community
Development. Member of the Government and as such engaged in activities that
seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of
law.
41. Deketeke, Pikirayi
Chair of Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe
and Editor of the official progovernment newspaper ‘The Herald'. Ties to the
Government and involved in activities that seriously undermine freedom of
expression and the media.
42. Dinha, Martin
Provincial Governor for
Mashonaland Central. Ties to the Government.
43. Dokora, Lazarus
Deputy
Minister for Higher and Tertiary Education, born 3.11.1957. Member of the
Government and as such engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy,
respect for human rights and the rule of law.
44. Dube, Tshinga Judge
Head
of Zimbabwe Defence Industries and ZANU-PF candidate in the parliamentary
elections, Retired Colonel, born 3.7.1941. Ties to the Government and complicit
in forming or directing repressive state policy.
45. Gambe,
Theophilus
Chairman, Electoral Supervisory Commission. Shares responsibility
for fraudulent elections in 2005.
46. Georgias, Aguy
Deputy Minister for
Economic Development, born 22.6.1935. Member of the Government and as such
engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human
rights and the rule of law.
47. Goche, Nicholas Tasunungurwa
Minister of
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare (former Minister of State for National
Security in the President's Office), born 1.8.1946. Member of the Government and
as such engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for
human rights and the rule of law.
48. Gono, Gideon
Governor of the Reserve
Bank of Zimbabwe (central bank), born 29.11.1959. Ties to the Government and
complicit in forming or directing repressive state policy.
49. Gono, Helen
(a.k.a.Hellin) Mushanyuri
Married to Gideon Gono, born 6.5.1962. Supporter
and beneficiary of the regime through close association with key member of the
Government.
50. Gula-Ndebele, Sobuza
Former Attorney-General (Former
Chairman of Electoral Supervisory Commission.). Ties to the Government and
complicit in forming or directing repressive state policy.
51. Gumbo, Rugare
Eleck Ngidi
Former Minister of Agriculture (Former Minister of Economic
Development), born 8.3.1940. Former member of the Government and as such engaged
in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and
the rule of law.
52. Gurira, Cephas T. Colonel, Mhondoro Mubaira.
Directly
involved in the terror campaign waged before and during the elections.
53.
Gwekwerere, Stephen Colonel, Chinhoyi.
Directly involved in the terror
campaign waged before and during the elections.
54. Hove, Richard
ZANU-PF
Politburo Secretary for Economic Affairs, born 1935. Member of the politburo and
as such with strong ties to the Government and its policy.
55. Hungwe, Josaya
(a.k.a. Josiah) Dunira
Former Provincial Governor: Masvingo, born 7.11.1935.
Ties to the Government and bearing wide responsibility for serious violations of
human rights.
56. Huni, Munyaradzi
Journalist on the official
pro-government newspaper ‘The Herald', born 24.7.1973, Passport: BN160327.
Whipped up the terror campaign before and during the elections.
57. Jangara
aka Changara, Thomsen
Assistant Police Commissioner, Officer in charge,
Harare South District. Member of the security forces and bearing wide
responsibility for serious violations of the freedom of peaceful
assembly.
58. Kachepa, Newton
Member of Parliament for Mudzi North.
Directly involved in the campaign of terror waged before and after the
elections.
59. Kangai, Kumbirai
ZANU-PF Politburo Committee Member, born
17.2.1938. Member of the politburo and as such with strong ties to the
Government and its policy.
60. Karakadzai, Mike Tichafa
Air Commodore,
Harare Metropolitan Province. Directly involved in the terror campaign waged
before and during the elections.
61. Karimanzira, David Ishemunyoro
Godi
Provincial Governor: Harare and ZANU-PF Politburo Secretary for Finance,
born 25.5.1947. Ties to the Government and bearing wide responsibility for
serious violations of human rights.
62. Kasukuwere, Saviour
Deputy
Minister for Youth Development & Employment Creation and ZANU-PF Politburo
Deputy-Secretary for Youth Affairs, born 23.10.1970. Member of the Government
and as such engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect
for human rights and the rule of law.
63. Kaukonde, Ray Joseph
Former
Provincial Governor: Mashonaland East, born 4.3.1963. Ties to the Government and
bearing wide responsibility for serious violations of human rights.
64.
Kazangarare, Jawet
ZANU-PF Councillor in Hurungwe North and war veteran.
Directly involved in the government-orchestrated terror campaign waged before
and during the elections.
65. Kazembe, Joyce Laetitia
Deputy Chairperson
of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and Chair of ZEC's Media Monitoring
Commission. Shares responsibility for the fraudulent election process in
2008.
66. Kereke, Munyaradzi
Chief Adviser to the Governor of the Reserve
Bank of Zimbabwe, born 29.7.1972. Ties to the Government and complicit in
forming or directing repressive state policy.
67. Khumalo,
Sibangumuzi
Brigadier General, Matebeleland North. Directly involved in the
terror campaign waged before and during the elections.
68. Kunonga, Nolbert
(a.k.a. Nobert)
Self-appointed Anglican Bishop. Vociferous supporter of the
regime. His followers have been backed by the police in committing acts of
violence.
69. Kuruneri, Christopher Tichaona
Former Minister of Finance
and Economic Development, born 4.4.1949. Former member of the Government with
ongoing ties.
70. Kwainona, Martin
Assistant Commissioner, born 19.1.1953,
passport AD001073. Directly involved in the campaign of terror waged before and
after the elections.
71. Kwenda, R, Major,
Zaka East. Directly involved in
the terror campaign waged before and during the elections.
72. Langa,
Andrew
Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism (former Deputy Minister of
Transport and Communications). Member of the Government and as such engaged in
activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the
rule of law.
73. Lesabe, Thenjiwe V.
ZANU-PF Politburo Committee Member,
born 1933. Member of the politburo and as such with strong ties to the
Government and its policy.
74. Mabunda, Musarashana,
Assistant Police
Commissioner. Member of the security forces and bearing wide responsibility for
serious violations of the freedom of peaceful assembly.
75. Machaya, Jason
(a.k.a. Jaison) Max Kokerai
Provincial Governor: Midlands. Former Deputy
Minister of Mines and Mining Development, born 13.6.1952 Former member of the
Government with ongoing ties.
76. Made, Joseph Mtakwese
State Minister of
Agricultural Engineering and Mechanisation (Former Minister of Agriculture and
Rural Development), born 21.11.1954. Member of the Government and as such
engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human
rights and the rule of law.
77. Made, Patricia A.
Former director of
Inter-Press Service, married to Joseph Made. Supporter and beneficiary of the
regime through close association with key member of the Government and involved
in activities that have undermined freedom of expression and the media.
78.
Madzongwe, Edna (a.k.a. Edina)
ZANU-PF President of Senate, born 11.7.1943.
Member of the politburo and as such with strong ties to the Government and its
policy.
79. Mahofa, Shuvai Ben
Former Deputy Minister for Youth
Development, Gender and Employment Creation, born 4.4.1941. Former member of the
Government with ongoing ties.
80. Mahoso, Tafataona
Chair, Media
Information Commission. Ties to the Government and bearing wide responsibility
for serious violations of the freedom of expression and media.
81. Makwanya,
Judith
Journalist with Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, born 22.10.1963.
Whipped up the government-orchestrated terror campaign before and during the
2008 elections.
82. Makwavarara, Sekesai
Former Mayor of Harare. Ties to
the Government and bearing wide responsibility for serious violations of human
rights.
83. Malinga, Joshua
ZANU-PF Politburo Deputy Secretary for
Disabled and Disadvantaged, born 28.4.1944. Member of the politburo and as such
with strong ties to the Government and its policy.
84. Maluleke, Titus
Provincial Governor: Masvingo (Former Deputy Minister of Education, Sports and
Culture). Former Member of the Government and as such engaged in activities that
seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of
law.
85. Mangwana, Paul Munyaradzi
Minister of State for Indigenisation
and Empowerment, born 10.8.1961. Member of the Government and as such engaged in
activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the
rule of law.
86. Manyonda, Kenneth Vhundukai
Former Deputy Minister of
Industry and International Trade, born 10.8.1934. Former member of the
Government with ongoing ties.
87. Marumahoko, Reuben
Deputy Minister for
Foreign Affairs (former Deputy Minister for Home Affairs), born 4.4.1948. Member
of the Government and as such engaged in activities that seriously undermine
democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law.
88. Masawi, Ephrahim
Sango
Former Provincial Governor: Mashonaland Central. Ties to the Government
and bearing wide responsibility for serious violations of human rights.
89.
Mashava, G. Colonel,
Chiredzi Central. Directly involved in the terror
campaign waged before and during the elections.
90. Masuku,
Angeline
Provincial Governor: Matabeleland South and ZANU-PF Politburo,
Secretary for Disabled and Disadvantaged, born 14.10.1936. Ties to the
Government and bearing wide responsibility for serious violations of human
rights.
91. Matanyaire, Munyaradzi
Chief Executive Officer of Zimbabwe
Inter-Africa News Agency. Ties to the Government and involved in activities that
seriously undermine freedom of expression and the media.
92. Mathema, Cain
Ginyilitshe Ndabazekhaya
Provincial Governor: Bulawayo. Ties to the
Government and bearing wide responsibility for serious violations of human
rights.
93. Mathuthu, Thokozile
Provincial Governor: Matabeleland North
and ZANU-PF Politburo, Deputy Secretary for Transport and Social Welfare. Ties
to the Government and bearing wide responsibility for serious violations of
human rights.
94. Matiza, Joel Biggie
Deputy Minister for Rural Housing
and Social Amenities, born 17.8.1960. Member of the Government and as such
engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human
rights and the rule of law.
95. Matonga, Brighton
Deputy Minister for
Information and Publicity, born 1969. Member of the Government and as such
engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human
rights and the rule of law.
96. Matshalaga, Obert
Deputy Minister of Home
Affairs (Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs), born 21.4.1951 in Mhute
Kraal - Zvishavane. Member of the Government and as such engaged in activities
that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of
law.
97. Matshiya, Melusi (Mike)
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home
Affairs. Member of the Government and as such engaged in activities that
seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of
law.
98. Mavhaire, Dzikamai
ZANU-PF Politburo Committee Member. Member of
the politburo and as such with strong ties to the Government and its
policy.
99. Mbiriri, Partson
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local
Government, Public Works and Urban Development. Member of the Government and as
such engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human
rights and the rule of law.
100. Mhandu, Cairo (a.k.a. Kairo)
Major ZNA.
Directly involved in the campaign of terror waged before and after the
elections
101. Mhonda, Fidellis Colonel, Rushinga.
Directly involved in
the terror campaign waged before and during the elections.
102. Midzi, Amos
Bernard (Mugenva)
Former Minister of Mines and Mining Development (former
Minister of Energy and Power Development), born 4.7.1952. Former member of the
Government and as such engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy,
respect for human rights and the rule of law.
103. Mnangagwa, Emmerson
Dambudzo
Minister of Rural Housing and Social Amenities (former Speaker of
Parliament), born 15.9.1946. Member of the Government and as such engaged in
activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the
rule of law.
104. Mohadi, Kembo Campbell Dugishi
Minister of Home Affairs
(former Deputy Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing),
born 15.11.1949. Member of the Government and as such engaged in activities that
seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of
law.
105. Mombeshora, Millicent Sibongile
Head of Strategic Planning and
Special Projects, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, born 8.7.1965, Passport BN177069.
Ties to the Government and complicit in forming or directing repressive state
policy.
106. Moyo, Gilbert
‘War veteran', leader of ZANU-PF militia.
Directly involved in the terror campaign waged before and during the elections
in Mashonaland West (Chegutu).
107. Moyo, Jonathan
Former Minister of
State for Information and Publicity in the President's Office, born 12.1.1957.
Former member of the Government engaged in activities that seriously undermined
fundamental freedoms.
108. Moyo, July Gabarari
Former Minister of Energy
and Power Development (former Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social
Welfare), born 7.5.1950. Former member of the Government with ongoing
ties.
109. Moyo, Sibusio Bussie
Brigadier General ZNA. Directly involved
in the campaign of terror waged before and after the elections
110. Moyo,
Simon Khaya
Ambassador to South Africa and ZANU-PF Politburo Deputy Secretary
for Legal Affairs, born 1945. Member of the politburo with ongoing ties to the
Government and its policy.
111. Mpabanga, S. Lieutenant-Colonel,
Mwenezi
East Directly involved in the terror campaign waged before and during the
elections.
112. Mpofu, Obert Moses
Minister for Industry and International
Trade (former Provincial Governor: Matabeleland North) (ZANU-PF Politburo Deputy
Secretary for National Security), born 12.10.1951. Member of the Government and
as such engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for
human rights and the rule of law.
113. Msika, Joseph W.
Vice-President,
born 6.12.1923. Member of the Government and as such engaged in activities that
seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of
law.
114. Msipa, Cephas George
Former Provincial Governor: Midlands, born
7.7.1931. Ties to the Government and bearing wide responsibility for serious
violations of human rights.
115. Muchechetere, Happison
Acting Chief
Executive of Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation. Ties to the Government and
involved in activities that seriously undermine freedom of expression and the
media.
116. Muchena, Henry
Air Vice-Marshal, Midlands. Directly involved
in the terror campaign waged before and during the elections.
117. Muchena,
Olivia Nyembesi (a.k.a. Nyembezi)
Minister of State for Science and
Technology in the President's Office (former Minister of State in Vice-President
Msika's Office), born 18.8.1946. Member of the Government and as such engaged in
activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the
rule of law.
118. Muchinguri, Oppah Chamu Zvipange
ZANU-PF Politburo
Secretary for Gender and Culture (Former Minister for Women's Affairs, Gender
and Community Development), born 14.12.1958.
Former member of the Government
and as such engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect
for human rights and the rule of law.
119. Muchono, C.
Lieutenant-Colonel,
Mwenezi West. Directly involved in the terror campaign waged before and during
the elections.
120. Mudede, Tobaiwa (a.k.a. Tonneth)
Registrar General,
born 22.12.1942. Ties to the Government and complicit in forming or directing
state policy.
121. Mudenge, Isack Stanislaus Gorerazvo
Minister of Higher
Tertiary Education (former Minister of Foreign Affairs), born 17.12.1941. Member
of the Government and as such engaged in activities that seriously undermine
democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law.
122. Mudonhi,
Columbus
Assistant Inspector ZRP. Directly involved in the campaign of terror
waged before and after the elections.
123. Mudzvova, Paul
Sergeant.
Directly involved in the campaign of terror waged before and after
the elections.
124. Mugabe, Grace
Born 23.7.1965, Passport AD001159.
Spouse of the Head of Government and as such engaged in activities that
seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of
law.
125. Mugabe, Leo
Director of Zimbabwe Defence Industries, born
28.8.1962 (a.k.a. 28.2.1957). Businessman with strong ties to the Government of
Zimbabwe, and nephew of Robert Mugabe.
126. Mugabe, Sabina
ZANU-PF
Politburo Senior Committee Member, born 14.10.1934. Member of the politburo and
as such with strong ties to the Government and its policy.
127. Mugariri,
Bothwell
Former Senior Assistant Police Commissioner. Former member of the
security forces and bearing wide responsibility for serious violations of the
freedom of peaceful assembly.
128. Muguti, Edwin
Deputy Minister for
Health and Child Welfare, born 1965. Member of the Government and as such
engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human
rights and the rule of law.
129. Mujuru, Joyce Teurai Ropa
Vice President
(former Minister of Water Resources and Infrastructural Development), born
15.4.1955. Member of the Government and as such engaged in activities that
seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of
law.
130. Mujuru, Solomon T.R.
ZANU-PF Politburo Senior Committee Member,
born 1.5.1949. Member of the politburo and as such with strong ties to the
Government and its policy.
131. Mukosi, Musoro Wegomo
Producer with
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation. Whipped up the government orchestrated terror
campaign before and during the 2008 elections.
132. Mumba,
Isaac
Superintendent. Directly involved in the campaign of terror waged
before and after the elections.
133. Mumbengegwi, Samuel Creighton
Former
Minister of Finance; former Minister of State for Indigenisation and
Empowerment, born 23.10.1942. Former member of the Government and as such
engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human
rights and the rule of law.
134. Mumbengegwi, Simbarashe
Simbanenduku
Minister of Foreign Affairs, born 20.7.1945, Passport: AD001086.
Member of the Government and as such engaged in activities that seriously
undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law.
135.
Murerwa, Herbert Muchemwa
Former Minister of Finance, born 31.7.1941. Former
member of the Government with ongoing ties.
136. Musariri,
Munyaradzi
Assistant Police Commissioner. Member of the security forces and
bearing wide responsibility for serious violations of the freedom of peaceful
assembly.
137. Mushohwe, Christopher Chindoti
Provincial Governor:
Manicaland. (Former Minister of Transport and Communications, former Deputy
Minister of Transport and Communications), born 6.2.1954. Former member of the
Government and as such engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy,
respect for human rights and the rule of law.
138. Mutasa, Didymus Noel
Edwin
Minister of State for National Security, Land Reform and Resettlement
in the Office of the President, ZANU-PF, Secretary for Administration, born
27.7.1935. Member of the Government and as such engaged in activities that
seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of
law.
139. Mutasa, Gertrude
Colonel in the Zimbabwe Defence Force, married
to Didymus Mutasa (item 138). Involved in farm invasions where death threats
were made.
140. Mutasa, Justin Mutsawehuni
Chair of Zimbabwe Broadcasting
Holdings and Chief Executive of Zimbabwe Newspapers, born 6.4.1954, passport
BN498951. Ties to the Government and involved in activities that seriously
undermine freedom of expression and the media.
141. Mutezo, Munacho
Former
Minister for Water Resources and Infrastructural Development. Former member of
the Government and as such engaged in activities that seriously undermine
democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law.
142. Mutinhiri,
Ambros (a.k.a. Ambrose)
Minister of Youth Development, Gender and Employment
Creation, Retired Brigadier. Member of the Government and as such engaged in
activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the
rule of law.
143. Mutinhiri, Tracey
Deputy Minister for Indigenisation and
Empowerment (Former Deputy Speaker of the Senate). Member of the Government and
as such engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for
human rights and the rule of law.
144. Mutiwekuziva, Kenneth
Kaparadza
Former Deputy Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises, Development
and Employment Creation, born 27.5.1948. Former member of the Government and as
such engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human
rights and the rule of law.
145. Mutsvunguma, S.
Colonel, Headlands.
Directly involved in the terror campaign waged before and during the
elections.
146. Muzenda, Tsitsi V.
ZANU-PF Politburo Senior Committee
Member, born 28.10.1922. Member of the politburo and as such with strong ties to
the Government and its policy.
147. Muzonzini, Elisha
Brigadier (former
Director-General Central Intelligence Organisation), born 24.6.1957. Former
member of the security forces and bearing wide responsibility for serious
violations of the freedom of peaceful assembly.
148. Mzembi, Walter
Deputy
Minister for Water Resources and Infrastructural Development, born 16.3.1964.
Member of the Government and as such engaged in activities that seriously
undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law.
149.
Mzilikazi, Morgan S.
Colonel (MID), Buhera Central. Directly involved in the
terror campaign waged before and during the elections.
150. Ncube,
Abedinico
Deputy Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare
(former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs), born 13.10.1954. Member of the
Government and as such engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy,
respect for human rights and the rule of law.
151. Ndlovu, Naison
K.
Deputy President of the Senate, and ZANU-PF Politburo Secretary for
Production and Labour, born 22.10.1930. Member of the politburo and as such with
strong ties to the Government and its policy.
152. Ndlovu, Richard
ZANU-PF
Politburo Deputy Commissariat, born 26.6.1942. Member of the politburo and as
such with strong ties to the Government and its policy.
153. Ndlovu,
Sikhanyiso
Former Minister of Information and Publicity (Former Deputy
Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education), born 20.9.1949. Former member of the
Government and as such engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy,
respect for human rights and the rule of law.
154. Nguni,
Sylvester
Minister of Economic Development (Former Deputy Minister for
Agriculture), born 4.8.1955. Member of the Government and as such engaged in
activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the
rule of law.
155. Nhema, Francis
Minister of Environment and Tourism, born
7.4.1959. Member of the Government and as such engaged in activities that
seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of
law.
156. Nkala, Herbert
Chair of Zimbabwe Newspapers, which prints State
propaganda and Chair of First Banking Corporation.
157. Nkomo, John
Landa
Former Speaker of House of Assembly (former Minister of Special Affairs
in the President's Office), ZANU-PF national chairman, born 22.8.1934. Former
member of the Government and as such engaged in activities that seriously
undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law.
158.
Nyambuya, Michael Reuben
Former Minister for Energy and Power Development
(former Lieutenant General, Provincial Governor: Manicaland), born 23.7.1955.
Former member of the Government and as such engaged in activities that seriously
undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law.
159.
Nyanhongo, Magadzire Hubert
Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications.
Member of the Government and as such engaged in activities that seriously
undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law.
160.
Nyathi, George
ZANU-PF Politburo Deputy Secretary of Science and Technology.
Member of the politburo and as such with strong ties to the Government and its
policy.
161. Nyawani, Misheck
Retired Superintendant. Directly involved in
the campaign of terror waged before and after the elections.
162.
Nyikayaramba, Douglas
Brigadier General, Mashonaland East. Directly involved
in the terror campaign waged before and during the elections.
163. Nyoni,
Sithembiso Gile Glad
Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Development and
Employment Creation, born 20.9.1949. Member of the Government and as such
engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human
rights and the rule of law.
164. Parirenyatwa, Choice
Married to David
Parirenyatwa. Supporter and beneficiary of the regime through close association
with key member of the Government.
165. Parirenyatwa, David
Pagwese
Minister of Health and Child Welfare (former Deputy Minister), born
2.8.1950. Member of the Government and as such engaged in activities that
seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of
law.
166. Patel, Bharat
Former Acting Attorney General, Justice, Hon.
Engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human
rights and the rule of law.
167. Patel, Khantibhal
ZANU-PF Politburo
Deputy Secretary for Finance, born 28.10.1928. Member of the politburo and as
such with strong ties to the Government and its policy.
168. Pote, Selina
M.
ZANU-PF Politburo Deputy Secretary for Gender and Culture. Member of the
politburo and as such with strong ties to the Government and its policy.
169.
Rangwani, Dani
Police Detective Inspector. Member of the security forces and
engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human
rights and the rule of law.
170. Rautenbach, Muller Conrad (a.k.a.
Billy)
Businessman, born. 23.9.1959, PO Box CH52, Chisipite, Harare,
passport: BN491589. Businessman with strong ties to the Government of Zimbabwe,
including through support to senior regime officials during Zimbabwe's
intervention in DRC (see also item 26 in part II).
171. Rugeje, Engelbert
Abel
Major-General, Masvingo Province. Directly involved in the terror
campaign waged before and during the elections.
172. Rungani, Victor
TC
Colonel, Chikomba. Directly involved in the terror campaign waged before
and during the elections.
173. Ruwodo, Richard
Brigadier General, promoted
on 12 August 2008 to the rank of Major General (retired); former Acting PUS for
Ministry of Defence, born 14.3.1954. Directly involved in the campaign of terror
waged before and after the elections.
174. Sakabuya, Morris
Deputy
Minister for Local Government, Public Works and Urban Development. Member of the
Government and as such engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy,
respect for human rights and the rule of law.
175. Sakupwanya,
Stanley
ZANU-PF Politburo Deputy Secretary for Health and Child Welfare.
Member of the politburo and as such with strong ties to the Government and its
policy.
176. Samkange, Nelson Tapera Crispen
Former Provincial Governor:
Mashonaland West. Ties to the Government and bearing wide responsibility for
serious violations of human rights.
177. Sandi, E.
ZANU-PF Politburo
Deputy Secretary for Women's Affairs. Member of the politburo and as such with
strong ties to the Government and its policy.
178. Savanhu, Tendai
ZANU-PF
Deputy Secretary for Transport and Social Welfare, born 21.3.1968. Member of the
politburo and as such with strong ties to the Government and its policy.
179.
Sekeramayi, Sydney (a.k.a. Sidney) Tigere
Minister of Defence, born
30.3.1944. Member of the Government and as such engaged in activities that
seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of
law.
180. Sekeremayi (a.k.a. Sekeramayi), Tsitsi Chihuri
Married to Sydney
Sekeremayi, born 1944. Supporter and beneficiary of the regime through close
association with key member of the Government.
181. Sekeremayi,
Lovemore
Chief Elections Officer. Ties to the Government and complicit in
forming or directing oppressive state policy.
182. Shamu, Webster
Kotiwani
Minister of State for Policy Implementation (former Minister of
State for Policy Implementation in the President's Office), born 6.6.1945.
Member of the Government and as such engaged in activities that seriously
undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law.
183.
Shamuyarira, Nathan Marwirakuwa
ZANU-PF Politburo Secretary for Information
and Publicity, born 29.9.1928. Member of the politburo and as such with strong
ties to the Government and its policy.
184. Shiri, Perence a.k.a. Bigboy
Samson Chikerema
Air Marshal (Air Force), born 1.11.1955. Member of the
security forces and complicit in forming or directing oppressive state
policy.
185. Shumba, Isaiah Masvayamwando
Deputy Minister of Education,
Sports and Culture, born 3.1.1949. Member of the Government and as such engaged
in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and
the rule of law.
186. Shungu, Etherton
Brigadier General, Mashonaland
Central. Directly involved in the terror campaign waged before and during the
elections.
187. Sibanda, Chris
Colonel, Bulawayo Province. Directly
involved in the terror campaign waged before and during the elections.
188.
Sibanda, Jabulani
Former Chair, National War Veterans Association, born
31.12.1970. Ties to the Government and complicit in forming or directing
oppressive state policy.
189. Sibanda, Misheck Julius Mpande
Cabinet
Secretary (successor to Charles Utete), born 3.5.1949. Member of the Government
and as such engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect
for human rights and the rule of law.
190. Sibanda, Phillip Valerio (a.k.a.
Valentine)
Commander Zimbabwe National Army, Lieutenant General, born
25.8.1956. Member of the security forces and complicit in forming or directing
oppressive state policy.
191. Sigauke, David
Brigadier General, Mash West
Province. Directly involved in the terror campaign waged before and during the
elections.
192. Sikosana, Absolom
ZANU-PF Politburo Secretary for Youth
Affairs. Member of the politburo and as such with strong ties to the Government
and its policy.
193. Stamps, Timothy
Health Advisor in the Office of the
President, Former Health Minister, born 15.10.1936. Ties to the Government and
complicit in forming or directing oppressive state policy.
194. Tarumbwa,
Nathaniel Charles
Brigadier General, Manicaland and Mutare South. Directly
involved in the terror campaign waged before and during the elections.
195.
Tomana, Johannes
Attorney General. Engaged in activities that seriously
undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law.
196.
Tonderai Matibiri, Innocent
Deputy Police Commissioner. Member of the
security forces and engaged in activities that seriously undermine democracy,
respect for human rights and the rule of law.
197. Udenge, Samuel
Minister
of State for tate Enterprises (Former Deputy Minister of Economic Development).
Member of the Government and as such engaged in activities that seriously
undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law.
198.
Utete, Charles
Chairman of the Presidential Land Review Committee (former
Cabinet Secretary), born 30.10.1938. Ties to the Government and complicit in
forming or directing oppressive state policy.
199. Veterai, Edmore
Senior
Assistant Police Commissioner, Officer Commanding Harare. Member of the security
forces and bearing wide responsibility for serious violations of the freedom of
peaceful assembly.
200. Zhuwao, Patrick
Deputy Minister for Science and
Technology (NB Mugabe's nephew). Member of the Government and as such engaged in
activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the
rule of law.
201. Zimondi, Paradzai
Prisons Director, born 4.3.1947.
Member of the security forces and complicit in forming or directing oppressive
state policy.
202. Zvayi, Caesar
Journalist on the official pro-government
newspaper ‘The Herald'. Whipped up the terror campaign before and during the
elections.
203. Zvinavashe, Vitalis
Politburo, Indigenisation and
Empowerment Committee in the party, born 27.9.1943. Former member of the
security forces and complicit in forming or directing repressive state policy
and member of politburo.
II. ENTITIES
1. Alpha International (PVT)
Ltd
Park Road, Camberley, Surrey GU15 2SP, UK. Owned by John Arnold
Bredenkamp.
2. Breco (Asia Pacific) Ltd
Isle of Man Company Registration
M78647 - 1st Floor, Falcon Cliff, Palace Road, Douglas IM2 4LB, Isle of Man.
Owned by John Arnold Bredenkamp.
3. Breco (Eastern Europe) Ltd
Isle of Man
Company Registration FC0021189 - Falcon Cliff, Palace Road, Douglas IM99 1ZW,
Isle of Man; Hurst, Reading Berkshire RG10 0SQ, UK. Owned by John Arnold
Bredenkamp.
4. Breco (South Africa) Ltd
Isle of Man Company Registration
Q1962 - Cumbrae House, Market Street, Douglas IM1 2PQ, Isle of Man; 9 Columbus
Centre, Pelican Drive, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Owned by John
Arnold Bredenkamp.
5. Breco (UK) Ltd
UK Company Registration 2969104 -
London Road, Sunningdale, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 0DJ, UK. Owned by John Arnold
Bredenkamp.
6. Breco Group
Thetford Farm, PO Box HP86, Mount Pleasant,
Harare, Zimbabwe; Sandford Lane, Hurst, Reading, Berks RG10 0SQ, UK; London
Road, Sunningdale, Ascot, Berks, SL5 0DJ, UK. Owned by John Arnold
Bredenkamp.
7. Breco International
25 Broad Street, St. Helier JE2 3RR,
Jersey. Owned by John Arnold Bredenkamp.
8. Breco Nominees Ltd
UK Company
Registration 2799499 - London Road, Sunningdale, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 0DJ, UK.
Owned by John Arnold Bredenkamp.
9. Breco Services Ltd
UK Company
Registration 2824946 - London Road, Sunningdale, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 0DJ, UK.
Owned by John Arnold Bredenkamp.
10. Cold Comfort Farm Trust
Co-operative
7 Cowie Road, Tynwald, Harare, Zimbabwe. Owned by Didymus Mutasa, Grace Mugabe
also involved.
11. Comoil (PVT) Ltd
Block D, Emerald Hill Office, Emerald
Park, Harare, Zimbabwe. 2nd Floor, Travel Plaza, 29 Mazoe Street, Box CY22344,
Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe. Owned by Saviour Kasukuwere.
12. Corybantes
Ltd
London Road, Sunningdale, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 0DJ, UK; Titlarks Hill
Road, Sunningdale, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 0JB, UK Owned by John Arnold
Bredenkamp.
13. Divine Homes (PVT) Ltd
6 Hillside Shopping Centre, Harare,
Zimbabwe; 31 Kensington Highlands, Harare, Zimbabwe; 12 Meredith Drive, Eastlea,
Harare, Zimbabwe. Chaired by David Chapfika.
14. Echo Delta
Holdings
Thetford Farm, PO Box HP86, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe;
Sandford Lane, Hurst, Reading, Berks RG10 0SQ, UK; London Road, Sunningdale,
Ascot, Berks, SL5 0DJ, UK. Owned by John Arnold Bredenkamp.
15. Famba
Safaris
4 Wayhill Lane, Umwisdale, Harare, Zimbabwe; PO Box CH273, Chisipite,
Harare, Zimbabwe. Major shareholder is Webster Shamu.
16. Industrial
Development Corporation of Zimbabwe 93 Park Lane, PO Box CY1431, Harare,
Zimbabwe. Wholly owned by the Government of Zimbabwe.
17. Intermarket
Holdings Ltd
Zimbank House, 46 Speke Avenue, PO Box 3198, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Subsidiary of ZB Financial Holdings Ltd.
18. Jongwe Printing and Publishing
Company (PVT) Ltd (a.k.a. Jongwe Printing and Publishing Co., a.k.a. Jongwe
Printing and Publishing Company)
14 Austin Road, Coventry Road, Workington,
PO Box 5988, Harare, Zimbabwe. ZANU-PF's publishing arm.
19. M & S
Syndicate (PVT) Ltd
First Floor, Victory House, 88 Robert Mugabe Road,
Harare, Zimbabwe; PO Box 1275, Harare, Zimbabwe. ZANU-PF's investment
company.
20. Masters International Ltd
UK Company Registration 2927685 -
London Road, Sunningdale, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 0DJ, UK. Owned by John Arnold
Bredenkamp.
21. Ndlovu Motorways
Sam Nujoma Street, Livingston Avenue,
Harare, Zimbabwe. Controlled by Sikhanyiso Ndlovu.
22. Oryx Diamonds Ltd
(a.k.a. Oryx Natural Resources)
Alexander Forbes Building, Windhoek, Namibia;
Parc Nicol Offices, 6, 301 William Nicol Drive, Bryanston, Gauteng 2021, South
Africa; S Drive, Georgetown, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; 3 Victor Darcy Close,
Borrowdale, Harare, Zimbabwe; Bank of Nova Scotia Building, 4th Floor,
Georgetown, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Company enabling ZANU-PF officials to
derive personal benefit from mining ventures in the Democratic Republic of
Congo.
23. OSLEG Ltd (a.k.a Operation Sovereign Legitimacy)
Lonhoro House,
Union Avenue, Harare, Zimbabwe. Controlled by Zimbabwe army.
24. Piedmont
(UK) Ltd
London Road, Sunningdale, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 0DJ, UK. Owned by
John Arnold Bredenkamp.
25. Raceview Enterprises Zimbabwe. Owned by John
Arnold Bredenkamp.
26. Ridgepoint Overseas Developments Ltd (a.k.a.
Ridgepoint Overseas Developments Ltd)
C/o: Mossack Fonseca & Co. BVI Ltd,
Akara Building, 24 DeCastro St, Road Town, Tortola, Virgin Islands, British;
P.O. Box 3136, Road Town, Tortola, Virgin Islands. Owned by Billy
Rautenbach.
27. Scotfin Ltd
Zimbank House, 46 Speke Avenue, PO Box 3198,
Harare, Zimbabwe. Wholly owned by ZB Financial Holdings Ltd.
28. Scottlee
Holdings (PVT) Ltd
124 Josiah Chinamano Avenue, PO Box CY3371, Causeway,
Harare, Zimbabwe; London Road, Sunningdale, Berkshire SL5 0DJ, UK. Owned by John
Arnold Bredenkamp.
29. Scottlee Resorts Ltd 124 Josiah Chinamano Avenue, PO
Box CY3371, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe;
London Road, Sunningdale, Berkshire
SL5 0DJ, UK. Owned by John Arnold Bredenkamp.
30. Swift Investments (PVT)
Ltd
730 Cowie Road, Tynwald, Harare, Zimbabwe; PO Box 3928, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Controlled by Zanu-PF, directors include Vitalis Zvinavashe.
31. Timpani
Export Ltd
Isle of Man Company Registration 3547414 - Falcon Cliff, Palace
Road, Douglas IM99 1ZW, Isle of Man; King Street, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 2LG,
UK; Mapstone Hill, Lustleigh, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ13 9SE, UK. Owned by John
Arnold Bredenkamp.
32. Tremalt Ltd
Thetford Farm, PO Box HP86, Mount
Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe; Hurst Grove, Hurst, Reading, Berks RG10 0SQ, UK;
London Road, Sunningdale, Ascot, Berks, SL5 0DJ, UK. Owned by John Arnold
Bredenkamp.
33. ZB Financial Holdings Ltd (a.k.a. Finhold)
Zimbank House,
46 Speke Avenue, PO Box 3198, Harare, Zimbabwe. Over 75 % owned by the
Government of Zimbabwe.
34. ZB Holdings Ltd
Zimbank House, 46 Speke
Avenue, PO Box 3198, Harare, Zimbabwe. Wholly owned by ZB Financial Holdings
Ltd.
35. Zidco Holdings (a.k.a. Zidco Holdings (PVT) Ltd)
PO Box 1275,
Harare, Zimbabwe. ZANU-PF's financial holding company.
36. Zimbabwe Defence
Industries
10th floor, Trustee House, 55 Samora Machel Avenue, PO Box 6597,
Harare, Zimbabwe. Wholly owned by the Government of Zimbabwe. Directors include
Leo Mugabe and Solomon Mujuru.
37. Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (a.k.a.
Zisco, Ziscosteel)
2 Redcliff, Zimbabwe. Over 88 % owned by the Government of
Zimbabwe.
38. Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation
90 Mutare Road, PO
Box 2628, Harare, Zimbabwe. Wholly owned by the Government of Zimbabwe.
39.
Zimre Holdings Ltd
9th Floor, Zimre Centre, 25 Kwama Nkrumah Avenue, Harare,
Zimbabwe. Over 69 % owned by the Government of Zimbabwe.
40. Zimre
Reinsurance Company (PVT) Ltd
9th Floor, Zimre Centre, 25 Kwama Nkrumah
Avenue, Harare, Zimbabwe. Wholly owned by Zimre Holdings Ltd.
Last Updated (
Wednesday, 04 February 2009
)
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http://changezimbabwe.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1937&Itemid=2
Written
by Makusha Mugabe
Tuesday, 03 February 2009
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Gono's Monetary Statement:
Breach of Trust and
Confidence In Political Settlement
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Elton Mangoma MP, MDC Secretary for Economic Affairs
Gideon
Gono, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor has been accused of waiving the US20
000 fee for foreign currency licenses for Zanu-PF members, friends and
relatives.
Besides empowering Zanu-PF cronies as part of a looting strategy,
his monetary policy of lopping zeros off the currency has been criticised as not
dealing with the causes of inflation.
His monitory statement has also been
termed a breach of trust and confidence in the political settlement that Zanu
(PF) has entered with the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
Elton
Mangoma, MDC Secretary for Economic Affairs, wrote:
The purported RBZ
governor, Gideon Gono (SADC has confirmed that his appointment is subject to
agreement with the MDC), yesterday announced a monetary policy statement which
violates the ground rules of normal economics and casts further doubt on Zanu
(PF)'s sincerity to comply with the Global Political Agreement and the SADC
resolutions.
Firstly, Gono has no locus standi to act as RBZ governor as his
reappointment is still contentious. The SADC summit conceded that his
reappointment is subject to fresh negotiations.
The logical position would
have been for both the national budget and the monetary statement to be deferred
to allow for the consummation of the inclusive government.
Secondly, the
decision to lop off 12 zeroes is not a panacea to the economic ills afflicting
the country. The real zeroes that need to b lopped off are the charlatans and
corrupt barons in Zanu (PF) who are milking the country.
The new measures
that give unbridled leeway to gold and diamond traders will create serious
leakages on precious minerals that will allow the big sharks, who are mainly
found in Zanu PF, to fleece the country.
Thirdly, the decision to license
rural shop owners is at variance with the reality of the lack of adequate stocks
in most rural shops. For a rural shop owner with very few items on his shelves
to afford United States dollars in licence fees is an extortionate measure, to
all intents and purposes.
It will be a casino economy where even vendors and
road-side dealers are all required to procure licences of US$ 10 from the RBZ to
engage in mundane economic activities that are of no benefit to the national
economy.
Furthermore, there is too much rhetoric on the part of the RBZ when
it comes to its commitment to deal with corruption.
Only last week, the
government threatened to name, shame and prosecute all ministers and MPs who
looted the RBZ-sponsored farm input scheme, but suddenly there is silence of the
grave on the issue.
The MDC believes that a new family of local currency
notes is not the solution.
Workers including civil servants should also be
paid their salaries in real money not to use the voucher system.
The real
solution is a family of political formations working towards one purpose of
addressing the problems facing the people of Zimbabwe.
We must stop as a
nation the habit of addressing symptoms and not the real disease affecting our
economy.
Our economy needs open heart surgery and not painkillers. We need to
bite the bullet. Only a political solution will address the challenges facing
the country.
Gono cannot make fundamental policy decisions outside the
framework of the inclusive government. He cannot claim to be restructuring the
central bank when his own tenure is a subject of serious political
differences.
His tenure has seen the RBZ being turned into Father Christmas;
doling out largesse to senior Zanu (PF) officials while quasi-fiscal activities
have been used to bribe the populace to vote for Zanu (PF).
Under Gono's
tenure, the RBZ became a Zanu (PF) private bank through which they were able to
sponsor terror campaigns against the innocent people of Zimbabwe.
A solution
will be found only in Zimbabwe when Zanu (PF) becomes sincere on the issue of
the formation of an inclusive government in line with the resolutions of
SADC.
Zanu (PF) should stop dithering on outstanding issues so that we clear
the way for the formation of an inclusive government which should deal with the
political and economic crisis.
We are only the solution to our
problems.
Elton Mangona M.P.
Gono was accused in this article of assisting
Zanu (PF) to loot the economy.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 04 February 2009
)
http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/zimbabwe/1477.html
03 February, 2009
11:14:00
by Makusha Mugabe
A party meeting in Reading, UK READING,
UK
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) remains on course to achieve if
objectives of a democratic Zimbabwe, says MDC UK chairman Jonathan
Chawora.
He told the South West District Assembly at the weekend at Reading
that as far as the party’s agenda, direction and objectives are concerned we are
on course.
The decision to join the government was guided by the suffering
masses of Zimbabwe.
“The people of Zimbabwe have suffered hence a response
was needed. I appeal to everyone who believes in democracy to stand up and
defend the values of the party.
“We now need unity of purpose and rally
behind our leadership. This is not the end of the struggle but it’s a
transitional period towards achieving our goal, hence we now need to strengthen
our support base in preparation for free and fair elections.”
Speakers made
parallels with the Kenyan scenario and members and members were given enough
time to ask questions with regards to the recent political settlement, which is
still unfolding.
An executive member of the the district, Christopher
Dzikiti, has now taken the post of portfolio Secretary for Legal Affairs and was
given a send off as Southwest District Youths also held their elections.
The
assembly was attended by more than 200 MDC members, various executives from the
MDC UK province, including as well as the Reading Conservative MP, Mr Rob
Williams.
Provincial members: Vice chairman, Present Jameson Mashakada,
Information and Publicity Secretary, Mathew Nyashanu, Women's chair, Ms Jennifer
Moyo, Women's secretary, Ms Bertina Siwela, Treasurer Tendayi Goneso and many
other members were present.
The following Branch Chairs also represented
their branches: Mr Morgen Mutasa (Bristol), Mr David Kadzutu (Woking and
Guildford), Dadirai Matambanadzo (Highwycombe Slough), Mr Desmond Tinarwo
(Bournemouth), Janet Ngulube (Reading), Rachel Lupafya (Southbeds), and Mr
Katerere (Southampton).
The following branches were also represented.
Peterborough, Sothbeds, Wallsall, Birmingham,Hertfordshire and Southend on
Sea.
Julius Muguwe, South West District, Organising Secretary, said Nyasha
Banhire, Mr Peter Matsa, Mr Michael Mpofu, Mr Michael Mpofu, Nobuhle
Mavhindidze, Mrs Lornar Chivandire, Mercy Mwakipesile, Stuart Masango, Joseph
Banda, and Melody Dube were also present.
South West District Chairperson Mr
Owen Muganda took reports from SW district branches, some very detailed and
well-informed
http://www.zimonline.co.za/Article.aspx?ArticleId=4200
by Cuthbert
Nzou Wednesday 04 February 2009
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PATRICK CHINAMASA . . . says ZANU PF is committed to the formation
of the inclusive government
Harare
Zimbabwe’s opposition on Tuesday
accused the ruling ZANU PF party of backtracking on the formation of a new unity
government and delaying negotiations on outstanding issues that must be resolved
before an inclusive administration can be named.
The Morgan Tsvangirai-led
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party said ZANU PF negotiators Patrick
Chinamasa and Nicholas Goche yesterday declined to meet their counterparts from
the opposition to consider a National Security Council Bill and the allocation
of provincial governorships among the three parties to the power-sharing
agreement.
The opposition said in statement that Chinamasa and Goche had said
they had no mandate from their principal, President Robert Mugabe, to enter
negotiations on the outstanding issues and had to wait for his return from the
African Union Summit in Ethiopia.
The ZANU PF negotiators were yesterday due
to meet their counterparts in MDC-T, Tendai Biti and Elton Mangoma, and those
from the smaller formation of the MDC - Welshman Ncube and Priscilla
Misihairabwi-Mushonga to iron the contentious issues
The MDC negotiators flew
to South Africa yesterday where they were informed that ZANU PF would not be
able to attend the meeting because Chinamasa and Goche - who did not travel to
Pretoria - were yet to consult Mugabe.
The Southern African Development
Community (SADC) last week directed Zimbabwe’s rival political parties to
urgently form a unity government, ordering that outstanding issues be dealt with
between the parties negotiators before a unity government is put in place by
February 13.
The MDC-T, whose leader Tsvangirai will become prime minister in
the unity government, last Friday resolved to be part to the government once
outstanding issues were resolved.
"We in the MDC are convinced that there is
no intention on the part of ZANU PF to put all these issues to rest. There is no
wish to consummate an inclusive government in line with SADC resolutions," the
MDC-T information department said in a statement.
"There is no wish to
alleviate the suffering of the people of Zimbabwe through a negotiated political
process. In short, there is no wish to tackle the outstanding issues as directed
by the SADC."
The MDC-T, which under the power-sharing deal will also get one
of the two positions of deputy prime minister with the other slot going to the
smaller MDC formation, said ZANU PF had not expected it to agree to join the
unity government and was now in panic mode.
"It has been caught flat-footed.
ZANU PF never budgeted that the MDC would agree to be part of the inclusive
government and now they are in sixes and sevens while trying desperately to
scuttle the deal," the MDC-T said.
"For the record, the contentious issue of
governors was supposed to be dealt with last Tuesday in South Africa. But the
ZANU PF negotiators said their tickets did not allow them to stay a day longer
and they returned with their principal to Zimbabwe."
The following day, the
opposition said, nothing happened after ZANU PF said they were preparing for the
presentation of the country's national budget on Thursday.
"On Thursday,
preliminary but inconclusive discussions took place before the ZANU PF
negotiators said discussions should break to enable o them to attend the budget
presentation, which ZANU PF again unilaterally resented against the spirit of
the inclusive government," the MDC-T claimed.
The MDC-T said: "ZANU PF is
spoiling to scuttle the inclusive government which SADC directed should be in
place by 13 February 2009. We are ready to clear all outstanding issues so that
we collectively confront the challenges facing the people of Zimbabwe. ZANU PF
is not.
“We are ready to tackle cholera, unemployment and the collapse of
basic services such as education and health. ZANU PF is not."
Chinamasa and
Goche yesterday declined to comment on the matter besides saying that ZANU PF
was committed to the formation of the inclusive government.
A unity
government is expected to help ease the political crisis and allow the country
to focus on tackling an unprecedented economic and humanitarian crisis marked by
hyperinflation, acute shortages of food and basic commodities, amid a cholera
epidemic that has killed more than 3 000 Zimbabweans since August.
But there
has been lukewarm response from Western governments whose financial support is
critical to any programme to revive Zimbabwe’s comatose economy.
The United
States and Britain, who are Zimbabwe’s biggest donors, have said they will adopt
a wait-and-see attitude to the unity government, with UK Africa minister Mark
Malloch-Brown saying yesterday that London would maintain sanctions against
Mugabe and his top lieutenants.
Malloch-Brown told the BBC Britain was
sceptical about the new coalition government in Zimbabwe but believed it should
be given assistance to tackle the humanitarian crisis in the country.
The UK
government would continue to give such support but would not lift sanctions on
Mugabe and his top officials until it was convinced there were committed to
power-sharing and democratic
change.
ZimOnline
http://www.talkzimbabwe.com/news/117/ARTICLE/4246/2009-02-04.html
Zimonline/TZG
Wed,
04 Feb 2009 01:40:00 +0000
AN employee of the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) in Zimbabwe has filed a bail application in
the High Court pending his trial on charges of attempting to kill Air Marshall
Perence Shiri.
A report by Zimonline.com says Frank Muchirahondo, “was
arrested on January 22 at Forbes Border post in Mutare and the state has alleged
that he was attempting to run away from the country when he was
apprehended.”
Air Marshall Shiri was shot in the hand after he was ambushed
by gunmen while driving to his farm in December last year.
The Zimbabwe
Government said the attack was part of an orchestrated terror attack on the
country to try and force the ouster of President Mugabe.
The state alleged in
court papers that Muchirahondo had an air ticket and planned to fly from Maputo
to South Africa, according to Zimonline.com.
Muchirahondo initially appeared
before a Bindura magistrate last month for initial remand and was advised to
apply for bail at the High Court.
He is denying the charges and said he does
not even know Air Marshall Shiri.
“I was nowhere near the scene of the crime.
I was in Mashonaland Central driving team of (aid workers) monitoring food
distribution at the time of the crime,” Muchirahondo said in his affidavit filed
with the court.
The state alleged in court papers that Muchirahondo had an
air ticket and planned to fly from Maputo to South Africa.
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http://www.zimonline.co.za/Article.aspx?ArticleId=4202
by Wayne
Mafaro
Wednesday 04 February 2009
Harare
A USAID employee has asked the
High Court to grant him bail pending trial on charges of attempting to kill
Zimbabwe Airforce Commander Perence Shiri.
Frank Muchirahondo, whose bail
application was postponed to Thursday because the state was not ready to deal
with the matter, wants the court to release him pending outcome of trial.
A
key ally of President Robert Mugabe, Shiri was reportedly shot in the hand after
he was ambushed by gunmen while driving to his farm in December last year and
the Zimbabwe government said the attack was part of terror attacks against high
profile figures to destabilise the country.
Muchirahondo first appeared
before a Bindura magistrate last month for initial remand and was advised to
apply for bail at the High Court. He is denying the charges.
“I was nowhere
near the scene of the crime. I was in Mashonaland Central driving team of (aid
workers) monitoring food distribution at the time of the crime,” Muchirahondo
said in his affidavit filed with the court.
He said the complainant (Shiri)
was unknown to him.
Muchirahondo was arrested on January 22 at Forbes Border
post in Mutare and the state has alleged that he was attempting to run away from
the country when he was apprehended.
The state alleged in court papers that
Muchirahondo had an air ticket and planned to fly from Maputo to South
Africa.
Muchirahondo said in court papers that his continued “incarceration
was wrecking untold havoc on himself and his family.”
The state has opposed
bail on the grounds that he was arrested at the border while leaving the
country.
High court judge Alphus Chitakunye will hear the bail application on
Thursday.
Shiri is a member of the Joint Operations Command - a grouping of
security chiefs from the Airforce, Army, Police and Prison Services - that is
the real power behind Mugabe and is widely blamed for masterminding the bloody
campaign for the veteran leader’s re-election in a June presidential run-off
vote.
Opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party leader Morgan
Tsvangirai boycotted the run-off poll over attacks on his supporters, leaving
Mugabe to win the vote as sole candidate.
But Mugabe’s victory was rejected
by the international community, forcing him to enter a power-sharing deal with
Tsvangirai and another opposition leader, Arthur Mutambara.
Mugabe’s
government has accused the MDC of training bandits, saying it had collected
evidence that neighbouring Botswana was providing military training to members
of the opposition as part of a plot to oust the Zimbabwean leader. Both the MDC
and Botswana denied the
accusations.
ZimOnline
News24
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2463535,00.html
03/02/2009
22:53 - (SA)
Johannesburg
Police were not investigating crime incidents in
farming communities to keep crime statistics in their areas down, AgriSA said on
Tuesday.
"Apparently police do not investigate some cases reported by
farmers.
"It is alarming that some police officers understate the serious
nature of crimes so that the police station's crime solution figures look
better," AgriSA's André Botha said.
This, Botha added, was an "economic
sabotage" on the farming community as it defeated any crime-combating measures
put in place.
"The increase in robbery and theft of farm products and
implements holds serious financial implications for agriculture. This high crime
rate is experienced by the industry as economic sabotage," he said.
Sector
policing forums
Botha said AgriSA was in the process of distributing a
questionnaire to farmer associations regarding the implementation of sector
policing forums.
"No satisfactory progress has been made with the
implementation of the sector policing system because of a lack of
resources.
"Once the questionnaires are returned to AgriSA by the end of
June, we will use the information to identify shortcomings in respect of sector
policing for further attention by the police," he said.
Apart from the sector
policing issue, AgriSA will also consult the department of agriculture regarding
the finalisation of the National Pound Act.
"In the absence of such
legislation, no action can be taken against owners of stray animals and the
unauthorised use of farmer's grazing land... the department has for many years
been dragging its feet in this regard," said Botha.
Border control
Farmers
were also unhappy about ineffective international border control.
"Influx and
border control should be upgraded urgently to protect South Africa's farming
sector.
"The ineffective international border control holds serious
implications for the agricultural industry because of the possible spread of
animal and human diseases," he said.
Police spokesperson on rural safety
issues, Director Phuti Setati, could not immediately comment on AgriSA's
claims.
- SAPA
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Nation
Tuesday,
03 February 2009 18:45
Students from the University of Zimbabwe have been
tear gassed and arrested for demonstrating on campus against fees that require
foreign currency.
On Monday, a notice appeared on a board at the University
of Zimbabwe telling students they had to find $ 400, in U.S. currency, in order
to take exams in eight days.
The government has legalized use of foreign
currency because the Zimbabwe dollar is worthless.
The university also said
that fees for the second semester, amounting to $ 1,000, had to be paid before
students could begin their studies.
In Zimbabwe, even $ 10 U.S. is an
enormous amount of money for ordinary people to find when more than 90 percent
of the few employed people, including public servants, are paid in Zimbabwe
dollars.
The university administration did not give students advance warning
about the impending foreign-currency requirements.
Students angry about new
fees
Hundreds of students began demonstrating against the fee early Tuesday.
Some threw stones at passing traffic. Scores of armed riot police descended on
the campus, released tear gas and then arrested about 60 students, five of whom
were injured and needed medical attention.
The group Zimbabwe Lawyers for
Human Rights says it is attending to the students who have been detained.
The
University, once one of Africa's best, has several closed departments because
staff and teaching materials are not available. Residence halls are closed
because there is no money for essential repairs, so students from outside the
Harare area have to rent rooms to stay in.
There are about 200 Zimbabwean
students on presidential scholarships at South African universities, but this
group is mainly children of senior members of ZANU-PF. President Robert Mugabe's
daughter, Bona, studies at the University of Hong Kong under an assumed name.
Children of the elite mostly study outside Zimbabwe.
The university protest
was the first connected with the disappearance of Zimbabwe's currency. All goods
and services are now charged in hard foreign currency, mostly the U.S. dollar
and the South African Rand.
ZANU-PF a no-show at negotiations
Meanwhile,
the MDC says ZANU-PF has failed to attend negotiations as instructed by the SADC
communiqué following last week's summit, which concluded that a unity government
had been agreed upon by the two MDC parties and ZANU-PF.
Article 7 of the
communiqué instructs the three parties to immediately consider legislation
proposed by Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC for establishment of a National Security
Council to replace Robert Mugabe's private, but powerful, committee of service
chiefs.
MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa said ZANU-PF has deliberately avoided
making time for the discussions ordered by the SADC. The failure to conclude
these negotiations jeopardizes the scheduled Wednesday parliament debate of a
constitutional amendment to enable formation of a unity government by the middle
of this
month.
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Our
Town - Education
Written by Ivene Cheunga
Monday, 02 February 2009
20:00
Gono's order is in defiance of entreaties from tertiary colleges
students
The governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Gideon Gono has
ordered universities countrywide to charge punitive fees in foreign currency a
situation that is likely to force most students to drop out before the
completion of their studies, Harare Tribune heard.
In wide-ranging interviews
with the affected students, it has been established that initially students had
been asked to fork out US$ 400 for the first semester before Gono made a
summersault and asked universities to hike their fees to US$ 1 200 per
semester.
Harare Polytech is charging US$ 575 for resident students and US$
275 for non-resident students.
The latest fees structure will cause a further
squeeze on the parents and students alike that are now praying for divine
intervention to pull them out of the mud.
According to confirmations, most
universities had skeleton students that had started attending lessons in dribs
and drabs.
The RBZ public relations directorate has however denied that Gono
has instructed universities and other tertiary institutions to charge fees in
foreign currency arguing that the issue is awaiting Cabinet
determination.
This publication has also established that lecturers and
teachers have resorted to continue with their strike until their demands for
salaries in foreign currency are met.
According to sources, teachers and
lecturers are throwing their full weight behind the idea of students paying
their fees in foreign currency.
They are arguing that the government has
demonstrated its bankruptcy to their demands and the only option is for students
to pay for their education in the stable currency where their salaries might
also eventually be financed.
The local currency has lost its place in the
socio-business sector with most consumers desisting from visiting banks to
withdraw their money. The currency is not being accepted with only public
transport operators accepting the bill here and there save for the Z$ 10Trillion
that has become manure.
Gono is anticipated to slash zeros once again in his
monetary policy statement today and the tally of the removed zero is going to
add on to the current
thirteen
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By
Paul Tighe
Feb. 4 (Bloomberg)
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe must
demonstrate “true power-sharing” with the opposition Movement for Democratic
Change before the U.S. will send new development aid and lift sanctions, the
State Department said.
Mugabe’s Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic
Front party and Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC agreed to form a coalition government
last month, ending a near five-month impasse. The accord was brokered by leaders
of the Southern African Development Community at a meeting in South
Africa.
“The success or failure of such a government will depend on credible
and inclusive power sharing by Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party,” the
department said in a statement from Washington late yesterday. “We urge the SADC
to fulfill its obligation to guarantee that Mr. Mugabe proceeds on a new path
toward reconciliation and genuine partnership with the MDC.”
Mugabe, 84,
extended his 28-year rule of Zimbabwe when Tsvangirai declined to take part in a
run-off presidential election last June. The new government will have to deal
with a decade-long recession in a country where at least 6.9 million people,
more than half the population, need emergency food aid, according to the United
Nations.
While Tsvangirai won most votes in the presidential election in
March, the state-appointed electoral commission said he didn’t secure the 50
percent needed for victory. The MDC won a majority in parliamentary elections
last March.
Mugabe and Tsvangirai agreed to share power last September.
Implementation of the accord stalled over who would control key ministries such
as Home Affairs that oversees the police force.
U.S. Sanctions
The U.S.
imposed sanctions in the past, including freezing government assets, to show
disapproval of Mugabe’s rule.
“The U.S. will only consider new development
assistance and easing of targeted sanctions when we have seen evidence of true
power-sharing as well as inclusive and effective governance,” the State
Department said. “We will continue to provide humanitarian assistance.”
The
international community must scrutinize Mugabe’s actions to ensure he adheres to
the agreement with the MDC and respects human rights and the rule of law, it
said.
The European Union last month expanded a list of companies and people
subject to financial sanctions, saying Mugabe is ignoring the plight of the
population amid economic collapse and a cholera epidemic. At least 3,295 people
have died in the outbreak that began last August, the Geneva-based Office for
the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said yesterday.
Talks aimed at
choosing a cabinet failed to start yesterday after Mugabe traveled to Ethiopia
for an African Union summit, the MDC said. The discussions were to include the
release of 42 detained opposition supporters and changing the constitution so
that Tsvangirai can be sworn in as prime minister.
To contact the reporter on
this story: Paul Tighe in Sydney at ptighe@bloomberg.net
Last Updated:
February 3, 2009 22:30
EST
http://www.timesoftheinternet.com/43464.html
HARARE, Zimbabwe,
Feb. 3 (UPI) --
The Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change
accuses the Zanu-PF Party headed by President Robert Mugabe of trying to
sabotage power sharing.
Nelson Chamisa, a spokesman for the MDC, said in a
statement that Zanu-PF leaders had said the new government would not be
implemented until Mugabe returns from an African Union summit in Ethiopia, CNN
reported. But he said that the MDC is convinced Mugabe and his allies do not
intend to move forward.
Under the agreement, Mugabe would remain as president
while Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the MDC, would become prime minister.
Tsvangirai agreed last week to join the government on Feb. 13 if Zanu-PF
negotiates on the remaining issues.
Chamisa said there have been no
talks.
There is no wish to alleviate the suffering of the people of Zimbabwe
through a negotiated political process, Chamisa said. In short, there is no wish
to tackle the outstanding issues as directed by the SADC Heads of State. Zanu PF
is panicking. It has been caught flat-footed. Zanu PF never budgeted that the
MDC would agree to be part of the inclusive government and now they are in sixes
and sevens while trying desperately to scuttle the deal.
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United Press International
All Rights Reserved.
Times of the Internet, now
in Spanish
Published: Tuesday 03rd of February 2009 10:10:07
PM
http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/topstories.aspx?ID=BD4A932039
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to the web on: 04 February 2009
Foreign Staff
HALF of Africa’s nations
could become failed or failing states in the next decade if their governments
did not address the global financial crisis and climate change, Ethiopian Prime
Minister Meles Zenawi said yesterday.
African leaders should unite to demand
a financial recovery package for the continent, Meles said in a speech at the
African Union heads of state summit in Addis Ababa.
Compensation should also
be sought from industrialised nations for the effects of global warming. “It’s
likely that the coming decade or so will be very dark indeed for Africa,” Meles
said. “Our prospects are not bright at all.”
The International Monetary Fund
says economic growth in Africa may slow to 3,4% this year, from 5,2% last year
amid expectations that economies such as the US, Japan and the UK will suffer
their deepest recessions since the Second World War.
Rising global
temperatures have intensified the effects of droughts, floods and storms in
Africa, scientists say.
According to the International Centre for Tropical
Agriculture, soil damage caused partly by climate change could plunge the
continent, which is home to 1-billion people, into chaos as food production
falls.
“We have to recognis e the dire consequences of what is unfolding
before our eyes,” said Meles. “Our continental organi sations should be seized
with this matter in a much more effective and serious matter.”
Meles said
that Africa should take a more aggressive stance in seeking compensation from
rich countries that spent billions of dollars bailing out their financial
systems. The world’s biggest financial companies suffered losses of more than $
1-trillion since the start of the US subprime mortgage crisis in 2007.
Meles
said, “A bank in these countries which is deemed too important to fail is
getting more assistance, more bail-out money than the whole continent of Africa.
We have to insist that Africa is at least as important in the global economy as
the individual banks getting the bail-outs.”
Meles urged fellow African
leaders to nominate a single representative to lead negotiations at the United
Nations conference on climate change in Copenhagen in December to present a
united front on behalf of all 53 countries.
“The coming decade is likely to
be a period of structural transformation and the associated pain of transition,”
he said.
“The fate of countries and continents is likely to be determined by
how well and how fast they adjust to the transition. Those who lack these
resources and capabilities are likely to suffer and may even fail.”
The
African Development Bank (AfDB) said that it would triple its lending to African
countries to help the world’s poorest continent fight the effects of the global
financial crisis.
AfDB president Donald Kaberuka said at the summit that the
bank would take four steps to support vulnerable nations, including a $ 1,5bn
emergency liquidity fund and a $ 1bn trade finance facility.
“Africa has gone
through two decades of structural adjustment and hard work,” he said. “For the
past six years we have begun to bear the fruit. Now suddenly (we are suffering)
this crisis, which is not of Africa’s making.”
The bank will also set up a
board to push for closer regional economic integration and cut red tape that
slows funds from reaching low-income countries.
The World Bank has said
Africa’s economic growth will slow to 3,5% this year, from an average of 5,8% a
year over the past decade, and might drop to 2,5% next year. With Bloomberg and
Reuters
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AFRICAN
National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma’s lawyers and the National
Prosecuting Authority (NPA) have not agreed on a date for his corruption trial,
Business Day was told yesterday.
This means the chances of Zuma going to
trial this year are slim.
Agreement between the NPA and Zuma’s legal team was
reached on a timetable for Zuma’s Constitutional Court appeal against the
Supreme Court of Appeal’s judgment, which saw corruption charges against him
being reinstated, and Zuma’s application for a permanent stay of
prosecution.
Zuma will appear before Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge Leona
Theron today, when a date for an application for a stay of prosecution in August
will be formalised.
Zuma’s lawyers and the NPA had been “in discussion” on
dates for court appearances for weeks since the restoration of corruption
charges after Supreme Court of Appeal Judge Louis Harms overturned
Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge Chris Nicholson’s setting aside of acting
national director of public prosecutions Mokotedi Mpshe’s decision to prosecute
Zuma.
NPA spokesman Tlali Tlali would not say what was agreed with Zuma’s
legal team. Zuma’s lawyers filed an appeal in the Constitutional Court
yesterday, a day after the deadline.
The issue before the Constitutional
Court is whether Zuma had the right to be invited to make representations to the
NPA before it decided to prosecute him. Nicholson found that he did, while Harms
found that he did not.
Should Zuma succeed in his Constitutional Court
appeal, the decision to charge him would again be set aside. But this would not
necessarily be an end to the case because, as Nicholson said, the NPA could
simply decide to charge him again after taking representations. If Zuma gets a
permanent stay of prosecution it would put an end to his trial once and for
all.
Finally, there are the “representations” that Zuma has indicated he
wished to make to the NPA to convince it not to charge him.
Last week Tlali
said Zuma had not committed to a future date to make representations.
If he
fails at the Constitutional Court and in his application to stay the
prosecution, or if the representations come to nothing, Zuma will probably face
trial while president of
SA.
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Wednesday, 04 Feb 2009
02:01
Robert Mugabe to spend $ 300,000 on 85th birthday party as hunger
stalks half of Zimbabwe's population Printer friendly version Zimbabwean
president Robert Mugabe is set to splash over $ 300,000 on his 85th birthday
party despite hunger stalking over half of the country's population.
Mugabe -
the oldest African president - turns 85 on February 21st but his main birthday
celebrations will be held a week later in Chinhoyi, Mashonaland West, his
hometown.
The usual lavish birthday bashes for Mugabe are a national event
and struggling state and private companies, suffering civil servants and hungry
villagers are usually forced to donate towards the celebrations.
Mugabe's
Zanu-PF party is seeking more than $ 300,000 (£211,000) in donations, dozens of
loves of bread and five tonnes of mealie rice, while over 100 cattle, goats and
sheep will be slaughtered on the lavish one-day celebration, Patrick Zhuwawo,
the nephew of Zimbabwe's leader told inthenews.co.uk.
Ordinary Zimbabweans
who cannot afford to hold birthday celebrations have not tasted meat, bread and
mealie rice in months owing to a decade-long economic crisis that has left
salaries of most workers worthless.
"It's an important day for Zimbabweans to
celebrate the life of our great leader and Africa's hero," Mr Zhuwawo, who is
also the head of the organising committee for Mugabe's birthday party,
said.
"Zanu-PF continues to receive massive donations from the corporate
world, ordinary Zimbabweans and from people from all walks of life and we are
confident that this year's celebrations will be the best."
Mugabe's birthday
celebrations are held in the face of an acute economic crisis that has forced
the state to dump the worthless local dollar and open up to foreign
currencies.
In Zimbabwean dollars, Mugabe's birthday party is expected to
cost more than Z$ 12 trillion.
Inflation is officially standing at 231
million per cent but independent finance institutions argue that it is over a
quintillion per cent.
Zimbabwe's central bank yesterday lopped off twelve
zeroes in a clear sign of the ravages of world record breaking hyperinflation. A
100 trillion dollar note became one dollar.
Mugabe - in power since 1980 and
who has vowed that only God will remove him from power - is blamed for the
economic crisis.
Analysts who spoke to inthenews.co.uk blasted Mugabe for
holding lavish birthday celebrations when seven million out of 12 million
Zimbabweans face starvation.
"Doctors, nurses, teachers, magistrates, in fact
all civil servants are on strike over poor pay but Mugabe goes on to hold lavish
celebrations," Raymond Majongwe, the secretary general of a militant teachers
union, the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) said.
"The money
should be spent elsewhere to meet the dire needs of Zimbabweans.
"This only
goes to show the kind of leadership that we have and that has brought Zimbabwe
to where it is now."
The lavish birthday bash comes barely a month after
Mugabe's wife, Grace, 43, reportedly went on a $ 92,000 holiday in the Far East,
an amount adequate to cater for literally thousands of Zimbabweans.
Grace,
known as the First Shopper of Zimbabwe, flew into a rage and beat up a reporter
who took pictures of her leaving the exclusive Shangri-La hotel in Hong
Kong.
Reports said Grace who was holding a Jimmy Choo style bag estimated at
£2,000, had had been staying there with her entourage at a cost of £2,000 a day
while the country endures poverty, hunger and
disease.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5656211.ece
It
is about time the Catholic church increased its maniac quotient
Rod
Liddle
From Times Online
February 4, 2009
(Desmond Kwande/AFP/Getty
Images)
Robert Mugabe
Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent
Nearly 40
Anglican archbishops from around the world have issued an unprecedented call for
the resignation of a head of state.
The Primates of 38 provinces of the
Anglican Communion have called for Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe to stand
down.
Meeting in Alexandria, Egypt, the Primates said last night that they
"note with horror the appalling difficulties" of the people of Zimbabwe and in
particular the plight of many Christians being refused access to their
churches.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, who is chairing
the meeting, is expected to send an envoy to show "solidarity" with the people
of Zimbabwe.
The Primates also declared the Christian festival Ash Wednesday
on 29 February this year, which marks the beginning of the penitential season of
Lent, a day of "prayer and solidarity" with the people of Zimbabwe.
The
Primates, urging all Anglican parishes, dioceses and provinces to observe this
and take any other action they can to support people and churches in Zimbabwe,
said: "We wish to assure them of our love, support and prayers as they face
gross violation of human rights, hunger and loss of life as well as the scourge
of a cholera epidemic, all due directly to the deteriorating socio-political and
economic situation in Zimbabwe."
Describing it as a matter of "grave concern"
that there had been a breakdown of law and order, they condemned the "flagrant
disregard" of the democratic process that allowed Mugabe to "illegitimately"
hold on to power.
The Primates said: "There appears to be a total disregard
for life, consistently demonstrated by Mr Mugabe through systematic kidnap,
torture and the killing of Zimbabwean people."
Calling for Mugabe to go, they
said: "We therefore call upon President Robert Mugabe to respect the outcome of
the elections of 2008 and to step down. We call for the implementation of the
rule of law and the restoration of democratic processes."
The problems in
Zimbabwe have spread to the Anglican province of Central Africa, currently
without a Primate. The Bishop of Harare Nolbert Kunonga, a puppet of the regime,
was deposed by the province and Sebastian Bakare elected in his stead. Kunonga
has resisted the deposition, and has seized churches and other property from the
diocese. Anglicans who attempt to worship in their churches have suffered
harrassment by police.
The Primates reiterated that they do not recognise the
status of Kunonga and another "bishop", Elson Jakazi, as Anglican bishops. They
called for the full restoration of Anglican property.
The Archbishop of York,
Dr John Sentamu, made one of the most memorable protests against the regime when
he cut up his clerical collar on live television and swore not to wear it again
until Mugabe had gone.
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News
from Africa
04/02/2009 01:44 WASHINGTON
Feb 3 (AFP)
The United States
will only consider new aid for Zimbabwe and a potential easing of sanctions when
it has seen evidence of "true power sharing," a State Department spokesman said
Tuesday.
"The US will only consider new development assistance and easing of
targeted sanctions when we have seen evidence of true power sharing as well as
inclusive and effective governance," spokesman Robert Wood said in a
statement.
"We will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to the
Zimbabwean people in their time of suffering," Wood said.
Zimbabwe's main
opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), decided on Friday to
join a government of national unity with President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF,
ending a protracted deadlock more than four months after signing a power sharing
deal.
Wood said "the success or failure of such a government will depend on
credible and inclusive power sharing by Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF
party."
He also called on the international community to "remain engaged and
continue to scrutinize actions by Mr. Mugabe to ensure adherence to the letter
and spirit of this agreement, including respect for human rights and the rule of
law."
http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/Zimbabwe/2009-02-03-voa43.cfm
By
Jonga Kandemiiri
Washington
03 February 2009
New bank notes promised by
the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe should be available in banks on Wednesday,
financial institution sources in Harare said Tuesday.
The new notes were not
in circulation Tuesday, Harare sources said, but one bank officer in a Harare
institution said managers had just picked up a shipment of the new notes.
An
official at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, speaking on condition of anonymity,
said the RBZ had to record the serial numbers of the notes issued to individual
banks.
RBZ Governor Gideon Gono announced on Tuesday in the course of his
quarterly monetary statement that the redenomination involving the removal of 12
zeroes from the national currency and the issuance of new bills would be “with
immediate effect.”
Gono also said companies holding licenses to conduct their
business in foreign exchange were now authorized to pay their employees in hard
currencies.
Economist Luxon Zembe told reporter Jonga Kandemiiri of VOA's
Studio 7 for Zimbabwe it was unfortunate the Reserve Bank announced its new
monetary measures without being fully prepared to roll out the new currency
immediately, causing
confusion.
http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/parly58.19344.html
PARLIAMENT
HIGH
RIDERS: Zimbabwean MPs are given loans to buy 4x4 vehicles for use on
constituency
business
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CASH-STRAPPED
Zimbabwe will splash US$ 2 million on imported vehicles for the country’s
legislators.
New MPs and senators in the country’s two bulging legislative
assemblies are all in line to access funds to buy cars for use during their
constituency business.
The budget for the legislators’ cars is contained in a
blue book presented to parliament by acting Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa
last Thursday.
There was still no budget allocation for the construction of
the long-awaited new parliament building in Harare's Kopje area to deal with an
increased number of MPs and the re-introduction of the Senate. The Senate has 66
members and the House of Assembly has 210 legislators, up from the previous
150.
Chinamasa did not say how many vehicles are to be bought, but MPs who
have previously benefitted from the scheme would be excluded.
MPs from both
the opposition and the ruling Zanu PF party have previously defended the scheme
- which is officially a soft loan - as necessary to enable them to do the
business of their constituents.
Zimbabwean authorities, seemingly giving up
the fight against inflation, released a national budget in United States dollars
for the first time last Thursday.
The Zimbabwe government aims to raise
foreign currency through a number of taxes. Workers earning in foreign currency
will also be targeted. Earnings of up to US$ 125 will not be taxed, while those
earning US$ 126 to US$ 500 will be taxed at a rate of 20 percent.
Those
earning between US$ 501 to US$ 1,000 will be taxed at 25 percent, while those
taking home between US$ 1,001 and US$ 1,500 would face a 30 percent tax.
Earnings of US$ 1,501 to US$ 3,000 will attract a 35 percent tax, and anything
above that will see the state claiming a cut of 37,5 percent.
In this the
2009 budget, the Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture was allocated the
highest vote of nearly US$ 285 million, followed by Health and Child Welfare at
US$ 206 million and Defence at US$ 140,3 million.
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By
Blessing Zulu
Washington
03 February 2009
The Zimbabwean economy is in
a "death spiral" that will continue to inflict suffering upon the people of the
country unless stringent monetary reforms are instituted to reverse the effect
of years of profligate central bank money-printing, says U.S. economist Steve
Hanke.
Hanke, an expert on the phenomenon of hyperinflation which in Zimbabwe
has reached mind-boggling proportions with estimates of percentage inflation
rates measured in the sextillions, currently declines to put a specific figure
on Zimbabwean hyperinflation other than to set a frequency at which the general
level of prices doubles - about every 1.3 days.
The professor of applied
economists at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore had been posting estimates
of Zimbabwe's inflation rate on the Web site of the Cato Institute. The last
such estimate for November estimated Zimbabwean inflation at 89.7 sextillion
percent.
The site describes the most recent official estimate of inflation
from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe of 231 million percent last July as
"hopelessly outdated."
Hanke in June 2008 published a monograph entitled
"Zimbabwe: From Hyperinflation to Growth," outlining the country's
hyperinflationary woes and possible cures.
He told reporter Blessing Zulu of
VOA's STudio 7 for Zimbabwe that RBZ Governor Gideon Gono is "certainly the
world's worst central banker at present, maybe even in history."
"This is one
of the great hyperinflations in the history of the world that's occurred in
Zimbabwe and the results have been absolutely catastrophic from an economic
point of view and more importantly from just a human point of view," Hanke said.
"Either you emigrate from Zimbabe for a great segment of the population or you
stay there and die.
"The only way the (recovery) switch will be turned on and
the death spiral will stop is if there is some sound money alternative that
comes in and sweeps the Reserve Bank away."
Hanke said the Zimbabwean economy
is being "spontaneously dollarized" through what economists call "currency
substitution," in which businesses and consumers abandon money which is losing
value to migrate to currencies that are more reliable stores of value.
Hanke
outlined three options for turning the inflation-riddled Zimbabwean economy
around: full dollarization, with the Zimbabwe dollar abandoned; a currency board
system under which a new Zimbabwe dollar would be fully convertible into a
reserve currency at a fixed exchange rate, requiring 100% of foreign reserves
backing up the local currency; or a so-called free banking system in which
private banks would issue their own reserve-backed notes.
He said Zimbabwe
has at one point or another in its history - including that of colonial
predecessor Rhodesia - employed all three alternative monetary
systems.
http://www.swradioafrica.com/news030209/arrests030209.htm
By Violet
Gonda
3 January 2009
Running battles broke out between riot police and
students at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) on Tuesday resulting in several
arrests. Similar clashes were reported at Midlands State University (MSU) in
Gweru. The students were continuing with their campaign to force the authorities
to revisit the policy introduced recently, demanding payment of fees in foreign
currency.
Clever Bere, the President of the Zimbabwe National Students Union
(ZINASU) said more than 2000 UZ students demonstrated against the dollarisation
of education in Zimbabwe, while about 150 took part in protests at MSU.
Bere
said the disgruntled students are being forced to pay fees of US$ 400 before
sitting for exams, which started on Monday.
After an address by their
representatives in front of the campus library, the UZ students marched to the
Vice Chancellor’s office where they clashed with campus security. Bere reports
that riot police arrived with dogs, resulting in running battles. “They beat up
students, indiscriminately arresting several in the process,” the ZINASU
President said.
We were not able to establish how many students had been
arrested at the time of broadcast, as lawyers were still trying to get the exact
figures.
This is the first public demonstration to be seen since the
political rivals in Zimbabwe agreed to form an inclusive government last week;
as such it was a test of the proposed new government’s willingness to allow free
expression. Sadly the students were answered in the usual government style with
baton sticks, dogs and multiple arrests.
Undeterred, the ZINASU leader said:
“We are going to continue with our protests unless and until our grievances have
been addressed. Whether there is Morgan Tsvangirai as Prime Minister, or Mugabe
as President, our demands still remain. We don’t want to be in a situation where
we are forced to pay for our studies in United States dollars when most of our
parents are not getting that as salaries. I can warn whoever is in authority
that the students are intensifying their campaign.”
ZINASU agrees there is a
need for a negotiated settlement between the major political players but says it
is unfortunate that this process excluded other stakeholders from the broader
civil society. “We are still very suspicious and sceptical of the political
parties, especially in a process where we don’t have direct control and
influence,” Bere said
Meanwhile, the MDC Tsvangirai sent out two statements
on Tuesday complaining about the continued breaches of trust and confidence in
this political settlement. The party accuses ZANU PF of continuing to make
unilateral decisions, despite the power-share deal.
Elton Mangoma, the MDC’s
Secretary for Economic Affairs criticised a monetary policy statement announced
on Monday by Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono. The controversial RBZ governor
redenominated the Zimbabwe dollar again, and removed twelve zeros from the
currency with immediate effect.
Mangoma said the monetary statement and
national budget - announced by ZANU PF’s Patrick Chinamasa - casts further doubt
on Zanu PF's sincerity to comply with the Global Political Agreement and the
SADC resolutions, and should have been deferred until an inclusive government
had been implemented.
He pointed out: “Gono has no ‘locus standi’ to act as
RBZ governor as his re-appointment is still contentious. The SADC summit
conceded that his re-appointment is subject to fresh negotiations.”
In a
strongly worded statement the MDC official said: “The decision to lop off 12
zeroes is not a panacea to the economic ills afflicting the country. The ‘real
zeroes’ that need to be lopped off are the charlatans and corrupt barons in ZANU
PF who are milking the country.”
An observer, who spoke on condition of
anonymity said: “Mugabe will continue to do whatever he wants to do, whenever he
feels like doing it. The MDC are never going to stop
this.”
http://zim2day.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1593&Itemid=84
Tuesday,
27 January 2009
A lot has been written in the media concerning the possible
indictment of President Robert Mugabe to the International Criminal Court (ICC)
relating to crimes against humanity or other. Whilst condemnation of the
humanitarian situation obtaining in Zimbabwe today is called for, one wonders
what will be the efficacy of these prosecutions. The most fundamental question
that confronts Zimbabwe is whether to undertake prosecutions of the leaders of
the former or ousted regime together with its officials for the violations
inflicted on the nations during their rule or to pardon them.
Political
concerns are important. Making them accountable for their crimes on the nation
might actually upset the often-fragile transitional peace settlement that would
have been reached in most instances at great cost in terms of loss of life. In
most cases the outgoing regime would have made their departure conditional that
they will be no prosecutions after their departure.
There are those that are
arguing that trials and punishment of the Mugabe regime are an essential element
to a nation undergoing transition and therefore essential to achieve some degree
of justice and confidence in the new government. Prosecutions it is argued are
necessary in order to draw a line between the old and the new regime
The more
sober will argue that trials are unbefitting of a democracy and that they
manifest a victors’ justice. They further argue that to use criminal sanctions
against those that lead the old regime may actually not have the desired effect
and may in fact run directly counter to the development of a democratic nation.
They further argue that a program of forgiveness is the best way forward in
order to reconcile and rebuild a nation by leaving the past behind by means of
an amnesty.
Whatever decision Zimbabwe takes, it will have long-term
implications on its stability, economic and political development. In an ideal
world a balance is often required between justice and peace.
Any attempt to
hold those accountable without risking instability or the country reverting back
into anarchy is often a major consideration. Whilst those who are guilty of
committing crimes of impunity against the people should be held to account, the
idea of accountability is often fraught with contradictions in that trade offs
and compromises are often the norm. The reality of these negotiations and
decisions often involve various actors that may include international
organisations attempting to get the most on the accountability continuum without
risking the stability of the new regime.
The old adage “no one size fits all”
probably sums the inherent dilemma faced by Zimbabweans in reckoning with how to
deal with past atrocities committed by previous regimes. Competing interests
often derail agreements often contemplated by the various parties to the
decision making process.
The solution so often arrived at in most
transitional governments usually take into consideration the various historical,
cultural, and political realities of the country in question. Zimbabwe despite
having ratified other treaties under international law, the Rome statute is not
one of them. This is the statute that brought into existence the International
Criminal Court.
The International Criminal Court opened its doors in July
2002 and its first indictment was the former warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo from
the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The International Criminal Court was able
to indict Thomas Lubanga Dyilo for war crimes and other crimes against humanity
because the Democratic Republic of Congo has ratified the Statute of the
International Criminal Court.
The recent arrest of General Nkunda by the
Rwandese authorities has brought this topic back into the limelight. It excites
many. The Congolese government issued an international arrest warrant against
him for alleged war crimes in 2005.It says it wants Gen Nkunda to be sent back
home to face trial.
The International Criminal Court has been conspicuously
quiet over whether to bring him to the ICC. The old adage kicks in again “no one
size fits all” probably sums the inherent dilemma faced by the International
Criminal Court.
This is because General Laurent Nkunda has long sought to
portray himself as the only man who can protect his Tutsi community in eastern
Democratic Republic of Congo from Hutu forces.
This led to accusations that
he was a stooge of the Tutsi-led Rwandan government. In other words in some
African circles he is regarded as the friend of the people. He is considered by
some countries in the region a necessary evil for the balance of power in the
region. Power politics I might add. Remember the Rwandan genocide.
In
Zimbabwe, despite the continued call for President Mugabe to be indicted for
crimes against humanity or other no statement has been forth coming from the ICC
or the UN Security Council for that matter. It is usually the competing
interests of the parties, the trade offs and the compromises considered that
largely determine what decision a government or institution takes.
It is the
magnitude and the quality of physical repression, the extent and degree of the
impunity by way of atrociousness that will often determine the approach taken by
governments attempting to strike a balance between peace and justice. The more
brutal the crimes against its people, the more the number of perpetrators taking
part, or the existence of large numbers of collaborators, supporters, the more
transparency that is required in dealing with it. It is argued that if
institutions of the state, the army and the police were used in the repression
and brutality, this will contribute significantly to the approach used. A
standard so often used to determine this is to what extent those outgoing
regimes had militarised the state institutions.
It is generally argued that
the more a regime relied on the military for its day-to-day governance issues;
it would normally follows that there would be a direct correlation or an
ambiguous link between the armed forces and the commission of atrocities.
Zimbabweans can readily point to two major events in their history that
possibly fit this criteria, notably the Gukurahundi massacres in the 1980’s and
more recently Operation Murambatsvina.
Unfortunately, since the ICC Statute
does not provide for retrospective investigations or trials (that is trials for
events before July 2002), the Gukurahundi massacres do not fall within its
Jurisdiction.
The second event raising the possibility of Mugabe being
brought before the ICC is for the Operation Murambatsvina human rights
violations under Customary International Law .This makes the assumption that a
country does not have to ratify the ICC treaty in order for it to be bound by
international laws for crimes against humanity.
Custom or an established
pattern of behaviour by States binds all States. I would, however, hasten to say
that Customary International Criminal law has not been tried and tested yet on a
sitting or former head of State.
The Security Council route whereby a
unanimous vote by all the permanent members to prosecute President Mugabe is
also fraught with its own problems. China and Russia are long time friends of
Mugabe dating back to the war of liberation. Any hope of a Security Council
mandate to arrest Mugabe is wishful thinking.
Anyway, however one conceives
these issues, complex ethical, legal and practical concerns always accompany
decisions in transitional democracies. The way forward on the road to democracy
and economic prosperity for Zimbabwe is going to be a difficult exercise. The
concept of justice, the legacy of the past political repression can be both an
emotional and practical burden affecting the stability of Zimbabwe as it tries
to deal with past atrocities. Questions will arise on how to peacefully
integrate former officials associated with past repressions with its victims.
How does a new Zimbabwe respond to the demands of a new democracy, address the
needs of the people without creating new injustices for others?
It remains to
be said that even after his ouster from power, President Mugabe will still have
his defenders, who will either deny that the atrocities ever took place or will
claim they were committed by somebody else or worse still argue that at the time
these atrocities were committed they were legal under the country’s laws and
therefore justified.
Lloyd Msipa is a Lawyer writing form the United Kingdom.
He can be contacted at lmsipalaw@googlemail.com
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for ZimEye.org
Published: February 2, 2009
Comment
Weird
News!
ZimEye (London)
This came out of Uganda. I am not sure how accurate
it is, but it makes fascinating reading. Some of these guys are reputed to be
more wealthy than Bill Gates.
E Cross
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Top 20 African Rich List.
1. Teodoro Obiang Nguema
Mbasogo (EST $ 65 Billion)
President of Equatorial Guinea since 1979
2.
Muammar al-Gaddafi ($ 56 Billion)
Leader and Guide of the Revolution, the
Libyan Leader
3. Dr. Mike Adenuga ($ 27 Billion)
Chairman of Globacom, a
Telecommunications company
4. Onsi Sawiris ($ 20 Billion)
Egptian
Businessman who heads Orascom, Telecommunicatons Company
5. Mohammed Al
Amoudi ($ 9 Billion)
Ethiopian Business man, Oil, Gas, Mining, Hotels,
Agriculture and hospitals
6. Aliko Dangote ($ 4 Billion)
Nigerian
Businessman, Dankotes businesses include food processing,
cement
manufacturing and freight
7. Strive Masiyiwa ($ 3.5
Billion)
(aka “Bill Gates of Africa”) is a Zimbabwean businessman and
cellphone
pioneer, founding Econet Wireless.
8. Robert Mugabe ($ 3
Billion)
President of Zimbabwe
9. Mohamed Fayed ($ 3 Billion)
Eqyptian
Businessman. His Business interests include Harrods department
store in
London and Fulham, an English Premiership football club.
10. Ibru Family ($
2.5 Billion)
Hotels and Banking in Africa, Nigerian Businesses
11. Femi
Otedola ($ 2 Billion)
Nigerian Business man, Business interests include Zenon
Oil and other Oil
Products
12. Yoweri Museveni ($ 1.7 Billion)
Yoweri
Kaguta Museveni was born into a family of cattle keepers in Ankole,
Western
Uganda. His name was taken from the Abasuveni, who were Ugandan
servicemen in
the Seventh Regiment of the Kings African rifles. Uganda’s
economy began to
grow steadily and poverty levels have dropped by 45% since
1992. Mr Museveni
has been praised for liberalising the economy and he
appealed to the Asian
business community expelled by Idi Amin to return and
invest. Primary &
Secondary school education enrolment has doubled, HIV
levels have dropped
because of an impressive anti-Aids campaign spear-headed
by the
president.
Mr Museveni also began carving out a position as an African
statesman. Mr
Museveni is a man with a vision. He is also a man who believes
strongly that
he has the capacity to lead Uganda..He has surpressed all the
opposition in
Uganda including FDC
13. Olusegun Obasanjo ($ 1.3
Billion)
President of Nigeria
14. Anis haggar ($ 1.3 Billion)
Sudanese
industrialist
15. Mo Ibrahim ($ 1.2 Billion)
A Sudanese, the founder of
Celtel International
16. Arap Moi ($ 1.2 Billion)
Daniel Toroitich Arap
Moi, President of Kenya 1978 - 2002
17. Musa Danjuma (EST $ 1.2
Billion)
Musa Danjuma, A Nigerian Businessman, Business Interests include
real estate
and shipping
18. Patrice Motsepe (EST $ 1.2 Billion)
South
African entrepreneur, has interests in gold, ferrous metals, base
metals, and
platinum
19. Madhvani Family (EST $ 800 Million)
Roni Madvani, a Ugandan
Business man Business interests include Uganda
Tourism Board and
Hotels
20. Cyril Ramaphosa (EST $ 600 Million)
Cyril Ramaphosa South
African business man and politician Business interests
include Shaduka
Holdings, Bidvest Group, MTN Group and SASRIA Limited. (ZimEye,
Zimbabwe)
http://allafrica.com/stories/200902030298.html
BuaNews
(Tshwane)
Bathandwa Mbola
3 February
2009
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Addis
Ababa
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has agreed to allow a top-level
United Nations (UN) team to enter Zimbabwe to explore ways to end the
humanitarian crisis there and find out what aid is most needed.
Last week, Mr
Mugabe and the two Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) factions agreed to form
a unity government after a Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit
was held in Pretoria to discuss the ongoing political violence.
Under the
agreement, Mr Mugabe will remain President while MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai
will be sworn in as Prime Minister. This is expected on 11 February.
It is
hoped the agreement will lift Zimbabwe out of a worsening humanitarian disaster.
Zimbabwe's basic infrastructure has collapsed under the economic crisis, while
cholera has killed more than 3 000 Zimbabweans and infected at least 57 000,
according to the World Health Organisation.
During a press conference held on
the sidelines of the 12th African Union (AU) Summit in the Ethiopian capital
Addis Ababa on Sunday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said President Mugabe
had assured him that he and his country would be fully open to humanitarian work
and activities.
"I have urged President Mugabe to build up on this new
development and try to make progress as soon as possible so that they can ensure
full democracy and freedom," he said.
Mr Ban said the humanitarian situation
in Zimbabwe, "which has reached an almost unbearable point for the people, has
been a source of deep concern for the international community".
He warned
that a mere agreement would not be enough to resolve Zimbabwe's crisis. For the
union government to work the Zimbabwe government will have to release political
prisoners and end human rights abuses.
"I urge them to fully protect the
human rights of the Zimbabwean people and release all prisoners who have been
arrested over the last few months."
Mr Ban had earlier described the
agreements as the first step towards full democracy, but there is still a long
way to
go.
http://www.zimtelegraph.com/show_top_stories.php?id=91
By FRANK
KUWANA
Published: Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Ricardo Washoni, a police
detail that placed Jestina Mukoko a director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP)
under surveillance and later claimed that he was engaged by the human rights
board to recruit MDC youths that would undergo military training in
Botswana.
According to the impeccable family source, Washoni an impostor
police detail of Malawian origin has emerged at the Police General Headquarters
(PGHQ) under a heavy escort vigil to the amazement of family members that had
been baying for his whereabouts since his purpoted arrest last year in a group
of abductees that included Mukoko.
“We were surprised to see Washoni nicely
dressed in a glittering suit and had gained weight with confirmations that he
was being well looked after by his “hosts” wherever he was for the past three
months,” said a jubilant family member.
According to Washoni’s family member
he was said to have assured them that life has now really changed for the better
as the government has rewarded him with an undisclosed pack and was heading for
a transfer and promotion from Waterfalls police his original base.
He has
reportedly subsequently promised to throw a celebratory bash for the family once
he returns home.
Meanwhile Mukoko a former news anchor of the then Zimbabwe
Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has remained immersed on remand in Chikurubi
Maximum Prison amid persistent denials by the Botswana government that they have
never and do not intend to train any saboteurs of the government of
Zimbabwe.
An official comment was not immediately available by the time of
going to print as the PGHQ public relations directorate has sighted sensitivity
as defence for their denial to delve into the Washoni case.
Mukoko was
abducted last year in an early morning raid by men clad in civilian clothes and
with a fleet of vehicles without number plates.
Following her abduction, her
family members spent days on end trying to establish her whereabouts. She later
emerged in the hands of the police after there was an international outcry
calling for her release as it was correctly suspected that she might have been
in the hands of the notorious central intelligence snipers.
She has lodged
several applications for release without any success as the partisan legal
system is maintaining that she is a threat to national security.
Meanwhile
the MDC that has just confirmed its triumphant entry into an all-inclusive
government has mandated itself to take ZANU PF head-on to release all the civil
rights activists and abducted persons on trumped up charges to suppress
dissent.
Iden Wetherell head of the editors’ forum and senior journalist with
the Zimbabwe Independent has also said that if ZANU PF is sincere with the unity
government it should recall all the journalists that fled the country owing to
the war of retribution against them.
He also said that all the abducted
persons should be freed and a new chapter be opened for national
healing.
Basildon Peta, Ray Choto now with Studio 7, Blessing Zulu, Marvelous
Mapininga, and Geoffrey Nyarota are some of the journalists that fled the
country as the CIO was baying for their blood
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