Zim Online
Thu 15 June
2006
HARARE - A Zimbabwe parliamentary committee has urged the
government
to release hundreds of mostly HIV/AIDS afflicted prisoners from
its
overcrowded jails because they were just too sick to be a threat to
society
anymore.
In a report compiled after touring the
country's jails to assess
conditions there, the Portfolio Committee on
Justice and Legal and
Parliamentary Affairs said there were a "lot of
bed-ridden prisoners" who
should be released as they no longer posed a
threat to society.
"There were a lot of sick prisoners at every
prison visited. A lot of
them were suffering from HIV and AIDS-related
diseases," says the report
which was tabled in Parliament
recently.
Apart from AIDS, most of the sick inmates in the
country's jails were
also suffering from tuberculosis and pellagra, a skin
disease caused by
malnutrition.
Zimbabwe's
jails are notorious for their overcrowding and lack of food
with independent
reports last year suggesting that at least five prisoners
were dying of
disease every month at the notorious Chikurubi maximum
security prison on
Harare's eastern boundary.
Prisoners were also failing to access
life-prolonging anti-retroviral
drugs while the few who were lucky to get
the drugs were at the risk of
developing resistance because of erratic
supplies of ARVs, says the report.
"The committee appeals for
adequate supplies of ARVs to ensure that
prisoners are not deprived of these
life-prolonging drugs and that they do
not develop resistance to the drugs
due to erratic supplies," says the
report.
Overcrowding plus a
shortage of medical drugs in prison hospitals has
seen the spread of
infectious diseases in Zimbabwe's jails. Earlier this
year, there were
reports that prisoners were being forced to go naked due to
a serious
shortage of uniforms.
Food is also in short supply with numerous
reports in the past saying
inmates were going for months without running
water. Poor diet has also
resulted in higher incidences of
malnutrition-related illnesses among
prisoners.
President
Robert Mugabe's government is hard-pressed for resources as
it grapples an
acute food shortage affecting a quarter of the country's 12
million people
and a severe economic crisis that has spawned shortages of
fuel,
electricity, essential medical drugs among other key commodities. -
ZimOnline
Zim Online
Thu 15 June 2006
HARARE - Fresh demands by the opposition
for President Robert Mugabe
to accept a new constitution and elections to
avert a Ukraine-style uprising
against his government were an olive branch
that would find no taker unless
backed by nationwide street protests,
according to analysts.
The leader of the mainstream opposition
Movement for Democratic Change
(MDC) party Morgan Tsvangirai last week
unveiled what he said was a
"roadmap' to ending Zimbabwe's unprecedented
political and economic crises.
The roadmap includes demands that
Mugabe accepts a new constitution
and that he steps down for a transitional
government to take over and
organise fresh elections under international
supervision. The MDC in
alliance with national civic society would resort to
mass action if the
82-year old President refuses to accept their demands,
according to
Tsvangirai.
But University of Zimbabwe political
science lecturer and Mugabe
critic, John Makumbe said the veteran President
would "definitely ignore"
the demands by the opposition and its civic allies
unless they first
demonstrated on the ground through nationwide street
protests that they
wielded enough power to endanger his
government.
"Without evident show of their power on the ground,
Mugabe would
definitely ignore them," Makumbe told ZimOnline.
Makumbe said Mugabe and his government were probably at their most
desperate
moment with inflation running above 1 000 percent and food
shortages
stalking the country.
But he said even then the Zimbabwean leader
would rather negotiate
with Britain and the European Union than with an
opposition party he
essentially believed was a puppet of the West - unless
of course there was
enough mass pressure on the ground.
Mugabe
often accuses the MDC - that was six years ago forged by
Tsvangirai out of
the labour movement and various civic society movements -
of being a front
for Western powers out to dethrone his government as
punishment after he
seized white farms for redistribution to landless
blacks.
Addressing journalists in Harare last Friday, Tsvangirai, who
initially in
March vowed to roll out nationwide anti-government mass
demonstrations
without any pre-conditions, said the demands outlined in the
new roadmap
were an attempt to a find a legal and peaceful way to resolve
Zimbabwe's
deepening crisis.
Tsvangirai unveiled his roadmap in the wake of
mounting pressure from
the domestic front and the international community
including United
Secretary General Kofi Annan on Mugabe to act to resolve
Zimbabwe's
political and economic crises.
Annan was recently
quoted in the international media as having said he
still had plans to visit
Harare, with sources saying the UN chief planned to
ask Mugabe to leave
power in return for massive international aid for
Zimbabwe and guarantees
that the ageing President would not be prosecuted
for crimes committed while
he was in office.
Many analysts say Annan may be the only hope left
for Zimbabwe first
because they say Mugabe might find the offer for immunity
from prosecution
too tempting to resist and may therefore agree to leave
power.
Secondly, the analysts see little hope in the MDC
marshalling enough
power to arm-twist Mugabe to change saying the opposition
party is too
weakened after it split last year. They also say the
possibility of a
ruthless clampdown by the army on mass protests meant that
that route was
unsafe and unpredictable as an option against Mugabe and his
government.
But Harare media and political analyst Takura Zhangazha
was adamant
that Mugabe would not give in to demands or roadmaps from
Tsvangirai or even
Annan unless the opposition and its civic allies began to
actively threaten
his hold on power through mass action.
Zhangazha said: "Mugabe has reached a stage where he cannot budge to
documents such as roadmaps and position papers. To arm twist Mugabe, the MDC
needs to show him that they have the people and the power on the
ground.
"They need to show their popular support on the ground ...
and the
protests have to be massive and nationwide if they are to have any
significance to the regime."
Zimbabwe is grappling a
multi-layered crisis characterised by high
inflation of 1 193.5 percent,
shortages of food, fuel, electricity,
essential medicines and just about
every basic survival commodity.
The southern African country had
one of Africa's brightest economies
at independence from Britain in 1980 but
now has the world's fastest
shrinking economy outside a war zone, while half
of its 12 million people
survive on food handouts from international aid
agencies.
The MDC and Western governments blame Zimbabwe's crisis
on repression
and mismanagement by Mugabe who has ruled the country since
independence, a
charge the President denies. - ZimOnline
Zim Online
Thu 15 June 2006
HARARE - The International
Labour Organisation (ILO) has condemned the
persecution of trade union
leaders by President Robert Mugabe's government
and said it was planning a
mission to Zimbabwe to probe harassment of labour
leaders in the
country.
In a report released on Monday this week but made
available to
ZimOnline yesterday, the Geneva-based international umbrella
union body
listed Zimbabwe, Cambodia and Djibouti as countries where
authorities
continued to trample on trade union rights.
In the
case of Zimbabwe, the ILO said it had received serious
allegations of
assault, arbitrary detention and attempted murder of union
leaders allegedly
by militant supporters of the state and its agents.
The ILO said:
"In the case of Zimbabwe, the (ILO) committee reached
interim conclusions
for the third time concerning serious allegations of
attempted murders,
assaults, intimidation, arbitrary arrests and detentions,
as well as
arbitrary dismissals and transfers committed against trade
unionists and
members of their families.
"The committee reiterated its deep
concern with the extreme
seriousness of the general trade union climate in
Zimbabwe."
It was not possible to get comment immediately on the
ILO report from
Zimbabwe Labour Minister Nicholas Goche.
Zimbabwe was together with Iran and Myanmar again named by the ILO
last year
for cited serious infringements on union rights.
The Zimbabwe
Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has clashed with the
government on several
occasions in recent years over worsening poverty and
economic hardships
faced by workers.
ZCTU president Lovemore Matombo and secretary
general Wellington
Chibhebhe have been arrested on many occasions for
leading workers in
strikes for better pay and living
conditions.
The Harare administration however denies persecuting
union leaders and
instead accuses the ZCTU of working together with the main
opposition
Movement for Democratic Change party - born out of the labour
union eight
years ago - to overthrow it from power. -
ZimOnline
People's Daily
Zimbabwean ministries and companies have signed
more deals with
Chinese firms for the supply of broadcasting transmission,
irrigation,
tillage and construction equipment, the official newspaper The
Herald
reported on Wednesday.
Under the broadcasting
transmission equipment deal, the Zimbabwe
Mining Development Corporation and
Star Communications of China will form a
joint venture for chrome mining,
the newspaper said.
Money generated from the mining venture will be
used to pay for the
transmission equipment, it said.
The
Zimbabwean Ministry of Water Resources and Infrastructure
Development signed
two deals for the supply of irrigation and tillage
equipment, borehole
drilling and road construction equipment with China
National Construction
and Agriculture Machinery Import and Export
Corporation and China Poly Group
Corporation.
The singing ceremonies of the deals took place in
China's capital of
Beijing, and were witnessed by the visiting Zimbabwean
Vice President Joice
Mujuru and other Zimbabwean officials, who were there
for a week-long tour.
Source: Xinhua
I walked into a business here in Bulawayo this morning to
discover that the
staff was basically cleaning up prior to shutting down. The
owners were
already in South Africa - they had left without telling many
friends that
they were going. This is an event taking place across the
country right
now - business people are deciding that they have had enough.
They cannot
export at ruling exchange rates, local demand has simply
disappeared and
they have no raw materials and no cash to continue
operating.
The Zimbabwe economy is closing down - literally. We have
inflation now at
nearly 1200 per cent per annum (28 per cent in May and 21
per cent in April
so it is still accelerating). But unlike the situation in
most other
countries that have experienced hyperinflation, the Zimbabwe
economy is
imploding at the same time. GDP is now down about 50 per cent,
exports by
two thirds and if it is at all possible, output in all sectors -
mining,
agriculture, industry is down again this year over last.
The
reasons for the implosion in the economy are largely self-inflicted.
They
rank from open threats against owners of businesses, expropriation and
theft
of assets by people associated with the ruling Party. The near
collapse of
the legal system and massive political interference with what is
left. To
this you can add total confusion in terms of macro economic,
monetary and
fiscal policy. Totally skewed exchange rates accompanied by
wholesale theft
of revenues and the misuse of scarce resources allocated on
a patronage
basis.
In recent weeks the reports of accelerated decline have poured in
- gold
output down by a third on last year, winter cropping down 50 per
cent,
electricity supplies down to 70 per cent of demand and threatening
economic
activity across the board. The tobacco crop down by a third and
prospects
that the coming crop could be very small - perhaps less than 20 000
tonnes.
Industrial activity shrinking fast and, if it was at all possible,
the
numbers of foreign tourists still dropping.
The only sector that
remains an area of potential growth is the mining
sector - driven by the very
buoyant international prices for minerals and
the existence in Zimbabwe of
considerable reserves of chrome, nickel and
platinum, plus a host of other
less strategic minerals. Even here, despite
intense international interest,
all maintenance and development is on hold.
Threats to expropriate more than
half the equity invested in existing mines
have stopped the industry in its
tracks.
In Bulawayo - once the industrial heartland of the country, the
decline is
clearly evident in the empty streets and long lines of empty
parking bays
outside stores in the City center. It is also evident at 17.00
hours every
day when in the past thousands of workers walked from factories
to bus
depots for their journey home. Now the streets are virtually silent
and
there are no buses at all.
I know it sounds like a broken record
but it is the maize situation that
highlights the sheer lunacy of this
regimes management of the economy for
me. Just look at these
numbers.
We require 5 000 tonnes of maize a day to feed the country. Of
this 3 600
tonnes is for human consumption as maize meal. Last year the State
imported
1 million tonnes of this product into the country and in addition
donors
supplied basic foods for over 3 million people every day. As I write,
some 2
000 tonnes of white maize is coming into Zimbabwe from South Africa
every
day. This costs about R1200 per tonne (at least) and on top of this you
must
add another R160 per tonne for administration. So we are talking about
a
product that costs R1360 per tonne - perhaps even R1400 per tonne when it
is
finally sold to the local millers.
The selling price of the GMB is
R12 per tonne at market based exchange
rates, R37.50 at the bank rate.
Whatever they sell it for, the loss on the
product is well over 99 per cent
of its cost. The numbers are just
staggering - at official exchange rates
(which bear no relation to reality)
the loss is Z$22,4 million a tonne or
Z$44,8 billion a DAY!
How do they manage this? They don't. I must assume
that the South African
government is in fact providing the maize on credit to
Zimbabwe in an effort
to keep the Mugabe regime afloat. This means that, at
last years rate of
imports South Africa is building up debt with Zimbabwe at
the rate of R3
million a day. Add that to the power subsidies being ploughed
into the
Zimbabwe economy at the same time - also through another bankrupt
parastatal
and you come to the total debt build up of some R2 billion a year
at the
very least (US$350 million).
Zimbabwe did the same thing with
Kabila in the Congo - we sent in 15 000
troops with all their support
equipment and it cost us over US$1,3 million a
day for 4 years - we got
nothing back and it is one of the reasons for the
collapse in the Zimbabwean
economy. South Africa can afford to spend this
sort of money - but I also
assume the South African government has not
informed its own stakeholders and
tax payers of the liabilities building up.
They are simply fudging the books.
For his part Mugabe has no intention,
like Kabila, of ever paying the debt
back.
In other areas the South Africans are also covering up the real
facts.
Illegal migration to South Africa via Botswana has been estimated at
500
people per day and via the Limpopo border with South Africa at 2 500 a
day -
that is one million new illegal migrants a year. Some are caught
and
returned, most disappear into the murky depths of South African slums
and
townships. Some of this movement is simply people going home for a
few
days - but many are new entrants to South Africa.
The full impact
of the implosion in the Zimbabwe economy has yet to be felt
in South Africa,
even at these horrific levels of social dislocation. Things
can only get
worse. I watch the great success of the German World Cup today
and wonder if
the South African event in 2010 will not become a victim? It
could so easily.
I also read in the Mail and Guardian newspaper that the ANC
alliance is under
threat. This would destabilize South Africa in a big way
if it happened. Why
play with the possibilities? All South Africa has to do
is use its leverage
on Mugabe. Is that so hard to understand or do?
Everybody tells me this will
never happen and they have all sorts of
reasons - none of them very rational,
to explain why. Often this argument is
accompanied by a lot of African mumbo
jumbo - nonsense. It all boils down to
self-interest.
When the price
of Zimbabwean stupidity and intransigence gets too high,
those with power and
leverage over the situation here will pull the levers
and then I expect a
real breakthrough. The question is are any of us ready
for that event, or
will it simply be another Tsunami that washes away the
good with the
bad?
Eddie Cross
Bulawayo, 14th June 2006.
Business Report
June 14, 2006
By From Sapa-DPA
Harare - Coal supplies to
Zimbabwe's main power stations had been massively
scaled down, further
crippling electricity supply in the country, reports
said
yesterday.
Hwange Colliery Company had cut supplies to Zimbabwe
Electricity Supply
Authority (Zesa) by 40 percent over unpaid bills, said
The Herald. Zesa was
now generating only 90 megawatts of power at the 650MW
station.
Power cuts took a rapid turn for the worse over the weekend,
with residents
of some parts of Harare and other cities reporting cuts that
lasted up to
seven hours every day since Friday.
Zesa owed Hwange
Colliery Z$500 billion (R33 million), a debt that had been
accumulating
since January, said The Herald. It said President Robert
Mugabe's cabinet
would not allow it to charge higher tariffs because that
would push
inflation up even further.
Annual inflation is running at 1 193.5 percent
in Zimbabwe, the highest rate
in the world.
Godfrey Dzinomwa,
the managing director of Hwange Colliery, confirmed that
coal supplies to
Zesa had been scaled down and said Zesa's failure to pay
was constraining
its operations.
Authorities in Zimbabwe are aware of the urgent need to
improve
power-generating capacity ahead of an expected regional shortage in
2007.
Vice-president Joyce Mujuru this weekend witnessed the signing of a
$1.3
billion (R8.8 billion) contract with China. The deal involves Chinese
companies developing coal mines and power stations in return for
chrome.
Meanwhile, according to the Daily Mirror, Bloomberg reported that
Zimbabwe
might sell 40 percent of TelOne, the state-owned fixed-line phone
monopoly,
to Russian investors. Harare had also held talks with Iranian and
Chinese
investors.
People's Daily
The Canadian International Development Agency will
inject 900,000 U.S.
dollars to support efforts to combat malnutrition and
blindness in Zimbabwe,
a diplomat said on Tuesday.
Canada's
Ambassador to Zimbabwe Roxanne Dub made the announcement at
the launching
ceremony of the Zimbabwean government's immunization program
for children
under five years old.
"For some time now, Canada has played a
leading role in mitigating the
effects of malnutrition in the region. We are
encouraged that some two
million children in Zimbabwe will benefit directly,
preventing an estimated
4,900 deaths. For as little as one U.S. dollar per
person, a twice-yearly
distribution of high- dose vitamin-A capsules will
prevent blindness and
improve these children's chances of survival," she
said.
The Canadian embassy said in a statement the initiative,
which is
being implemented by Hellen Keller International, in collaboration
with
UNICEF and WHO, aims to reduce mortality in children under the age of
five
through promoting sustained, high- coverage Vitamin A supplementation
combined with other child survival health interventions.
In
Zimbabwe, 28 percent of children below the age of five are
reportedly
Vitamin A deficient (VAD) and annual deaths attributable to VAD
have been
estimated at 4,900.
Source: Xinhua
Business Day
Posted to the web on: 14 June 2006
Dumisani
Muleya
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THE
International Crisis Group (ICG), a Brussels-based think-tank run by
retired
statesmen, last week released a report on Zimbabwe warning of
possible
political instability and violence in the country if the situation
does not
change.
The ICG says Zimbabwe is hurtling towards becoming a failed state
plagued by
insecurity and chaos.
It says prospects for anarchy are
high because of the current political
turmoil, economic emergency,
heightened repression and deepening public
anger. The group also notes that
President Robert Mugabe's regime is
becoming increasingly "desperate and
dangerous" due to paranoia caused by
opposition and international
isolation.
The ICG says SA and the international community have failed to
take
concerted measures to crack the Zimbabwean problem.
It says
there is a need for all players to take compelling measures to
resolve the
crisis. While the chances of Zimbabwe becoming stateless are
slim, there are
conditions that provide a hotbed for political turbulence.
The country is
fractured on many fronts. Divisions within the ruling Zanu
(PF) and
opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) are now as profound
as the
differences between them. The crisis in Zanu (PF) is more scary
because
those vying to succeed Mugabe seem prepared for anything to wrest
power when
the incumbent goes.
It is not clear what is likely to happen after Mugabe
but there are fears
that Zanu (PF) will split into at least two factions
along regional and
ethnic fault lines. If that happens, it would create a
breeding ground for
political instability and violence.
Those who
believe Zanu (PF) will split say the warring camps are already
wound up for
a fight. The internal wrangling could yield a powerful group,
which would
sort out the situation. The defeated group might fall in line,
scatter into
a toothless rabble, or wreak political havoc. In the process it
is also
possible that a new leader would emerge to unite the factions. A
realignment
of forces might take place to resolve the situation.
It is also possible
the army might intervene on the pretext of trying to
restore law and order.
The danger of military intervention looms large given
the continuing
militarisation of state institutions. Military leaders
routinely emerge in
such conditions of instability, claiming their intention
is merely to
re-establish public order.
The crumbling economy has created conditions
for army involvement in
civilian affairs. As a result, the army and other
state security agencies
have of late been gaining influence in civilian
institutions and Zanu (PF),
making it a pillar of strength in Mugabe's
regime.
The military's involvement has left it well placed to seize power
if push
comes to shove. The army generals are said to be waiting in the
wings to
outflank politicians in the scramble for power when Mugabe leaves,
in
particular if his departure is sudden.
But it is also important to
look at the structure and internal dynamics in
the military to assess the
possibility of an army intervention. Many of the
top brass are involved in
Zanu (PF) politics and would want to see the
regime survive. They are also
part of the political elite and their
interests are at stake if the status
quo changes.
The middle and lower ranks have not benefited as much. Lower
ranks have been
protesting about working conditions and salaries. If
generals seek
unqualified support to claim power, the juniors might balk at
supporting a
system that has impoverished them.
While it is not
known what will happen after Mugabe, what is clear is that
the situation in
Zimbabwe remains touch and go. Anything is
possible.
Muleya is Harare correspondent and Zimbabwe
Independent news editor.
The Mercury
June 14, 2006
Edition 1
Beauregard Tromp
Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils's
visit to Zimbabwe last week "had
nothing to do with initiatives by UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan to end the
economic and political crisis
there", according to Deputy Foreign Minister
Aziz Pahad.
But Pahad
left a loophole in this denial when briefing journalists in
Tshwane
yesterday, by adding that his ministry had "not been fully briefed"
about
the mystery trip.
The media has reported that Kasrils was sent to Harare
by President Thabo
Mbeki to set up a meeting between him and President
Robert Mugabe, so that
Mbeki could pave the way for Annan to visit
Zimbabwe.
Ordinary
"We are not aware of any attempts by Minister
Kasrils to use his visit to
set up a meeting between our two presidents,"
said Pahad.
He said Kasrils's trip had been an ordinary visit to his
Zimbabwean
counterpart, Didymus Mutasa.
Pahad did again voice
government concern over the dire economic situation,
stressing that
Zimbabwe's inflation was now nearing 1 200%.
He said Annan's planned
visit to Zimbabwe was aimed at discussing the broad
economic situation in
Zimbabwe and how the international community, through
the UN, could help
address these problems.
"We don't know what the real situation is. We can
only hope that the visit
by the secretary-general happens and that South
Africa, with the rest of the
international community, can engage with
Zimbabwe through the UN."
Meeting in London recently, Mbeki and British
Prime Minister Tony Blair both
made it clear they were relying on Annan to
take the lead of the
international community in seeking a settlement in the
economically crippled
country.
In a wide-ranging briefing, Pahad also
revealed that the Palestinian Hamas
Foreign Minister, Mahmud al-Zahar, was
planning to visit South Africa.
Palestine descended further into turmoil
this past week, with skirmishes
between President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah
followers and those of the hardline
Hamas movement which controls
parliament.
Abbas has called for a referendum to win support for a
two-state solution,
which Hamas rejects because it would imply recognition
of Israel.
"The Foreign Minister of Hamas has written to the minister
(Nkosozana
Dlamini-Zuma) requesting a visit to South Africa.
"The
minister has agreed in principle and now it is about finding a date,"
said
Pahad.
He voiced concern over Israeli military action, arguing that
extra-judicial
killings were happening in the Middle East on a daily basis.
He criticised
the Israeli attack on a beach picnic in Gaza on Friday, which
killed most
members of a family, and he urged the international community to
rethink its
sanctions against Hamas.
"We ask the international
community not to impose sanctions on all
Palestinian people for voting the
way they did."
June 14,
2006,
By ANDnetwork .com
Maize-Meal prices have
started coming down as farmers step up maize
deliveries to the Grain
Marketing Board depots, the Consumer Council of
Zimbabwe (CCZ) has
said.
"Improvements in the supply of roller meal have been
registrered as
maize has started trickling into the Grain Marketing Board
depots
countrywide and this might have resulted in the continued decline in
the
price of roller meal on the market," said CCZ.
A recent
survey carried out by the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ)
revealed that
the product price decreased by 22,2 percent in April and it
further
decreased by 9,2 percent last month. A 20kg bag of roller is
currently
selling for just under $500 000. The 10kg bag is going for between
$200 000
and $245 000 while for 5kg consumers must part with a minimum of
$120 000.
Prices for super refined varieties ranged from $171 000 for 5kg to
$320 000
for 10kg. Millers have apparently discontinued the 20kg size, which
is
conspicuous by its absence from the supermarket shelves.
However,
the consumer watchdog urged retailers to stock their outlets
with a variety
of products and brands so as to give consumers a wider
choice. CCZ's survey
is meant to boost consumers' confidence as they go out
shopping and also to
stimulate competition among supermarkets. In this
period of hyperinflation
where prices change on a weekly or monthly basis,
service provision is of
paramount importance to consumers. Given the high
cost of products many
consumers now look for retailers who offer value for
money.
During the recent Consumer Day celebrations the public expressed
displeasure
at the proliferation of poor-quality goods bearing the names of
leading
brands as well as imitation products. Toothpaste was singled out for
special
mention. The CCZ came under heavy criticism for turning a blind eye
to
overcharging and unreasonable mark-ups. Others felt the consumer watchdog
was putting too much emphasis on supermarkets at the expense of other retail
outlets.
Source : The Herald
MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai is the guest on
Behind the Headlines. Lance
Guma asks him about a number of issues affecting
the party he has led for 6
years. The interview focuses on the post October
12 th situation after the
party split over participation in senate
elections. Are talks with Aurthur
Mutambara's MDC a priority? What are the
main stumbling blocks to unity
between the two sides? Has the MDC agreed to
grant Robert Mugabe immunity if
this will help solve the country's crisis?
Is it true they have developed
cold feet over the planned mass action and
are now in favour of a diplomatic
offensive? Zimbabwe has a cross-section of
civic groups that seem to be
pulling in different directions, why hasn't
the MDC co-ordinated protests
with them? What is his response to critics who
say their participation in
elections legitimizes the rigging that takes
place? These and many other
questions are answered on Behind the
Headlines.
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FRANCISTOWN, 14
Jun 2006 (IRIN) - Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and cattle
rustling have left
ranchers along Botswana's border with Zimbabwe feeling
less than
neighbourly.
Farmers in the FMD-hit villages around Maitengwe, north of
Botswana's second
city, Francistown, and Bobirwa to the east, near the
border, told IRIN they
were "fed up" with Zimbabwean thieves. They accused
the government of
failing to provide adequate border security and were
demanding compensation.
They also blamed Zimbabwe for an outbreak of FMD
in 2003, when over 3,000
head of cattle were killed as part of the
government's efforts to control
the disease.
A shortage of dipping
chemicals, the break-up of large commercial farms and
the resultant loss of
fencing allowed the disease to spread from Zimbabwe to
Botswana, causing
Botswana's export beef industry, already limping after
successive droughts
and various epidemics, to collapse.
"There are many people seeking
compensation ... many people have lost
everything to Zimbabweans ... goats,
pigs, donkeys and cattle. A good number
[of animals] are stolen deliberately
for sale, but a lot more get mixed up
with Zimbabwean herds at shared
drinking holes," said Kennias Odirile, a
livestock farmer.
"From
there they stray into Zimbabwe, and once [on] that side [of the
border],
they are gone forever, because the first person who meets the herd
will
steal it. They have cut the fences all over the border to ensure that
our
cattle can stray into their side, or to facilitate the driving of stolen
cattle across the boundary."
Communities along the border have been
incensed by the government's decision
not to electrify the 440km of border
fence erected between the two
countries, after an outcry by human rights
organisations. Residents warned
they intended taking the law into their
hands, because putting the border
fence on hold has left their livestock
vulnerable. They also claimed that
Zimbabweans drove their diseased cattle
across the border to get rid of
them.
"Thieves drive our cattle
across the border [into Zimbabwe] because they are
not prevented from doing
so," said one farmer, "and some bring their
[diseased] cattle into our
country ... Ours can be killed for mixing with
theirs - government shoots
the cattle and gives out P450 [about US$77] as
compensation per beast. Three
years ago, almost all the cattle here were
killed to control another FMD
outbreak, which we know came from Zimbabwe.
Government should do something
before we take unlawful measures to protect
our herds."
Community
leaders in Bobirwa said they wanted compensation for mass cattle
thefts
dating back to 1990, and insisted that they had lost well over 2,000
cattle
to Zimbabweans since 1990.
"The incidents started off as isolated thefts
of two or three cattle.
Deliberate mass thefts started after the 1991-92
drought, because many
cattle had strayed too far away from home ... [in
search of grazing]" said a
farmer.
Another mass cattle theft in 1987
is cited by members of most communities.
No one knows the actual number of
cattle stolen, but according to deputy
agriculture minister Peter Siele, the
incident has become a bilateral issue
that has been pending with Zimbabwe
since then.
"We have been working on the issue with the Zimbabwean
government and we
hope to find a solution soon. The farmers will certainly
be compensated for
losses once we clarify the situation around the
incident," Siele told IRIN.
Although Zimbabwe initially denied being the
source of the latest FMD
outbreak in Botswana, laboratory tests confirmed
that it was FMD Southern
Africa Type 2, a strain specific to Zimbabwe until
the latest outbreak in
Botswana. Two other strains, Southern Africa Type 1
and Type 3, have been
found in Botswana, South Africa and
Namibia.
Zimbabwean Agriculture Minister Joseph Made said he was not
aware of the
1987 theft of Botswana cattle and referred questions to the
police, who also
denied knowledge of the incident. An official at the
ministry of foreign
affairs said he was not sure if the government was aware
of the incident but
promised to find out.
VOA
By Jonga Kandemiiri
Washington, DC
13 June
2006
Harare municipal authorities have ordered some seventy-eight
families which
settled along the Mukuvisi River in the Glen Norah district
of Harare after
being displaced in the government's 2005 slum clearance
drive, or face
forcible eviction.
City officials told the river
dwellers on Tuesday that they had 48 hours to
vacate their settlement. But
representatives of the families, which settled
there in June 2005 after
their homes were demolished in Operation
Murambatsvina, said they would not
leave because they had nowhere else to
go. They remained there late
Thursday.
Reporter Jonga Kandemiiri of VOA's Studio 7 for Zimbabwe
obtained further
details from Combined Harare Residents Association
spokesman Precious
Shumba.
IOL
June 14 2006 at
03:49PM
Harare - Zimbabwe's chief police spokesperson has appeared
before a
magistrate in the central town of Chitungwiza facing culpable
homicide
charges, reports said on Wednesday.
Wayne Bvudzijena
is alleged to have run over and killed a 15-year old
girl in December last
year, said the state-controlled Herald newspaper.
The report said
Bvudzijena was driving a police vehicle along Seke
Road in Chitungwiza on
December 19, when he lost control of the vehicle and
it veered off the
road.
The state further alleges that he tried to get the vehicle
back on the
road but hit the girl as she tried to run away from the swerving
vehicle,
said the Herald.
The police spokesperson,
who is frequently quoted in both the local
and international press, has been
remanded out of custody until July 27.
He is believed to have
helped the girls family since the accident.
Traffic accidents are
on the up in Zimbabwe, where they are mostly the
result of speeding, poor
vehicle maintenance and failure to observe the
rules of the road. -
Sapa-dpa
UN Integrated Regional Information
Networks
June 14, 2006
Posted to the web June 14,
2006
Harare
Zimbabwean churches trying to address the worsening
political and economic
crises are being thrust into the unfamiliar role of
political activism, and
are perceived as split along party
lines.
Church groups perceived to support President Robert Mugabe and
those who
favour a faction of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change
led by
Morgan Tsvangirai have been attacking each other, making headlines
with
their public bickering.
The running verbal battles started on 25
May, when organisers of the
traditional National Day of Prayer, observed by
Zimbabweans of all religious
denominations, cancelled the function after
they were summoned to the
president's office.
The National Day of
Prayer has always been organised by the Zimbabwe Council
of Churches, (ZCC),
a grouping of traditional and Pentecostal denominations.
After meeting
Mugabe, some ZCC members appeared on national television to
express support
for the 82-year-old veteran president and his policies.
Insiders claimed
the decision to cancel the prayer day was spurred by a fear
that the more
radical, pro-opposition Zimbabwe Christian Alliance would take
over the
show.
During the liberation war, which lasted from the late 1960s until
the late
1970s, Mugabe was quoted in an interview as saying: "We appeal to
them
[churches] to allow us to politicise the people under their control
because
we believe that everybody must be mobilised so that the total
commitment of
our people can be achieved."
With inflation at almost
1,200 percent, poverty-stricken Zimbabweans have
sought refuge in religion,
as IRIN reported recently. Churches have noted
rapidly growing numbers of
new members, while several top government
officials have also become lay
preachers or have applied to train as
pastors. Political influence over
religious groups has become critical to
controlling the masses.
The
president of the ZCC, Peter Nemapare, told a television reporter after
the
State House meeting: "We know we have a government that we must support,
interact with and draw attention to our concerns. Those of us who have
different ideas about this country surely must know we have a government
which listens."
This was roundly condemned by other church members
and the Christian
Alliance. "We totally disagree with the tone and substance
of the sentiments
voiced by the church leaders who went to state house. In
what way do they
support this government which has shed innocent blood,
brutally tortured its
citizens and destroyed their homes and livelihoods,
and promoted racial
hatred?" the alliance asked in a statement issued last
week.
Bishop Trevor Manhanga, who led the delegation that met with
Mugabe, denied
they were supporters of the ruling party. "We are prepared to
be given all
sorts of labels and brick-bats that will be thrown at us, but
we will not be
diverted from pursuing dialogue," he told IRIN.
The
Christian Alliance promptly staged a prayer march in Zimbabwe's second
city,
Bulawayo, to commemorate people affected by the state-sponsored purge
of
informal settlements and markets called Operation Murambatsvina, which
began
in May last year and left more than 700,000 people homeless and often
also
without livelihoods.
The ruling party and those churches perceived as
pro-Mugabe seized the
initiative by cancelling the annual day of prayer and
renaming it the
Zimbabwe National Day of Prayer, but a prayer march by the
Alliance in the
capital, Harare, is scheduled for 25 June to coincide with
the new day of
prayer.
"On our part, there can be no partnership with
the ZANU-PF government until
and unless there is genuine repentance and
change on its part - what
relationship can there be between the light of the
Gospel and the darkness
it stands for?" the alliance asked in the
statement.
Pius Ncube, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo and a
known Mugabe
critic, has also jumped into the fray, alleging that some
clergymen had been
bribed by the state to praise the country's
leadership.
"There is no secret about the fact that some of the church
leaders who
embarrassed the church by praising Mugabe have got farms that
they were
given by the government, and that compromises them because they
will never
speak for the poor and downtrodden. A lot of our colleagues are
actually
working with ZANU-PF to try and help the ruling party to boost its
membership."
ZCC's Manhanga denied that they had been given money and
farms to campaign
for Mugabe. "There has been a lot of talk that we were
given farms and
money, but the issue is not about whether we were given
farms or not; the
issue is we should try and bring the problems facing
Zimbabweans to an end."
According to an internal memo, currently in
circulation among the churches
perceived as pro-government, Mugabe will be
the guest of honour at the new
day of prayer on 25 June. "We all agreed on
the need for such an event
[national prayer day] and the modalities of
holding the event, including how
the government will participate."
A
veteran church leader, Jonah Gokova, has criticised politicising the day
of
prayer. "If it [the day of prayer] is for all Zimbabweans, then the
ruling
party and all opposition party leaders should have been invited to
pray for
peace. We are very sad at the developments that are taking place in
the
church."
[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the
United Nations ]
zimbabwejournalists.com
By Bill Saidi
NELSON
Rolihlahla Mandela became a 2Oth century icon largely because,
for him, once
apartheid had been vanquished, the battle for wHich he had
been imprisoned
for 27 years was over.
The erstwhile enemy had been defeated. The terms
of surrender were
crystal clear: henceforth, the will of the victor would
hold sway. The
victor would be even-handed in dealing with the particular
desires of the
defeated enemy.
Their faces would not be rubbed in
the mud, unless they themselves
displayed the kind of arrogance that makes
even the most tender-hearted
victor seethe with revenge.
For many
African leaders since the dawn of independence, in the 1950s,
the temptation
to take maximum revenge on he former colonial masters seemed
almost
irresistible.
Once they allowed themselves to look back on what
colonialism had done
to them, their hearts burned with this scalding desire
to "sock it to the
white man".
South Africa was spared the
post-independence trauma that most African
countries were plunged into
because Madiba prevailed upon the younger
leaders of the new country, some
of tem fresh out of the guerilla war which
helped dislodge apartheid, not
to take the path of revenge.
To be sure, not all of it could be
prevented. Attacks on lonely white
farms have continued, with landless
blacks claiming they had a legitimate
right to reclaim their
birthright.
Yet, although South Africa today is counted among the most
violent
places in the world, most of that violence is not steeped in the
politics of
intolerance personified by the Dutch-born racist, Hendriek
Verwoerd.
Most of the violence stems from poverty. Mandela, for all his
huge-heartedness, could not make a dent on the poverty inherited from nearly
500 years of occupation by the whites.
When he steps down as
president in 2009, Thabo Mbeki will hardly have
made much difference to the
poverty of the majority of the people of South
Africa.
Moeletsi
Mbeki, his young brother, said this week, he believed his
brother's
successor would need to be someone willing to take advice on how
to end
South Africa's major problems, among them poverty, the HIV/Aids
pandemic and
unemployment.
Most African states South of the Sahara are heavily
burdened with
these three problems, among them Zimbabwe.
On
poverty, I have a vivid memory of a statement made to a group of us
southern
African journalists on a visit to Namibia shortly after 1990.
"Yes, we
can fight poverty, but poverty will always be with us. Not
even Jesus Christ
could end poverty."
No where in the Bblle is it stated that Christ's
mission was to end
poverty.
This was a Member of Parliament,
elected on the ticket of the
Democratic Turnhalle Alliance, which was not
entirely enthusiastic about
independence under Swapo.
We were thus
not surprised at his sentiments, except we could not help
but comment on the
fact of his being white and being part of the community
which would remain
prosperous, even after they had lost political power.
Nearly 16 years
after Namibia's independence, I was not surprised to
read of an outbreak of
a epidemic in the suburb of Katatura, in Windhoek. We
visited this suburb
during our tour, as this is one of the strongholds of
Sam Nujoma's SWAPO
party. Yet it remains, like Mbare or Highfield, one of
the poorest
residential areas in that country.
The government of Namibia, as
concerned as any other African country
with the widespread poverty among the
majority of the population, has
recently latched on land redistribution as a
way of tackling poverty.
The land reform programme in that country is a
copycat of our own.
What is even more chilling is that, like the government
of Zimbabwe, the
government of Namibia is finding glory in promoting land
reform than in
tackling poverty in the form of reducing unemployment by
inviting foreign
direct investment or normalizing relations with he
international finacial
community.
It is not that Namibia is
black-listed by the International Monetary
Fund, the World Bank or the
European Union - as Zimbabwe is.
But the tone of a speech by the leader
of a recent Namibian government
delegation to Zimbabwe - specifically to
study the "success" of our land
reform programme - hinged on how such a
programme would end poverty in that
country.
Naturally enough, not
anyone in the government of the two countries
would subscribe to the weird
notion that they find merit and virtue in land
reform because it,
intrinsically, targets the former colonial masters.
The fight against
poverty by tackling unemployment through attracting
foreign direct
investment lacks the political glamour of the land reform
programme -
grabbing land from the colonial masters and handing it, for
free, to the
so-called landless blacks.
Never mind the fact that some of these
people have no idea how to farm
the land on a large scale , as we have
discovered in Zimbabwe, to our
horror.
The government has taken
over agriculture in Zimbabwe and is pouring
trillions of trillions dollar to
help the "new farmers". Soon, it will
finally dawn on Gideon Gono, the
governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe,
that most of this is money down
the drain.
As long as the Gono and the government refuse to confront
the
capitalist reality of commercial farming, then they will not reap where
they
did not sow.
Commercial farming is a business and only a few
people have the
capital, the patience and the know-how to go into it with
their eyes open.
All others are destined to blunder and founder until they
drown in a desert
of infertile soil.
At independence in Zimbabwe,
there were people so bent on wreaking
revenge on the former colonial
masters, they wanted to take over selected
houses in the formerly white
suburbs. In fact, there is no doubt that some
of them did force themselves
on to the properties.
Later, others grabbed farms and even private
companies, becoming
overnight billionaires.
Yet in a few curious
incidents, from South Africa to Kenya,, there
are politicians mentioned in
connection with dealings with what some might
call "allies" of the former
colonial masters.
In Zimbabwe, we have the very peculiar case of Mr
John Bredenkamp,
allegedly listed as the 33rd richest person in the United
Kingdom - and a
friend of both President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF big noise
and a pretender
to his throne, Emmerson Mnangangwa.
In its issue of
7 June, the government mouthpiece, The Herald, had the
following headline on
its front page: Bredenkamp flees, businesses under
probe. In essence, that
was the story - the man had fled Zimbabwe,
reportedly for South
Africa.
On 9 June, The Zimbabwe Independent, put some flesh on the
story with
the headline Zanu PF hounds Bredenkamp: Bredenkamp, a former
favourite of
Mugabe, had fallen out with the president because he had sided
with
Mnangangwa.
At the time of writing, nobody in the opposition
Movement for
Democratic
Change (MDC), had raised questions or
commented on this weird
political development.
Yet a few days
later, the opposition leader in Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta,
had raised hell with
President Mwai Kibaki over the arrest and subsequent
deportation from Kenya
of two Armenians involved in a fracas with security
people at Nairobi
airport a few days earlier.
President Kibaki was forced to make a
public statement, denying any
personal involvement with the two men. The
Kenyan media was having a field
day, particularly as the two men had
reportedly featured quite prominently
in a raid on the independent Standard
newspaper premises last March.
A juicy sideline to the story had a
woman claiming she was the
daughter of Mwai Kibaki with his second
wife.
At the time of writing, the Kenyan president still faced probing
questions about his role in the saga.
In South Africa, we know that
one man is now serving a long prison
sentence over his involvement with
Jacob Zuma's finances. Zuma himself is
still to appear in court in
developments arising from he same case.
In Zimbabwe, the likelihood of
any of the stars featured in the
strange case of John Bredenkamp seems
remote.
A lot of money allegedly changed hands in all three instances,
yet all
three countries are saddled with huge poor communities. Two of them
have
been cited for massive corruption in high places, one reason why there
is
little foreign direct investment in Kenya and Zimbabwe.
The
fight against poverty in Africa has never been given the top
priority that
it deserves, largely because politics has often intervened.
Certainly, in
Zimbabwe, the isolation with which the country is now saddled
is the direct
result of the political gymnastics of Zanu PF.
It's true that land
reform programme, becuse it was carried out with
such violence and murder,
infuriated many foreign governments, even those
whose citizens were not
killed or had their properties forcibly taken over.
Mugabe himself lost
many former local and foreign supporters when he
openly defied the Supreme
Court over the invasions by the war veterans. An
elected president who could
so emphatically oppose a properly constituted
arm of the government had to
be someone with very little regard for the rule
of law.
Some, who
had always accepted the principle of land reform, were still
outraged by the
haphazard implementation.
Six years later, the government cannot point
to any legitimate
vindication of its reckless conduct in the reform
programme.
Except, perhaps, to say, once again, that it could not
resist the
temptation to give the former colonial masters another black
eye.
New Zimbabwe
By Lynette
Mhlanga
Last updated: 06/15/2006 04:14:42
POLITICAL correctness has
hijacked Zimbabwean politicians' freedom to
discuss one of the major burning
issues of our time.
Because of political correctness, any discussion
about the liability and
accountability of Robert Mugabe for human rights
violations is considered
unhelpful.
Mugabe is a demagogue, a pariah
and enemy to his own people such that this
topic engenders controversies but
mostly it triggers fear and some of the
responses given are all iced by
fear.
The result is that we tend to act as if Mugabe cannot be prosecuted
for the
human rights violations which he continues to perpetrate using state
machinery.
The Opposition in Zimbabwe is just treading carefully
here. But Zimbabweans
need to exercise courage here and take the bull by its
horns, we need to
engage in meaningful debate and engage the
enemy.
Having read Lloyd Msipa's article "Obstacles to Mugabe's
prosecution", a
reply to Bekithemba Mhlanga's article 'Human rights
violators must be held
to account', I beg to differ.
This article
will not argue on who said what at Morgan Tsvangirai's London
meeting but
will address the burning issue here - can Mugabe be prosecuted
for the human
rights violations committed under his watch and direction?
Much legal
ingenuity has been deployed to discuss this problem. However, the
realistic
answer to this conundrum that Mugabe can indeed, and should be
prosecuted.
The dictator, the demagogue the strongman and slaughter of the
innocent
civilians can be prosecuted.
He ranks on the same level with Slobodan
Milosevic, Saddam Hussein, Idi
Amin, Alexander Lukashenko and their kind.
Therefore he can be indicted.
It is true and correct that Zimbabwe is not
a signatory to the statute that
created the International Criminal Court and
is therefore not legally bound
by its dictates. As a non-signatory state, an
ICC trial would require either
a UN Security Council indictment or that
Zimbabwe accept the International
Criminal Court's jurisdiction. With the
crimes against humanity which this
current regime continues to commitm, it's
a wonder that the UN Security
Council will not indict Mugabe. It can, and if
it can, then yes Mugabe can
be prosecuted.
The UN Security Council
can indict nationals of countries that have not
signed the International
Criminal Court statute for trial before the court.
Mugabe is an example of a
possible case, whose indictment has been called
for by Australia and New
Zealand. Recently the UN Security Council did a
referral over Sudan's Darfur
situation and Mugabe must be held accountable
for the crimes he has
committed. A UN Security Council referral to the
International Criminal
Court to investigate Mugabe and his regime, similar
to the referral over
Sudan's Darfur situation, is the most appropriate and
effective
response.
Msipa argued that "Zimbabwe's situation is precariously
different because we
have not ratified the ICC Statute. This makes it rather
difficult for the
ICC to investigate our cases". This conclusion is wrong as
it entirely does
not appreciate the UN Security Council's powers to bring
individuals before
the ICC even when their states are not signatories. The
UN Security Council
can exercise its wide discretionary powers. It can
specifically name Robert
Mugabe as an ongoing threat to peace and security
of the region and
authorize an ICC investigation, even though Zimbabwe has
refused to accept
the court's jurisdiction.
The human rights
violations in Zimbabwe are too enormous to be swept under
the carpet. Whilst
the spirit of forgiveness could help Zimbabwe as a nation
to go forward, it
however remains true that a person is only forgiven if
they are apologising
and no longer re-offending. Can this be said about
Mugabe? No! Operation
Murambasvina was indeed a crime against humanity. What
do you call such an
act except that it's a crime against humanity? What
about the torture
practice that is the backbone and pillar of Zanu PF rule?
Even the fact that
Zimbabwe did not sign the Convention Against Torture will
not absolve it
from being accountable for human rights violations. Customary
International
law will not allow Mugabe to get away with Torture.
Once an indictment is
done by the UN Security Council, a warrant could be
issued for Mugabe's
arrest and only then will the people of Zimbabwe breath
a sigh of relief.
Let us be honest here, Mugabe is a human rights violator
and our people are
suffering. Instead of being diplomatic about this issue,
as is currently
being done, we need to simply say no to human rights abuses;
we need to take
a stance against an unrepentant dictator who is insensitive
to the cries of
his own people
So there is a light at the end of the tunnel if the people
of Zimbabwe
decide this is what we want. It would be much better for the
views of those
families who were tortured and massacred to be taken on board
here.
Let us not delude ourselves by allowing the dictator to think he
can get
away with it so easy. Let us not give the tyranny and dictator a
false sense
of security here. When the NAZI were killing the Jews no-one
ever thought
the Nuremberg Trials would ever take place. History must lend a
hand here.
The reason why the road to freedom for Zimbabwe keeps
meandering in hard
terrains is because we the people of Zimbabwe have failed
to stand up and be
counted.
Mugabe still sees himself as the only
capable captain of a ship which has
long sunk and fails to see that his
people are drowning in poverty and his
refusal to grant them their most
basic rights.
His crimes demand that he be held to account, only then can
the process of
reconciliation and nation building really begin.
Lynn
Mhlanga is a human rights activist and Doctoral candidate in Human
Rights
based in England and can be contacted at lynn.lynette@yahoo.co.uk
New Zimbabwe
By Lebo
Nkatazo
Last updated: 06/15/2006 04:15:01
THE trial of a Zimbabwean arms
dealer accused of plotting to assassinate
President Robert Mugabe has been
set for June 26.
Peter Hitschmann was arrested together with eight
opposition officials and a
former policeman after the discovery of an
alleged arms cache at his house.
During their initial appearance in
court, Hitschmann mysteriously denied
their collective claim that they had
been tortured by state agents and
turned into a state witness.
He
also dumped prominent Mutare lawyer Trust Maanda who successfully secured
the freedom of Mutare North MP Giles Mutsekwa and others on grounds that
they had been illegally detained.
Hitschmann, who was said to have
been denied medical treatment by the Law
Society of Zimbabwe, later sought
the services of another Mutare law firm
Bere and Associates but has since
reverted back to Maanda for trial.
In releasing the opposition officials,
High Court judge Charles Hungwe
blasted the Central Intelligence
Organisation (CIO) for intimidating
prosecutors and accusing them of acting
as the defence team when their case
was collapsing.
The arms saga
also saw former MDC Chimanimani legislator Roy Bennett being
pursued by the
police in vain as he fled to South Africa.
The South African government
recently turned down his application for
asylum.
The government has
introduced the Suppression of Foreign and International
Terrorism to deal
with alleged terrorists, but opposition figures argue that
it is meant to
deal with government critics.
The Bill has since been presented in
Parliament and referred to the
Parliamentary Legal Committee (PLC) for legal
opinion on its
constitutionality.
New Zimbabwe
By Lebo Nkatazo
Last updated: 06/15/2006 04:14:59
ZIMBABWE'S
parliament has ditched the printers of the Hansard -- the
official record of
all parliamentary debates.
Jongwe Printers, a company owned by Zimbabwe's
governing Zanu PF party, has
failed to print the Hansard for several
months.
The publication, which traditionally used to come out every
morning when
parliament is sitting, was taking periods of up to six months
without being
printed.
High Gloss Printers are the new Hansard
printers.
Parliamentary sources said State Security Minister Didymus
Mutasa, who is
also Zanu PF's secretary for administration, had given
authority for the
dumping of Jongwe Printers.
The source said:
"Although it was clear to all since 2004 that Jongwe
Printers was
collapsing, no-one dared to dump it without first seeking
authority from
Zanu PF. If it wasn't Jongwe Printers, they would have been
replaced a long
time ago."
The problems at Jongwe Printers have also forced the Zanu PF
mouthpiece The
Voice to fold.
The Voice's Editor is currently
fighting his suspension and demotion in
court for allegedly converting money
from newspaper sales to his own use.
Two weeks ago, Jongwe Printers'
office equipment was auctioned through a
court order after it failed to
settle an unspecified debt.
New Zimbabwe
By Staff
Reporter
Last updated: 06/15/2006 04:14:44
ZIMBABWE and Zambia are
re-opening the Victoria Falls Bridge following joint
repairs costing US$1,7
million.
The bridge links the two countries and is a major tourist
gateway to the
Victoria Falls -- once voted one of the seven wonders of the
world.
The bridge, one of Zimbabwe's most famous landmarks, strides over
the
Zambezi River.
It was opened in 1905, and designed to last a
hundred years. But when work
started on it last year, officials said it
carried 170% more weight than it
was designed to carry 110 years ago,
despite its age.
A report by officials from the National Railways of
Zimbabwe (NRZ) alerted
officials to the danger posed by the bridge before it
was closed to allow
for emergency work. A load limit of 30 tons had also
been imposed.
A report by the NRZ in January last year said: "There are
excessive
vibrations being felt whenever a heavy truck transverses the
bridge."
The choice for engineers was either to reconstruct or reinforce
the bridge,
but they settled for reinforcement. Following the repairs, the
bridge can
now sustain loads of up to 56 tons for the next five
years.
During this period, more repairs will be done to enable the bridge
to
survive another century.
The Victoria Falls Bridge, which spans
the Zambezi gorge just below the
world's mightiest waterfall, carries a
railway line, a road and a footpath.
It is also a popular tourist venue
and the sight of one of the world's
highest bungee jumps.
Zimbabwean
and Zambian officials were expected at a ceremony marking the
re-opening of
the bridge Thursday.
By
Tichaona Sibanda
14 June 2006
A passenger war is looming
between Zimbabwean commuter omnibus
operators and Botswana rail authorities
after a train service running
between Francistown and Bulawayo was
introduced recently.
Our correspondent Themba Nkosi said operators
who have dominated the
route over the last two decades have all of a sudden
found themselves facing
a major competitor plying the same
route.
'To add salt to injury, the rail service is far less cheap
than
getting a combi to Francistown and back, so the operators are feeling
the
pinch and losing customers very fast,' Nkosi said.
Beside
being cheap, most commuters have become more nervous travelling
by road
because of the ever increasing rate of fatal road accidents
involving public
transport vehicles in the country. Over the last three
months, more than 50
people have been killed on the country's roads in
accidents mostly
attributed to defective vehicles.
The latest development is likely
to affect cross border traders as
Zimbabwe combi-operators are accusing the
Botswana rail authorities of
invading their territory. They say the rail
service should not go as far as
Plumtree.
Last year a taxi war
erupted at the Beitbridge border post after South
African commuter bus
operators reportedly accused Zimbabweans of 'stealing'
their customers by
picking up people inside South Africa. This led to
clashes between operators
from both Zimbabwe and South Africa over
passengers.
SW Radio Africa Zimbabwe
news
By Tererai Karimakwenda
14 June 2006
Three umbrella church groups in Zimbabwe have intensified their
efforts to
help solve the country's national crisis. The Evangelical
Fellowship of
Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishop's Conference and the
Zimbabwe Council
of Churches hosted a joint press conference on Wednesday at
which they
announced a forthcoming National Day of Prayer set for the 25th
June. They
also revealed some details about a meeting that church
representatives held
with Robert Mugabe on May 25th.
The chairman of the Theological
Commission of the Evangelical
Fellowship of Zimbabwe, Reverend Dr. Roy
Musasiwa told us the church felt a
need to take an active role in solving
the national crisis and to rise up to
its responsibility. He said it had
become necessary to begin a process
towards addressing the crisis from a
non-partisan point of view. Their
meeting with Robert Mugabe was a first
step in this process.
Reverend Dr. Roy Musasiwa was included in the
delegation that met with
Robert Mugabe while Bishop Trevor Manhanga,
president of the EFZ, headed the
delegation. Asked whether they were able to
speak to Mugabe freely without
fear about the key issues plaguing the
country the Reverend said there was
no fear at all. He said they addressed
issues like corruption, land
distribution and crime without holding back. As
for whether he was
encouraged by Mugabe's response, the Reverend said he was
encouraged by his
openness, his willingness to listen and his admission that
the crisis now
required everyone to resolve it. Reverend Musasiwa admitted
there would not
necessarily be changes due to this one meeting, but was glad
that the
process of finding a non-partisan approach had
started.
The full statement regarding the National day of Prayer
and a report
on the church groups' meeting with Robert Mugabe can be found
on our website
at www.swradioafrica.com
SW Radio Africa Zimbabwe news
June 14, 2006
By Tagu Mkwenyani
A United Nations committee has proposed to
downgrade Zimbabwe to the
status of a least developed country (LCDs) in a
move that my trigger a
fierce backlash from President Robert
Mugabe.
The move may come as a blow to a country that was, only a
few years
ago, a shinning example of a model African state.
It
may also anger Mugabe who has maintained that things are under
control in
the once breadbasket of Southern Africa.
The Inter Press Service
(IPS) said the recommendation came from
committee for development policy
(CDP) which comprises of 22 experts
appointed by the world
body.
The LCD category has 50 countries, 34 of these countries are
from
Africa. These countries are the poorest and their citizens face
grinding
poverty.
Kofi Annan, the UN secretary general said a
few years ago, people in
LDC faced the "ugly misery of poverty ignorance and
disease".
Aid agencies say this is slowly becoming a reality in
Zimbabwe. An
economic meltdown in Zimbabwe has left many people struggling
to get one
meal a day. Unemployment is above 80% and inflation has shot to 1
193%.
Many who cannot afford clinic fees are preferring to die at
home
without seeking medication.
June 14, 2006
By ANDnetwork
.com
Two clinics in the Stanmore area of Gwanda in Zimbabwe have
been
operating without telephones since last year when cables were
stolen.
The traditional leader for the area, Chief Madlenya Masuku
said
Stanmore clinic and Mzimuni Clinic have been without telephones since
last
December.
"Thieves stole the phone lines and solar panels that
powered the
phones", Chief Masuku said.
He said the lack of
telephones had negatively impacted on the health
delivery in the
area.
"Nurses are now having problems phoning for ambulances when they
experience complications with critically ill patients", he said.
Patients are now forced to fork out huge sums of money to hire private
cars
to get to Gwanda provincial hospital.
Chief Masuku said
TelOne-Zimbabwe's largest telecommunications
company- had indicated that the
components to repair the telephone system
were imported.
"Parts to
repair the telephones are imported and TelOne has said it
needs foreign
currency to purchase the material, which it said it does not
have", the
Chief said.
He said although the solar panels were placed on
secure places,
thieves got to them and consequently vandalised the whole
communication
system in the area.
The chief said people should be
taught the importance of telephones.
Chronicle
New Zimbabwe
By Staff
Reporter
Last updated: 06/14/2006 20:24:29
THREE leading Zimbabwean
political commentators have put a damper on the
planned mass protests by the
opposition against President Robert Mugabe's
government, insisting more
effort should be directed towards bringing Mugabe
to the negotiating
table.
Economist, John Robertson, political scientist, Jonathan Moyo and
analyst
Brian Raftopoulos warned Tuesday that mass action against the
Zimbabwe
government was bound to fail.
Their warnings came on the
same day the Archbishop of Bulawayo, Pius Ncube,
blasted opposition leader,
Morgan Tsvangirai saying he "is big talk but has
no
vision."
Archbishop Ncube added: "It is hopeless: There is no one to
inspire
confidence."
In a special radio interview on SW Radio Africa
on Tuesday, Raftopoulos,
Moyo and Robertson occupied common ground,
suggesting that the intervention
of United Nations secretary general Kofi
Annan now appeared the best hope
for a political breakthrough in
Zimbabwe.
Moyo said: "The mass action strategy is not a new one, it has
been tried
many times before and we know what the results have been. And
indeed we must
remember that is the strategy which the state prefers because
it believes it
has a tried and tested method of dealing with
it.
"Clearly, the government has been daring the opposition to take those
kinds
of steps and we know what the response would be -- a ruthless, vicious
response which will see the unleashing of the state machinery.
"I
however, doubt that the way forward requires mass action. I think
everybody
can see that we have reached the end of the road and what is going
on right
now are the politics of the end game. And it is a question of
forging new
alliances, working with new international actors and
understanding for
example what is it that Annan could and would want to
achieve in the
Zimbabwean question, and then play some role as the
opposition.
"There are possibilities. From what I understand, Annan
has said he would
like to come to Zimbabwe if the Zimbabwean government is
prepared to give
him something to take to the international community, a
deal, and in return
he would want to come to Zimbabwe with a package from
the international
community and I think various actors can contribute to
that product."
Annan confirmed recently that he plans to visit Zimbabwe,
but his officials
have not said what would be on the agenda when he meets
Mugabe.
However, diplomatic sources have briefed journalists that part of
the
bargaining could include demands for President Mugabe to step down to
allow
for a transitional government, leading to new elections.
Moyo
added: "The government is responding to the consequences of the
economic
collapse. We now for the first time in six or so years have a
possibility of
having Mugabe himself striking a deal to secure his own
legacy with key
actors in the international community through policy change,
and we can even
have a group within Zanu PF which is reform-minded securing
a deal with the
international community through change."
Robertson said: "I would very
much rather see the forces for change coming
from the top much as they did
in South Africa. Even in the Soviet Union, the
change did not come from mass
action but from the enlightened thinking of
the leaders who realised that
they really had to make dramatic changes to
avoid what might have become
mass action, and might have become much more
serious.
"We are really
looking for statesmanship at the top, and I believe that is
not going to
come until we do get some involvement from the international
community,
(including) the United Nations, but I think much more tellingly
if we can
get that support from Mr Mbeki (South African President)."
Raftopoulos,
recently an adviser to Tsvangirai, said Zanu PF needed a way
out of the
crisis with the same urgency as all the opposition forces ranged
against
it.
He said: "Zanu PF do have an opportunity now to take the situation
forward,
if they don't, I really fear for what kind of future opposition is
going to
emerge. I think the situation will deteriorate even more if this
opportunity
(United Nations option) is not taken and we are going into a
cycle of
increasing repression on the basis of increasing crises within the
economy
with possibly all kinds of new elements emerging. The ball is in
Zanu PF's
court and I think they have a real responsibility to ensure this
situation
doesn't deteriorate."
Tsvangirai has promised a "short,
sharp programme of winter discontent", but
the analysts said such action
would not succeed as the opposition neither
had the capacity nor
strategy.
Moyo, a former information minister who is now an independent
legislator for
Tsholotsho, said when mass action finally happens, if it
does, it would be
determined by economic factors rather than a set programme
of the
opposition.
He said: "The fact that we now have a new
situation related to the economic
collapse or meltdown of the economy means
that there may be some
consequences from that which the government has not
bargained for, including
the possibility of spontaneous mass action which
would be much more serious
than a calculated programme. It could lead to
chaos and anarchy."
Moyo said he believed Zanu PF was now " probably much
more divided than the
opposition, not only because of the succession
squabbles but also because of
the economic breakdown and the social
breakdown that is taking place in our
country."
He said: "I think
that is an opportunity which is yet to be explored or
exploited by the
opposition."
Robertson said President Mugabe's government was "completely
out of its
depth", and warned that further economic decline should be
expected until
"political solutions" were found.
He said: "The
government doesn't have the resources any longer to deal with
this crisis.
Unfortunately, it has constantly sought economic answers to
what are
basically political problems. We have seen a massive decline in
levels of
production, a total absence of investment into the country, a
massive flight
of skills from Zimbabwe and the country now has no credit
rating
internationally.
"Although we might have raised a bit of money to pay for
fuel by pledging
exports of certain minerals, we have come nowhere near
solving any of these
problems because the political hang-ups still keep the
people who could help
the country at arm's length, so I think the answer has
to lie in the
political arena not an economic one."
Zimbabwe's
inflation, already the highest in the world, hit a new record of
1,193.5%
for the year to May as the country faces its worst economic crisis
in
history.
London Free Press, Canada
Wed, June 14, 2006
By SUSAN KIRWIN, FREE
PRESS REPORTER
It seemed like everyone she passed had lesions and
many were gasping for
air.
"It's like being on the set of a horror
movie," said Stephanie Nolen of her
experience reporting about the HIV/AIDS
crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Nolen received a medal of distinction from
Huron University College at
University of Western Ontario
yesterday.
She addressed the International Development Studies class at
their
graduation ceremony, urging them to get engaged with the HIV/AIDS
pandemic.
"I'm flying back to Johannesburg tonight and when I land, very
probably, the
baggage handler, the customs official, the taxi driver, will
all have
visible signs of HIV/AIDS," said Nolen, African correspondent for
the Globe
and Mail.
Nolen said she also notices what's missing when
she visits areas in South
Africa and Zimbabwe, where up to 45 per cent of
the population has HIV or
AIDS.
"Everyone your age has died," Nolen
told the students. "The only thing
that's going to change that is when we
start to care, when we, the people
with the money and the control over
things like pharmaceuticals, trade laws
and foreign aid spending, when we
truly want it to be different."
Nolen's message to graduates was not to
come to Africa to help fight the
AIDS pandemic, but to stay socially active
at home in Canada.
"Unless you are an AIDS specialist, a primary care
doctor, know how to dig a
bore hole or can electrify a village, stay home,
because that's where you
can be the most use," said Nolen.
She said
while it's a great experience for volunteers, it's often not a
great
experience for the village that has to organize accommodations,
transportation and food.
"They pay a very high price for what you
bring them," said Nolen.
She encouraged the class to support
organizations like Doctors Without
Borders' and Oxfam's Make Poverty History
program.
"Those all have a direct impact on policy and have an enormous
impact on the
people I meet," said Nolen.
Nolen has also written
about the wars in Sudan, the political crisis in
Zimbabwe and the peace
process in Sierra Leone. Her third book on AIDS in
Africa, titled 28, will
be published in 15 countries.
Email: jag@mango.zw: justiceforagriculture@zol.co.zw
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Death
Notice - Wrex Tarr
I have just received a call from Lisa Tarr, who told
me the very sad news
that Darryl's dad, Wrex Tarr, passed away last night in
East London, South
Africa.
I'm sure EVERY Zimbabwean would remember
Wrex, who became somewhat of a
household name in the Seventies with his own
special brand of "Chilapalapa"
humour. He later became a very professional,
likeable and popular media
personality in the then Rhodesia.
I am sure
you will all want to join me in passing on very sincere
condolences to
Darryl, Lisa and the rest of the family. He certainly will be
remembered by
many of us for many years to come.
Once again, our very deepest and
sincere sympathies, to the family. Our
thoughts are with you.
May His
Soul Rest In Peace.
DubaiZimbos.
As a JAG member or JAG Associate member, please send any classified
adverts
for publication in this newsletter to:
JAG Classifieds: jag@mango.zw; justiceforagriculture@zol.co.zw
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1.
For Sale Items
2. Wanted Items
3. Accommodation
4. Recreation
5.
Specialist Services
6. Pets
Corner
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OFFERED FOR
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1.1
For Sale (Ad inserted 16/05/06)
HONDA XR 250 R, trail bike with lights
and indicators, 18000km only. In
near original mint condition.
Phone:
011610073 for
details.
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1.2
For Sale (Ad inserted 16/05/06)
For sale: baby cot, only used 1 month
$10m
Please contact 04 88 21 70 or sodahlon1@yahoo.com
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1.3
For Sale (Ad inserted 16/05/06)
RECENTLY IMPORTED NISSAN SUNNY EX
SALOON. YEAR 2000. FULL HOUSE. 1500 CC.
MAG WHEELS ETC. SILVER . VERY
ECONOMICAL.
CONTACT RICH - 091 237 534 or 086 - 22377
(PM)
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1.4
For Sale (Ad inserted 16/05/06)
Advent baby bottle and food warmer, like
new for sale at $6 000 000.00
Baby cot bed, in excellent condition, light
brown in colour $20 000 000.00
o.n.c.o.
For the above please contact
Bev on 091 244
666
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Oil For Sale (Ad inserted 16/05/06)
Mobil MX 15W40
Mobil HD
85W140
Mobil HD 80W90
Mobil Agricultural
Mobil Outboard
Plus
Container size 208 lts
Tel 091 261 075 or email jackal@spaceships.co.uk
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For Sale (Ad inserted 16/05/06)
2002 Nissan Hardbody D/C (Wolf) 3.0TD,
70000kms, White, Full house, Factory
(Nissan) fitted long range tank. One
owner, excellent condition.
POA
1993 Toyota Starlet 1300,
70000kms, Very good condition, A/C, power
steering, electric windows, central
locking.
POA
Please contact John Kelly on (W) 4-301752 or
011208651
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1.7
Fuel For Sale (Ad inserted 16/05/06)
HamCor Fuel
Fuel Procurement
& Sales
Guy Hammond & Kiara Cordy
Southern Belle
Office
Marineland Harbour
Kariba
Telephone: 091 275 714 or 091 269
330
Fax: 061 3134
PURCHASES OVER 300 LITRES PAYABLE IN HARARE. ANY
PURCHASE BELOW 300 LITRES
MUCH BE PAID IN CASH AT OUR OFFICES IN KARIBA. NO
EXCEPTIONS.
PLEASE ALWAYS ENSURE YOU EMAIL OR TELEPHONE US PRIOR TO PAYING TO
VERIFY
THAT YOU ARE USING THE CORRECT BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS
PAYMENT BY
ELECTONIC TRANSFER OR CASH DEPOSIT ONLY. WE CAN ARRANGE TO HAVE
AN AGENT
COLLECT CASH FROM YOU IN HARARE, OR ARRANGE A DROP OFF POINT
FUEL CAN BE
PAID FOR UP TO 72 HOURS MAXIMUM IN ADVANCE OF CHARTER. YOU
CANNOT PAY FOR
FUEL IN EXCESS OF 3 DAYS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE DATE.
WE OPERATE A SKELETAL
STAFF OVER THE WEEKEND. SHOULD YOU REQUIRE FUEL ON A
SATURDAY OR SUNDAY
PLEASE ADVISE US IN ADVANCE VIA TELEPHONE OR EMAIL:
kiara@zol.co.zw / guyhammond@zol.co.zw
REGRET -
ABSOLUTELY NO
CHEQUES
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1.8
For Sale (Ad inserted 23/05/06)
Toyota Land Cruiser VX 1989
Full
house, four-litre turbo motor only done 175,000kms.
Power steering, moon
roof, front and rear air con, one touch 4x4 drive,
central locking and
electric windows.
New suspension and in overall mint condition
Price
$Z 2.2 billion
Contact-- 011201310, 091314398,
884157,
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1.9
For Sale (Ad inserted 23/05/06)
Acer Aspire 3000-note book computer. New
and unused. $500M. Phone 011
416592
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1.10
For Sale (Ad inserted 23/05/06)
Brand new Gabriel Shock Absorbers for
Nissan
Hardbody (Heavy Duty). Both front (45869) and rear
(45872).
Offers!
tel Tich 011757489 or email pfumatk@webmail.co.za
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1.11
For Sale (Ad inserted 23/05/06)
Brand new 8 piece blue and white kitchen
chairs 50 million neg. contact me
on 091941171 or babsmandava@yahoo.com
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1.12
For Sale (Ad inserted 23/05/06)
Large Electric Motor; 125 HP; 3 Phase
Induction; 735 RPM; Type A.B.F.; new
and unused; Z$ 1,5 B or offers.
Currently in Gweru but can bring to Harare
for a serious potential purchaser
drmoore@ecoweb.co.zw
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1.13
Items for Sale (Ad inserted 30/05/06)
All goods are priced but are
negotiable! Stuff Must go!
Horse Tack For Sale
Bit Kimble Wick
with Curb Chain
Bit Snaffle Jointed
Bit Snaffle Rubber ( Poor Cond
)
Bit Snaffle Straight
Bit Yearling
Blankets Horse
Breast Plate
Leather
Breast Plate Leather Large
Breast Plate Red Webbing
Bridle
Black C/W Caverson Nose Band, Snaffle Bit and L/Reins (Horse)
Good
cond
Bridle Leather Black C/W Caverson Nose Band, Snaffle Bit and
L/Reins (Pony)
Good cond
Bridle Leather Black C/W Drop Nose BAND; snaffle
Bit and L/Reins (Horse)
Good Cond
Bridle Leather C/W Jointed Pelam and
white webbing reins (Av Cond)
Bridle Leather Showing (Pony) Black with
Caverson Nose BAND
Bridle Leather showing (Pony) Brown/ Tan with Caverson
Nose BAND
Bridle Leather C/W snaffle bit, drop noseband and reins
Fly
Fringe Black
Girth Protectors
Halter Leather
Halter Webbing
Black
Halter webbing Blue
Halter webbing blue/ Black Checked
Halter
webbing Brown
Halter ebbing red
Hats Polo Cross White
Hats
Riding
Leg Protectors and tail guard Travelling set Blue
Nose Band
Caverson Leather
Nose Band Drop Leather
Numna Black, Numna Brown, Numna
Green
Numna Light Blue, Numna Red, Numna White
Rein Lead Yellow/
black
Rein Lunging Blue
Saddle Bag Green
Saddle Bag Royal
Blue
Saddle Glen's 2 colours
Saddle Johnson's Brown
Saddle Sagorn
Brother
Saddle Sheepskin
Saddle Tan
Stirrup Irons
Travelling Guards
Long Green Sets
Contact Jenna on 091 357 066 / 490007/ 011 408
213
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For Sale (Ad inserted 30/05/06)
SEED DESIGNS (based in
Chiredzi)
Beautiful hand embroidered items for sale:
-
Bedspreads/duvet covers $21,500,000
Wall
hangings and throws $16,900,000
Oven
gloves $ 2,400,000
Shoulder
bags $
3,900,000
Wallets $
1,800,000
Large canvas bags $
6,500,000
Webbing bags $
6,500,000
Med size embroidered cushion covers $
3,300,000
Small-embroidered cushion covers $ 2,600,000
Set 6
table mats & serviettes $ 8,800,000
And much more!!!
We will be having a show day at Serendipity's (Golden
Stairs Rd) on 3rd June
2006 from 10 am to 3 p.m. where you can view our
stuff. For further
information, please phone Michelle Ross (Harare rep) on
091 202 138 or
alternatively
883606.
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Items for Sale (Ad inserted 30/05/06)
TWIN TUB WASHING MACHINE
BLUE
CARPET
MICROWAVE
PHILLIPS BLENDER
CONTACT - 091424 652
EMAIL scarlett_taps@yahoo.com
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For Sale (Ad inserted 30/05/06)
CAT 922 FRONT END LOADER: -
Good
strong front loader machine in working condition
Powered by CAT 4 cylinder
engine and transmission
Rear turning wheels (i.e.not articulated)
Fitted
with 1 cubic metre bucket
Useful for loading all loose materials (e.g.sand,
gravel, mining materials,
etc., etc.)
PRICE - Z$ 2.5 billion
o.n.c.o.
AVELING BARFORD TG012 MOTORISED GRADER:-
Self propelled
road construction grader (working condition)
Powered by Leyland MT1800 engine
and automatic gear box (hi / lo range)
Fitted with various hydraulic and
compressed air lifting devices (e.g.blade,
scarifiers, wheel
leaners,etc.)
Ideal for constructing, forming, maintaining all
roads/shoulders/etc.
PRICE - Z$ 2.5 billion o.n.c.o.
TRACTOR DRAWN 3
tonne 2 WHEEL FLATBED TRAILER: -
Utility Trailer in good working
condition
PRICE - Z$ 250 million o.n.c.o.
TOWED 12t PNEUMATIC ROLLER
(8 tyres) :-
Very useful for all types of road pavement &
hardstanding compaction, etc.
(eagerly sought after by road contractors).
Ideal for farm and gravel road
maintenance. Is normally towed behind a
standard 90hp tractor (or larger).
Good working condition.
PRICE - Z$ 600
million o.n.c.o.
SELECTION OF VARIOUS PLUMBING FITTINGS AND PIPES :-
details, list and prices
available on request.
Please contact Paul
Brown on Hre 755 401/2, 091-754 302, instamac@mweb.co.zw
for further
details.
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1.17
Pet Mince for Sale (Ad inserted 06/06/06)
Pet Mince for sale 500g for $60
000
Cat Heart Mince for sale 250g for $60 000
Delivered on Friday's.
Please order by email.
Phone 011211088 or email claassen@zol.co.zw
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For Sale (Ad inserted 06/06/06)
STEEL SAFE:
Very strong and secure
steel safe with large cupboard space and two drawers.
Size 62 cms square and
72 cms high. Can be used as is, or built in - very
heavy.
Contact 04
745463 or 011211924 for further details.
SIRATRO SEED:
Substantial
quantity of very good Siratro legume seed.
Contact 04 745463 or 011211924
for further
details.
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1.19
For Sale (Ad inserted 06/06/06)
Philips Telefax for sale price 80 million
contact me on 091941171 or email
babsmandva@yahoo.com
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1.20
Property For Sale (Ad inserted
06/06/06)
ZW$15,000,000,000.00
Situated on 15 acres just outside
Harare, but classified as Urban.
Consists of 1 x 3 bed roomed house, 1 x 2
bed roomed cottage, 2 x ensuite
guest rooms, pool and entertainment area,
workshop and offices. Boreholes x
2, water storage tanks, domestic quarters
and storage rooms, walled,
electric fenced and electric gated.
Only
serious buyers with ready cash need respond.
Contact Ashleigh- Tel: 091
890722 or ambient@africaonline.co.zw
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1.21
Items for Sale (Ad inserted 06/06/06)
Kelvinator Four plate stove/eye level
grill - old.
Imperial fridge/freezer.
Sharp microwave oven.
Telefunken
video recorder
DSTV decoder and card
Bosh cake
mixer/liquidiser/mincer.
Waffle maker.
Snackwich maker.
4 piece
upholstered lounge suite
2 large hot trays.
2 half moon tables.
1 Defy
Auto Maid washing machine
1 Defy tumble dryer.
1 garden table & 4
chairs (with cushions)
Carpets (2) 9 x 12 with under lays
1 Muhkwa
Kist
1 Bookcase
2 chests of drawers
3 table lamps
Please phone
Cherry: 251150 - 2 (Business) or 304095
(home).
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1.22
For Sale (Ad inserted 13/06/06)
"THE WEAVERY."
Phone your orders
to--Anne--011212424 or 332851.
Email joannew@zol.co.zw
Fax--332851.
SUPER
GIFT IDEAS FOR LOCAL OR OVERSEAS FRIENDS AND FAMILY. LIGHT,EASY TO
WASH AND
SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WINTER IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!
Prices.
Small
woven bags--$750,000 each.
Large crocheted bags.--$1,800,000 each.
Large
woven bags.--$1,500,000 each.
Table Runners.--$1,150,000.
Set of 4
Fringed Table mats + serviettes--$3,400,000.
Fringed mats
only(4)---$2,300,000.
Set of 6 Fringed mats+
serviettes--$5,200,000
Set of 4 Bordered table mats+
serviettes---$4,000,000.
Set of 4 Bordered table mats
only---$3,000,000
Set of 6 Bordered mats + serviettes--$6,000,000.
Set of
8 Bordered mats + serviettes---$8,000,000.
2m Throws--$3,800,000.
1m
Throw(Baby blanket)--$1,500,000 NEW.
Tea cosy(L)--$800,000.
Tea
cosy(m)--$600,000
Tea cosy(s)--$400,000.
Crocheted oven
gloves(pair)--$1,500,000.
Cotton(lined)oven
gloves(pair)--$900,000.
Aprons--$1,700,000.
Decorated cushion
covers--$1,300,000.
Plain cushion
covers---$1,100,000.
Scarves(knitted)--$1,600,000. each.
Hand Woven
Scarves--$2,000,000 each
Hats(Beanies)--$650,000 each.
Large plain
cotton rug--$3,500,000.
Med. plain cotton rug---$2,200,000.
Small plain
cotton rug.---$1,400,000.
Cotton Rag Rug--$1,400,000.
Med. plain mohair
rug--$2,700,000.
Med.patterned mohair rug.--$3,300,000.
X Large plain
mohair rug.--$10,500,000.
Bedspreads-- QS/DB/3/4
and
Single--$6,500,000,/$5,700,000/$5,200,000/$3,500,000.
Duvet
Cushions(opens into
a
duvet)--$11,000,000(Single).$13,00,000(Double).$15,000,000(Queen).NEW.
Toilet
sets--$2,500,000. NEW.
Bath mats---$1,100,000 NEW.
Wholesale prices
available for orders(over 6 of an article) or
large
purchases.
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1.23
Items for Sale (Ad inserted 13/06/06)
Jungle gym with slide ladder,
aeroplane, boat-swing. $50000000.00.
Pool slide (large fibreglass)
$50000000.00.
Mazda 626 South African assembled 1992 model
Sport boat with
40 hp mariner engine phone Cheryl 308227.
011208619,
011201990
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1.24
For Sale (Ad inserted 13/06/06)
Falcon with a 115 Yamaha motor for sale.
Z$ 1.7 Billion neg contact details
are 04-572136 8am - 6pm Mon -
Fri.
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1.25
For Sale (Ad inserted 13/06/06)
1 x complete water pump with pulley and
base for any 10 Series Ford tractor.
As good as brand new.
1 x water
pump with pulley no base plus new gasket for any 10 Series Ford
tractor. As
good as new.
For further details contact 04 - 745463 or
011211924.
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1.26
For Sale (Ad inserted 13/06/06)
50 kg bags coarse salt @ Z$ 3 million
each collected Ruwa, or Z$ 3.25
million delivered Harare. Limited quantity,
available after June 23rd.
Apply mnmilbank@zol.co
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1.27
Items For Sale (Ad inserted 13/06/06)
1) Branding irons - Numbers 0
through 9; 3 of each, still good condition.
2) Motorolla, Kenwood and Tait
radios; 5 base and 1 hand held.
3) Robust steel trailer suitable for off road
work.
Please phone Wally Herbst, 011 212 264 or 09 244388
E mail Mziki
@mweb.co.zw.
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1.28
For Sale (Ad inserted 13/06/06)
8-chair oak dining room suite with
extendable table, tea trolley and
dresser. Very good condition
Brand new
modern fold up camp cot Pine cot (used but very good
condition)
Pushchair/pram - 2 position - changeable handles - (used twice
only and in
very good condition)
Offers on all above items - please phone
091 310012 or 339509 (afternoons
and evenings
only)
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2
WANTED
ITEMS
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2.1
Wanted (Ad inserted 16/05/06)
Mazda Rustler, or Ford Bantam to swap (with
cash adjustment) with Mazda 323
Hatchback, Zim assembled, 1998 model, in good
condition, or purchase
outright. Please phone Duncan on 309971, or 011 405
387.
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2.2
Wanted (Ad inserted 16/05/06)
Is there anyone out there with any
agricultural handbooks that they no
longer use or want? I require handbooks
on any agricultural topic. Please
contact Ian Ross on + 263 (0) 11 628 501 or
e-mail me on rossi@hms.co.zw
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2.3
Wanted (Ad inserted 16/05/06)
Glass bottles (150ml to 350ml) with
lids.
Call 091 338 573 or e mail gbeam@zol.co.zw
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2.4
Wanted (Ad inserted 23/05/06)
Looking for an office safe.
Please
contact Terrie 309800/309385/011 603
970
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2.5
Wanted (Ad inserted 23/05/06)
Wanted: 28" bicycle in reasonable
condition. Please phone John Robertson on
Harare
740205
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2.6
Wanted (Ad inserted 30/05/06)
Prem baby clothes, mainly baby growers,
vests, booties and waterproofs. My
baby boy "Zane" is a wee 1.8kg and very
difficult to clothe as he mainly
drowns in his clothes. If there is someone
out there please let us know
where I can get such clothing? Cash offered.
Please phone Philip on 091
235579 or 336962 (office) or email dichwe@mweb.co.zw or Delia on 091
201686
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2.7
Wanted (Ad inserted 30/05/06)
1. Packing machine
wanted. Must be able to pack about 0.1
kilos to 5 kilos of granular or powder
product
2. Packing machine to pack small quantities of
liquid 5mls
to 100mls
3. Packing machine to pack powder
and granule products
from 1mls to 1 kilo
Please contact - E mail mcimbi@zol.co.zw
Fax/ Phone 04
851095
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2.8
Wanted (Ad inserted 30/05/06)
We are looking for an experienced cook with
references. Please call us
on
884163.
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2.9
Wanted (Ad inserted 06/06/06)
Looking for wooden filing cabinets,
preferably lockable and hanging file
inserts
Also a magnet for a
Trojan treadmill I have misplaced mine 'safely' whilst
moving and just cannot
find it at all now - or else a heavy found magnet I
could try - the machine
will not operate without this.
Briarley@zol.co.zw
Or sms 091 201
894
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2.10
Wanted (Ad inserted 06/06/06)
Large, modern camping cot wanted in good
condition. Phone 882142 or email
maduma@zol.co.zw
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2.11
Wanted (Ad inserted 06/06/06)
Blue glass bottles ie wine bottles,
desperately needed for medicinal
purposes.
Please contact Geoff Long
011 601 316 or Irene Hammond
781452
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2.12
Wanted (Ad inserted 06/06/06)
Space in container (1 -3 M³) to Australia
for personal effects. Destination
Sydney, Newcastle or Brisbane. Around
August 2006!
Phone: Clemens
cell: 011 621 572, LL: 04
494366
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2.13
Wanted (Ad inserted 13/06/06)
Looking for a good second-hand monosem
planter, either 4 or 6 row please
phone 883323 Harare or cell
091202924
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2.14
Wanted (Ad inserted 13/06/06)
Desperately looking for a fridge/freezer (2
door) or a small bar fridge.
Wanted immediately.
Caroline 091 250932
or caroline@tulimara.co.zw
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3
Accommodation Wanted and
Offered
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3.1
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 16/05/06)
Urgently looking for property
to rent in Borrowdale, Glen Lorne or
Ballantyne Park area.
Please
contact 091 389
218
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3.2
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 23/05/06)
WANTED - House to Rent in
Chinhoyi. Carefull tenants for three/four
bedroomed house - must be secure.
Mature couple would look after your house
like their own. Please telephone
Louise on 011 210 174 or 335233
a/h.
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3.3
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 06/06/06)
RELIABLE EX-FARMER SEEKING
ACCOMMODATION on caretaking basis or reasonable
rent. Single man, non-smoker
and reliable. Wanted from September 2006,
short or long-term.
Contact Rob
Walmisley Tel: 011 731 922 (cell) or 748939 (work) or e-mail
soaz@mweb.co.zw.
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3.4
Accommodation Offered (Ad inserted 06/06/06)
Looking for a tenant from
1st July to end of January
Town House, No. 44 Bridgeways, Lincoln Road,
Avondale. Three Bedrooms,
fully furnished.
Please contact Valda Rous on
307051 or 091 337
682
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3.5
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 06/06/06)
"House proud lady desperately
seeks 3 bed-roomed house or flat for end of
June 2006. Please
help!
Telephone Mrs. Ashley 743121/5 ext 228 bus hrs, 743282 (after 5
pm), e-mail
dashley@skf.co.zw"
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3.6
Accommodation Offered (Ad inserted 13/06/06)
Small cottage-type house
available to rent immediately in
Chisipite/Greendale north: three bedrooms,
bathroom, shower and two toilets.
Good outdoor living areas set amid pleasant
well-treed garden. Would suit
young or retired couple. Rent
negotiable.
Contact Gail on
091-351363
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3.7
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 13/06/06)
Please will you help by
sending this to as many of your family and friends
or by putting the word
out? We have sadly been given notice to vacate the
cottage we rent in
Kambanji. We are looking for either a house or cottage or
town house, which
has affordable rent, preferably on the Borrowdale/Mt
Pleasant side of town.
We are also possibly looking to look after a house
for the owners who are out
of the country, or similar. For Kay and her 17
year old son. Kay works for
MARS and has vast medical experience, which may
be beneficial to the owners
especially if they are elderly or
have young children. Dion is currently
doing his O levels at St Georges.
Please we urgently need help and would be
most grateful for any contacts.
Contact Kay Kondonis
091219476
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4
RECREATION
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4.1
Savuli Safari (Ad inserted 23/05/06)
Self-catering chalets in the heart
of the Save Valley Conservancy. Game
watching, fishing, horse riding,
canoeing, walking trails and 4x4 hire. Camp
fully kitted including cook and
fridges, just bring your food, drinks and
relax. $2 600,000 pppn, 1/2
U/12
Contact John: savuli@mweb.co.zw
or Phone 091 631
556
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4.2
Houseboat for Hire (Ad inserted 30/05/06)
MTEPATEPA houseboat for hire -
very reasonable rates. Sleeps 12, 2-3 crew,
pontoon tender boat.
Phone
Kate 091 356 981 or 067-23112 or email swany@comone.co.zw
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4.3
Mana Pools (Ad inserted 06/06/06)
4-person lodge (Mubvee/Hipp0) available
between now 6th - 16th June. To
avoid a total waste of booking, take any
time you can between these dates.
Please contact
asap
Trudy
Tel: 304492
Cell: 091 247 141
email: trudy@zol.co.zw
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4.4
(Ad inserted 13/06/06)
NATUREWAYS SAFARIS
JUNE HALF TERM CAMP ZAMBEZI
SPECIAL
22 - 26 June 2006
US$80pp pn (equivalent)
Including : All
meals, All Locally-bottled Drinks, All Activities (walking,
canoeing,
walking),
Fully Serviced Camp, Professional Walking & Canoeing
Guides
Excluding: National Parks Fees and Transfers into Mana
Pools
Contact Julie : julie@natureways.com or
333414/339001
See more details on our Camp at www.natureways.com
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4.5
(Ad inserted 13/06/06)
Wild Heritage, Kariba - Muuyu Lodge
Lodge
in Wild Heritage Complex, 3 double bedrooms, overlooking the
Chirara
Floodplains with wonderful view of passing game from the front deck,
2
bathrooms, fully furnished, plenty of freezer space, serviced by a
maid
capable of basic cooking. Own splash pool on the front deck. Good
birding,
even from the deck. Access to boat launching facilities. Good get
away.
$10,000,000 per night
Contact Wendy: WendyMcD@mcdiarmid.co.zw or phone 091
261
253
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5
SPECIALIST
SERVICES
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5.1
(Ad inserted 23/05/06)
OXFORD I.T.
A leading Professional
Recruitment Firm, with over 2500 candidates on its
database. We are a
specialist Recruitment Organisation that offer clients
resources in any
sector. We also offer hardware and software support and
maintenance.
Positions available in permanent, contract and temporary
basis.
We are
looking for candidates in every field so please send us your cv today
or call
Sarah to secure top calibre positions/candidates. Don't Hesitate
-
IniTiate!
Miss Sarah Vale
Oxford IT Recruitment
CFU
Agricultural House
Corner Adylinn Road and Marlborough Drive
Marlborough,
Harare
Tel: 309855-60 (ext. 23)
Fax: 309351
Thank
you for choosing Oxford IT.
E & OE.
Directions from:
Harare
Drive - Travel towards Marlborough Shopping Centre. Pass the
shopping centre
on your right. Adylinn Road is the next main turnoff on the
left. Drive
towards the end of Adylinn Road, where it becomes a T Junction
and the CFU
Building is on your
Right.
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5.2
(Ad inserted 23/05/06)
PC Doctor
Call PC Doctor for computer help.
Installs, Skype and configurations, virus
recovery, maintenance.
011217843."
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5.3
(Ad inserted 06/06/06)
Radium Africa
Montana Boom Sprayers 10m
600l 85litre pump in stock
Harrow discs 24", 26" 28" plain and cutaway in
stock
Silage Machines - manual feed and tractor drawn units in
stock
Generators 15KVA and 60KVA on the water.
Phone : 870264 or
011600389
Email : radiumzw@aficaonline.co.zw
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5.4
FOOTBALL WORLD CUP (Ad inserted 13/06/06)
QUALITY COLOUR TV'S FOR HIRE
PHONE HIRE ELECTRIC ON
741913
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6
PETS
CORNER
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6.1
Poodle Pups for Sale (Ad inserted 16/05/06)
5 PURE BREED MALTESE POODLE
PUPS FOR SALE
6 Weeks old already had their first set of shots, adorable,
looking for very
good homes.
Please contact Gisela on 496561 or 091
322
117
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6.2
Wanted (Ad inserted 23/05/06)
Looking for three female Pedigree German
Shepherd puppies and two Pedigree
female Blue Healer puppies. Must have
papers. Please phone 011 600
770
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6.3
Wanted (Ad inserted 23/05/06)
LOVING HOME WANTED FOR A PEDIGREE JACK
RUSSEL BITCH - 6 YEARS OLD. OWNERS
HAVE RELOCATED TO AUSTRALIA.
PHONE
04 - 882745 /
091333283.
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6.4
Seeking Home (Ad inserted 23/05/06)
A final urgent plea for a home for
our white English Bull Terrier male,
approx 5 years. Left at Kennels by ex
farmer 3 months ago and if a suitable
home is not found, will be put to
sleep. English Bull Terrier Lovers, if you
or someone you know can give him
that home please contact me, he is a real
character and doesn't deserve this.
Will make a super pet. Tel Michelle on
884294 or 011602903 or e-mail gandami@mweb.co.zw
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6.5
Seeking Home (Ad inserted 23/05/06)
Staffordshire Bull Terrier Lovers. 2
adorable males looking for kind and
loving homes. 1] 'Rizzla' red, talks like
most staffies do, longing for
attention and 'Choco' a very unusual chocolate
and white staffy, just wants
to be loved. Tel Michelle on 884294 or 011602903
or e-mail
gandami@mweb.co.zw
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6.6
Wanted (Ad inserted 06/06/06)
FOX TERRIER PREFERABLY OR JACK RUSSELL PUP
WANTED (Not necessarily pedigree,
even cross) or would consider young dog as
companion to our Labrador bitch.
Must
tolerate cats. Phone 882142 or email
maduma@zol.co.zw
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