Zim Online
Wednesday 20 June 2007
By Sebastian Nyamhangambiri in
Berlin
BERLIN - African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) parliamentarians and
their
European Union (EU) counterparts would still discuss Zimbabwe's
rapidly
deteriorating crisis despite the southern African country saying it
had
pulled out of the dialogue, a senior EU official said on
Tuesday.
There was confusion whether the joint ACP-EU parliamentary
session in
Germany next week would discuss Zimbabwe after Harare withdrew
from the
session, angry over Berlin's refusal to grant visas to two
legislators from
President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU PF party who were to
form part of the
Zimbabwe delegation.
The ZANU PF officials were
refused visas because they are banned from the EU
under smart sanctions the
bloc imposed on Mugabe and his officials.
An EU press officer Richard
Freedman said the June 23 to 28 session in
Wiesbaden, about 600 km west of
Berlin, would debate the human rights,
political and economic situation in
Zimbabwe even if the country was not
officially represented.
"Indeed
there will be a debate on the situation in the Zimbabwe," said
Freedman,
adding that he expected the session to adopt a resolution on
"human rights
and the economic and political situation in Zimbabwe."
Two legislators
from Zimbabwe's main opposition Movement for Democratic
Change (MDC) party
will attend the ACP-EU session but it was unclear what
status they would
have after the clerk of Zimbabwe's Parliament announced
the House would no
longer be sending an official delegation to the Wiesbaden
summit.
State media in Zimbabwe, which normally reflects the
government's position,
reported that Zimbabwe could not be an item of
discussion it if was not
officially represented at the ACP-EU
meeting.
Relations between Zimbabwe and the EU have been strained since
2000 when
Mugabe launched a controversial programme to seize white-owned
farms for
redistribution to blacks and embarked on a clampdown on the
opposition,
rights groups and the free press.
The EU and the United
States imposed a travel ban on Mugabe, his wife Grace
and top officials
after the Zimbabwean leader won elections in 2002 that
international
observers said were rigged and marred by intimidation.
Meanwhile,
Portugal's Foreign Minister Luis Amado said on Monday Mugabe
would not be
welcome at an EU-African Union (AU) summit to be held in
November in
Lisbon.
"Personally I have no interest in Mugabe coming to Lisbon," Amado
said,
adding that the veteran leader's presence would be a "factor of
disturbance".
It had appeared Mugabe, accused of ruining Zimbabwe's
once brilliant economy
through repression and wrong policies, would be able
to attend the EU-AU
summit after EU president, Germany, reportedly agreed
that strained
relations between Brussels and Harare should not hinder the
meeting.
South African President Thabo Mbeki, who met German Chancellor
Angela Merkel
on the sidelines of the recently held G8 summit, said she had
agreed that
relations between Europe and Africa could not solely depend on
events in one
country - a clear reference to Mugabe's Zimbabwe.
The
EU-Africa summit has been postponed several times because of objections
by
some European leaders to the attendance of Mugabe who they accuse of
tyranny
and gross human rights violations. - ZimOnline
Zim Online
Wednesday 20 June 2007
Nqobizitha
Khumalo
BULAWAYO -- A Zimbabwe women's group will challenge the
constitutionality of
a government law barring citizens from holding
political meetings without
police permission after a magistrate's court
conceded it was vague and
susceptible to wide interpretation.
The
Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) asked the magistrate's court to refer
case in
which its leaders, Jenni Williams and Mgodonga Mahlangu, are accused
of
breaching sections of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act to
the
Supreme Court, the highest court in the land that hears constitutional
matters.
Williams and Mahlangu, according to court records, were part
of a group of
WOZA activists who demonstrated outside the Bulawayo central
police station
this month and demanded release of their colleagues who had
been arrested.
The state charged the WOZA women with holding an illegal
demonstration
because they had not first obtained permission from the police
to protest as
required under the criminal law Act.
Bulawayo lawyer,
Kossam Ncube, representing the WOZA women, told the
magistrate's court that
the charges laid against Williams and Mahlangu were
in violation of their
rights to freedom of expression and assembly contained
in the Declaration of
Rights in the Zimbabwe Constitution.
He said the section of the criminal
Act under which they were being charged
was: "open to abuse and potentially
prohibits all forms of public gatherings
or processions, in the
circumstances, it thus violates the right to freedom
of assembly and
association, right to freedom of expression and right to
freedom of
movement."
Magistrate, Rose Sibanda conceded to the defence and referred
the matter to
the Supreme Court for a determination on the constitutionality
of the
contested sections of the Act. ZimOnline.
Zim Online
Wednesday 20 June 2007
By Regerai Marwezu
MASVINGO
- The Zimbabwean government is re-engaging all teachers who were
dismissed
from the civil service as it seeks to plug huge gaps created by
massive
resignations by disgruntled teachers over the past few years.
Teachers
who were dismissed for various crimes such as rape and fraud have
been
advised to reapply amid reports that at least 10 000 teaching posts
which
were advertised since January had not been taken up.
In a circular to
regional directors for education, Education Minister Aeneas
Chigwedere said
all teachers who were dismissed for various reasons were now
free to rejoin
the profession.
"Please be advised that due to the current shortage of
experienced teachers
you are now free to re-engage all teaching staff who
had been dismissed from
the civil service for whichever reason.
"Only
those who were dismissed due to ill-health and mental instability
cannot be
rehired. Please ensure that all school heads are informed about
this and the
recruitment exercise should start as soon as possible," said
Chigwedere in
the circular.
The latest about-turn by President Robert Mugabe's
cash-strapped government
comes amid reports that thousands of teachers had
quit the profession over
the past three years in protest over poor pay and
working conditions.
Chigwedere confirmed that his ministry was
desperately seeking to fill the
vacant teaching posts.
"It is true
that we need about 10 000 teachers to fill the gap left by those
who retired
and others who left the profession.
"We have since advised all our
regional directors to hunt for those teachers
who were dismissed for various
reasons except for those with mental
problems," said
Chigwedere.
Deputy Education Minister Titus Maluleke said although some
teachers had
resigned, the media was exaggerating the numbers.
"We
know we have a shortage of experienced staff but sometimes the media
exaggerates the numbers," said Maluleke.
Teachers are among the
lowest paid civil servants in Zimbabwe with an
average teacher earning just
about Z$1.8 million a month after last month's
salary increment.
But
despite the salary increment, teachers continue to resign en masse
arguing
that they can no longer make ends meet in Zimbabwe's
hyper-inflationary
environment.
Zimbabwe is in the grip of a severe economic crisis which
has seen inflation
shoot to more 4 500 percent, the highest in the world.
The economic
recession has virtually pauperised all workers with most
workers saying they
can hardly make ends meet.
The main opposition
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party and major
western governments
blame the economic crisis on mismanagement by Mugabe in
power over the past
27 years. - ZimOnline
VOA
By Patience Rusere
Washington
19 June
2007
Officials of Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party and the
opposition Movement for
Democratic Change concluded a first round of
face-to-face talks in Pretoria,
South Africa, on Monday, as a senior US
official voiced skepticism about the
process.
Sources close to the
talks told VOA that a second round of talks is likely
to open in July based
on an agenda that was hammered out Monday.
The MDC seeks electoral reform
and a revision of the Zimbabwean
constitution. The ruling party among other
demands wants Western sanctions
against President Robert Mugabe and his
inner circle to be lifted, and the
cessation of news broadcasts into the
country by VOA's Studio 7 and
London-based Shortwave Radio
Africa.
South African President Thabo Mbeki, mediating the crisis on
behalf of the
Southern African Development Community, is present a progress
report to his
regional peers at the end of this month and in July will brief
an African
Union summit in Ghana.
But even as the first round of
talks concluded, U.S. Assistant Secretary of
State for African Affairs
Jendayi Frazer, also in Pretoria, said she was
disappointed SADC was
pressing ahead with a negotiation process that has
failed in the
past.
Frazer said regional leaders should have sent a clear message to
Mugabe at
their summit in March instead of backing him in a communique that
asserted
Zimbabwean elections had been free and fair and urged that Western
sanctions
be lifted.
She said Zimbabwe's crisis was hurting economic
growth across the region.
Researcher Chris Maroleng of the Institute for
Security Studies in Pretoria,
South Africa, told reporter Blessing Zulu of
VOA's Studio 7 for Zimbabwe
that some of ZANU-PF's demands evinced a lack of
seriousness on Harare's
part.
Zimbabwean civic groups, voiced
disquiet at what they described as their
exclusion from the talks, demanding
a place at the table. A position paper
was presented to the South African
ambassador in Harare recently with a copy
sent to SADC officials.
But
Save Zimbabwe Campaign spokesman Raymond Motsi told reporter Patience
Rusere
that it is possible, subject to further discussion, that Zimbabwe
civil
society will have to let the two MDC factions go it alone in the
crisis
talks.
The Telegraph
By Byron Dziva in Harare
Last Updated: 2:28am BST
19/06/2007
A former soldier accused of plotting a coup
against Robert Mugabe said
yesterday that the Zimbabwean president's real
enemies were inside his own
party.
Government officials claimed
last week that Zimbabwe had narrowly
avoided a coup, but Albert Matapo, who
is accused of leading the alleged
conspiracy to overthrow the president,
said that he was a "victim of
internal Zanu-PF politics".
He
claimed that the allegations against him and five others, who
appeared in
court in the capital, Harare, last week accused of planning to
oust Mr
Mugabe, were designed to mask those divisions.
One of the
accused is a serving soldier - but only holds the rank of
private - and two
are former soldiers, including Mr Matapo. The remaining
three are
civilians.
A government official, who asked to remain anonymous,
said that the
evidence against them was so weak that only political pressure
from the
regime had led to charges of treason being brought.
Speaking through his lawyer, Mr Matapo, 40, said that he was a victim
of
"dirty political tricks being engineered by politicians yet to be
identified".
The ruling Zanu-PF party is divided into two main
factions, one led by
Solomon Mujuru, a former army commander, and the other
dominated by Emmerson
Mnangagwa, a cabinet minister for the past 27
years.
Mr Matapo, who sought to be a Zanu-PF candidate in
parliamentary
elections two years ago, is accused of plotting to install Mr
Mnangagwa as
president. But Mr Matapo, who is being held at a military
prison near Harare
airport, said that he had "never met Mnangagwa, never
spoken to him, and had
only seen him on television".
The
accused "heard Mnangagwa's name for the first time at the court
when the
police were giving evidence in camera where they mentioned he was
to be
installed as a leader in the event of a coup".
Mr Matapo was
"shocked by the police's evidence" and "baffled". He
believes that the case
against him has been trumped up to disguise the
extent of the infighting
within Zanu-PF.
Jonathan Samkange, the lawyer who is defending Mr
Matapo, said that
his client was arrested at his office in central Harare
along with three
other men. They were in the process of forming a new
opposition party,
styling itself the United Democratic Front.
Police seized documents during the raid, but Mr Samkange said that
none of
this evidence suggested a coup was being planned.
Zimbabwe's
spiralling economic crisis has weakened Mr Mugabe's grip on
power. His
allies might have faked the alleged coup plot in order to bolster
his
position by rallying his supporters inside Zanu-PF and discrediting Mr
Mnangagwa.
Alternatively, senior police officers might be
trying to curry favour
with the regime by uncovering - or setting up - the
supposed plot.
Meanwhile, formal talks between Zanu-PF and the
opposition Movement
for Democratic Change have begun in Pretoria, the South
African capital.
Delegations from both sides are meeting under the aegis of
President Thabo
Mbeki, who has promised a new effort to solve Zimbabwe's
economic and
political crisis.
The MDC, which is bitterly
divided, is seeking assurances that
presidential and parliamentary elections
due in March will be free and fair
and conducted under international
supervision. All previous talks between
the two sides have ended in
failure.
Business Report
June 19, 2007
By Donwald Pressly
Cape Town - Donor
countries, including former colonial power the UK, have
drawn up a list of
Zimbabwe's needs, including about $3 billion (R21.4
billion) over five years
to stabilise the country's economy and cope with
what is described in a
secret report as "the day when" President Robert
Mugabe leaves
office.
A key point the International Monetary Fund (IMF) makes to the
donor
community - dubbed the Fishmongers Group - is that "a big bang
approach" to
liberalising the exchange rate will send the Zimbabwean dollar
"into a
free-fall for some time".
Liberalisation would have to be
managed carefully.
Foreign assistance of $650 million would be required
in the first year to
support an economic reform programme that is part of a
five-year, $3 billion
package, the international donors have been
told.
This package would include:
a.. $150 million in food
support in the first two years, including $125
million in the first
year;
a.. $500 million for land agrarian reform over five
years;
a.. $325 million for health services and
education;
a.. $550 million for infrastructure;
a.. $1.7
billion for various emergency aid programmes; and
a.. $1.3 billion
for balance of payment support and budgetary support.
A report by the
Institute for Democracy in South Africa (Idasa), released by
deputy
executive director Ivor Jenkins, notes that a national economic and
land
reform programme would be necessary to lift Zimbabwe out of its
economic
crisis.
This programme must be accompanied by the gradual lifting of
sanctions and
the generous injection of international relief aid and
development
assistance, says the Idasa report.
Rapid disbursements of
development assistance, in the form of balance of
payments and budget
support, are also necessary.
The IMF's donor community report emerges as
Zimbabwe ruling party Zanu-PF,
which has been in power since 1980, talks in
Pretoria with the official
opposition Movement for Democratic Change
(MDC).
These talks include Nicholas Goche, Zimbabwe's labour social
welfare
minister, justice minister Patrick Chinamasa and MDC representative
Nelson
Chamisa.
Leaders of southern African states in March appointed
President Thabo Mbeki
the facilitator of talks between Zimbabwe's main
political parties.
Meanwhile, the UK department for international
development (DFID) recently
briefed a meeting of the British foreign and
commonwealth office and
officials from governments active in donor
co-ordination in Harare,
including Sweden, the European Commission,
Australia, the US, the
Netherlands, Canada, Norway, New Zealand and
Germany.
In response to a DFID paper entitled Zimbabwe - Economic
Recovery, focusing
on macroeconomic stabilisation in the country,
participants said it was
clear the country would need "hundreds of millions
of US dollars per annum".
They noted that IMF studies showed that
countries could move from
hyperinflation - now believed to be more than 4
000 percent in Zimbabwe - to
450 percent within a year, provided these
countries received significant
support.
This group of donor countries
is reported to be "increasingly focused" on
improving its readiness to play
an effective and co-ordinated part in
Zimbabwe's recovery
process.
The report says the devastated farming community is likely to
require
donor-funded compensation for evicted farmers, while the
distribution of
agricultural inputs and produce "must be market driven and
involve the
private sector".
The report notes that the UK government
will be expected to play a major
role in the development of the communal
farming sector, in terms of funding
"and other support".
The report
mirrors a comment by World Bank chief economist John Page at the
World
Economic Forum in Cape Town last week.
Page said that while it "will be
difficult" to reach the necessary social
consensus to implement wide-ranging
economic reforms in Zimbabwe under the
current political circumstances,
there were many factors to ensure that when
an economic turnaround began, it
would be "rapid".
The Fishmongers' report notes that much of the
prognosis for agriculture -
which has had a decline in production of more
than 40 percent between 2000
and 2006 - is tied up with broader political
questions around when Zimbabwe
"will transition" to a rational, technocratic
government.
The report notes that a constitutionally guaranteed, saleable
form of land
tenure must be set up. "This does not need to equate to
freehold title," it
says. "Land could remain in black hands, with a
multiracial farming
community obtaining access by means of long
leases."
The Idasa report suggests Mugabe wishes to stand down about a
year after
being re-elected next year. Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono and
rural
housing minister Emmerson Mnangagwa seem to be favoured as possible
successors.
.. Donwald Pressly is Business Report's new
parliamentary correspondent
By Violet Gonda
19 June
2008
There is much talk in Zimbabwean circles that Robert Mugabe will not be
able
to hang on to power much longer because of the economic crisis. In fact
many
believe he will be out of office by the end of the year. Signs on the
ground
indicate that this scenario is quite possible.
The Zimbabwean
dollar started trading at the rate of £1: Z$305 000 on
Tuesday morning but
during the day it went progressively down to Z$355 000,
then Z$375 000 and
Z$405 000.
Officially inflation is currently pegged at more than 3,700%
but economists
say that in fact it could be as high as 15,000%.
Last
week an international aid agency estimated that if inflation continued
accelerating at today's rate it would reach 500 000% by the end of the year.
The experts said some non-governmental organizations agencies were already
paying their local staff on a weekly basis and before long they are going to
have to pay them on a daily basis. More companies are shutting down and
dissatisfaction within the workforce is increasing as more and more people
fail to cope.
Just yesterday other commentators were predicting an
inflation rate of 1.5
million percent, by year-end. Most observers now say
the chances of the
government surviving the imminent collapse of the economy
are slim.
Sydney Masamvu, a senior analyst with the political think-tank
the
International Crisis Group, said whilst he agrees that the economy will
be
Mugabe's "waterloo" he doesn't think the 83 year old leader will be gone
by
year end. Masamvu said the economy of Zimbabwe has been collapsing for
the
last seven years but Mugabe has been managing to survive by printing
more
money and abusing state minerals. The analysts said some 'friends' of
Mugabe
from Africa and parts of East Asia, who don't want to see total
collapse,
have also been helping him limp from crisis to crisis.
But
there are others like outgoing US Ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher
Dell
who believe the economic signs on the ground point to a Mugabe exit in
2007.
Ambassador Dell told journalists on Monday: "We are closer to seeing
change
in Zimbabwe today from within than at any time since independence."
Even
members and supporters of the ruling party have cast doubt on the
viability
of Robert Mugabe. The financial website Moneyweb quotes former
Finance
Minister Simba Makoni saying that Zimbabwe is on the threshold of
change,
and alluded to presidential succession during a debate at the World
Economic
Forum on Africa in Cape Town last Thursday.
Moneyweb also quoted Ibbo
Mandaza, who is believed to be a ruling party
sympathizer and aligned to
certain ZANU PF factions. Mandaza predicted that
Mugabe would no longer be
president next year, but pointed out that the
solution lay within ZANU PF.
He is quoted saying: "I'll say nothing will
start to happen positively on
the economic front until the succession issue
is resolved. I sincerely feel
the succession issue will be resolved by the
end of this year - then we can
talk about the way forward."
SW Radio Africa Zimbabwe news
By Tererai
Karimakwenda
June 19, 2007
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has
released a preliminary report on the
human rights violations that occurred
on commercial farms from the year 2000
to 2005, due to the illegal eviction
of white farmers. Titled "Injury in
addition to insult," the report is the
result of a survey conducted over six
months between 2006 and 2007, which
looked at what happened to the displaced
farm owners, as well as farm
workers and their families and property. The
survey found that the gross
human rights violations and property destruction
that took place were much
greater than had been previously assumed.
The results show that in
addition to human rights abuses, farm owners and
farm workers suffered
immense financial losses. Farm workers also lost
accommodation, health
services and access to clean water and sanitation. All
this led to a high
death rate among the displaced farm workers and created
the growing economic
and humanitarian crisis that has crippled the country.
Tendai Chabvuta
from the NGO Forum said that contrary to the Zimbabwe
government's claims
that most of the evicted white farmers were foreigners,
at least 75% of the
187 respondents identified themselves as Zimbabwean
citizens, not British.
The government had also claimed that most black farm
workers came from
neighbouring countries and simply went home when they were
displaced. But
Chabvuta dismissed this, saying many were now homeless and
roaming around
the rural areas. Some of the women who wound up in urban
areas were forced
to engage in prostitution to feed their families, and
children remained out
of school.
According to the survey, 1% of the displaced farm workers and
their family
members have died since losing their jobs. Applying this figure
to the
entire population of 1 million farm workers and their families, it
means
10,000 people could have died after displacement from the farms. The
actual
figures are believed to be much higher.
Chabvuta described
this survey as the "first real accounting" of the damage
caused by the
government's chaotic land reform programme. Explaining why
this was done so
many years after the first evictions in 2000 he said: "When
these things
were happening no-one paid much attention because there was
chaos. And
people tend to look at the most basic needs first."
Some of the
information included in the survey was already known, including
the fact
that police did not protect farmers and farm workers, the
perpetrators were
mostly government officials using war veterans and youth
militia. The report
says that a "plausible case can be made for crimes
against humanity being
committed during these displacements" and "there is a
compelling need for
these to be investigated and the perpetrators to be
charged and
tried."
The Human Rights NGO Forum said they encourage every commercial
farmer or
farm worker who suffered losses or damages to participate in the
project as
a matter of urgency. The full 40-page report is available here.
http://www.swradioafrica.com/Documents/farm_seizures180607.pdf
SW
Radio Africa Zimbabwe news
By Tichaona Sibanda
19 June 2007
The
MDC's chief representative in the UK, Hebson Makuvise, said their
diplomatic
offensive among European Union states is at last paying
dividends. Makuvise
had a meeting with Portuguese diplomats in London last
week Friday and said
he was delighted by their announcement Monday that
Robert Mugabe would not
be welcome at a EU-African Union summit being held
in November in
Lisbon.
Makuvise said; 'It was a cordial meeting and I explained to them
the
importance of adhering to their travel ban on Mugabe and his cronies. I
also
pointed out that of all the diplomats I have met from the EU states
none
were willing to let him travel to their countries.'
Portugal's
Foreign Minister Luis Amado said on Monday of Mugabe; 'Personally
I have no
interest in Mugabe coming to Lisbon. His presence in Lisbon would
be a
factor of disturbance.'
The MDC chief said EU diplomats were well aware
of what was happening
politically and economically and that most of the
states were willing to
help rebuild the country in a free Zimbabwe. He also
announced that last
minute changes to the Save Zimbabwe Campaign
delegation's itinerary have
forced the cancellation of an MDC rally
scheduled for Luton in the UK this
Saturday.
Makuvise added that last
minute requests from other European Union leaders
to meet the delegation on
its European tour had left little time for Morgan
Tsvangirai to address the
rally.
'It's unfortunate we had to cancel the rally because we couldn't
say no to
requests by some EU leaders to meet the delegation. The leaders
have
realised things are moving fast in Zimbabwe and so have urgently
requested
to see the delegation that comprises all opposition stakeholders,
civic and
church leaders,' Makuvise said.
The delegation is currently
in Berlin, Germany and will visit London,
Brussels and France. Some of the
delegation's appointments have been moved
from Friday to Saturday leaving no
time for Tsvangirai to meet with
Zimbabweans as he is scheduled to leave the
same afternoon for Canada and
then the United States.
The
delegation comprises among others Tsvangirai, Zapu leader Paul Siwela,
National Constitutional Assembly chairman Lovemore Madhuku, Reverand Levy
Kadenge from the Christian Alliance, Zinasu President Promise Mkwananzi.
Arthur Mutambara will be joining the group in Berlin Tuesday
evening.
SW Radio Africa Zimbabwe news
New Zimbabwe
By Staff
Reporter
Last updated: 06/19/2007 11:11:34
ARTHUR Mutambara is set to join
Morgan Tsvangirai on a visit to Europe after
Zimbabwean police released his
passport seized during the arrest of four
opposition activists in
Harare.
Mutambara was attending the World Economic Forum in South Africa
last week
and sent his passport to Harare for visa
stamping.
Tsvangirai and Mutambara, both presidents of the feuding
Movement for
Democratic Change (MDC), were scheduled to fly to Europe last
Saturday
before police took his passport.
The four activists arrested
in Harare on Saturday were also released Monday
without
charge.
Speaking from Johannesburg where he has been stranded, Mutambara
accused the
Zimbabwe government of attempting to keep the opposition
divided.
He told SW Radio Africa: "In particular, they were trying to
undermine a
Save Zimbabwe Campaign that we were going to take to Europe. Our
colleagues
Morgan Tsvangirai, (Lovemore) Madhuku, (Bishop Levee) Kadenge and
the others
have already left so what they have done is to undermine that
coalition, to
undermine that working together spirit."
The MDC
factions united over the weekend in South Africa only to hold talks
with the
ruling Zanu PF party, but Mutambara is not banking on the talks to
yield any
positive outcome.
He added: "What is happening right now - the torture
and murder of our
members, the torture and abuse of our members, is an
indication that Mugabe
is not ready for any serious talks with the
opposition."
The talks are part of SADC-initiated mediation efforts in
Zimbabwe to bring
the ruling party and opposition interests groups together
to agree the
ground rules ahead of general elections next year.
International Herald Tribune
The Associated PressPublished: June 19,
2007
GENEVA: Members of the new United Nations human rights
watchdog body agreed
in principle Tuesday to a compromise on how to
investigate some of the
world's worst rights offenders, sparing it from the
potentially embarrassing
prospect of failing to set its own
rules.
The Human Rights Council, which was formed last year to replace
the UN Human
Rights Commission, has faced widespread criticism from
activists who say it
is dominated by its large African, Arab and Asian
blocs, and spends much of
its time singling out Israel and fending off
criticism of countries like
Sudan and Zimbabwe.
The council's members
had negotiated for a year on setting the ground rules
for how it will
operate. But just as a compromise package appeared likely to
be approved at
a council meeting in Geneva late Monday, the deal was held up
by China's
last-minute attempt to raise the threshold for any resolution
criticizing a
country over its human rights record.
China said approval by two-thirds
of the council's 47 members should be
required before a special
investigation of alleged rights violations is
begun. The current requirement
is a simple majority.
The council president, Luis Alfonso de Alba of
Mexico, said members had
agreed to a new proposal that says resolutions
against a country should have
"the broadest possible support" - preferably
from at least 15 members -
before being submitted to the full council for
approval.
The new proposal was to be put before the council for formal
approval later
Tuesday.
"We have all made compromises; it is not a
perfect text. Negotiations never
achieve a perfect text," de Alba
said.
The agreement was received with relief by member states, who would
have very
likely faced more international criticism if no action had been
taken.
"This is good for Geneva; it is good for multilateral
negotiations," said
Ambassador Blaise Godet of Switzerland, which was
instrumental in setting up
the Human Rights Council a year
ago.
Although many developing countries object to naming and shaming
countries
over their human rights records, they make an exception for
Israel, the only
government explicitly criticized so far by the body.
Censure by the council
brings no sanctions beyond international
scrutiny.
Among the proposed changes to its rules is the establishment of
a "universal
periodic review" mechanism under which all countries will have
their rights
records examined regularly, so as to remove any accusation of
bias.
De Alba's proposal also aims to ensure that annual reports are
produced on a
number of specific human rights hot spots, including Haiti,
Somalia,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Myanmar, North Korea and
the
Palestinian territories. But it would cancel longstanding mandates to
investigate Cuba and Belarus.
zimbabwejournalists.com
19th Jun 2007 17:35 GMT
By Dennis
Rekayi
MUTARE - The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)
says it has
tabled five major demands it wants to be met before they can
participate in
next year's crucial presidential and parliamentary
polls.
Nelson Chamisa, the party's spokesman told thousands of cheering
supporters
at Chisamba Grounds in Sakubva at the weekend that the MDC will
only
participate in the polls if all its demands are met.
Chamisa
said the MDC wants a new constitution put in place before the
elections and
every citizen to be allowed to vote if they have proper
identification
papers, as was the case in the landmark 1980 elections that
brought Zanu PF
into office.
Millions of Zimbabweans living abroad will have to be
allowed to vote under
a new constitution.
Chamisa said the other
demand was that the opposition should have unfettered
access to State media
institutions such as ZTV and all radio sations.
The other demands are
that the current Zimbabwe Electoral Commission should
be disbanded in favour
of an independent electoral body and that laws such
as the Public Order and
Security Act should be scrapped as it is being
applied
selectively.
"We have to apply for authority from the police to hold
meetings but at the
same time Zanu PF are free to hold rallies without
clearance from the
police," Chamisa said.
"The police's duty should
be to ensure that there is peace at the meetings."
Chamisa said the fifth
demand was that traditional leaders should be
impartial and not be used by
the ruling party to suppress the political
wills of their
subjects.
Chamisa spoke as MDC leaders from both factions flew to South
Africa to meet
President Thabo Mbeki in Pretoria to map the way forward for
talks aimed at
ending Zimbabwe's political and economic
problems.
Chamisa said Tendai Biti of the Morgan Tsvangirai faction and
Welshman Ncube
of the less popular Arthur Mutambara faction have joined Zanu
PF's
PatrickChinamasa and Nicholas Goche in Pretoria.
The youthful
MDC spokesman refused to discuss finer details of the Pretoria
indaba.
Mbeki was tasked by the Southern Africa Development Community
(SADC) to
mediate to end Zimbabwe's worsening political and economic
problems and
ensure the 2008 elections are held under a conducive
environment.
The MDC and international observers have in the past
condemned previous
elections held in Zimbabwe saying they were flawed and
the playing field was
heavily tilted in favour of the ruling
party.
To prove their point, the MDC boycotted Zaka by-elections, which
were held
recently on the same grounds that the political playing field was
not level.
Thokozani Khupe, the MDC vice president, who was the main
speaker at the
rally, said the majority of workers in the country were now
technically
unemployed because of the runaway inflation, which has eroded
salaries and
wages.
"Most Zimbabweans are technically unemployed
because wages and salaries are
no longer sustainable. You get paid today but
tomorrow you are borrowing
money to pay rentals," she said amid
applauses.
Khupe said it was irrational for President Mugabe to even
think of being
given another chance to rule the country given the levels at
which he has
run down Zimbabwe.
Business Day
(Johannesburg)
ANALYSIS
19 June 2007
Posted to the web 19 June
2007
Mariam Isa
Johannesburg
SA's financial markets shrugged
off news of an abortive coup plot in
Zimbabwe last week, suggesting that any
political change in the neighbouring
country is likely to be viewed as
constructive for the region, analysts
said.
Several years ago, the
rand would have been hammered at any suggestion of
further political or
economic disruption in Zimbabwe, which was SA's main
trade partner on the
continent until last year, and remains the main market
for South African
exports in the region.
Talk of a collapse which could have disastrous
consequences for SA still
lingers, but the slow pace of Zimbabwe's economic
decline has given markets
and companies time to adjust, making the effect of
any further implosion
likely to be relatively muted.
"The Zimbabwe
episode has been going on for seven years, and the length of
time has masked
its effect on SA," Standard Bank group economist Goolam
Ballim said
yesterday.
"Financial markets began to show fatigue with Zimbabwe three
to four years
ago ... that has made its umbilical cord with SA less
obvious."
Inflation in Zimbabwe has soared to more than 3700% and
unemployment is at
about 70%.
Thousands of people surge over the
border between the two countries every
day, and there are about three
million Zimbabweans in SA, many illegally.
But the drain on SA's public
resources may be at least partially offset by
the immigrants' skills, while
SA has benefited by becoming the smaller
country's supplier of choice after
global lenders cut support in response to
President Robert Mugabe's
policies.
News yesterday that Mugabe's ruling Zanu (PF) party and the
opposition
Movement for Democratic Change had held preliminary talks
yesterday
suggested that efforts by South African mediators ar e starting to
bear
fruit. In any case, at this stage any change in Zimbabwe's leadership
is
likely to look positive to global markets, and in turn benefit
SA.
"Just as the South African economy did not suffer from the implosion
of
Zimbabwe, no one would benefit hugely if there was a turnaround," said
Citigroup economist Jean-Francois Mercier.
"But it could have an
effect on perceptions or sentiment which would be good
for South African
companies and might generate more foreign investment. The
short-term
response may be panicked but markets could settle very quickly --
rebuilding opportunities in Zimbabwe could be substantial. Zimbabwe may be a
remarkable comeback story."
The Zimbabwean
(19-06-07)
THE STUDENT
Harare
The police
have mounted a ferocious hunt for the ZINASU President; Mr.
Promise
Mkwananzi at his relatives' homes in Waterfalls and Glen Norah
suburbs in
Harare. Promise has been on hunt by the police and Central
Intelligence
Organization (CIO) since March 11, 2007 over unclear charges.
When the
police arrived at his relatives' residence, they started
interrogating them
about his whereabouts and when they told them that he was
no longer living
with them, all hell broke loose. They were subjected to
untold and wanton
assaults with clenched fists and baton sticks. No one was
arrested.
The University of Zimbabwe, in connivance with the state
security, has
deregistered Promise from the faculty of Law where he is a
third year
student. The university has denied Promise audience to discuss
the reasons
behind this technical interruption of his studies. Zimbabwe
Lawyers for
Human Rights is assisting Promise to challenge the university's
decision in
the high court.
Mugwiji in the Intensive Care
Unit
Masvingo
The Masvingo University security officers under the
instructions of the
dreaded CIO attacked Witlaw Mugwiji, the SRC President
in the Examination
room. Mugwiji, together with his Secretary General,
Eddison Hlatswayo were
dragged out of the room . Witlaw was subjected to
assault by the security
and sustained serious injuries. He is currently
admitted at Masvingo Central
Hospital and his condition is reported to be
stable. Witlaw has been denied
his basic and inalienable right to a fair
trial before the University's
disciplinary committee. He is one of the many
student leaders who have
fallen victims of state brutality in the political
mayhem which is currently
enveloping the country as democratic space
continues to shrink.
Two student leaders released
Harare
The
University of Zimbabwe Secretary General, Kudakwashe Mapundu and Caesar
Sitiya were released yesterday evening after being arrested and detained
over charges of malicious injury to property. The police alleged the two
student leaders smashed windows on a bus at the university campus on May 10
2007. They were arrested on Friday the 14 th of June 2007. Zimbabwe Lawyers
for Human Rights represented them.
Zimbabwe National Students
Union
21 Wembly Road, Eastlea, Harare, Zimbabwe,
+263912471673/
+2634788135
zinasu@gmail. com
www.zinasu.org
Fin24
19/06/2007 14:14
London - High
raw materials prices are emboldening resource-rich African
states to drive
harder bargains with investors, but governments will not
hold the whip hand
until they are less dependent on foreign money.
"Resource nationalism is
exactly what is happening," Tim Williams, Director
of Metals and Mining at
Ernst & Young, said.
"A lot of countries are seeing super profits and
they're trying to change
the rules. The problem with that is, it discourages
now capital expenditure,
and the high-risk money for new
exploration."
Zimbabwe's government said this month it would take control
of uranium, coal
and methane projects; the Democratic Republic of Congo is
reviewing mining
contracts and Tanzania has agreed new mining deals with two
firms.
The moves come against a backdrop of record profits for big mining
companies, the darlings of equities markets. With demand for metal soaring,
largely to stoke Chinese industry, mining stocks are way up and the sector
is awash with merger activity.
Impoverished African countries,
traditionally exporters of raw materials
that are refined or turned into
manufactured goods elsewhere, see a chance
to get back a bit of their
own.
African Eagle, developing Zambian copper and gold projects costing
up to
$70m, got a fright when there was talk of boosting the royalty tax on
minerals to 10% from 0.6%.
"When the 10% was mentioned, alarm bells
started ringing," Operations
Director Chris Davies said. "At that level, any
marginal operation wouldn't
have gone ahead."
In fact, Zambia ended
up proposing a 3% royalty tax, which miners say they
can live
with.
"You can understand the Zambian government. Copper prices are
robust and
they want to benefit from that," Davies said.
"You want a
fiscal code that encourages investment, but on the other hand,
the
government wants to benefit from it."
Governments emboldened
The
knowledge that they have what the world wants gives African states the
strength to ask for more in return, Alex Gorbansky, Managing Director of
advisory firm Frontier Strategy Group, said.
"Governments are
behaving in a way they couldn't when commodities prices
weren't what they
are today," he said.
African governments would like to wield even more
power, but they still need
the money and the expertise Western mining
companies bring.
Unless they can take advantage of many years of high
resources prices - as
Russia has benefited from oil - African countries can
only dictate terms to
a certain extent.
"Compared to Russia and
Venezuela, Nigeria and Angola are not quite the same
because they don't have
the kind of domestic companies that can do the
actual production on their
own," Charles Esser, energy analyst at
Brussels-based advisory Crisis Group,
said.
"There is still a certain kind of resource nationalism as they look
to grab
a larger share from oil producers, but it's not quite the same as in
Russia
and Venezuela."
One way governments have been attracting money
is by doing deals with China.
"If you find yourself going head to head
with China, they will invariably
pay more," Michael Lynch-Bell, Partner in
Charge of Global Mining and Metals
at Ernst & Young. Lynch-Bell
said.
Although China may have the edge by being able to offer cheap loans
and aid
as part of a resources package, Western companies have the advantage
when it
comes to knowledge and experience of running mining projects, he
argued.
Contract is king
Investors are always concerned about the
possibility of government
interference in resources projects, said Marcus
Edwards-Jones, Founding
Partner at financial advisers Lloyd
Edwards-Jones.
His company helped raised money for Range Resources, a
firm looking for oil
in Somalia, and for White Nile, which has been battling
the Sudanese
government over ownership of an oil block.
With Congo
due to finish reviewing contracts by the end of August, the
relationship
between state and company is paramount.
"Mining companies don't own
minerals virtually anywhere in the world," Ernst
& Young's Williams
said. "The assets of a mining company are its agreements
with the
state."
In the main, companies and investors in Africa know they are
dealing with
governments prone to re-writing the rules.
"You will get
periodic changes in the tax regime in lots of these places,"
Edwards-Jones
said. "People will always do as much as they can get away
with."
Tue, Jun
19 2007, 14:56 GMT
http://www.afxnews.com
HARARE
(Thomson Financial) - Bindura Nickel Corp, the owner of Zimbabwe's
northeastern Freda Rebecca gold mine, said it will lay off 180 workers after
scaling down operations. The mine employs 564 workers.
"The
company is currently running on one mill instead of two, which has
resulted
in 180 workers being affected," Bindura Nickel managing director
David
Murangari said. "It's a story of starting all over again. We will be
running
on one plant for between 18 to 24 months."
Murangari said the closure
of sections of the mine was to facilitate
repairs, adding that the company
had invested 10 mln usd in the project.
Gold is still one of
Zimbabwe's major hard currency earners but the mining
sector has been
hamstrung by foreign exchange shortages which have prevented
it from buying
new equipment and supplies.
Gold output is this year expected to fall
by 23 pct to about 8,700 kgs from
11,354 kgs last year, due to operational
problems, according to the Zimbabwe
Chamber of Mines. It added that the
situation has been exacerbated by the
non-payment of 20 mln usd owed to gold
mining firms since November last year
by the central
bank.
IOL
June 19 2007 at
06:08PM
By Basildon Peta
As the South African
government confirmed for the first time on Monday
that Zimbabwe peace talks
had started in Pretoria, it emerged that Zimbabwe
President Robert Mugabe
had set tough conditions for engaging in any
sustained
dialogue.
Participants at the first official talks between Mugabe's
ruling
Zanu-PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)
are
keeping a tight lid on their deliberations, but it is understood that
Mugabe
demanded in a letter to Mbeki just before the talks that the
opposition
recognise him as the legitimate leader of Zimbabwe.
He also demanded that the opposition denounce Western targeted
sanctions and
call for lifting them, among other things.
Since
fraudulent elections in 2000, the opposition has steadfastly
stuck to its
position that Mugabe is an illegitimate ruler.
The opposition has
also spurned the call for lifting of sanctions
saying it does not control
them and is not responsible for sanctions imposed
on Mugabe and his cronies
by the West.
This week's talks followed after Mugabe's
representatives, Justice
Minister Patrick Chinamasa and Labour Minister
Nicholas Goche, had twice
failed to turn up for scheduled meetings in
Pretoria despite frantic efforts
by Mbeki's mediation team, led by Local
Government Minister Sydney Mufamadi.
Mufamadi eventually succeeded
in convincing Zanu-PF that obstacles or
demands be part of the negotiations'
agenda.
Failure to get any form of dialogue started, he reasoned,
would be
tantamount to ridiculing SADC leaders, who mandated Mbeki at an
extraordinary summit in Tanzania to mediate between Zimbabwe's arch
foes.
Chinamasa and Goche eventually arrived in South Africa for
the talks,
which started in Pretoria at the weekend, chaired by
Mufamadi.
The divided opposition Movement for Democratic Change
(MDC) is
represented by the two secretaries-general of its factions, Tendai
Biti and
Welshman Ncube.
Chinamasa, Goche, Biti and Ncube had met
in Harare for informal talks
in the past, but these failed to make any
breakthrough after Chinamasa
castigated the opposition for being
"unpatriotic". - Independent Foreign
Service
Full story
available in June 20 edition of Pretoria News, Cape Times,
The Star and The
Mercury
Cricinfo staff
June
19, 2007
Zimbabwe cricket's bitter relationship with its players may be
compounded
if, as reported, West Indies A players' refuse to tour the
country, and
further disturbing news comes with claims that players are once
against
being short-changed by the board.
Most are still waiting
to be paid from the World Cup - the latest is that
they have been told they
will receive their money at the end of the month -
and they have now been
told they will have to compulsorily buy their
contract cars, or lose them.
The outstanding World Cup payments, player
sources said, will form part of
the payment for the cars.
Most, if not all, the Nissan Almera
vehicles are not in the best of
condition and require regular maintenance at
ever increasing costs in a
country where inflation is skyrocketing way above
the official 4500%.
Players spoken to said they are being asked to pay
between US$12 000 and 15
000 for the cars, sums that will effectively wipe
out their earnings from
the World Cup.
A national team player
based in Bulawayo said he would not afford to pay
what he is being asked to.
"I am not going to part way with such amount of
money for that broken-down
vehicle, it's not worth it. Besides I do not have
the money," he said. "They
have our money."
Players were also downcast over the situation regarding
their playing
schedule and Test return, and said they will decide on their
future in the
light of the news from the Caribbean. Training had already
started in Harare
in preparation for the West Indies A tour, although some
players were
conspicuously absence.
© Cricinfo
Monsters and Critics
Jun 19, 2007, 10:31 GMT
Harare/Johannesburg - State
media in Zimbabwe Tuesday accused veterinary
authorities in South Africa of
racism after 100 cattle belonging to
villagers living on the border between
the two countries were allegedly shot
dead by South African
soldiers.
The official Herald newspaper said the incident which
Zimbabwean police
describe as cruel and deliberate occurred earlier this
month.
In a front-page story, the paper claimed the cattle, which
belonged to
villagers in the Chitulipasi area of Beitbridge, were shot dead
by white
South African Defence Forces soldiers.
A helicopter gunship
was used to drive the cattle before opening fire, said
the
newspaper.
The Herald - which closely reflects the thinking of President
Robert
Mugabe's government - failed to say why the cattle had been shot. But
it
hinted that tests were being carried out on the cattle for suspected
foot-and-mouth disease.
Outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease are a
perennial problem in crisis-hit
Zimbabwe. Four years ago Botswana began
erecting an electric border fence,
officially to keep out foot-and-mouth
infected cattle from Zimbabwe.
But the project, which has since been
abandoned, provoked a storm inside
Zimbabwe, with suspicions Botswana was
also trying to keep desperate
Zimbabweans out of the country.
The
Herald insisted the Chitulipasi cattle killings were racist.
'We have
established that the provincial veterinary office, a Dr Luke, who
happens to
be white, working with his counterparts in the army, who are
white, shot the
cattle,' said police spokesman Ronald Muderedzwa.
There were, however,
hints that the cattle may have in fact been grazing on
South African
soil.
People from the Chitulipasi area, most of whom have relatives on
the South
African side of the border, usually let their cattle graze on that
side
where there are good pastures, said the Herald.
The South
African authorities were said to be investigating the incident.
© 2007
dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur
zimbabwejournalists.com
19th Jun 2007 17:22 GMT
By MISA
MISA-Zimbabwe wishes to
express its outrage and dismay at the passing of the
Interception of
Communications Bill by the House of Assembly on 13 May 2007.
In its
current form, the Bill carries unconstitutional provisions in that it
threatens citizens' fundamental rights to privacy, freedom of conscience,
expression and association.
MISA-Zimbabwe is concerned that the Bill
attempts to overturn the outcome of
the Law Society of Zimbabwe Vs the
Minister of Transport and Communications,
and the Attorney General's case of
2003 in which the Supreme Court ruled
that freedom of expression includes
freedom from interference with one's
correspondence (electronic or
postal).
MISA-Zimbabwe notes that the case also made it clear that laws
such as the
Interception of Communications Bill with vague provisions which
bestow
extremely broad and unfettered powers to an individual without checks
and
balances are not reasonable.
With terms such as "any directive"
as in Section 6 (2) (a), and "any other
information" in Section 10 (1) (c),
the Bill renders wide discretionary
powers to individuals. The last
paragraph of the summary section of the
Bill states that the Minister shall
be empowered to make regulations for all
matters which in his opinion, are
necessary or convenient to be prescribed.
It is MISA-Zimbabwe's considered
view that this constitutes a bad law.
This Bill also introduces
unprecedented grounds for law making. The
Minister is empowered to
legislate for convenience or expedience to the
benefit of the government,
and potentially to the detriment of citizens.
MISA-Zimbabwe notes that it
remains unclear why the Attorney General has
been granted review powers, and
the right to be consulted on certain issues
under the Bill. Review powers
should be given to High Court judges.
Although attempts are made at
defining the terms "national security", and
"organised criminal group",
MISA-Zimbabwe expresses concern that the issues
surrounding these terms
remain largely debatable and vague.
The definition of Minister also
leaves the legislative function open to all
sorts of possibilities. Any
person whom the President, in his whim and
caprice, wishes to lend
legislative powers, could end up deciding on these
critical issues affecting
civil liberties, notwithstanding the competence or
otherwise of such a
person to deal with the relevant issues. This cannot be
acceptable in a
democratic society.
The Bill makes very little provision for citizens to
respond to the
allegations that lead to warrants being issued against them.
That is
contrary to the principles of natural justice, which require that
both
parties to an issue must be given a fair chance to present their
respective
accounts on the subject issue.
The duration of warrants
(three months) is far too long. Why should a
citizen's privacy be under
invasion for such a long time? The Original Bill
provided that the life of
a renewed warrant would be only one month long.
The New Consolidated Text
extends it to three months, which is an
exacerbation of the infringement of
the citizen's liberties.
MISA-Zimbabwe believes that this Bill is an
illustration of the government's
determination to criminalise matters that
should ordinarily be dealt with in
civil courts or through alternative
dispute resolution.
The Bill is grossly unfair as it seeks to impose
financial obligations upon
corporate citizens, in a fashion that is not
justifiable in a democratic
society.
Under the Bill, private,
confidential and personal information may be
intercepted and abused by the
system. Lawyer-client confidentiality,
banker-customer confidentiality,
doctor-patient confidentiality,
husband-wife confidentiality, and all other
forms of confidentiality, shall
be breached should the Bill be enacted into
actual law. Therefore, service
providers including those in the Internet
Service Provision, the banking,
the legal, and other industries and
profession, will no longer be able to
assure their clients that issues
discussed, or information conveyed in the
normal transaction of business,
will remain private and confidential
Service providers in the
communications industry will incur huge capital and
foreign currency
expenses for the acquisition of hardware and software that
will become
necessary for compliance with the proposed law. Most players in
the
industry will be driven out of business.
MISA-Zimbabwe notes that the
in-house and mass media industries could also
be adversely affected as news
materials could be intercepted in the course
of transmission, thereby making
it impossible or difficult for the relevant
media houses to operate. That
would also naturally limit the nation's
access to information but infringe
on freedom of expression rights.
While the Bill attempts to present the
government as a friendly authority as
refered to in Section 9 of the Bill,
it is nowhere near that. This is a
decree as Section 9 (2) of the Bill,
declares that "a service provider who
fails to give assistance . shall be
guilty of an offence and liable to a
fine .".
Suffice to say the Bill
fails to disclose the solid objective behind the
proposal for interception
of communications and the impending snooping into
private and professional
communications.
It is MISA-Zimbabwe's unequivocal position that the
Interception of
Communications Bill 2006, is a retrogressive and repressive
piece of law
that has no place in a democratic society.
The Zimbabwean
(19-06-07)
By Brendon Tulani
BULAWAYO - Hard-pressed inmates of
retirement institutions and religious
organisations in Zimbabwe's second
largest city are appealing to city
authorities for a reduction in service
and water charges following stringent
regulations and hefty penalties the
city authorities put in place to
encourage residents conserve
water.
Bulawayo city council is proposing a 2 600% increase in rates and
services
in its mid-year supplementary budget.
Retirement homes have
appealed for a 50% rebate on water and sewerage
charges.
Bulawayo is
facing a looming water shortage for its 1,5 million residents
owing to
patchy rains over the past wet season in its key water catchments
area.
The council imposed strict water rationing measures and stiff
penalties for
offenders to save dwindling supplies in its major supply
reservoirs and
avert a disaster.
Officials say the city's water rationing
programme aims at achieving a daily
consumption of less than 90 000 cubic
metres of water against a daily demand
of 112 000 cubic metres.
Council
could decommission two major dams by the end of July if residents
maintain
current water consumption.
At the same time increasing purification costs,
owing to inflation pegged at
4 230% has forced council to hike its tariffs
to sustain service delivery.
One such appeal for a reduction in water charges
from Garden Park Trust - a
welfare organisation catering for the elderly
whose ages range from 75 to 80
years - says inmates of the institution are
all in dire financial straits.
High inflation that has triggered daily price
increases has rendered
pensioners' life savings worthless.
"A majority of
these people require assistance from "Help" organisations or
family members.
Many are pensioners whose income is negligible and often
insufficient to
cover essential medical drugs," part of the appeal from the
trustees to
council reads.
But council officials have turned down the request.
The
city fathers say the old people's homes are benefiting from the council
in
the form of grants-in-aid.
Council has already approved more than Z$12,6
million for eight old people's
homes. It also foots half the institutions
annual rates bills and allows
these institutions to pay only a quarter (25%)
of the annual fixed sewerage
charges.
"If we allow the institutions a
further 50% rebate we will effectively
reduce the bills to 25% whereas old
people staying in their properties pay
half the rates bill," says acting
city treasurer, Middleton Nyoni
Nyoni said such relief should translate to a
proportionate benefit for those
who are living in their properties and
taking care of orphans.
Church organisations have made similar appeals on
water levies. Religious
organisations, which are charged non-domestic
consumption tariffs, say they
are finding it difficult to meet water
bills.
But council says it risks losing Z$99,7 million in revenue for the
last half
of this year if it accedes to the requests.
"Churches are
providing a service to the community and council has to
establish a balance
between loss of income and appreciation of the sterling
work that churches
perform," Nyoni said.
Under the Urban Councils' Act (Section 270) religious
organisations that own
properties are exempted from paying rates.
There
are 270 church organisations owning properties in the city.
The Zimbabwean
(19-06-07)
Yesterday morning Simon and his wife and little girl Tandi (not
their real
names) went to Parirenyatwa Hospital and the OIU Clinic. Simon
is an MDC
activist and survived by looking after cars outside Harvest House
(until the
raid) and picking up odd jobs. He is one of the few responsible
citizens
who, together with his wife and Tandi, went to the New Start Center
to find
out their status. They all tested HIV positive. Their other three
children
are negative. Tandi's CD 4 count was 134. ARV treatment is
normally
commenced when the clients CD 4 count is 200. She is a very sick
little
girl, with severe ear infections, sores all over her little body and
TB. 8
days in hospital cost Z$6 million. Their CD 4 counts cost a total of
2.5
million. Their anti-biotics cost a further 2 million. Their transport to
and
from Chitingwiza yesterday cost them 240,000.00. And he is one of the
80%
of Zimbabweans unemployed.
What would be the fate of this family had
they not been assisted by a
project? They would probably all be dead by the
year end, leaving three
more orphans to add to the already estimated 1,5
million in Zimbabwe.
The promise of the Zanu PF government at
Independance was free basic primary
health care for all those
unemployed/minimum wage earners and free primary
school
education.
The looting and gross mismanagement (and now inevitable
collapse) of the
economy, by Zanu PF, has already and will still further be
the cause of
hundreds of thousands of deaths in Zimbabwe. The total
collapse of the
Health delivery system has exacerbated the situation. If
there is no money
available for Health delivery, Docters and Nurses
salaries, food for the
patients, then how do the ZanuPF thieves afford brand
new luxury Mercedes
vehicles, huge mansions and decadent life styles. This
is a Genocide.
The Zimbabwean
(19-06-07)
BULAWAYO:
THE
militant Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) has won a court application to
have
their case referred to the Supreme Court where they are challenging the
constitutionality of the section of the law that the police are using to
harass demonstrators.
Bulawayo magistrate, Rose Sibanda, today
(Tuesday) granted the order and
referred the matter to the Supreme Court for
a determination on the
constitutionality of Sections of the Act
WOZA
leaders, Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlonga are challenging sections
under which they are charged with through their lawyer, Kossam
Ncube.
They are accused of breaking sections of the Criminal Law
(Codification and
Reform) Act to the Supreme Court following a foiled
demonstration last
month.
In the court application their lawyer said
Section 37 and 46 of the Criminal
Law (Codification and Reform) Act, that
Williams and Magodonga, were being
charged with was vague and was
susceptible to wide interpretation.
"Section 37 (i)(a)(i) of the Code is
couched in such wide and broad terms
that make it extremely difficult if not
impossible to comprehend the
demarcation of the offence," the court papers
read.
Woza argued that sections of the act had an effect on all
gatherings and
implied that all gatherings whether political or social fell
within the
section.
"It is open to abuse and potentially prohibits
all forms of public
gatherings or processions, in the circumstances, it thus
violates the right
to freedom of assembly and association, right to freedom
of expression and
right to freedom of movement," Woza argued in the court
papers.
Williams and Mahlangu, according to court records, were part of a
group of
women who demonstrated outside the Bulawayo central police station
early
this month and demanded the unconditional release of their colleagues
who
had been arrested for staging an 'illegal' demonstration- CAJ
News.
JOHANNESBURG:
Zimbabweans now living as squaters in
Soweto
Photo by Annie Mpalume
OVER 5 000 refugees in South
Africa will be converging in various centres of the country to mark the World
Refugees Day today.
For many in South Africa, the day will be a time to reflect on the life they
are living away from their homelands.
Few can proudly say they have
been intergrated into the SA society, CAJ News was told.
Mozambiquean refugees in Soweto busy
repairing shoes
Refugees and asylum seekers have harrowing
tales of police abuse and harassment. Without obtaining refugee status first,
those that who are HIV positive can not readily access life saving
Anti-Retrovial Drugs (ARVs).
Complicating their livelihood, both
refugees and asylum seekers have no accommodation, no food and many have this
winter been exposed to the cold.
A glaring sad incident is that of
mothers and children, who sleep on bare floor at the Methodist House in Central
Johannesburg without blankets.
It is those who are lucky to recieve
donations who can spend the night warmly wrapped in blankets.
Joshua
Mambo-Rusere, a political refugee from Zimbabwe, whose home was razed down by
Zanu PF youth militia during the height of the bloody 2002 presidential election
has not found joy and comfort in SA some five years ago when he fled the violent
presidential election.
I am yet to get the refugee status, and what it
means is that I am still an asylum seeek. I discovered that being a refugee
means continuous suffering.
"I harealised for one to be in safe
position, especially in Johannesburg you should have lots of money to bribe the
police. The police are no longer doing their work properly as greediness has
forced many South African Police Service (SAPS) officers not to be trusted,"
said Rusere.
Maria Hailem of Rwanda says she is presently trumatized by
the police conduct. She has been arrested several times in Braamfontein and says
she can only earn her freedom if
she pays bribes. One fateful day she did not
have money on her.
"The Hillbrow police drove me to my sister's place
where they demanded a R400 bribe," she says. I was set free after my sister paid
the amount.
"What hurts me most is that the next day she didn't have
money to pay for her daughter's fees, that is the money she used," she says.
Hailem has many tales about police harrasment while in exile in South
Africa.
She added:" Early March this year, I delayed going to the Home
Affairs offices in Pretoria to renew my asylum papers, and immediately the
police bundled me into their van. We were 12 of us in that van and we were made
to spend five hours as they continuously drove us right round Soweto,
Johannesburg Central Business District, Jeepstown and Yeoville whilst
threatening us with deportation if we could not pay them bribes.
"After
realising that we did not have the money, they then drove us back to Park
Station at around 12:00 midnight before dumping us. We eventually slept in the
open space outside Park Station," said Hailem.
Norah Tapiwa of the
Zimbabwe Diaspora Civic Society (CSOs) Forum, who was detained by police after
producing an asylum paper says the Home Affairs should run an awareness campaign
aimed at educating the new police recruits on how to understand that asylum
papers or refugees' status permits were different from passports and should be
given the rrespected it deserved.
"I was arrested and detained last
Sunday on my way to worship God in Braamfontein. The police detained me for two
hours at Wits Metro-Rail Station at Park Station. I was told there was no war in
Zimbabwe and, hence it was a fraud for me to
possess asylum papers," says
Tapiwa.
She says her papers were torn into pieces making life difficult
for her to travel around the country without the Home Affairs papers.
"I
think is high time the world must start considering the crisis for refugees in
Africa, especially the issue of Zimbabweans living in SA," she
said.
Tapiwa is the co-ordinator of the Zimbabwe Diaspora Civic Society
(CSOs) Forum based in Braamfontein
Echoing the same sentiments was the
lawyer for human rights and executive director for the Zimbabwe Exiles Forum,
Gabriel Shumba, who says there is a great need to highlight the plight of
refugees in South Africa.
He said the refugees, women and children were
susceptible to all kinds of
exploitation and had become the most vulnerable
group in South Africa.
"Most Zimbabwean youths in South Africa are
refugees who fled the country in fear of their lives. Refugees need a safe haven
where they can recover from mental and physical trauma, and rebuild their lives
for a better future.
"Instead of finding empathy and understanding in
the new South Africa, they are instead welcomed with mistrust, scorn and
disdain," said Shumba.
He said it was the duty of the secutiy officials
to protect the every person in the country, women and children who are in
distress-CAJ News.
Dear Constituents and Friends
You will recall that I wrote to you in
March that the regime has cracked and
that the transition to a free and
prosperous Zimbabwe is clearly visible on
the horizon, although it may be
some time before we can regain control of
our lives through a new,
democratically elected government.
Recent events, although both
disturbing and frustrating, have confirmed this
prediction. ZanuPF is
fighting among itself - the "coup plot" is just the
tip of the iceberg - but
more importantly is busy doing all its usual
nonsense while the country is
fallling headlong into serious economic chaos.
It has no solution whatsoever
to this economic crisis. Indeed, when I asked
the Acting Leader of the
House of Assembly (Mnangagwa!) a couple of weeks
ago what NEW policy
measures government was putting in place to deal with
inflation, he stated
quite unapologetically that they had no new policy
measures, but would let
us know when they did!!
You will also recall my suggestion that you link
up with friends and
neighbours as we face what lies ahead, because we need
to stand together and
help each other. This reaching out and mutual support
appears to me even
more important today, as we enter a period of serious
difficulty for most of
us. We simply can no longer cope with these prices -
yesterday we faced a
bus fare of $40,000 to get into town (80,000 to go from
one side of Harare
to another, 160,000 return), 120,000 for one litre of
petrol, 25,000 for a
loaf of bread, 200,000 for a replacement key, 180,000
for a watch battery -
and don't forget that those thousands were MILLIONS
this time last year!
What will it cost to get a plumber or an electrician
or to get a car
repaired? What if we fall sick, or have an accident? Can
we pay the bills?
And who will make sure we are helped in hospital? Will
there be any doctor
on duty? Will they have the necessary medicines? Even
if we can afford the
school fees, will our children and grandchildren
actually be taught anything
worthwhile at school?
This is the
situation today, but what will it be in a month's time, or by
the end of the
year? Serious economists have suggested our inflation will
reach 1 MILLION
% by November - and the American ambassador suggested
yesterday it would be
1,5 MILLION % by December!!
Clearly the country will no longer function
in such a situation - indeed
already it is not functioning properly in many
spheres, as we know.
Therefore we have to help each other and make
contingency plans, to be as
prepared as we can be for any emergency or
unrest. We are not a country at
war, but we are in the kind of situation
prevailing in a country at war, and
we need to realise this and plan
accordingly.
At home, make sure you always have some water stored, some
candles and
matches, some emergency rations, etc. At neighbourhood level,
see how you
can help or get help with water, power, transport, emergency
response - eg
one person with a vehicle could offer transport if another
could provide
some fuel and another repair the vehicle, etc. If you can
help the elderly,
the sick, the vulnerable in your neighbourhood, so much
the better.
Families with members outside the country should alert those
members that
they may need assistance, and indicate what that assistance
might be.
Do not leave your plans to the last minute, hoping that maybe
it won't be
necessary. It probably WILL be necessary to react to various
emergencies in
the next few months, so BE PREPARED! Remember that those who
are prepared
are always in the lead.
The good thing about our
situation is that we know that it is all part of
the process of CHANGE.
Don't forget that you can play your part in
bringing about the positive
change we all yearn for, both by being prepared
to cope with emergencies and
also by actively SPEEDING THAT CHANGE ALONG.
How? One of the most effective
ways is always to hit where it hurts - the
pocket. Don't buy from them,
withdraw your business and take it elsewhere.
That alone would make a huge
difference. Don't believe that business is not
political - in this country,
everything is political!
Meanwhile also be prepared to vote, even if it
means using the current
discredited system - so check that your name is on
the voters roll, if you
are entitled to vote. If you have changed your name
or address, register
those changes on the voters roll. Make sure your
children and those of your
friends, workmates and neighbours register as
soon as they turn 18.
We can be sure that change is definitely on the
way. There is no government
in the history of the world which has ever
survived inflation of the
magnitude forecast this year in Zimbabwe. So let
us keep this in mind as we
prepare ourselves and our families for the months
that lie ahead - CHANGE IS
ON THE WAY!
Best wishes.
Trudy
Stevenson MP
Harare North Constituency
PS Please pass this message on
to all your family, friends and neighbours
interested in positive change for
our beloved Zimbabwe
CHRA PRESS STATEMENT:
19
June 2007
Zimbabwe's ongoing crisis affects every aspect of our lives to
some degree
but in the midst of such gross human suffering, the
environmental crisis may
be overlooked therefore the World Day to Combat
Desertification and Drought
comes at an opportune time if it causes us to
pause and look around us.
The continuing villagisation of Harare by the
regime has seen residents
forced to give up paraffin some years ago and now
resorting to firewood to
meet their energy needs. The frequent and lengthy
power blackouts imposed by
ZESA means that firewood harvesting and selling
has become a lucrative urban
business. The Sunshine City used to be a Forest
City too. Now it is neither.
Look at the wholesale felling of avenue trees,
gum plantations and
indigenous trees. See the steady stream of bicycles
carrying wood from north
to south.
We know that Town House is
occupied by an illegal Commission but we would
hope that those professional
employees working in the Municipality with a
conscience will attempt to curb
the deforestation. Certainly we are
concerned by the deafening silence of
responsible authorities in the midst
of this environmental disaster. The
various environmental NGOs need to speak
out and to advocate for suitable
policies to be implemented that not only
protect our urban landscape but
also address the causes of the crisis.
We need innovative alternatives to
address the energy deficit. While solar
power and natural gas are viable
options for some, why is there no paraffin
available for the urban
poor?
CHRA calls on all concerned citizens and stakeholders to come
together and
find ways to save Harare from becoming an urban
desert.
Regards
Precious Shumba
Information Officer
Combined
Harare Residents' Association
New Zimbabwe
By Lenox
Mhlanga
Last updated: 06/19/2007 09:33:07
DO YOU remember the days when
the Peugeot 404 station wagon was the
transport of choice? They were
fittingly called 'Emergency Taxis' and going
by the speed at which they were
driven, that title suited them perfectly.
One would be forgiven for thinking
that the drivers had licences to fly a
plane.
Boarding these
flying coffins required some skill. Seeing that transport was
in dire short
supply those days, it meant that one would wait for ages
before an ET
appeared and by then a sizeable crowd of impatient commuters
would have
gathered. In order to be guaranteed a seat, one had to aim to be
one of
those who would gain access to the boot (back of the vehicle usually
reserved for carrying luggage) while the rest huffed and puffed like a rugby
scrum to squeeze into the precious front and back seats.
The problem
for aiming for the boot was that if you were the one to lift the
hatch, the
rest would literally dive in leaving you to nicely close the
hatch behind
them. So when an ET arrived it would be consumed in a cloud of
dust as
people scrambled in while at the back of the vehicle you would see
this huge
group of people patiently waiting for someone to open the hatch!
Well, at
least until the cursing driver came out to do the honours.
Then there was
this unwritten rule that an ET never filled up. Utshova
kawugcwali! We used
to be packed like sardines in a can. On one occasion,
police at a roadblock
counted no less than 14 people (excluding the driver)
in a Peugeot 404
station wagon that was designed to carry 4 passengers. The
French would have
been proud! The cops ordered everyone out and then asked
them to go back
into the vehicle. Six people could not fit back in!
Nowadays things have
changed somewhat. The ubiquitous ET has now been
replaced by commuter mini
buses also referred to as kombis. I suppose there
no longer is any
'emergency' in the sense of the word.
I got this idea of writing a script
for a short film entitled: Take a Hard
Ride, Commuting In Urban Bulawayo. It
goes something like this.
Picture this, a high density suburb in
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second largest
city. It could be Luveve, Magwegwe or
Tshabalala. It's very early and in the
bitterly cold winter morning, a
steadily swelling crowd shuffles
impatiently. They are sure to be late if
nothing happens in the next ten
minutes or so without any transport in
sight. But wait! Salvation is at
hand.
In the distance, with tyres
barely touching the tarmac, a white vehicle
hurtles at breakneck speed
towards the expectant commuters. Is it a plane?
Is it a spaceship? No! It's
a kombi! Their prayers are answered in the form
of this low flying craft.
But have the commuters spoken too soon? For as the
vehicle screeches to a
dusty halt, a mighty stampede ensures!
Fifty or so heaving and panting
bodies throw themselves at it even before
the driver applies the brakes.
They completely blot from sight. These are
supposed to be your ordinary
weekday commuters, eager to avoid being
admonished for arriving late at
their respective workplaces. There is
nothing as annoying as rocking up at
work and finding the boss wearing that
frown of his at the door of your
office.
"Not transport again! Better find a different excuse this time
Sibanda."
Among this crowd of hopefuls are teachers, nurses, school
children, bank
tellers, shop assistants and the occasional pickpocket thrown
for good
measure. Desperate as they are to get to the city, they are forced
to shed
all traces of dignity. Using skills that would rival those of
Hollywood
stuntmen, they latch onto the doors or any appendage and hold on
for dear
life as they are flung this way and that if just for that measure
of
advantage over the rest.
However, those that eventually make it
are not counting their blessing just
yet. Boarding a kombi might be one
thing, riding in it is another. There is
a saying in this fair city that
most if not all kombi drivers (and their
repugnant touts derisively known as
Owindi) were all born from the same
womb. They are vulgar, rude, loud,
immature, utterly corrupt, and filthy.
One would have great difficulty in
locating the word 'respect' in their
tattered dictionary.
The long
suffering paying commuters are convinced that their hearts are hewn
from
granite. Then you ask the question, why board them in the first place?
Kombis, for one, are fast - forget about them being friendly - and
convenient. Conventional buses take centuries to get to town. Speed, which
is where the problem lies, seems to bestow upon the driver, powers of life
and death over the passengers.
Once aboard, there are some unwritten
rules the passengers are supposed to
observe. These rules are heavily
dependent on the disposition of the driver.
If he woke up on the wrong side
of bed, which is always, woe betide the
morning commuter who crosses his
path. For example, the driver is always
right even when he is so obviously
wrong. Udriver kaphikiswa! Complaining is
a privilege a passenger can ill
afford. If one wants to risk being dumped in
the middle of nowhere then dare
break this rule.
The passenger is required to remain in the kombi until
he or she disembarks
at their destination. That includes the countless hours
encased inside a
steaming vehicle that has run out of fuel while the tout
goes cross country
to purchase just enough motion lotion to get them to
town. One is literally
held hostage throughout the proceedings while half
empty kombis zip by.
Thank God smoking inside public vehicles was banned!
I don't know what else
these characters would be smoking if that legislation
had not been imposed.
In fact passengers suspect that kombi drivers and
their touts must be high
on something, always. How else can you explain all
that energy and
excitement? A driver can drink, talk, sing, eat and drive
all at the same
time!
Joyrides are a definitive no-no unless one is
female, beautiful and wearing
a mini skirt. Then the front seat is reserved
for the lucky damsel with
Sibanda likely to be ejected from that vantage
position to make way for the
newly appointed First Lady. He is likely to be
left complaining bitterly in
a billowing cloud of dust miles away from his
destination; left to rue the
day sold his
'better-than-walking.'
Failure to pay the fare is a crime punishable by
death by firing squad.
Well, that is if these chaps had their way. It's
either you part with one
shoe or your front teeth. You take your pick.
Imagine hoping to work with
one shoe, so it's to the dentist you go. I would
anyway.
Next Week: You find out why foul language is the preserve of the
driver and
his tout and how they are able to engage in a lively conversation
- spiced
with choice expletives - all above the thunderous din of Mbaqanga
music, a
skill worth admiring. So don't miss the exciting conclusion of
'Take a Hard
Ride.'
Lenox Mhlanga is a New Zimbabwe.com columnist.
His column is published here
every Friday. You can contact him through
e-mail address:
lenoxmhlanga@hotmail.com
VOA
By Jonga
Kandemiiri and Carole Gombakomba
Washington
19 June 2007
A Zimbabwe high court judge Tuesday granted bail to
six of 21 opposition
members held for the most part since late March under
charges ranging from
sabotage to banditry to giving or receiving
paramilitary training, but only
three were freed.
Justice Lawrence
Kamocha ordered the release of Piniel Denga, Philip Mabika,
Peter Chikwati,
Raymond Bake, Arthur Mhizha and Jacob Muvavi on $10 million
bail each - but
police continued to hold Mabika, Chikwati and Mhizha on
separate
charges.
Denga, Muvavi and Bake, released from remand jail, must now
report three
times a week to the law and order section of the Criminal
Investigation
Department.
The three men held despite the granting of
bail were remanded on charges
that they received paramilitary training
across the border in South Africa.
A total of 18 officials and activists
of the Movement for Democratic Change
faction led by MDC founder Morgan
Tsvangirai remained behind bars in Harare.
Lawyer Alec Muchadehama,
representing them, told reporter Jonga Kandemiiri
of VOA's Studio 7 for
Zimbabwe that if the courts continue to consider
charges on their merits,
all of his opposition clients will eventually
receive bail and be
freed.
Government prosecutors alleged that the group of about 30 MDC
members
arrested in a March 28 raid on the party's Harare headquarters had a
hand in
firebombing attacks on police posts and other targets in February
and March.
The opposition says state security conjured up the charges to
justify a
campaign of repression.
Elsewhere, the Supreme Court agreed
to hear an appeal by two leading figures
in the Bulawayo-based activist
group Women of Zimbabwe Arise which
challenged the constitutionality of
parts of the Criminal Law and
Codification Reform Act.
Jenni Williams
and Magodhonga Mahlangu were arrested June 6 while demanding
the release of
25 WOZA members then held by police in Bulawayo.
Police charged the two
under the Criminal Law and Codification Reform Act
saying they had
interfered with the ordinary convenience or comfort of the
public.
A
lawyer for the two women, Kossam Ncube, told reporter Carole Gombakomba
that
a magistrate in Bulawayo had agreed with his argument that sections of
the
law are too broadly written and as a result may violate individual
constitutional rights.
Williams said that while she and her
co-defendant are thrilled at the
ruling, they know it will be a long time
before the supreme court rules and
that it is very possible that the
government may not recognize and respond
to a ruling in their favor.
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several religious channels, Radio stations like
RSG, Radio Pretoria, SAFM,
2000Fm etc. Contact Joe Esterhuizen on 339378 or
0912 338414 or e-mail
countryjukebox@hotmail.com
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1.6
BRAND NEW LAPTOP FOR SALE (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Toshiba Satellite Pro
A120
Intel Duo Core T2250 1,73 GHz
1 GB DDR2 533 MHz Ram
ATI Tadeon
Xpress Graphics
80 Gb SATA Hard Drive
15" WXGA TFT
DVD-Super Multi
Drive Dual Layer Writer
Wireless and Bluetooth
Lan and 56 Kilobyte Dal-up
Modem
Microsoft Vista Business 32 Bit Edition "Original Software"
Toshiba
Carry Case.
Brand new. Asking price US$ 1 950. Offers
considered.
Contact Nico on 04-302030 or Sally on
04-702402.
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1.7
For Sale (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Grader 1999 Champion 710a Under 4000
Hour's Immac. Contact: 0912235465 or
chippy@ecoweb.co.zw
Paraffin
-Petrol/Diesel for Sale 0912235465 or chippy@ecoweb.co.zw
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1.8
For Sale (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
ZNSPCA IS SELLING GOODS DONATED FOR
RESALE TO HELP WITH OUR WORK.
ZNSPCA HQ 156 Enterprise RD, Tel 497574/ 497885
or 882566
OLD/ NEW BOOKS SALE 16 JUNE 10 - 1PM
RECORDS-MAGAZINES
JIGSAW PUZZLES
PRINTERS TRAY - $ 500 000
PINE COFFEE TABLE GLASS
TOP - 2mtr X 1mtr - $ 3. MIL
STEEL COUNTER DOOR WITH LOCKING MECH. - $1
500 000
GARAGE/GATE DOUBLE DOORS - 3MILL
LARGE MIRRORS
113cm x
139 cm - $3,600,000
90 cm x136cm - $3,000,000
70 cm x 61.5cm -
$900,000
59,5cm x 62 cm - $700,000
Down Duvet as new - $1 200
000
FIRE WOOD - $80 000 PER
BAG
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1.19
For Sale (Ad inserted 19/06/07)
BMW FOR SALE - MODEL 540i - YEAR 1999 -
TYPE SEDAN - COLOUR: SILVER -
MILAGE: 80 000KM
PHONE MRS CRUGER
885585/ 885085 OR MR CRUGER
885014
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1.20
For Sale (Ad inserted 19/06/07)
Water tanks,4000LT,brand new, UV
stabilised material, access for cleaning,
tough build quality,US$700
equivalent, we also fabricate steel stands for
our tanks,4.5 m high which are
able to sustain 5 tonnes of water,US$700
equivalent, call Mike on 0912853163
or Gordon on 023894597 or email
zermatt@mweb.co.zw for details and
pictures
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1.21
THE WEAVERY (Ad inserted 19/06/07)
Going Overseas or down South? Why not
take hand woven gifts for your friends
or family?
These super articles
which are light,easy to pack, take or send, and fully
washable.
Contact
Anne on 332851 or 011212424.Or email joannew@zol.co.zw
Crocheted oven
gloves--$540,000.
Cotton oven gloves--$510,000.
Small woven
bags--$443,000.
Large woven bags--$540,000.
Crocheted
bags--$630,000.
Queen(approx.250x240cms) size
bedcover--$4,040,000.
Double(approx.250x210cms) size
bedcover--$3,630,000.
Other sizes to order.
Single Duvet cushions(open
into a duvet)--$2,720,000.
Other sizes to order.
2x1 meter
Throw--$1,770,000.
Baby Blanket(1x1meter)--$1,170,000.
3 piece toilet
set--$1,070,000.
Bath mat--$758,000.(small rug).
Decorated cushion
covers--$540,000.
Table runner--$315,000.
Set(4)Bordered table mats +
serviettes--$1,070,000.
Set(6)Bordered table mats +
serviettes--$1,610,000.
Set(4) crocheted table mats
only--$855,000.
Set(6)fringed table mats + serviettes--$1,610,000.
Lots of
other combinations.
Small(approx.105x52cms) plain cotton
rug--$758,000.
Medium(approx.120x65cms) plain cotton
rug--$1,070,000
Large(approx.150x75cms) plain cotton
rug--$1,610,000.
Ex.Large(approx.230x130cms) plain cotton
rug--$3,470,000.
Small patterned cotton rug--$1,070,000.
Small rag
rug--$758,000.
Medium rag rug--$1,070,000.
Medium patterned cotton
rug--$1,610,000.
Large patterned cotton rug--$2,150,000
Ex.Large patterned
cotton rug--$4,260,000.
Small patterned mohair rug--$2,120,000.
Medium
patterned mohair rug--$2,670,000
Large patterned mohair
rug--$3,470,000.
Ex. Large patterned mohair rug--$5,870,000.
Lots of
other articles.PLEASE be aware that prices may change without
notice and
orders take some time as they have to be woven and sent from
Gweru to
Harare.
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1.22
For Sale (Ad inserted 19/06/07)
Boat
Cougar 16' Hull on trailer with
Mercury redline 125 motor, electric start,
ride glide steering system, two
built in fuel tanks, one carry tank.
Boat motors:
Mercury Blue line
40hp motor, running but needs minor attn, complete with
controls, plus many
spares
Various '94 Peugeot 405 body parts
Windscreen - cracked
Rear
window (with heater lines)
Bonnet
Boot
4 Doors (one bit of a dent)
3
glasses for the doors
Door panels
Headlights
Grill
Rear tail
lights
Back seats
Rims x3
Front & rear suspension
Contact:
Sandy on 661220 or 091 2908262 for further
details.
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1.23
For Sale (Ad inserted 19/06/07)
Brand New Laptops, Latest new processor
not just Duo core but Duo Core 2
(newest processor in world,
64bit)
Brand New top of line, Acer Aspire 5635WLMI Centrino Core2 Duo
T7200 @
2.0GHz / 1GB DDR2 RAM / 15.4 Crystalbrite color TFT LCD / up to 345MB
NVIDIA
graphics / 160GB hard drive / DVD Super Multi Drive (Dual Layer) /
Wireless
Lan / 1.3mp Web Cam / Video out / Windows Vista / includes laptop
bag.
Price $320 000 000
Brand new Big screen, Acer Aspire 9424WSMI
Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 @
1.83GHz / 17" Crystalbrite color TFT LCD / up to
256MB NVIDIA graphics /
120GB hard drive / DVD Super Multi Drive (Dual Layer)
/ Bluetooth / Wireless
Lan / 1.3mp Web Cam / Video out / Windows XP Media
Center Edition / includes
laptop bag. (Has side number pad)
Price $320
000 000
Brand New, Toshiba Core2 Duo T5600 @ 1.83GHz / 1GB DDR2 RAM /
80GB HDD
/15.4" Truebrite Wide View TFT Color Display/Bluetooth / DVD Super
Multi
Drive (Dual Layer)/ Intel 945GM Express Chipset 128MB RAM / 5-1 Card
Reader
/ SRS TruSurround System/MS Office OneNote/Win XP Home and Express
upgrade
to Vista / 2.71 Kg. Includes Laptop Bag, plus wireless HD
mouse
Price $288 000 000
Contact Zane on 0912301396 or email zane@yoafrica.com can send you
pics.
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2.
WANTED
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2.1
Wanted
By way of loan or donation to the JAG Trust. The Trust is
Capacity Building
a New Project which necessitates the furnishing of an
office with desks,
chairs, cupboards and shelving. Any surplus office
furniture or trimmings
will be welcomed. Phone
799410.
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2.2
Wanted
Sheila Macdonald (Sally in Rhodesia) - If you have any of Sheila
Macdonald's
books for sale, please let JAG know the details including
condition etc with
your name, telephone number and price
wanted.
Telephone JAG - 04 -
799410
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2.3
Shotgun Wanted
Good quality, Baretta or Browning, 20 bore over/under
shotgun. In excellent
condition. Please contact the JAG office on
799410.
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2.4
WANTED ITEMS (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Looking for old, small TV, colour or
even black & white. Also looking for
gas braai or small gas stove. Pse
sms 091
2264160.
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2.5
Wanted (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Peterhouse - a full boarding school
situated just outside Marondera, would
like to urgently source old 200 litre
drums that can be used for dustbins
and braai units around the
campus.
We are also looking to purchase a generator 175kva -
200kva.
If you can help in any way, please contact the Rector's Secretary
-
peterrec@mweb.co.zw, or Tel: 079 -
24951/3 or
22200/4
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3.
ACCOMMODATION WANTED AND
OFFERED
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3.1
Accommodation Wanted
Ex farmers daughter, husband and two young children
looking for 3/4
bed-roomed, 2 bath-roomed house, with domestic quarters to
rent. Prefer a
long lease. Please call on
0912258491.
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3.2
For Lease (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Industrial factory in Ruwa 1000 sq/m two
houses on same premises for offices
and caretaker cottage with workshop and
pit with big garden.
Phone fax 04-308551---0912235465 or chippy@ecoweb.co.zw
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3.3
MALVERN HOUSE TRUST (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Malvern House was built in
1969 in Umvukwes (now Mvurwi) by the local
farmers and businessmen, and was
intended originally as a retirement home
for the local residents of the
area.
In the last few years most of the farmers have moved away and the
facilities
are now under utilized.
The complex consists of a large
central building referred to as the
cloisters, which includes the reception
area, lounge, library, dining room
and kitchen. Accommodation consists of 9
double rooms and 7 single rooms al
with en-suite bath/shower and toilet. The
current all in charges for this
facility as at July 2007 are as
follows:-
Cloisters (ALL FOUND)
1 room with bath
and toilet for 1 person $1,386,000
5 empty
2
rooms with bath and toilet for 1 person $2,079,000
2
rooms with bath and toilet for 2 persons $2,772,000
In addition
there are 17 self catering cottages and 4 self catering flats on
the
property, the rates for these are as follows:-
Cottages:-
2
empty
2 bedroom cottages
$42,000 per month
1 bedroom
cottages
$31,500 per month
3 empty
Flats
$26,250 per
month
Lock up garages are available at
$31,500
per month
Care Unit:-
There is also a highly rated 13
bed care unit with 24 hour nursing care:-
Long stay
patients
$2,142,000 per month
Other Charges:-
Cottage and Flat
Residents Meals at Cloisters $40,000
Guest
Meals
$50,000
Guest Nights
$60,000
Al the above charges are
payable in advance and are subject to
regular
increases
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3.4
For Sale (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
MAZOWE SPRINGS CLUSTER
DEVELOPMENT
Wake up to the calls of the bush within a stonesthrow of the
city. 16
spacious 3 and 4 bedroomed houses in this most appealing
setting.Next to
Wild Geese Lodge.
Payment plan over 4 months. For further
details or appointment to view
contact the the Sales Team at Kennan
Properties -Central Branch on 251643/5
or 794202/7/9
or Biddy Railton on
023 403
887
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3.5
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 19/06/07)
Unfurnished accommodation
required for single, professional female in her
late 20's. Must be very
secure - preferably in a block or complex.
Landlord references available
from UK & Zimbabwe.
Please contact Hayley on 0912 321 513 or work
708036/7 of hayleyf@zol.co.zw
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3.6
Accommodation Sought (Ad inserted 19/06/07)
Blue eyed Dr. urgently
looking for accommodation, house-sitting/room for
rent or cottage somewhere
near Parinyatwa hospital. Current accommodation
rent increased beyond
government doctor's salary.
Contact Dr. Martyn Edwards 335352 or cell
0912 66 44 33 urgent
responses
appreciated.
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4.
RECREATION
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4.1
Need a break
Getaway and enjoy peace and fresh air at GUINEA FOLWS
REST
Only 80kms from Harare, Self-catering guest-house
Sleeps 10 people,
Bird-watching, Canoeing, Fishing, DSTV
REGRET: No day visitors. No boats
or dogs allowed.
Contact Dave: 011 600 770 or Annette 011 600 769
or 091
22 55 653 or email dapayne@zol.co.zw
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4.2
Savuli Safari (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
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. Best value for money. U12
are 1/2 price
Contact John: savuli@mweb.co.zw or Phone 091 2631
556
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5.
SPECIALIST
SERVICES
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5.1
Vehicle Repairs
Vehicle repairs carried out personally by qualified
mechanic with 30 years
experience. Very reasonable rates.
Phone Johnny
Rodrigues: 011 603213 or 011 404797, email:
galorand@mweb.co.zw
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5.2
SpeedWorx - WYNN'S
Intelligent Car Service has arrived!
Why pay
ridiculous prices and be without your car for days.
Our services are done
while you wait & cost a fraction of the normal repair.
At SpeedWorx
we will:
Service your car
Increase your engine's performance and
improve your fuel economy
Completely flush your engine oil to prolong your
engine life
Restore your Power steering performance and stop it
leaking
Restore your Automatic Transmission performance and stop it
leaking
Completely flush your brake system and make you safe
Stop your car
overheating and reduce the risk of leaks
Remove bad odours from the interior
of your car and keep it fresh
Services done at your home or
office.
Contact: Bryan 011 612 650 or Russell 011 410
525.
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5.3
HARDWOOD FURNTURE (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Sleepers and Teak Custom made
Dining Tables, Coffee Tables, Bars , Even
Wrought iron and Pine Phone Simon
Silcock persistently 668843
or sms 091 233 103 and I will reply
quickly.
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5.4
VISIO INTERIOR DESIGN (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Specialising in residential
and lodge interiors - let us help you create
your dream home.
Diploma
in Interior Design and Decoration - Rhodec International UK
Contact - Janna
Pole, 19 Rolf Avenue, Ballantyne Park, Harare
091 2 432523 / 870019 / janna@earth.co.zw
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5.5
THE PACKING CO (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Professional packing and crating of
trophies
Secure storage of trophies with treatment to prevent any
contamination
Thorough inspection of trophies
Trophies individually
wrapped and packed in industrial boxes and strong
wooden crates
Fast
and efficient processing of documentation
Delivery of packed crate and
paperwork to shipping company
Weekly update on progress of
shipment
Contact - Janna Pole, 19 Rolf Avenue, Ballantyne Park, Harare
091
2 432523 / 870019 / janna@earth.co.zw
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5.6
Investing in a holiday home or retirement pad (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Are
you thinking of investing in a "bolt hole", holiday home or
retirement
pad.
Try the beautiful Eastern Cape.
Rob Owsley
Properties specializes in property sales along the Eastern Cape
Coast from
Port Alfred to Hamburg, including Riet River, Kleinemonde,
Mgwalana, Mpekweni
and Birha. The sales office in located in Kleinemonde,
20km from Port Alfred
on the Sunshine Coast between Port Elizabeth and East
London in the Eastern
Cape.
The long stretches of white unspoilt beach, warm Indian ocean waves
and
peaceful lagoons make it an ideal seaside getaway. The natural assets
of
Kleinemonde make it an excellent venue for all river and beach
activities,
including water skiing, surfing, boating up the unspoilt river,
horse riding
on the beach, fishing and sand boarding and much more! The
beautiful
indigenous vegetation reaches down to the riverbanks and the
ancient cycads
are in abundance. Bird and wild life are abundant, the cry of
the resident
fish eagles echoes in the silence. In close proximity are
various game
reserves and parks where the Big Five can be seen on day and
night drives.
There are two excellent golf courses in the area, the Fish
River Sun, 5
minutes away and the Royal Alfred Golf Club in Port
Alfred.
All this makes Kleinemonde the ideal holiday home area and also a
restful
and peaceful place to retire.
Contact : Rob Owsley
Properties; Tel. +27 46 6751021; Fax. +27 46 6751126,
e-mail : owsley@imaginet.co.za www.kleinemondeproperty.co.za
If
you have children at school or university in Grahamstown, Rob
Owsley
Properties also has many delightful properties available on their
books for
short term
rents.
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5.7
VIDEO PRODUCTION
Filming & Editing of Weddings & Special Events.
DVD Production, Broadcast
Quality. DVD & VHS transfers. Call Greer on
744075 / 0912 353 047
Greer Wynn - Focused Video Productions: 0912 353
047 /
744075
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5.8
MAGNA PLUMBING & ELECTRICAL (Ad inserted 19/06/07)
MAGNA MULTI
CONTRACTING
Please be advised that the above Company has moved premises
and the phone
number has changed. We still offer continued professional and
prompt service
for the following ;-
A. Electrical repairs and
installations
B. Plumbing repairs and installations
C. Home and
Office renovations
D. Extensions and Buildings
E. Patios and
Driveways
F. Painting, Carpentry and Glazing
G. Roofing, Gutters and
Flashing
Please contact ROB and SUE
Phone (04) 852658 -
Mobile - 011 601 885 / 023 824 896
Email macgyver@zol.co.zw or havill@zol.co.zw
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5.9
HUNTING TROPHY EXPORTS (Ad inserted 19/06/07)
Fast and efficient
dipping and shipping
Professional administration and storage of
trophies
Taxidermy in the USA
Convenient drop-off
Contact me, Joe
Wells on - Tel/fax (263) 04 490677, Cell: (263) 0912 239305
Email: josh@zol.co.zw or Joobie62@yahoo.co.uk
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6.
PETS
CORNER
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6.1
Looking for a Home (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
My diplomat neighbours are
leaving very soon, and cannot take all 3
Ridgebacks back - therefore they are
looking for an excellent person or
preferably family to adopt ONE of their
pedigree Rhodesian Ridgebacks, who
is some 18 months old - Sire a Sarula
(Linda Costa), Dam an Umvutcha
(Sankeys). If you or your family is
interested, please respond as soon as
possible with contact details and
information about your home/family of
interest to such a dog.
Please pass
this information to anyone you know who might be interested.
Please
contact: trudys@zol.co.zw
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6.2
PUPPY WANTED (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
The following puppy wanted: - Bull
Terrier; Bull Mastiff; Rottwieler; Boer
Bull; Bull Mastiff or any cross with
the above. Contact Debbie on 091 2 830
953 or 492519 (After
Hours)
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6.3
Wanted (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
LABRADOR OR JACK RUSSELL PUP - PLEASE PHONE
JENNY TAYLOR ON 495706 OR 011
409
353
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6.4
Looking for a Home (Ad inserted 19/06/07)
Lovely cat -bout three years
old, fat and fluffy, looking for a home. She
is very loving, but doesn't
like big dogs. Or let's say she isn't used to
them. Her name is Ginger.
Please urgently looking for a home!!!
Contact: Sandy on 661220 or 091
2908262 for further
details.
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7.
SOCIAL
GATHERINGS
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7.1
CUTTY SARK HALF MARATHON KARIBA
MONDAY 13 AUGUST 2007 (over long
weekend)
All serious runners, fun runners/walkers, family and friends are
invited to
take part in the second Kariba Half Marathon, sponsored by Cutty
Sark Hotel.
Disco, full bar and catering at Cutty Sark after the
race.
Email: kiara@zol.co.zw or guyhammond@zol.co.zw for more information
or
telephone 011 208 218 / 0912 275
714
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7.2
SOCIAL GATHERINGS (Ad inserted 12/06/07)
Come and dance with Country Juke
Box. Bring the family. Children allowed.
Reasonable bar prices, club menu and
a great atmosphere. A wide selection of
dance music from the 60's to 90's,
Country, Tiekkie Draai, Rock and Roll
etc. Contact Joe on 339378 or 0912
338414 for
details.
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7.3
Art Exhibition (Ad inserted 19/06/07)
A must see event for serious Art
lovers, collectors and investors of fine
Art.
Barry Thomas - Fine Art
and Wild Life
Date - 29th June 2007
Time - 4.30p.m.
Venue - Richard
Rennie Gallery (7 Downie Ave, Alexandra Park, Harare)
Dress - Smart
Casual
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JAG
Hotlines: +263 (011) 610 073, +263 (04) 799 410. If you are in trouble
or
need advice, please don't hesitate to contact us - we're here to help!
To
advertise (JAG Members): Please email classifieds to: jagma@mango.zw
with subject
"Classifieds".