ninemsn, Australia
Crackdown in Zimbabwe condemned
Australia
condemned a crackdown on opponents of Zimbabwe President Robert
Mugabe's
regime, demanding the violence be stopped immediately.
The Mugabe
government has stepped up its campaign against the opposition
Movement for
Democratic Change (MDC) following a two-day strike last week.
The MDC
said police detained about 500 party members after the strike shut
factories
and sparked violence in one of the biggest protests since Mr
Mugabe came to
power 23 years ago.
The government called the strike a flop.
But
the MDC warned of more strikes if President Mugabe did not agree to 15
key
demands by the end of March, including the repeal of harsh media and
security
laws and a move toward fresh elections.
In response, President Mugabe
ordered security forces to crack down on those
using violence against the
government, accusing the MDC of employing mob
aggression under the guise of
defending human rights.
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the
repression was unprecedented.
"The government is appalled at the
unprovoked, violent repression and
intimidation that has taken place," he
told parliament.
"Just in the last few days, several hundred - possibly
as many as 500 -
opposition activists have been arrested.
"Many of
those people have been beaten and some of them have even
been
tortured."
Australia, along with Britain and New Zealand, has
been an outspoken critic
of the Mugabe regime and led the push for Zimbabwe's
suspension from the
54-member Commonwealth, recently extended until
December.
Mr Downer said in the latest crackdown children were beaten and
soldiers
sexually assaulted women.
Australian diplomats based in
Harare personally witnessed several vicious
beatings by soldiers using sticks
studded with barbed wire, he said.
"The Australian government demands
that the government of Zimbabwe halt this
brutality immediately," Mr Downer
said.
"The perpetrators of these human rights violations must be brought
to
justice."
President Mugabe, 79, last week accused the United
States, Britain, Germany
and the Netherlands of sponsoring the MDC
protests.
The Times
Mugabe is 'exploiting war in Iraq'
From Michael Dynes in Johannesburg
President Robert
Mugabe is ruthlessly exploiting the war with
Iraq to unleash an unprecedented
assault against his critics in Zimbabwe,
opposition groups said
today.
The number of arrests, detentions and beatings faced
by
opposition supporters "is higher now than at any time since the Movement
for
Democratic Change (MDC) launched its campaign to remove him from
office
three years ago," David Coltart, the MDC's shadow justice spokesman,
said.
"There is no doubt that Mugabe is exploiting the fact
that the
world's attention is focused on Iraq," Mr Coltart said. "Over the
past week
he has acted with complete impunity against his critics, with some
of the
worst atrocities taking place while everyone's attention is focused on
the
war in Iraq," he added.
More than 500 opposition
officials and supporters have been
arrested and detained after last week's
two-day national strike which shut
down factories, brought cities to a
standstill and triggered widespread
violence in the biggest protests since Mr
Mugabe came to power 23 years ago.
As many as 1,000
opposition supporters have been driven out of
their homes in the recent
upsurge in government sanctioned violence, which
has seen more than 250
people admitted to hospitals - many with broken bones
and other
injuries.
Crisis in Zimbabwe, a local human rights group, has
reported
that it is receiving daily reports of arrests, assaults and torture
of MDC
supporters, in what it said was an "intensified campaign" of
intimidation by
militant supporters of Mr Mugabe's ruling Zanu (PF)
party.
Richard Boucher, the US State Department spokesman,
earlier this
week accused the Zimbabwean Government of embarking on "a
massive
retribution campaign against opposition officials, supporters and
other
critics" of the Harare regime.
The new wave of
violence was triggered by Mr Mugabe likening
himself to Adolf Hitler, the
Nazi leader, and warning that he would not
hesitate to act like a "black
Hitler" when it came to crushing his domestic
opponents, Mr Boucher
said.
The US, which has frozen the assets of Mr Mugabe and 76
other
senior Zanu (PF) officials in protest over the illegal seizure of
white
commercial farms and the collapse of the rule of law, earlier this
month
said that it intended to lead a campaign to censure Zimbabwe at the
UN's
Human Rights Commission.
Morgan Tsvangirai, the
leader of the MDC, on trial for plotting
to assassinate Mr Mugabe, has given
the government until Tuesday to halt the
crackdown against political
opponents, repeal harsh media and security laws,
and move towards fresh
elections, or face a new round of mass protests
against his rule. "The
deadline is fast approaching," Mr Tsvangirai said.
Mr Mugabe,
79, who has been in power since independence from
Britain in 1980, is facing
the worst economic crisis in the country's
history, with soaring
unemployment, rampant inflation and acute shortages of
food, fuel and foreign
exchange since last year's presidential elections
which opposition critics
and international observers insist was rigged.
Dismissing the
MDC's March 31 ultimatum, Mr Mugabe said that he
had no intention of
listening to the "pathetic puppets" of the West, and
accused America,
Britain, Germany and The Netherlands of sponsoring the
MDC's protests against
his rule.
Business Day
Death-of-democracy protest haunts cricket
talent
Black
armband show of defiance in World Cup has contrasting results for two
of
Zimbabwe's prominent sportsmen
FOR Henry Olonga, the Zimbabwean right-arm
fast bowler, the past year can
only be described as the best of times and the
worst of times.
His life up until two weeks before the start of the 2003
Cricket World Cup
was sweet. Now he is lying low in Johannesburg after
receiving death threats
because he "had the temerity to protest" against what
he describes as the
oppression of President Robert Mugabe's
regime.
Interviewed shortly before leaving, most probably for England,
the lean and
articulate 26-year-old seemed unfazed by the events he has been
forced to
endure lately events that have forced him to retire from
international
cricket and become a political refugee from his own
country.
He had just completed one of the best seasons of his career, his
batting
average was at a record high and he had taken nine wickets in the
2002 test
series against Pakistan. Also, his singing career was taking off,
and he was
busy writing and recording new material for a possible CD
release.
Then came the now famous incident when he and Andy Flower
decided to protest
against their country's deteriorating economy and record
of human rights
abuses by wearing armbands.
Two weeks before
Zimbabwe's first game of the World Cup against Namibia held
in Harare, Olonga
and Flower were approached by someone he says he is not
prepared to name "for
security reasons".
Says Olonga: "He reminded us, quite rightly, of the
stand the African
National Congress took on the subject of sport during SA's
apartheid years.
He said you cannot have normal sport in an abnormal
society."
Accordingly, when games were played in Zimbabwe, Olonga and
Flower
registered their discontent with the status quo by wearing black
armbands,
indicating that they were in mourning for the death of
democracy.
Olonga was not paying lip service to a popular
cause.
His family is affected by the economic and political situation in
Zimbabwe
everyday.
His father and stepmother are separated because his
father, a respected
paediatrician, struggles to continue operating as a
doctor in a country
where patients cannot afford prescription
drugs.
His stepmother, a nursing sister, has opted to work in England,
where her
salary keeps the home fires burning in Zimbabwe.
"My father
has chosen to stay in Zimbabwe because he has Zimbabwean people
at heart at a
time there are not that many doctors left in the country."
Dr John Olonga
is Henry Olonga's inspiration to do what he felt was the
right thing to
do.
"It was my father's example of doing your best for your fellow man
that
encouraged me to stand up for what was right and join the two-man
protest."
This is where the story gets interesting. Here were two
players,
representing their country in a high-profile World Cup
tournament,
protesting on the field in exactly in the same manner.
The
difference was one cricketer was black and the other white.
Immediately,
Olonga was "fired" from his cricket club, while nothing of the
sort happened
to the squad's captain, Flower.
Olonga was banned from
playing in any further games in Zimbabwe. Perhaps it
was felt by the
authorities, that as a black cricketer, Olonga had betrayed
his country,
while such behaviour could be expected of Flower, a
white
Zimbabwean.
In fairness, the Zimbabwe Cricket Union also tried
to bar Flower from
playing, but three of his white teammates rallied around
him and said if
Flower did not play, they also would not play.
By the
time Olonga had played his last game against Sri Lanka in East London
where
he managed to take a wicket, his alienation was complete.
He was forced
to announce his retirement from international cricket. Flower
and Guy
Whittall, also announced their retirement.
After the game in East London,
the entire team, including Olonga, was taken
on a boat cruise. The next
morning they all boarded a bus for the airport to
fly back to Johannesburg
and then on to Zimbabwe.
Olonga was prevented from boarding the
bus.
He was told he was not entitled to that privilege as he had retired
from the
team, a move Olonga viewed as a ridiculous act of discrimination
against
him.
It is not hard to work out exactly what caused that
rift.
Olonga says that since the black-armband protest the team was
divided into
two camps.
One camp was all for cricket being played in
Zimbabwe, irrespective of the
prevailing conditions in the country. The other
supported his and Flower's
stand.
It was very difficult to understand
the situation. "Those team members who
did not openly support us have the
most to lose farms for example, which are
their families'
livelihood".
By all accounts, Zimbabwe's cricket team is now in disarray.
All at once,
they have lost three of the most experienced members of their
team with a
further top player about to announce his resignation. However,
Olonga is not
bitter. "Life happens."
He does not regret standing up
for what he believes in. In hindsight, he is
pleased games were played in
Zimbabwe. It gave him an opportunity to
protest, while Zimbabweans got to see
some good cricket.
The other "nasty" that marred the East London game for
Olonga was that he
got a couple of emails from a secretary inside a
Zimbabwean government
minister's office, warning him that there were threats
to have him "dealt
with".
Also, there was talk of him being hunted
down by Mugabe's feared Central
Intelligence Organisation and being returned
to Zimbabwe on charges of
treason. Naturally, he decided against returning
home. Olonga's next concern
is whether or not he is going to be paid for his
participation in the World
Cup.
He is owed about $30000 by the
Zimbabwe Cricket Union. In Zimbabwean terms
this is a small fortune (more
than Z30m using the official exchange rate).
"They may choose not to pay
me if so, I will just have to get on with my
life," he says wryly.
He
feels that all that has happened to him recently proves an inalienable
point.
Sport and politics do mix.
"I don't think there is a single black person
in SA that will say it was not
right to speak out against apartheid. South
Africans must never forget that,
for as much as they say that sport and
politics don't mix, preventing SA
from competing internationally was one of
the strongest (antiapartheid)
statements that was made to the
world."
Olonga's career as an international test cricketer is over,
possibly long
before it should have ended. He is only 26, and despite a
troublesome knee
that can be corrected with minor surgery he is in peak
fitness arguably at
the top of his form.
Although he says repeatedly
that he has no regrets and he would do it all
over again, one cannot help
wondering how many people would take the same
risk. Henry Olonga seems to
equate his personal crisis with two components
that of disaster and of
opportunity.
"Everything I have done to date has brought me to this point
and given me
the opportunity to try and do something meaningful for my
country.
"I have achieved every young boy's dream that of representing my
country in
a major sport. I hope one day to return to Zimbabwe and help
rebuild and
repair the mess the (current) governmen t has
made."
Hudleston is a freelance writer
Mar 26 2003 06:44:31:000AM
Sarah Hudleston Business Day 1st Edition
IOL
Mugabe undermining rule of law, says Jordan
March 26
2003 at 05:47AM
By Christelle Terreblanche
A
senior African National Congress MP, Pallo Jordan, has hit out at
Robert
Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party, saying it was a "scandal" that the
party was
undermining the values they had struggled to attain.
Jordan,
chair of parliament's foreign affairs portfolio committee, named
these values
as democracy, accountable government, the rule of law, an
independent
judiciary, non-racialism and political tolerance.
Speaking in the foreign
affairs budget vote on Tuesday, he pointed out that
the ANC had warned
political parties in Zimbabwe against "subversion of the
rule of law" and
"the temptations of recklessness that could easily
precipitate armed
conflict".
"It is a matter of public record that the ANC and the
government it leads
has done these things (warnings)", said Jordan. "Yet the
opposition prefers
pretending that we have not.
"It is a patent
absurdity to accuse the South African government of "quiet
diplomacy" because
diplomacy is by its very nature quiet. If one's purpose
is to intimidate and
to browbeat, that too will determine one's conduct."
Foreign minister
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, opening the debate, announced that
southern African
foreign ministers will soon visit Zimbabwe to address the
rising
tensions.
But the government was faced with a new round of criticism by
opposition
parties. Democratic Alliance foreign spokesperson, Colin Eglin,
lashed out
against President Thabo Mbeki for "accepting assurances given by
Robert
Mugabe at face value". - Political Bureau
The Australian
Zimbabwe fires back at US
By Angus Shaw
March 26,
2003
ZIMBABWEAN officials responded angrily to US criticism of their
government's
response to an opposition-led national strike, denying there had
been a
brutal crackdown on dissent.
Willard Chiwewe, a high ranking
foreign ministry official, blamed last
week's national strike for prompting
the crackdown on British and US-backed
industrialists, the state Herald
newspaper reported today.
"The so-called mass action which the Americans
are hailing as successful was
a shutout of industries and workers. The
workers reported for work but were
shut out," he said.
US State
Department spokesman Richard Boucher on Monday described the strike
as
"successful and largely peaceful" and said Washington condemned
unprecedented
violence sponsored by the government security forces
that
followed.
The crackdown included the arrests of at least 400
people and injuries of
another 250. Boucher said Zimbabwe authorities
embarked on what he called a
massive retribution campaign against the
opposition Movement for Democratic
Change.
He said
government leaders and their supporters had sharply escalated
repression of
all forms of dissent since the beginning of the year.
Chiwewe said
Boucher's remarks were "an intrusion in the internal affairs of
small
countries" that breached international law, The Herald said.
"It is no
secret the United States is already playing its assumed role as
the epicentre
and police headquarters of the world," he said.
The opposition Movement
for Democratic Change and independent human rights
monitors said yesterday at
least 1000 people were arrested, assaulted and
hounded from their homes in
the aftermath of the strike.
The Herald, a main government mouthpiece,
said police confirmed the arrests
of about 200 people and denied allegations
of assault and torture.
The newspaper reported youths were paid to stir
the unrest.
Court officials, meanwhile, said four opposition activists
were ordered held
in custody on charges they torched a ruling party office in
the provincial
town of Chinhoyi, 115km northwest of Harare last
week.
Another 20 people were taken into police custody for alleged
involvement in
public violence in the Harare area during the strike, court
officials said.
The strike, taken as a stand against
political
repression and acute shortages of food and gasoline, shut down
most of the
economy, disrupting transport services and shutting down shops,
banks,
factories and state post offices.
SABC
SA concerned over Mugabe's government
March 26, 2003, 15:00
South Africa has formally expressed
concern over President
Robert Mugabe's government. This follows reports that
people were being
beaten up in the wake of last week's stay away in
Zimbabwe.
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Foreign Minister, says
beatings, torture
and other forms of victimisation, are of concern to the
Mbeki government.
"We have held some discussions with them already to express
our concern
about the situation, and to state that if that was what was going
on it's
not acceptable, and it should be sorted out."
South Africa's concern comes as Amnesty International, the human
rights
group, warns of a new and dangerous phase of repression in Zimbabwe.
Last
week's strike, which was called by the country's biggest opposition
party,
the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), was largely successful.
However, it
unleashed a violent reaction from Mugabe's security forces, with
reports of
up to 500 people in jail.
Dlamini-Zuma added that the
Zimbabwean response was that some of
their security people may have
over-reacted in the face of provocation.
Bread Readily Available On the Black Market
The Herald
(Harare)
March 26, 2003
Posted to the web March 26,
2003
Harare
Bread, which is no longer available in most of the
country's retail outlets,
is available in abundance in tuckshops and on the
black market where prices
are not controlled.
Bread has joined the
long list of basic commodities, among them cooking oil
and maize meal, that
are non-existent in the country's retail outlets but
are readily available on
the black market.
A snap survey yesterday showed that most tuckshops
in high-density areas
were fully stocked with bread while vendors actually
had loaves of bread
spread out by the roadside.
The catch, however,
was in the price. It costs between $250 and $350 for a
loaf. The controlled
retail price of bread is $61.
Supermarkets and other registered retail
outlets, which sell at the
controlled price, are mostly stocking up with
rolls and other types of
pastries which cost more.
Despite the high
price of bread on the black market, consumers said they
were forced to buy
because it was better to spend more and be assured of
getting something
rather than not getting it at all.
"At least there is somewhere to get it
from and for those of us with
children that's what matters.
"Bread is
important in the home and is needed on a daily basis.
"There are many
children who refuse to go to school or to play without
eating bread and
sometimes even us adults use it as a substitute for sadza,"
said Ms Kuda
Saimu of Harare.
However, others questioned why there was so much bread
on the black market
and none on the official market, saying it showed that
bakers were supplying
certain individuals at the expense of the custo-
mers.
Supermarket and bakery employees were suspected to be on top of the
list of
the people getting bread from their workplaces at controlled prices
and
reselling it at inflated prices.
"They are able to get bread in
bulk from their workplaces so that they can
resell it but when we go into the
shops, we are told to queue and are
treated badly by these same employees,"
said Mr Oliver Mamvura of Harare.
"They make sure that we do not get more
than one loaf so that we are forced
to buy from them at inflated
figures."
The chairman of the Bakers Association of Zimbabwe, Mr Armitage
Chikwavira,
could not comment on the issue yesterday
News24
No smart sanctions against Zim
26/03/2003 18:06 -
(SA)
Donwald Pressly
Cape Town - President Thabo Mbeki has
ruled out the possibility of imposing
"smart sanctions" against
Zimbabwe.
During question time in the National Assembly, Mbeki was asked
by New
National Party parliamentary leader Boy Geldenhuys about the
possible
imposition of smart sanctions against the Zimbabwean political
elite. The
president said there was "no possibility... we can't just say let
us break
links... across the border".
He instead welcomed indications
by Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan
Tsvangirai that he was ready to
restart talks with the Zimbabwean
government.
The MDC has claimed
widespread intimidation by the Zanu-PF government, a
traditional ally of the
South African ruling party, the African National
Congress.
Tsvangirai
was reported on Tuesday as saying that the country's political
crisis was
deepening and "principled" dialogue between the government "and
the broad
democratic forces" was needed to prevent anarchy from taking
hold.
Tsvangirai said the situation had reached "unacceptable levels with
more
than 1 000 innocent people being hounded from their homes, arrested
and
detained as political prisoners whose only crime is to demand their right
to
a legitimate and democratic government".
Asked by Inkatha Freedom
Party MP Farouk Cassim if South Africa could
provide a neutral venue for such
talks between the opposition and Zanu-PF,
he said: "That wouldn't be a
problem... the problem is to get them (the
opposing parties) to sit
together."
Colonial legacy
Referring to the conflict over the land
reform programme in that country, he
added: "We are in favour of land
distribution in Zimbabwe... you couldn't
sustain a colonial legacy. You
couldn't let it be... everyone in the rest of
the world agrees... I don't
about the South Africans..."
But Mbeki said his government was discussing
the matter with the Zimbabwe
government. He told MPs: "We have discussed that
matter and have agreed it
has to be addressed. There are (also) something
like 350 000 black farm
workers who came from Malawi and Mozambique... I
don't hear any noise about
them... who got displaced... you can't sustain
that.
"These are people who came (from those countries)... as a result of
which
having stayed in Zimbabwe for a long period of time during the
colonial
years, they were treated in Southern Rhodesia and Zimbabwe as
Malawians and
Mozambicans."
"It is an old problem... what we have
agreed is that position of these
people needs to be addressed." Mbeki said
they - the Zimbabwe government -
had agreed that legislation would be passed
that anyone that was in Zimbabwe
in 1980 would become a citizen of Zimbabwe."
- I-Net Bridge
News24
MDC: Zim violence escalating
26/03/2003 18:06 -
(SA)
Harare - Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change
(MDC) on
Wednesday said the level of violence in the country was escalating -
and it
blamed the police and military.
"There has not been any
slowdown in the violence, it's escalating," MDC
spokesperson Paul Themba
Nyathi said.
"There are 20 people still detained in hospital from the
last couple of
days. This morning we got reports from several different
townships in Harare
from people who had been brutalised last
night."
Also on Wednesday, security police raided the offices of Amani
Trust, a
charity aiding victims of political violence, staff said. Further
details
were not immediately available.
Meanwhile, MDC MP Roy Bennett
said 60 uniformed members of the paramilitary
and regular police and soldiers
descended on his farm, Charleswood, in the
eastern district of Chimanimani
and were forcing workers out of their homes.
Bennett had High Court
orders which barred government security agents from
entering his farm which
has been under virtual siege by them for nearly
three years.
"They are
ignoring everything," he said. "This has happened so many times
before, I
have lost count."
He was speaking from Harare and had been contacted by
telephone from the
farm. "All but a few senior guys ran away when they
arrived," he said. "It's
happening right now and I don't have a clear
picture, so I don't know if
there's been violence." For three days last week,
police and soldiers staged
successive attacks on a farm in Ruwa leased by
Bennett on Harare's
outskirts, severely injuring 89 of his workers and
killing one.
The MDC brought the country to a standstill on Tuesday and
Wednesday last
week in a national stayaway called as the start of what the
party said was a
campaign of peaceful national mass action to bring an end to
Mugabe's 23
year rule.
The MDC delivered a 15-point ultimatum to
Mugabe to end the repression,
lawlessness and persecution by March 31 or face
"popular mass action to
regain the people's liberties, freedoms and dignity."
Mugabe's reaction was
to vow that the MDC would be "consumed in the fire" of
state wrath.
Government security forces and ruling ZANU(PF) parties have
since embarked
on what observers say is a ruthless clampdown.
United
States Department of State spokesperson Richard Boucher said this
week that
since the stayaway, Mugabe's regime had "embarked on a massive
retribution
campaign against opposition officials, supporters and other
critics of the
regime."
MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai said on Tuesday "more than 1000"
people had
been forced out of their homes or arrested in the clampdown. Over
500 have
been reported arrested since the stayaway, while reports in the
state press
say a total of 155 people have since appeared in court on charges
of "public
violence" and of defying laws that made public demonstrations
illegal.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES: Updated March 26, 2003
Please send any job
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Mozambique, and preferably live close to
Mutare. We can teach them the
consulting skills.
ICC is a Southern African consulting company with
offices in Harare, Maputo
and Lusaka. In Mozambique we are active in
consultancy work in Micro
finance, commercial and small holder agricultural
projects. Recent
projects include:
Strategic plan for a Mozambiquan
manufacturer of oils, fats and soaps
Market analysis and feasibility study
for a new horticultural project
Asssisting a major regional tea and coffee
producer to prepare for further
regional expansion
Business plans and
facilitated negotiations for a major Zimbabwean agri
business to start a
joint venture in Mozambique
Feasibility and business plans for greenfields
tea project in Espungabera.
roger.purcell@iccafrica.net
Tel:
+ 263 4 731555/7
Fax: + 263 4 731558
Cell: + 263 (0) 91 272 767
www.iccafrica.net
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WARDEN:
BORRADAILE TRUST.
The post of Warden at Borradaile Trust Marondera has
become vacant. This is
a retirement complex with about 70 cottages for
independent residents. Two
large establishments house about 60
semi-independent residents and there is
a small hospital called Borradaile
House, for dependent residents. In the
grounds is the separately
administered Borradaile Hospital. The Warden is
provided with a house in
Marondera. Applications with C.V.s and two
references should reach the
Administrator, Borradaile Trust, Pvt. Bag 3795,
Marondera as soon as
possible. In view of the high cost of postage, the
Administrator only
undertakes to reply to those short-listed.
Acknowledgements will be made to
those providing e-mail addresses.
Thank you very much, from the
Administrator.
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Please
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Letter 1: Mandy Paterson
Letter from
"Hanging On" Farmers Wife.
My letter is addressed to "Disgruntled
ex-Farmer's Wife" which was
published in your forum on the 25th March,
2003.
I read your letter with disbelief. Whilst we all feel for the many
farmers
and their workers who are now unable to occupy their land and farm,
and we
realise the horrors that are still being perpetrated by the government
on
many citizens of this country, are you implying that those few of us
who
are still farming for what ever reason must now just walk away and
leave
behind our farms and our employees? What of those who depend upon us
for
jobs and salaries, and more importantly now for food and housing, or
the
old folk that still reside on the properties and have nowhere else to
go?
Yes, it is unpleasant dealing with extortionists and having no
community
left, as it is difficult in sourcing coal, diesel, food, and spare
parts,
all in the name of farming, but that is the way it goes. Farming has
never
been easy. Are you also implying that all the farmers left have made
deals
with the devil and have "an immoral inclination to do business with
this
illegal regime". This is not the case with anyone I know in our area,
and I
hope you have proof to uphold these allegations. There is also
no-one
"sitting smugly on their farms lining the pockets of the
resettled
farmers". We are trying to carry on as normal as possible with
the
resources that we have. We do not own properties in town or have large
bank
accounts to sit in town for years "retired" or the means or the desire
to
leave the country. We have been listed with all the Sections one can
get,
but have no one "on the ground" and have not been forced off - yet.
What
would you have us do? We do not know anything but farming, and wish to
try
and preserve this piece of land that has been in the family
for
generations. Perhaps when sense does prevail, we few farmers who have
hung
on for whatever reason and by whatever means can help those of you who
have
been less fortunate to get back on your feet.
I do not know your
particular circumstances - and I am sure they are sad as
are so many stories,
but let us not begin a "farmer on the farm vs farmer
off the farm" battle
with accusations and mis-truths. There is enough
fighting between the farming
bodies as it is.
I will agree with you about JL Robinson though, and
whilst I appreciate his
obvious intellect, it could be put to better use in
helping more instead of
criticising - bearing in mind there is freedom of
speech in this forum and
we are under no obligation to read his
letters!!!!!!!!
I trust that we can "agree to disagree" and ask that you
do not generalise
all remaining farmers as traitors and supporters of ZANU
PF.
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Dear All
Yet another family was robbed of a vast amount of
money and jewellery this morning when 2 armed men posing as Policemen conned
their way onto the property. They said they wanted to interview the domestics re
some crime or other.
This then turned into an armed robbery in which 3
adults in the house were tied up. It
happened in the Borrowdale area.
PLEASE, PLEASE do not keep hoards of money in your
homes or safes. We have said this many times now. Robbers are looking for money,
jewellery, clothes and electrical items. NO ONE SHOULD BE ALLOWED ONTO YOUR
PROPERTY. If these people are dressed as Police officers, ask them for their
ID's and then go and phone their stations. Similarly, don't let meter readers
onto your property. YOU read the meters or teach your staff how to read them.
Keep your gates shut and locked at all times. Do you know the telephone number
of your local police station?, if not, find it out and keep it stuck somewhere
by the phone., also put it into your cellphones.
Much love
Mary van Heerden - Anti HIjack
Trust.
ZIMBABWE: Recognition of HIV/AIDS role in humanitarian
crisis
JOHANNESBURG, 26 March (IRIN) - A "vigorous response" to HIV/AIDS
within the context of the current humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe was lacking, a
UN multi-agency mission has found.
In its latest humanitarian situation
report, the UN Relief and Recovery Unit (RRU) based in the capital Harare,
reported that the mission - which comprised representatives of the UN Children's
Fund and UNAIDS - visited Zimbabwe from 12 to 14 March.
"Despite a
supportive environment that has been created for HIV/AIDS prevention, mitigation
and care, the vigorous response that is commensurate with the size of the
epidemic is not observable - specifically in preventing new infections,
extending care for People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), responding to needs of
orphans and vulnerable children ... [or] mitigating the economic and social
impacts on communities," the mission noted.
The visit was part of a
regional mission to look at how HIV/AIDS interventions, particularly by UN
agencies, could be scaled up at country level in response to the humanitarian
crisis, the RRU said.
The mission met with the Zimbabwean Minister of
Health Dr PD Parirenyatwa, permanent secretaries of five ministries, the
director of the National AIDS Council and representatives from Zimbabwe AIDS
Network, donors, NGOs and business.
The coverage and quality of the
HIV/AIDS response was limited and varied, there was also a "lack of a sense of
urgency and ... weak coordination among partners (government, donors, UN
agencies and NGOs) at all levels", the mission noted.
Consultants had
been approached to carry out a rapid needs assessment in the context of the
humanitarian crisis, the RRU reported.
An estimated 2.2 million
Zimbabweans are living with HIV/AIDS and over 600,000 children have been
orphaned by the pandemic.
[ENDS]
IRIN-SA
Tel: +27 11
880-4633
Fax: +27 11 447-5472
Email: IRIN-SA@irin.org.za
COMMERCIAL
FARMERS' UNION
CLASSIFIEDS
- TUESDAY 25th MARCH 2003
Please
note that the classifieds will go out every Tuesday. Payment is required upfront and all adverts
to be in by 0900 hrs every Tuesday. This
ensures efficient distribution of the
Classifieds.
Ø ACCOMMODATION
/ PLOTS / PROPERTIES
FULLY
FURNISHED 4 BEDROOM HOUSE AVAILABLE.
Pleasant
surroundings. De-listed with no
settlers. 45kms outside
Kwekwe.
Suitable
for elderly couple. Present couple
leaving for Mashonaland.
Phone
055 – 24072.
AF68
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TO
LET
1
x 2 bedroomed semi furnished flat.
Phone
091 288 035/011 231 963
AF61
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COTTAGE
TO RENT in
Ruwa.
Contact
073-2786.
AF63
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SMALLHOLDING
WANTED:
I
am looking for a smallholding with a house to rent on the outskirts of Harare
(+/- 30 kms). Preferably Ruwa,
Enterprise or Christon Bank area.
Please
phone Gail Howes on 011 607 325/011 611 091 or 04-704032 or e-mail pghowes@mweb.co.zw
AF65
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BACHELOR
COTTAGE for
short-term lease.
Large
bedsit plus bathroom and kitchen. Fully
furnished. Secure. Walking distance to Borrowdale shops. No pets.
Asking $35 000/month. Available
immediate. Phone Penny or David
Rockingham Gill. Cell 091 327 153.
NP
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HOUSE
TO RENT IN CHRISTON BANK:
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, several garages and store rooms, pool, beautiful views,
peace and quiet.
20
kms from Mt. Pleasant shops.
Phone
091 272 343 or 011 420 783
NP
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HOUSE
TO LET. Borrowdale
Brooke - 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms (1 en-suite), open plan lounge/dining
room/kitchen, double garage, storeroom, no domestic quarters, but servant’s
toilet & hand basin. Burglar alarmed; DSTV cabling. Suit single person or older couple. Preferably no pets, but can discuss. Available mid-April. P.O.A.
Phone
062 8 44206 (Selous) evenings or 011 422 087
anytime.
NP
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German
family with farm near Livingstone on the Zambezi, 60ha arable, irrigable, ideal
for vegetable production for Livingstone hotels and town is looking for tenant
or share farmer. Ideally married couple
with relevant experience in vegetable
growing.
Contact
Corinna Bluecher, +260 3 32 44
78
NP
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ACCOMMODATION
IN LUSAKA, ZAMBIA
Reasonably
priced short-term accommodation while on business etc. One bedroom furnished flat, self
catering. Available in Northmead, a
recommended good suburb, about three minutes' drive from town centre and next to
Manda Hill.
Price
only $30 US per night. For further details call +260-97-876493 or
+260-97-845949.
LAND
FOR LEASE – ZAMBIA
Approximately
150 acres of land for long term lease.
Available in Kabwe, about 1 hour's drive from Lusaka. Price
negotiable.
For
further details call +260-97-876493 or
+260-97-845949.
NP
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HOUSE
TO LET IN GLEN LORNE. Situated in a quiet close. 4 Bedrooms, two en-suite. Two lounges, dining room, study, beautiful
fitted kitchen with granite counters.
Two staff quarters, swimming pool, borehole, fully alarmed, double lock
up garage and two storerooms.
Please
contact Lynn on 091-200851.
NP
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100
ha plot on Bromley/Melfort loop road for lease a.s.a.p. Rent of $30 000 per
month includes farmhouse with 4bedrooms 2bathrooms and a small nursery business
as a going concern.
Phone
Gill Vaughan on 304035 or email gvaughan@mango.zw
AF34
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FARMS
FOR SALE.
Natal
Midlands developed dairy farm, supplies nearby cheese factory; fully irrigated
with housing and some machinery. Supplementary income from a tile
factory.
Strawberry
farm with trout dam; up market housing; tourism
potential.
These
farms are adjacent and are available jointly or
separately.
Phone
- 27 33 396 5498 fax - 27 33 386 9993
Cell - 0832744253
GD
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Desperately
looking for a small house, cottage, flat or house to share in the Marlborough,
Westgate, Avondale, Strathaven or surrounding areas. Please call Leonie at 309800 ext 241, cell:
091252076.
LN
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KARIBA:
house for occasional letting. Consists of 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Fully furnished and equipped, swimming pool
and double lock-up garage, walled and serviced.
House is located in Baobab Ridge.
Tel Ben Kaschula on Harare 498121 or at CFU
309800.
#BK
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Upmarket
two bed-roomed garden flat with courtyard, self-contained garage, in small
complex for sale in Mandara, Harare.
Please
contact Carrie Wilson on 747935
(evenings).
#CW
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House
to share in Highlands. Fully furnished. Suit single lady or gentleman, available
immediately.
Phone:
Ben on 309800 (Bus) or 498121 (Home).
#BK
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Ø COMPUTERS
RD
COMPUTERS
We
offer a personal and efficient service for all your computer requirements,
including: -
*
upgrades
*
hardware and software sales
*
maintenance contracts
*
trouble shooting
*
repairs
Please
call Gus McTiernan at RD Computers on 091 347 961 or email rdc@zol.co.zw for
further details.
#GM
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Ø FOR
SALE
ALFA
LAVAL ELECTRIC SEPARATOR for
sale.
Model
102AF. 350
gallons/hour.
Realistic
offers to 04-739319.
AF54
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4
x Mazda tyres and rims 205 x 16
4
x Mazda Rustler tyres and rims 155 x 13
1
x Suzuki TS125 motorbike
Phone
091 288 035
AF61
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THE
TRADING POST
OFFERS
Teak,
saligna and wrought iron furniture
(Indian
Day beds, Morris chairs and tables, dining room suites, Directors chairs,
folding tables, patio umbrellas, mirrors)
Upholstery
and curtaining service – choose your fabric
on-site
Children’s
furniture, linen and accessories
Cushions,
candles, pots, art, Bonsais – gifts for all
occasions
Monday
- Friday 9am – 4.30pm. Saturdays 9am
–12.30pm
49
Princess Drive, Newlands, Harare
Telefax
776670 e-mail thepost@woodmore.biz
AF64
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30%
SHADE CLOTH FOR SALE. NEW
(WHITE)
12
x 12m x 100m
2
x 6m x 100m
10KG
BLACK TWINE
Contact
Ken King e-mail chinyika@mweb.co.zw. Tel 055
24250
NP
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CHILDCRAFT encyclopaedias
for sale. A must for junior school
children.
Brand new. Phone Debbie
091-310-964.
NP
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Two Buddie Lines plus
Siemens C10 for sale. $115 000.00 or
n.c.o.
Please phone 091 261
916.
KM
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CHEMICALS FOR
SALE
For quantities available
and prices -
Contact Jules Peel Phone 04-494429/023 755 002 E-mail jpeel@zol.co.zw
Item
Captan
Aliette
Magnesium Sulphate
Potassium Carbonate
Potassium hydroxide
Rootmaster (Phos
acid)
Alisan (Dichloran)
Alisan (Dichloran)
Alisan (Dichloran)
Citrimet
Curacron
Copper Sulphate
Micrel ZN 150
Malathion
Tartox
Low Biurette Urea
Ridomil (Metaxyl)
Methomex 90 SP
Solicam
Solicam
Solubor
Solubor
Solubor
Manganese Sulphate
Magnesium Nitrate
Magnesium Nitrate
Magnesium Nitrate
Mancozeb
Mancozeb
Inhibited Hydrochloric
Acid
Termite poison
Formalin 37%
Formalin 37%
Plantex
Sodium Molybdate
Sodium Molybdate
Alsystin
Seradix
Seradix
Alachlor (Lasso)
Alachlor (Lasso)
Azodrin (Monostem)
Phosdrin
Tetradifon
Hymlure
Orchex 700
Orchex 796
AF41 [18/3] NC
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FOR
SALE CHEROKEE 180 C AIRCRAFT (PA 28).
Registration
Z-YYG.
1636
total hours.
Radios
x 2.
ADF.
VOR.
Transponder.
ELT.
Garman
95 GPS.
New
C of A.
Red
and white in colour.
For
more information contact:
F
B Haasbroek 04-885042/023 413 796
F
Haasbroek 067-22617/091 352 448.
AF42
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Hino 8
tonne lorry for sale. Bulk sides. Motor is sound. Contact :
334802-4.
CC
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Suzuki
125 farm bike. Good condition. Recent overhaul. Contact : 023 782 824 or
496672.
CC
[]
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25000
tobacco clips for sale. Contact : 023
782 824 or 496672.
CC
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Ø WANTED
Old
paintings, solid furniture, brass and silver ware and Persian
carpets.
Contact:
011 206 733 (cell) or mail to ruth@samara.co.zw.
NP
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Single
Phase Submersible Borehole Pump -- For Domestic
Use.
Canopy
for Nissan Double -Cab - Must be white.
Phone
Mitch Green - 011-211-911.
NP
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Wanted: Second hand swimming pool fence. Telephone Jo on 301289 or 011 412
901.
BK
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SMALL
RELIABLE RUNABOUT VEHICLE FOR OLD COUPLE.
PHONE ROB VAN VUUREN 490771 (H), 309861 (W), 011 203
822.
RVV
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Second
hand back pack and warm coat/s.
Phone
: 303673 (After
hours)
or 091 338 047.
#AB
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Wanted:
1. Old
solid wood furniture e.g. Oak or Teak
items.
2. Portable
car port, preferably 2 car size with shade cloth
cover.
3. Old
Belgian or Persian carpets.
4. Old
silver plate tableware e.g. candelabra and old
brassware.
Phone
Ben Kashula on 309800 (Bus) or 498121 (Home) or Sheila Mumford on
495699.
#BK
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Second
Hand Asbestos Roofing Sheets, Wheat straw delivered to Harare (a couple of truck
loads). Please Phone Nick on 011 213 188 / 304310
#KP
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Any
old camping equipment e.g. paraffin pressure lamps, folding chairs etc. Phone
Ben on 309800 (Bus) or 498121 (Home).
#BK
[]
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Ø HOLIDAY
& TRAVEL
COCONUT
BAY. Wonderful Mozambican
Resort.
For
more details phone Anna-Marie 011 416 668 or e-mail pumba@ecoweb.co.zw.
AF63
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OVERNIGHT
ACCOMMODATION - we are almost exactly halfway between Harare and
Johannesburg. Come and have a relaxing
overnight stay at our Lodge along the Bubi River. Turn off 78 km from Beit Bridge on Harare
road (opposite Bubi Village Mobil Garage). 8 km on well maintained dirt
road.
Tokkie
& Rinie van der Merwe
Threeways
Safaris (Pvt)Ltd.
PO
Box 110
Beitbridge
Tel/Fax
International:+ 263 - 14 – 359
Tel/Fax
National: 014 - 359
NP
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IMIRE
GAME PARK & SABLE LODGE, WEDZA
Only
105 km from Harare, tar road all the way
All
the plains game to be seen and 4 of the big 5
guaranteed
Black
Rhino Breeding Station, come and see our latest arrival, 1 & ½ month old
baby black rhino!
Elephant-back
safaris, Horse safaris, Guided Walks
Fully
Catered Service - good food - good
company!
Contact
us on : imiregp@mweb.co.zw
Tel/Fax
: (022) 354 or
449
Tel
: (022)
2257
Mobiles
: 011 213
175
023 834 244
091 711 055
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HOUSEBOAT
to rent for 5 nights.
31st
March - 5th April.
Shangri-La sleeps 8 pax. $20 000 per night. Clients to supply own fuel for
tender boat. We can source if you wish.
Self cater accomm available at Warthogs Bush Camp before/after if
required.
Email:
relax@warthogs.co.zw Cell: 011 201
733.
NP
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Ahoy
There! For all your Houseboat and
Cruiser Bookings on Lake Kariba.
Please
contact Rhino Rendezvous Harare
745644/8 rhino@mweb.co.zw
PS.
Discounted Rates Available on Selected
Boats.
NP
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Three
bedroom luxury thatched house, bathrooms on suite open plan kitchen upstairs bar
with magnificent view, comes with a domestic, lock up garage, sleeps maximum
8. Bookings can be made direct with Eve
at Lomagundi Lake side on 061-3037/39 bookings confirmed on
payment.
#BK[]
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“THIS IS IT” HOUSEBOAT FOR CHARTER
12
Passengers. 3 Crew. 2 Tender
boats.
Splash
pool on top deck. Phone / Fax 066 7315
or 72942.
AE47
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Ø POSITIONS
OFFERED
GIRL
FRIDAY WANTED.
To
run admin section. Must have Pastel and
some bookkeeping experience, able to work independently. We offer a good wage with
flexitime.
Phone
073-2374/6.
NP
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MANAGER
to
run gold production plant. Surface
operation only.
Excellent
package for suitable person.
Accommodation supplied.
Successful
candidate must be comfortable and secure in remote
locations.
Enquiries
Personnel Manager
Telefax
496409 Harare
Cell
011 217 766
NP
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P.A./SECRETARY
WANTED:
Mature
experienced person to join the NA.D.F.
Team.
Please
send updated CV with contactable references to
The
C.E.O., N.A.DF., P O Box WGT 390, Westgate,
Harare.
RVV
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A
new Malawian tobacco growing company (flue-cured) is urgently looking for Area
Managers, a Service Manager and a Production Manager.
Area
Managers
The
suitable applicants should have experience managing large-scale flue-cured
tobacco – building experience an
advantage.
Service
Manager
The
suitable applicant will be required to service and maintain a large fleet of
tractors and equipment.
Production
Manager
Responsible
for a number of large-scale commercial tobacco farms. Job will entail lots of
travelling. Applicant should have at least ten years experience growing
large-scale flue-cured tobacco.
Contact:
011-201429, 490134 or 490582
NP
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FRESH
PRODUCE FARM MANAGER, MANICA PROVINCE,
MOZAMBIQUE
Outstanding
career opportunity for a progressive, practical and driven individual in a
challenging new export fresh produce
business.
Responsible
for planning, leading, organising and controlling timely production of export
vegetables under pivot and drip irrigation schemes.
Requires
excellent human resource management, Shona speaker, capable of training a
workforce from scratch and providing technical outgrower
assistance.
Familiarity
with EUREPGAP standards and other European accreditations an
advantage.
Of
ambitious graduate calibre, you will have a minimum of 3 years demonstrable
management skills in the above criteria. Computer
literate.
Remuneration:
US$ 24,000/annum, accommodation, company vehicle and performance related
bonus.
NP
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KEIRAY
ESTATE
is looking for couple to get involved in management of farming operations. The horticulture is the primary area we are
looking in at the moment, the spouse will be absorbed in the other
operations.
Anyone
interested please respond on this means or telephone 011613190 or 069252 or
011615840 or 091365060. Speak to Keith
or Adrian.
NP
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GENERAL
MANAGER – PRODUCTION
Location:
Harare, Gun Hill
General
Description:
Responsible
for the day-to-day operation of a small textile operation producing export
quality products for the UK market. The
ideal candidate will enjoy working under pressure to meet shipment
deadlines. They will be unrelenting in
their efforts to exceed the stringent quality requirements of the UK retail
market. The position requires a hands on
approach and will involve travelling to production centres on the outskirts of
Harare from time to time. The ideal
candidate will have a ‘can-do’ attitude and demonstrate resourcefulness in all
aspects of running the business efficiently in the face of adverse economic
conditions.
Requirements:
The
ideal candidate will have excellent working knowledge of excel, word and e-mail
packages. They will have previous
experience of export markets, shipping of goods for export, and dealing with a
sizeable staff. Knowledge of the textile
industry would be a plus, but is not necessary.
Attention to detail and energy is essential, as are strong planning,
forward thinking and time management
abilities.
Specific
areas of responsibility:
Production
–
· Liaison
with the UK office.
· Receipt
and processing of all production orders.
· Sourcing
of raw materials both locally and through the UK
office.
· Co-ordination
of production through ten rural centres and a small production unit on the
premises.
· Quality
control of all units exported.
· Ensuring
efficiency in all aspects of production.
· Liaison
with local Zimbabwean manufacturers supplying ready-made
garments.
· Scheduling
and planning for all shipments, and liaison with shipping agent in
Zimbabwe.
· Liaison
with UK office on all new designs and
sampling.
General
Management –
· Oversee
financial aspects of the running of the
company.
· Check
on all aspects of stock control.
· Hiring
and firing of staff with the approval of the UK
office.
· Monitoring
staffing levels and efficient management of contractor
staff.
Reporting
structure:
The
candidate will have Accounts Manager, Stock Controller and Quality Controller
reporting directly to him/her. There are
approximately 27 permanent staff in the company and a varying quantity of
contractors.
Hours:
8
am to 5 pm daily and from time to time weekend work will be required in order to
meet shipment deadlines.
Remuneration:
An
attractive package is on offer. This
will be determined on the experience and abilities of the successful
candidate.
AF43
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WANTED
LAKE
CROCODILE PARK are wanting Mechanics - Grades 3, 2 or
1.
Must
have at least 5 years experience. Basic
welding & electrical skills an advantage.
Duties include repairs & maintenance of vehicles, tractors, trailers,
kapenta rigs, pumps etc. Previous
employment in a farming environment is also an
advantage.
NP
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MANAGER
required 80 ha tobacco, Mkushi, Zambia to work with owner (Zimbabwean). Must
have some tobacco experience and a Blackfordby Diploma. Preferably no children of school going
age.
Contact
the advertiser c/o AISD at Box WGT 390,
Westgate.
AF38
[18/3, 25/3]
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TOBACCO
FARM MANAGER needed
urgently to assume position on a property near Harare. Remarkably incident free. 50 ha planted and planning same for next
year. Great opportunity for right
person.
Contact
Joe Pistorius at agri.joe@hms.co.zw or
phone 336722.
AF36
[18/3, 25/3]
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Ø SERVICES
OFFERED
BOHEMIAN
KITCHENS.
Looking
to invest wisely?
Install
solid saligna kitchen units and centre islands, with a variety of granite
tops.
Consider
that all units are
Movable
Manufactured
from solid timber
Hygienic
Elegant
and
Cost
less than an average fitted kitchen
Numerous
combinations of units are possible.
Every kitchen unique – designed to your personal
specifications.
Sinks,
vegetable racks, tilt bins, trays and other accessories also
available.
Call
The Trading Post, telefax Harare 776670 or e-mail thepost@woodmore.biz for a personal
discussion on the kitchen that will optimise your lifestyle and your
budget.
AF64
[25/3, 15/4]
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ODD
JOBS:
Sick
and tired of doing those boring, exhausting jobs? Why not get someone else to do it? I’m a young ex farmer, who is partly
committed and am looking for part time employment such as organising and moving
equipment, etc. Basically any odd jobs
with about a week’s worth of work
involved.
AF65
[25/3, 1/4]
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WANTED
FOR SALE ON COMMISSION furniture,
fridges, household items, vehicles.
Farmer to Farmer. Thank-you to
all who have supported us.
333270
or 776203 Irene.
AF62
[25/3]
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MEDICAL
COVER THAT YOU CAN AFFORD
We
are an international company who's tailor made medical plans offer people living
in Africa the BEST international medical treatment available in the event of an
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The
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· Full
in-hospital cover for emergency and elective
treatment;
· Full
Emergency stabilisation and Emergency Evacuation cover with iSOS, Netcare 911 or
MARS;
· No
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evacuated;
· No
need to raise the forex when admitted to hospital in
SA;
· No
need to raise the cash before being medically
evacuated;
· Worldwide
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· A
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etc;
· Save
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Find
out more by calling 091 305 676 or email your names and dates of birth to medicalquote@africamail.com
Tell
your friends about us and help us to continue being the fastest growing medical
company in Africa.
NP
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FOR
ESTABLISHED BUSINESS OWNERS
Migrate
to Australia under
New
Visa Regulations
Experienced
Australian Migration Agent
Florence
Borshoff JP RMA No 55934
will
be at York Lodge, Harare,
from
28th March to 31st March, 2003
Phone
(04) 776239/ 746622 for private
appointment.
Bring
your friends
AF22
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BR
TOYOTA
for friendly, efficient attention to your service and parts requirements
specialising in Toyota. Please call
Godfrey on 302027, 304059, 304650, 304659.
New and second hand vehicle sales, call Glen or visit us at 7 Brickfields
Road, turnoff 15,5 km peg Lomagundi Road.
Come
and collect your April Fool’s gift!
AE69
[25/3]
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Are you having difficulty keeping your
motor vehicles correctly insured?
With
motor car values increasing almost monthly it has become almost impossible for
Zimbabweans to keep their cars adequately insured. To avoid being penalised with the “average”
clause you have to top-up your insurance.
We have the
solution!
You
are now able to insure your Zimbabwean registered motor cars with an
international insurance company. The
obvious benefit to doing this is that you will only have to do your insurance
once a year as the vehicle is insured in hard
currency.
AF20
[11/3, 18/3, 25/3, 1/4]
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WE
BUY AND SELL CARS, BOATS, HOUSE AND OFFICE
ITEMS.
We
do commission sales @ 5%.
Contact
The Sales Team of Carisbrooke Enterprises –
Mathew
023 517 550 and Sam 011 800 867.
Give
us a try.
NP
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Do
you have family and friends that have relocated, an International Business
awaits them.
NP
[4/3, 11/3, 18/3, 25/3]
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BUPA
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL AID
Are you worried about the increasing costs AND treatment which may not be
available in Zimbabwe. Would you like to
choose which country AND which hospital or clinic within that country to go for
your medical treatment?
If so,
why not join 5.0 million others and subscribe to the world's biggest
international healthcare provider, BUPA. Depending on which scheme you choose -
you will enjoy an annual overall maximum cover from up to GBP1,000,000! On all schemes BUPA provides a "full refund"
for all in-patient treatment, outpatient surgical operations, MRI and CT scans
and cancer tests, drugs and consultants fees for oncology. Would you like a FREE quote for your family
or company directors? Would you like a
brochure with full details of all the schemes?
If
so please email by return to bupa@zol.co.zw: individual names and dates of birth
of all potential members and their families. We will email you a quotation and
offer to meet to discuss things further.
Call:
John Ford 091 499485, OR Dee Connolly at BUPA Adviser Office, tel: 862265
Harare, to discuss your BUPA quote
further.
AF12
[18/2-22/4]
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CC
SALES
in conjunction with
TORTOW
(PRIVATE) LIMITED
IN
CHINHOYI
OFFER
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT SALES FROM OUR
YARD,
OR
COMPLETE DISPERSAL SALES BY AUCTION.
PHONE
GEOFF OR ROD ON 067-23047 OR 067-22421.
AE95
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STRESSED
OUT
Pam
Mullins is offering her services as a stress management consultant. Please call
her on 741498
PM
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Ø LOST
DOG
FEMALE
BLUE HEELER:
NAME
OF WICKET LOST NEAR WILDERNESS SOCIETY BASHA HUTS CENTENARY
AREA.
SMALLISH
DOG ABOUT KNEE HIGH BLUE SPOTTY MOTTLE COLOUR - HAS PURPLE COLLAR ON.
LOST
ON FRIDAY 21ST.
REWARD
OFFERED.
PLEASE
PHONE 861766.
NP
[25/3]
For
Your Information....
CFU
Classifieds via email - plain text format every
Tuesday
Costs:
-
Up
to 30 words
$750/wk
31
- 50 words $1000/wk
51
- 75 words $1500/wk
76
- 100 words $2000/wk
300
words MAX
$6000/wk
Please
send advert to aisd1@cfu.co.zw by Tuesday 9:00 am and send PROMPT payment with a
copy of your advert to CFU, Agricultural Information Services Department, Box
WGT 390, Westgate, Harare.
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DISCLAIMER:
Unless
specifically stated that this is a Commercial Farmers' Union communique, or that
it is being issued or forwarded to you by the sender in an official CFU
capacity, the opinions contained therein are private. Private messages also
include those sent on behalf of any organisation not directly affiliated to the
Union. The CFU does not accept any legal responsibility for private messages
and opinions held by the sender and transmitted over its local area network to
other CFU network users and/or to external addressees.
The Emigrant's
Lament!
Got no biltong.
No boerewors.
Got no sadza, nor
relish
And also no sauce.
Got no Castle, no
Lion,
No Windhoek of
course.
Got no Nandos
No paw-paws
No avoes or mangoes
No Milo,
Pronutro
No Fantas
No buns
No samoosas or
chillies
No cherry-plum
No one-ply, recycled newsprint in the
loo.
Not even Colgate Green Apple
Shampoo.
No Lifebuoy
Got no charcoal, no
sunshine
Or stuff for a
braai
Got no bop, and no
slops
And jus-laak! No
tan!!
Got no twin-cab,
No pool,
No shades for my
eyes,
Got no "boy", and no
"girl"
But also
No flies!
Got
No school fees,
Inflation,
No crime and
corruption,
No bullies or
"bombers"
No fear and
disruption,
No rumours of
rumours
And no false alarms
No hours and hours of life in a
queue.
But the thing we miss
most
from Zimbabwe
Is
You.
I have so much more money in my bank
For all of this, I have you to
thank!
I'm saving money at a rate of knots
By the time I'm 40, I'll
really have lots!
I can't spend it on fags, fine food and fair
'Cos when
I go to TM, the shelves are all bare!
Other shops are quite empty of
tempting treats
Who needs dairy products, cokes or sweets?
Standing all
day in the queue for maize meal
Means I don't have to work - wow, what a
deal!
I see all my mates there from days gone by
We catch up on news and
make plans for a braai!
I can't find any marge or oil in the shop
My
bathroom scales are starting to drop!
When I put on my jeans, they fall to
the floor
'Cos no sugar or flour, means no baking no more!
Now bread, it
seems, is a thing of the past
But I'm not worried, 'cos I'm losing weight
fast!
There's no need to lose weight by going to a gym
Just live in
Zimbabwe and you'll get real thin!
I walk everywhere; there's no fuel in my
car
I'm really quite fit now, from walking so far!
I spend more time at
home than ever before
This is a good thing 'cos there's always a
chore!
I take time for all the positive things in life
Like my family,
reading and staying out of strife! I'm coping
quite well; so it just goes to
show
That living with shortages is not such a blow!