Inflation tumbles to 1 023.3 percent

Zim Online

Tuesday 10 October 2006

            HARARE - Zimbabwe's annual rate of inflation dropped to 1 023.3
percent in September, according to the latest data released on Tuesday by
the state-run Central Statistical Office (CSO).

            CSO acting director Moffat Nyoni told journalists in Harare that
year-on-year inflation shed 181.3 percentage points on the August rate of 1
204.6 percent.

            "The year-on-year rate of inflation for September 2006 was 1
023.3 percent shedding 181.3 percentage points on the August rate of 1 204.6
percent.

            "This means that on average goods and services normally
purchased by a household for final use in Zimbabwe were about 11 times as
expensive in September 2006 as they had been 12 months before in September
2005," he said.

            The slowdown is the third in recent months after inflation
tumbled in June and July before slightly picking pace again last August.

            Zimbabwe's anaemic economy has been on a downward turn over the
past seven years with 80 percent of the population living in poverty.

            At 1 023.3 percent, Zimbabwe's inflation rate still remains the
highest in the world outside a war zone.

            The main opposition Movement for Democratic Change party and
major Western governments blame the economic crisis on mismanagement by
President Robert Mugabe. - ZimOnline

Chaos erupts as Reserve Bank bans money transfer agencies

      By Lance Guma
      10 October 2006

      Thousands of people countrywide were left stranded at post offices and
banks around the country after being told they could not access money sent
to them by relatives abroad. This happened a few hours after the Reserve
Bank on Monday closed a total of 16 money transfer agencies with immediate
effect, accusing them of abusing their licences by doing deals on the black
market. Standard Chartered Bank, Stanbic Bank, CBZ Bank, Interfin and the
Central Africa Building Society (CABS) were among high profile banks that
had their money transfer licences withdrawn. Other agencies like Fredex,
POSB, NMB Bank, TransAfik, Dollarway, Zimpost, I and F, Pacific, Banfords,
Currency King and Parlovan suffered the same fate.

      Simon Muchemwa in Harare reports that there was chaos at the Kopje
Plaza post office branch in Harare as customers tried to get physical with
clerks at the counter who were at pains to explain the result of the Reserve
Bank's decision. Customers with reference numbers and passwords to use for
getting their money milled around the agencies not knowing what to do next.
Central bank governor Gideon Gono accused the agencies of selling foreign
currency sourced from Zimbabweans in the diaspora on the black market. He
also warned that players in the financial sector risked losing their
licences without notice if they continued to flout the rules. Analysts have
blasted Gono's decisions for not allowing sufficient time for a smooth
transition.

      Government's own Homelink scheme for money transfers remains
unaffected while a few unnamed commercial and merchant banks are said to
have retained their licences. Experts say government is trying to bolster
its failing Homelink scheme by shutting down the competition to create a
monopoly for its own scheme. All those affected have been given up to 31st
October to appeal. Gono said the Reserve Bank would consider reinstating
some of the licences only, 'on the basis of strict performance and delivery
targets.' A money transfer agent based in the United Kingdom said Gono's
measures would not affect them at all because they sold their forex to
Zimbabwean companies that need to import raw materials and other items.

      The central bank also announced other new measures which it says are
meant to maintain discipline in the financial sector. Bank licences will now
be reviewed annually and the governor threatened to punish those banks that
did not improve their lending patterns to reflect a balance across key
sectors of the economy. Gold producers also came under fire for selling to
the black market. The central bank says it will 'put in place a system of
intricate precious minerals audits which will be conducted on site at each
mine by well trained and experienced experts.'

      The central bank has been accused of trying to treat the symptoms
rather than the disease affecting Zimbabwe's economy. Poor government
policies and corruption are to blame, with the violent land grab increasing
the country's isolation from the international community and ensuring that
the agriculturally based economy collapsed totally. An inflation rate of
over 1200 percent stands out as emblem of how bad things really are. The
government has shown over the years that it is more interested in preserving
itself than in addressing the economic malaise it has created.

      SW Radio Africa Zimbabwe news

Propping up the official exchange rate at any cost

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]

HARARE, 10 Oct 2006 (IRIN) - Zimbabwe has closed its 16 money transfer
agencies (MTAs) with immediate effect, sending shockwaves through the
country, as many people depend on remittances from relatives working outside
the country for their day-to-day survival.

Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono said in his mid-term policy update on
Monday, "all MTA licenses are cancelled. This withdrawal has been occasioned
by non-performance and defiant behaviour by most players in this sector."

About three million people, about a quarter of the country's population,
referred to as the 'Zimbabwean Diaspora', have left to find work in South
Africa, Botswana, Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, the USA and Europe.

Many repatriate money to their families in Zimbabwe, where inflation is
hovering at around 1,000 percent annually and unemployment levels are above
70 percent. Food, treated water and fuel are in short supply, and power
outages are common.

Although the official exchange rate is 250 Zimbabwe dollars to one US
dollar, on the thriving parallel market, US$1 will get Z$1,300. Gono
recently introduced a new currency by lopping off three zeroes from bank
notes in an attempt to curb inflation and to make it easier for people to
carry cash.

Eight of the closed MTAs were linked to commercial banks, including some
controlled by the Zimbabwean government, while the remaining eight were
independent dealers.

The MTAs appear to have raised the governor's ire because, instead of
trading at the official rate, the agencies were exchanging foreign currency
at rates near those of the parallel market.

Living in a hyperinflationary environment, where the prices of basic
commodities, such as food, fuel and medicines increase every day, many
Zimbabweans took advantage of this favourable exchange rate as a way of
weathering the country's economic meltdown.

Gono said the closure of the MTAs, which were authorised by the reserve bank
in 2004 as a method of mopping up foreign currency entering the country as
remittances, would not affect the banking licences of the affected financial
institutions.

President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF government is suffering acute foreign
currency shortages, and the latest monetary manoeuvre by Gono is seen as a
way of funnelling foreign currency into the country through commercial banks
and the reserve bank's Homelink facilities, which only trade foreign
currency at the official exchange rate.

Gono's decision was lacking in economic sense, said Dennis Ncube, a nurse
working in England. "Zimbabwe has the highest inflation in the world -
pegged at more than 1,000 percent - and price increases are the order of the
day in the country. To continue to peg the US dollar at [Z]$250 since July,
while on the parallel market it is more than five times the official value,
shows that some economists do not know what is happening among the poor."

Stella Mbizi, a grandmother caring for her four grandchildren in Mabvuku, a
poor suburb in the capital, Harare, relies on the remittances from her son
and his wife working in South Africa to make it through the month. "The
favourable rates that we were able to get from the MTAs enabled me to look
after my grandchildren and my two other unemployed children reasonably. The
controlled rates will mean we will benefit very little from the bank rates,"
she told IRIN.

Like many Zimbabweans with access to foreign exchange, she is already
thinking of ways to outwit the authorities, which close one loophole only
for another to open. "I will have to advise my son and his wife to
personally bring the money to Zimbabwe, so that I can change it on the
parallel market," she said.

Such a tactic is unlikely to work for Tinomuda Shungu, from Harare's
low-income suburb of Kuwadzana, who is the guardian of her brother's three
children. "My USA-based brother is a single parent and I am responsible for
his children. The new setup is going to generate foreign currency for the
government, while ordinary people will suffer," she said.

"We have more than 80 percent unemployment, which means jobs are hard to
get. I see many people suffering economically as a result of the
unfavourable bank rates."

Harare must ditch 'ambush' economics: analysts

Zim Online

Wednesday 11 October 2006

      HARARE - President Robert Mugabe may have to bite the bullet and do
away with interventionist policies to allow free market forces to operate in
Zimbabwe if his government is to win the war on inflation, analysts have
warned.

      Analysts told ZimOnline yesterday that Mugabe's interventionist
policies were the main drivers of inflation, which declined to 1 023.3
percent in September from 1 204.6 percent the previous month.

      Despite the drop, this remains the highest rate of inflation in the
world.

      "The government has tended to intervene even where market forces are
working well like in the case of fuel where the price had stabilised at
around $650 a litre before they set the price at $350 a litre," said
eonomist James Jowah.

      The price of fuel has since shot up to between $1 200 and $1 500 a
litre of petrol on the black market where the commodity is readily
available.

      A litre of petrol sells at the gazetted $350 at the few service
stations that receive subsidised fuel from the National Oil Company of
Zimbabwe.

      The fuel price increase has triggered a fare increase, with most urban
transport operators raising their fares by 75 percent in the past two weeks
from $200 a trip to $350 a journey.

      The interventionist policies also saw the government last month
freezing the price of bread at $200 a loaf at a time the bakers wanted the
price raised to more than $300 in order to meet production costs.

      The price of bread was later agreed at $290 a loaf, but not before the
commodity had disappeared from the shelves and was now being sold at around
$500 a loaf on the black market.

      Analysts are also convinced that Mugabe and his economic advisers,
notably Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono and Finance
Minister Herbert Murerwa, should loosen their grip on foreign exchange and
allow free market forces to determine the exchange rate.

      An investment analyst with a Harare-based commercial bank warned that
the Zimbabwean authorities would continue to fight a losing battle as long
as Gono presses ahead with his brand of "ambush economics".

      "Since coming on board in December 2003, Gono has thrived on taking
the market by surprise through his ambush economics but that has not helped
the situation because people always find their footing and regroup after
being hit by his policies," said the investment analyst who spoke on
condition he was not named for professional reasons.

      Gono's policies and measures have largely failed to instil confidence
in the market but have rather abated an already existing atmosphere of
speculation and mistrust between the monetary authorities and service
providers.

      The latest example of Gono's "ambush economics" was Monday's
cancellation of trading licences of 16 money transfer agencies.

      This caught most of the affected agencies by surprise and is likely to
worsen the foreign currency parallel market as most of the people employed
by these agencies will go underground and feed the parallel market.

      Zimbabwe is in the throes of a seven-year-old economic crisis that the
government's critics blame on economic mismanagement by Mugabe.
      But Mugabe denies the charge blaming the crisis on sabotage by Western
government after he seized white-owned land for redistribution to landless
blacks six years ago.

      Zimbabwe's economic crisis has manifested itself in serious shortage
of foreign currency, food, fuel and electricity. - ZimOnline

Shock secret DVD captures brutal torture of unionists

Zim Online

Wednesday 11 October 2006

      JOHANNESBURG - The Federation of Unions of South Africa (Fedusa) has
released a secretly filmed video on last month's brutal assault and torture
of Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) leaders.

      The ZCTU leaders and opposition activists were brutally assaulted by
the police for trying to lead street demonstrations in Harare over worsening
economic hardships in the country.

      Unveiling the DVD to the media on Tuesday, FEDUSA president Mary
Malete said she and most of her federation's leadership had been shocked at
the extent of the abuse of the 15 ZCTU leaders as shown in the footage.

      Malete said FEDUSA had thus decided to make copies of the DVD and
distribute them to prove the extent of President Robert Mugabe's brutality.

      She said she would also ask President Thabo Mbeki to view the DVD when
she meets him later this week.

      She hoped the DVD, which was smuggled out of Zimbabwe, would help
prove the futility of the South African government's quiet diplomacy
approach on Zimbabwe.

      Malete said FEDUSA, one of South Africa's major labour federations
with a membership of 350 000, would also petition the International Labour
Organisation (ILO) over the beatings and ask it to exert pressure on the
international community to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe.

      "As FEDUSA has said before, politics and political power is one thing,
human rights violations is completely another," said Dennis George, the
general secretary of FEDUSA.

      The DVD is seen as crucial in efforts by Zimbabwean civic
organisations in exile who are trying to document all cases of human rights
abuses in Zimbabwe.

      The civic groups say such evidence is crucial in pressing charges
against human rights violators at the international criminal court should
such an opportunity arise in future.

      The DVD shows how the police initially heavily assaulted the ZCTU
leaders as they bundled them  into a police van after foiling their protest,
clearly contradicting the government's claims that the protesters were
injured while trying to jump off a moving police vehicle to avoid arrest.

      The beatings and torture of the ZCTU leaders continued while they were
in actual police custody although the DVD did not capture that part of their
ordeal.

      ZCTU general secretary explains in the DVD how he was brutally
assaulted by a group of five police officers while in the police cell until
he fainted.

      ZCTU vice-president Lucia  Matibenga describes how she was tortured
while the police accused her of seeking to return white rule to Zimbabwe.

      She says the police told her they will not bother opening a docket for
her as they were not trained to write dockets but to sign death warrants.

      Chibebe says he was accused of working in cahoots with Western
governments as the police beat him until he passed out.

      Other ZCTU leaders explain their ordeals in the DVD and show graphic
injuries they suffered including huge scars on their bodies and buttocks.

      "We did not want to overthrow the Zimbabwean government. We simply
wanted better salaries for workers," one unnamed ZCTU leader said in the
DVD.

      Malete noted President Mbeki's remarks that Zimbabweans should resolve
their own differences.

      She wondered how that was possible when the key stakeholders for any
possible settlement of the Zimbabwean crisis were bring brutalised in the
way shown in the video.

      "When we got hold of the video, we decided that we should share it
with other South Africans so that they could see what our Zimbabwean
brothers and sisters are going through," said the FEDUSA President. -
ZimOnline

High Court session fails to kick off in Masvingo

Zim Online

Wednesday 11 October 2006

      MASVINGO - A High Court session scheduled for Masvingo had to be
aborted on Monday after the Ministry of Justice failed to raise enough money
for the upkeep of the itenerant judge and his support staff, ZimOnline has
learnt.

      The third High Court session was supposed to hear about 10 murder
cases in Masvingo about 260 kilometres south of the capital Harare. Some of
the murder cases have been pending during the past two years.

      The High Court sits permanently in the capital Harare and Bulawayo
while in small cities such as Masvingo, Gweru and Mutare, judges only come
at specific times of the year to deal with specific cases.

      A senior official from the Attorney General's office, who refused to
be named because he is not authorised to speak to the press, on Tuesday
confirmed that the session was aborted on Monday after the justice ministry
failed to raise enough cash for the judge's upkeep.

      "We we informed on Monday that the issue of money had affected the
scheduled kick off of the third session of the High Court. We are now not
sure when the session will kick off," he said.

      On Tuesday, scores of witnesses some of whom had travelled from as far
as Chikombedzi, some 290 kilometres away, were still stranded in Masvingo
with officials still not sure when the session will kick off.

      Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa could not be reached for comment on
the matter last night.

      Money problems have haunted the justice ministry like all ministries
of the government over the past six years with Chinamasa conceding earlier
this year that inadequate funding was seriously affecting the delivery of
justice in the country.

      President Robert Mugabe's government is hard-pressed for resources as
it battles a severe economic crisis described last year by the World Bank as
unprecedented for a country not at war. - ZimOnline

Protest against all forms of violence: Tsvangirai

Zim Online

Wednesday 11 October 2006

            HARARE - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on
Tuesday said women must protest against all forms of violence being
perpetrated around the country.

            Tsvangirai, who leads the main rump of the splintered Movement
for Democratic Change (MDC) party, spoke as about 200 women protested at his
party's headquarters in Harare over comments made in Parliament last week by
Mabvuku legislator Timothy Mubhawu.

            Speaking on the Domestic Violence Bill, Mubhawu said it was
against God's will for men and women to be equal and urged Parliament not to
pass the Bill.

            "I stand here representing God Almighty. Women are not equal to
men . . . it is a diabolic Bill," he said.

            Mubhawu also said the Bill should have clear guidelines on
proper dressing for women because "some of the dressing by women is too
inviting".

            The comments however torched fierce roars of disapproval from
women's rights groups leading to yesterday's demonstration. The women, who
were wielding placards, denounced Mubhawu over his sexist comments.

            But Tsvangirai told the women that Mubhawu was merely expressing
his personal opinion which did not reflect the views of the party.

            "As a party we respect women and their rights. We believe you
are right in condemning violence and sexist statements made by those who
were certainly not representing the views of the party," Tsvangirai said to
applause from the demonstrators.

            "But the challenge that I pose to you as women is that you must
not be selective in your revulsion of violence.

            "We did not see these kind of demonstrations when other women
such as Lucia Matibenga were brutally assaulted by the police while n
custody. Violence is violence and it must always be condemned," said
Tsvangirai.

            Matibenga and several other women from the Zimbabwe Congress of
Trade Unions and the MDC were last month brutally assaulted by the police
for organising protests over worsening economic conditions in the country.

            There were no statements condemning the assault of the women
protesters from women's rights groups.

            Yesterday's protest was co-ordinated by the Women's Coalition,
an organization made up of 35 women's rights groups around the country. -
ZimOnline

Zimbabweans resort to Malawian passports

Zim Online

Wednesday 11 October 2006

      LILONGWE - At least 3 000 Zimbabweans are said to be using Malawian
travel documents to escape scrutiny by immigration officials in the United
Kingdom and other Western countries, ZimOnline has learnt.

      Malawi's secretary for Home Affairs and Internal Security, Martin
Mononga, said last weekend that some 3 000 Zimbabweans had been deported
from the UK to Malawi during the past few months.

      While Zimbabweans are required to secure visas to visit the UK, such a
requirement was not needed for their Malawian counterparts forcing some
Zimbabweans to acquire Malawian passports fraudulently.

      Zimbabwe has a large Malawian community, most of whom are second or
third generation Malawians.

      "This citizenship by descent does not extend to the third generation,"
said Mononga.

      Mononga said Blantyre was engaged in discussions with the Zimbabwean
authorities to ensure the deportees are given Zimbabwean travel documents.

      At least three million Zimbabweans, a quarter of the country's 12
million population, are living outside the country the majority of them in
South Africa and the UK after fleeing economic hardship and political
persecution at home.

      Millions more are said to be desperate to leave the country, in its
seventh year of a bitter economic recession most critics blame on
mismanagement by President Robert Mugabe's government. - ZimOnline

Harare NGO Assisting Zimbabwean Deportees Stranded In Malawi

VOA

By Patience Rusere
      Washington
      10 October 2006

The Harare-based Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition has moved to assist scores of
fellow countrymen who failed to obtain political asylum in Britain using
Malawian passports, were deported, and now are stranded in the nearby
Southern African country.

Crisis Coalition members went to Malawi this week to mobilize their contacts
among Malawian non-governmental organizations to help the marooned
Zimbabweans.

Crisis Coalition Coordinator Jacob Mafume said that his group has taken up
the issue not only on humanitarian grounds, but because it illustrates the
effect that Zimbabwe's longrunning crisis can have within the Southern
African region.

The Zimbabwean NGO planned to start documenting the plight of individual
refugees on Wednesday with local civil society partners.

Mafume told reporter Patience Rusere of VOA's Studio 7 for Zimbabwe that the
most urgent problems now facing the deportees are humanitarian rather than
legal.

Zimbabwe faces London protests

Funding shortfall forces WFP to cut back feeding

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs -
Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
Date: 10 Oct 2006

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]

JOHANNESBURG, 10 October (IRIN) - The UN's World Food Programme has warned
that it will have to cut back on feeding vulnerable Southern Africans
because it does not have the funds to carry programmes through the lean
season.

The aid agency will be facing a regional shortfall of US$60 million between
December 2006 and March 2007, and has already scaled down some of its
operations in Zimbabwe, affecting some 450,000 people. It has cut back the
urban feeding programme, reduced school-feeding projects from 17 districts
to 14, and suspended mobile feeding in rural areas.

WFP is expected to feed at least four million people in the region until
March next year, when the next harvest is due.

Underlining the lack of donor response, WFP's regional director for Southern
Africa, Amir Abdulla, commented, "Needs in other parts of the world, as in
Darfur, are very pressing [and] perhaps more visible ... the tragedy is
being played on TV every night ... the sad truth is that in the Southern
African context, people will die because they did not get food to eat, but
they will be recorded as deaths due to AIDS-related illnesses in clinics."

He said the agency had been scaling down its operations throughout the year
to ensure it had food pipelines open in the region until the end of 2006,
but "further reductions in operations may have to take place if resources do
not improve."

Zimbabwe and Swaziland have been identified as the most vulnerable
countries, in a region which overall has seen good rainfall this year.

The May 2006 Zimbabwe Vulnerability assessment, yet to be released,
identified 1.4 million people as critically in need of food assistance. WFP
requires at least $17 million just to get Zimbabwe through the lean season
between harvests.

Chronic food insecurity has persisted in Swaziland, which has the world's
highest HIV infection rate. Poverty has been exacerbated by retrenchments in
the textile industry, and the South African mines, where generations of
Swazi men have toiled.

Last year's hotspot, Malawi, despite having recorded its best harvest in
five years, still has at least 833,000 people in need of food aid, as some
of its districts had a poor season.

But a good overall crop has given Malawi time to explore ways to achieve
food security. "Last year's drought, which left almost five million
Malawians in need, was an eye-opener for the government. They are seriously
considering irrigation schemes and pursuing farming input programmes," said
Evance Chapasuka, deputy director of the Famine Early Warning Systems
Network, a US-funded organisation that monitors food security.

Abdulla pointed out that donors had to appreciate that food aid helped to
protect "people's coping mechanisms". WFP's development aid temporarily
freed the poor of the need to provide food for their families, giving them
time and resources to invest in lasting assets such as better houses,
clinics and schools, new agricultural skills and technology.

Abdulla stressed that although the region had emerged from a five-year dry
spell, it had to be prepared. "Weather patterns indicate that there will be
another period of drought."

ZESA announces critical power shortages

      By Tererai Karimakwenda
      09 October 2006

      Zimbabweans woke up Tuesday to the news that they will be facing power
cuts even worse than those they are already experiencing. The Zimbabwe
Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) announced a massive reduction in
generating capacity at Hwange Power Station and damage from vandalism to a
transmission line used to import electricity from the Democratic Republic of
Congo (DRC). All six generators at the Hwange plant were said to be out of
order.

      ZESA said they had initiated massive load shedding on a rotation basis
since Saturday October 7th. Our contacts in most parts of Harare, Bulawayo,
Mutare and Masvingo report that they have been living in darkness.
Government media reports said ZESA engineers and technicians were working
around the clock to restore power to its normal capacity. But given that the
government is broke and struggling to raise foreign currency for basics like
fuel and maize, economists predict it will be a hard fight to find money to
make the necessary repairs and get power levels back to normal.

      Meanwhile businesses, hospitals and other stakeholders who require
power to operate are bracing for the worst. ZESA blamed the escalation of
this crisis on the theft of cables, oil and other parts and to vandalism.
But Itai Zimunya, a programmes officer at The Crisis Zimbabwe Coalition,
said this situation brings to light the failure of the Mugabe regime on a
political and economic level. He said there has been massive corruption in
government where those with no qualifications or skills were appointed to
key positions in parastatals. This is what has caused the demise of all
parastatals including the water authority ZINWA, the Grain Marketing Board
and Ziscosteel.

      Zimunya explained that the economy has been shrinking at an average of
4% per annum for the last 5 years and many businesses are currently
operating at only 25% capacity. With the average 10 hours a day of load
shedding announced by ZESA these figures are bound to drop even further.
Zimunya said: "The health institutions, however dilapidated they are, have
life saving equipment that is delicate and cannot survive without power." He
added that the load shedding hours are random and businesses will find it
impossible to schedule production.

      Zimunya described officials in the Mugabe regime as "know it all
pundits" who do not listen to experts or advice from stakeholders. He said
the Crisis Coalition has experts who have predicted all sorts of disasters
but the government simply ridicules them, but this is how all dictators and
dictatorships eventually crumble.

      SW Radio Africa Zimbabwe news

Women's Coalition demonstrate over MP's sexist comments

      By Violet Gonda
      10 October 06

      At least 50 women from the Women's Coalition took part in a protest
march Tuesday to demonstrate their anger over recent degrading statements
made by opposition legislator Timothy Mubhawu. He told Parliament during a
debate on the Domestic Violence Bill that "it was against God's principles
that men and women should be equal."

      The women marched to Harvest House, the MDC Headquarters in Harare,
where they were addressed by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. Freelance
journalist Frank Chikowore said although Mr Tsvangirai emphasised he did not
condone Mubhawu's remarks, he said the women were protesting in a selective
manner. The opposition leader said there was no outcry from the women when
their fellow colleagues like ZCTU Vice President Lucia Matibenga were
recently brutalised while in police custody.

      Chikowere said protesters like writer Tsitsi Dangarembgwa expressed
dismay at Mr Tsvangirai's remarks, "She said Mr Tsvangirai is pushing a
political agenda and that the MDC is not concerned about women's rights
issues and there is no point in him trying to hide behind a finger by
talking about Mrs Matibenga who was assaulted while in police custody."

      Critics also point out that the selective nature of the police force
was also evident in the way they allowed this particular demonstration to go
ahead, while other protests against the state are quashed. Women of Zimbabwe
Arise (WOZA) have participated in peaceful demonstrations for a better
standard of living many times but always end up in detention bruised and
beaten.

      When contacted for comment on the demonstration against him Timothy
Mubhawu told SW Radio Africa that he is "facing a torrid time from the
women." He however refused to comment further, only saying; "I will give my
full response in detail on Monday 4 o'clock, such that there will be no-one
with questions and everyone will be happy, including those who are
demonstrating against me."

      Mubhawu faced growing pressure even from within his party with
Matibenga, who is also the chairperson of the MDC Women's Assembly, saying:
"We strongly feel that the party, in terms of protocol, has to deal
decisively with the conduct of Mubhawu in parliament."

      SW Radio Africa Zimbabwe news

Curb tendency to shoot ourselves in the foot

Comment from The Sunday Mirror, 8 October

Voice of the Mirror

It would seem that the Ziscosteel saga is fast becoming yet another farce, a
veritable comedy of errors in the Zimbabwean drama that always manages to
have undertones of tragedy. Indeed, the tragic-comic undercurrents that
animate our attempts to turn around our economy do not seem to have an end
in sight just as yet. By now, the details and goings on in the
aforementioned saga are common knowledge. Ziscosteel, through the auspices
of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, had managed to pull a corporate and
investment coup de grace by going into a lucrative deal with an Indian firm,
(Global Steel Holdings Limited )GSHL. For a critically ailing giant, crucial
for Zimbabwe's economic revival, the deal was to all intents and purposes
heaven-sent. But now, that deal is s as good as dead and buried. This so
partly because of the erratic supply of coal from Hwange Colliery, which no
doubt must have driven the Indians up the wall. It is alleged that GSHL
wanted critical suppliers like Hwange and the National Railways of Zimbabwe
adequately recapitalised for the deal to be fruitful. In fact, this should
have been a given and should alert us to the need for a holistic approach to
our turnaround strategies and luring foreign investment drive.

At the end of the day, it does not matter whether we look East or to the
moon, for investors, for if critical entities across the spectrum of the
economy, which are intertwined and interdependent, are left haemorrhaging,
many of our noble initiatives are going to be stillborn. This, we believe,
does not require the knowledge and wisdom of a rocket scientist to grasp. IF
ZESA is ailing, if NOCZIM is faltering, NRZ grinding to a halt, and so on,
the National Economic Development Priority Programme will be undermined. The
approach therefore needs to be more wide- ranging and symbiotic, with
crucial industries being recapitalised and given critical boosts more or
less simultaneously. And we should not forget that we are talking about
entities that were once the pride of the region and continent here. Today,
many of these aforementioned entities have been run down, stripped of their
value and essence by lack of professionalism, unbridled inefficiency,
incompetence and corruption. Before there was a shortage of foreign currency
to make operations viable, there was an inherent lack of commitment,
professionalism and good corporate governance that would have seen the
success and strength of these entities being reinforced and built upon for
development, growth and prosperity.

The collapse of the Ziscosteel- GSHL US$400 million deal is therefore an
indictment of the manner such vital Zimbabwean entities are being ruined.
The issue now goes beyond whether there is or there isn't a report
implicating high- ranking officials in the plunder of Ziscosteel. It is now
a question of whether we are, as a nation, serious about salvaging our
economy from the brink of total ruin. It is now a question of whether we are
committed to the fight against entrenched graft, greed and profiteering; all
monsters that are threatening to destroy this country. Let us face it, there
is no serious investor from the East or the moon or another universe
altogether, who would entrust their investment to a country where there is a
lot of doublespeak, inertia and unchecked kleptocracy. It is paramount
therefore that the Ziscosteel scandal is handled with a lot of hindsight,
foresight and pragmatic prudence. If we blow it this time around, this is
one case where the usual suspects, the bogeymen in the form of Britain and
the US will not be responsible for our future failure to attract investment
to this country. But, above all, let us clean up our act for the benefit of
foreign investors, but for our own sake. Our very national well- being is at
stake here. We owe it, if not to ourselves, but to the future, whose
prosperity lies in our hands today, to curb the propensity to shoot
ourselves in the foot.

Zimbabwe - another North Korea

FROM THE ZIMBABWE VIGIL

Press release - 10th October 2006

A petition calling on the UN Security Council to intervene in Zimbabwe is to
be handed to Kate Hoey, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on
Zimbabwe, at 2.30 pm on Thursday, 12th October, outside the Houses of
Parliament.

The petition has been signed by many thousands of people from all over the
world who have passed by the Zimbabwe Vigil held outside the Zimbabwe
Embassy in London every Saturday from 14.00 to 18.00.

Kate Hoey returned recently from a clandestine visit to Zimbabwe and
reported on the brutal suppression of any opposition to the Mugabe regime.
She is to hand the petition to the appropriate UN representative.

The petition is submitted on 12th October to mark the Vigil's 4th
anniversary.  An accompanying letter to the UN Secretary-General, Kofi
Annan, expresses disappointment at his failure to stand up to President
Mugabe

Supporters will meet at 1 pm at the Zimbabwe Embassy and will leave for the
Houses of Parliament at 1.30.

On Saturday, 14th October, the Vigil will be joined by supporters of the
Zimbabwean opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, to express
solidarity with the Vigil's 4th anniversary and to mark the 7th anniversary
of the MDC.  We will be wearing black armbands to mark the death of freedom
and democracy in Zimbabwe.

The text of the petition reads: "A petition to UN Secretary-General Kofi
Annan about human rights abuses in Zimbabwe - We are deeply disturbed at the
deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe.  It seems as if the international
community does not care that a rogue government can hold its people hostage.
In the past six years up to a quarter of the population have fled the
country.  Half of those remaining face starvation.  Any dissent is stamped
on.  The UN's special envoys have seen this for themselves and condemned the
regime.  We urge the UN Security Council to take measures to help free the
suffering people of Zimbabwe."

Contacts
Rose Benton - 07970 996 003
Julius Mutyambizi-Dewa - 07984 254 830
.
Vigil Co-ordinators

The vigil, outside the Zimbabwe Embassy, 429 Strand, London, takes place
every Saturdays from 14.00 - 18.00 to protest against gross violations of
human rights by the current regime in Zimbabwe.  The Vigil which started in
October 2002 will continue until internationally-monitored, free and fair
elections are held in Zimbabwe.  http://www.zimvigil.co.uk.

JAG Classifieds dated 10 October 2006

As a JAG member or JAG Associate member, please send any classified adverts
for publication in this newsletter to:

JAG Classifieds: jag@mango.zw; justiceforagriculture@zol.co.zw

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1.  For Sale Items
2.  Wanted Items
3.  Accommodation
4.  Recreation
5.  Specialist Services
6.  Pets Corner

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1. OFFERED FOR SALE

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1.1 For Sale (Ad inserted 12/09/06)

Piano for sale: C Burlman & Co.  Phone 775691.

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1.2 For Sale (Ad inserted 12/09/06)

2002 Toyota Landcruiser 100series GX Standard
55000km,white,mp3 player plus many more extras. Equivalent 38000US. 4.2
diesel. Contact 091 261085 Alex
011609709 Mike.  Available for sale 20 September

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1.3 For Sale (Ad inserted 12/09/06)

MP3 Player:  FM/MP3/WMA/DVR/Line-In, 265MB, USB2.0, R480.00
Contact 091314285 Debbie, 091394803 Alisha

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1.4 For Sale (Ad inserted 12/09/06)

Small bar. 1,6 X 0,5metres. Never been used. Considerable lockable storage
space. Ideal for a small entertainment area. $300,000.00 ONCO. Phone 302702
for appointment to view.

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1.5 For Sale (Ad inserted 12/09/06)

SEED DESIGNS (based in Chiredzi)

Beautiful hand embroidered items for sale as follows: -

Wall Hangings                    $19,000
Muslin Throws/tablecloths    $13,400
Throw-overs                         $34,000
Bedspread/duvet covers       $45,100
Tea cosy/cloth set               $ 7,000
Toaster covers                     $ 3,500
Tablecloths assorted            $ 8,800
Oven gloves                         $ 4,200
Small bags                          $ 3,500
Binocular bags                     $ 4,500
Shoulder bags                      $ 6,600
Wallets                                $ 3,600
Canvas bags large                $10,920
Webbing bags                      $11,200
Med cushion covers              $  7,600
Small cushion covers            $  4,800
Cushion inners                     $  3,800
6 table mats & serviettes       $15,000
Pillow case                           $ 2,700
Table runner                          $ 7,700
Paintings                              $40,000

And much more!!  For more information please contact Michelle Ross (Harare
rep) on cell phone no: 091 202 138 or 883606 or alternatively e-mail me at
rossi@hms.co.zw

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1.6 For Sale (Ad inserted 19/09/06)

Coarse Salt imported from South Africa $4 500.00 / 50 kg neg.
Phone 091 210 268 or 091 609 841(evenings)

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1.7 For Sale (Ad inserted 19/09/06)

Pavillion tent.

Tent for sale pavilion type 3 meters X 2.75 meters. PVC ground sheet, one
gauzed zip up door, verandah and all poles and pegs. Comes folded in a
canvas bag.

Contact 04 - 745463  / 011211924.

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1.8 For Sale (Ad inserted 19/09/06)

A "family"(mother, father and baby) of exquisitely, carved hippos. You won't
find another like them. View them at "Serendipity"-coffee shop.2a,
Serendipity close (entrance on Golden Stairs Road), Mount Pleasant. Phone:
Anne 011212424 or Robyn 011413609 or Janet 091344616.They really are
stunning--you need to see
them for yourself.

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1.9 For Sale (Ad inserted 19/09/06)

New Eurostar Borehole Pump. 0.75 HP. $90,000 o.n.c.o. Phone Michael
091404542 or 333069.

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1.10 For Sale (Ad inserted 19/09/06)

An avent baby bottle and food warmer.  Warms bottles or baby food in just 4
minutes and is small and convenient.  Brand new and still in box so never
been used.  Bought it this weekend in Joburg for R500.00 so would like the
equivalent.  Contact Brenda Pattenden on 091 3267 55.

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1.11 For Sale (Ad inserted 26/09/06)

I have two Electrolux freezers for sale - they are 30 years old but still
going strong, though their looks have suffered a little. They have been
checked by a
refrigeration specialist of long standing and he has recommended the
following prices:

1 chest freezer 12 cubic feet                  $400, 000.00

1 upright 9 cubic feet                              $290, 000.00

Office furniture

I have two filing cabinets [imported oak] three drawers, lockable for sale:
$220,000.00 each

L shaped desk, oak, one side has sliding doors and a shelf, plus normal desk
$350,000.00

This is less than half the cost of new ones. All in good condition.  Please
phone 861167 if interested.

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1.12 For Sale (Ad inserted 26/09/06)

WHITE LUGGAGE TRAILER, LOCKABLE.
CROP MOISTURE TESTER, complete (Delmhorst Instrument Company, USA)
ELNA LOTUS SEWING MACHINE
PROLINE SOHO SCANNER (Computer)
HEWLETT PACKARD DESKJET 670C PRINTER
CARPET TILES
SHOWER HEADER TANK 100 LITRES
8 sq.m. ITALIAN FLOOR TILES
2 sq.m. MOSAIC TILES
KNITMASTER DOUBLE BED KNITTING MACHINE.
ELECTRIC MOTORS - various
BANJO
PIANO ACCORDIAN

Please phone 091 305 313

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1.13 For Sale (Ad inserted 03/10/06)

Motor Bike

Suzuki  TF 125  -- in very good condition -- Zim $ equivalent of US$ 1000.00
contact: zanadu@zim.co.zw

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1.14 For Sale (Ad inserted 03/10/06)

Microwave oven for Sale.  Singer 700W.  Under one year old.  $120,000.
Bought solely for office lunches and no longer in need of it.

Phone 091-240-401.

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1.15 For Sale (Ad inserted 03/10/06)

Linhoff photographic tripod with tilt and pan head.

Price $15,000

Phone evenings 04 487631 or days 04 459702 ask for ray or email
rwestley@mango.zw

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1.16 For Sale (Ad inserted 03/10/06)

Very Good Condition - ADAM BEDE Oak Dining Room Suite, Six Chairs and Two
Carvers, Extendable Table and Welsh Dresser with Leaded Glass Doors. Price $
3 000 000.00.  Must Be Seen. Telephone 020 68626 Trevor or Michelle

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1.17 For Sale (Ad inserted 03/10/06)

Toyota Hilux double cab 3Lt  2003 model  white in colour, 57000 kms.
Excellent condition.Offers
Phone 091 606212

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1.18 For Sale (Ad inserted 03/10/06)

Book titled, Exotic Tropical Fishes

Authors of this comprehensive book include:
Dr. Axle rod
Dr. Vordevinkler
Dr. Emmens
Mr.Sculthorpe
Mr. Proneck
Dr.Burgess

700 plus pages most with full colour plates and description. One page per
species. Condition as new
Asking price $15,000

Suit the more serious fish keeper or breeder. There are also many others
being sorted for sale.

Telephone 04 487631 or during business hours 04 459702 (if lines not down)
Ask for Ray. Or email rwestley@mango.zw

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1.19 Generator For Sale (Ad inserted 03/10/06)

8 H.P. Briggs and Stratton Motor with 3.5.K V A  Alternator. Mounted on
Frame and in good condition. Price   $400.000.00

Contact Telephone 301860or Cell 011 416984

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1.20 For Sale (Ad inserted 03/10/06)

"The Weavery"
Super gift ideas for local and overseas friends and family.Hand woven
articles which are light,easy to pack and send, and fully washable.
Xmas is on the way again! Buy before the "rush" and before prices go up
again!Contact Anne on 332851 or 011212424.Or email joannew@zol.co.zw

Crocheted oven gloves--$3,000.
Cotton oven gloves--$2,000.
Small woven bags--$2,000.
Large woven bags--$3,000.
Crocheted bags--$4,000.

Queen(approx.250x240cms) size bedcover--$30,000.
Other sizes to order.
Single Duvet cushions(open into a duvet)--$24,000.
Other sizes to order.
2x1 meter Throw--9,000.
Baby Blanket(1x1meter)--$3,500.

3 piece toilet set--$5,000.
Bath mat--$3,000.

Decorated cushion covers--$3,000.

Table runner--$2,000.
Set(4)Bordered table mats + serviettes--$9,000.
Set(6)Bordered table mats + serviettes--$13,000.
Set(4) crocheted table mats only--$5,000.
Set(6)fringed table mats + serviettes--$12,000.
Lots of other combinations.

Small (approx.105x52cms) plain cotton rug--$3,000.
Medium (approx.120x65cms) plain cotton rug--$5,000
Large (approx.150x75cms) plain cotton rug--$7,000.
Ex. Large(approx.230x130cms) plain cotton rug--$22,000.
Small patterned cotton rug--$4,000.
Small rag rug--$3,000.
Medium patterned cotton rug--$6,000.
Large patterned cotton rug--$10,000
Ex. Large patterned cotton rug--$28,000.
Small patterned mohair rug--$6,000.
Medium patterned mohair rug--$9,000
Large patterned mohair rug--$12,000.
Ex. Large patterned mohair rug--$30,000.

Lots of other articles. Please be aware that prices may change without
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1.21 For Sale (Ad inserted 03/10/06)

 "Mercedes-Benz C180 Elegance for sale.  Automatic. Petrol.  1994 model.
104850 genuine kilometres.  Metallic Gunmetal, all extras including Sony
radio and a 10 CD shuttle.  Pristine condition.  Asking price US$14 000.00
or equivalent in Zimbabwe Dollars.

Please contact Adam on:  - 091 208754 or 04 336237 after hours."

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1.22 For Sale (Ad inserted 03/10/06)

CAMPING EQUIPMENT FOR SALE
Various camping equipment for sale, tents in good condition, camp beds,
double inflatable lilo, gaslights, gas skottle, set of new stainless steel
camping pots (very compact one inside another) etc. Phone 091 311 503, or
work 339144

ENCYCLOPAEDIAS FOR SALE
Complete set of Brittanica encyclopaedias for sale.  Ideal for reference for
young people.  Phone 091 311 503, or work 339144.

GOLF CLUBS FOR SALE
1 complete set of golf clubs - Rawlings, and two other part sets.
Must sell - offers.  Phone 091 311 503, or work 339144

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1.23 For Sale (Ad inserted 10/10/06)

COARSE SALT.   50 kg bag Z$ 8,500 delivered Harare.
MOLASSES.   Z$150 per litre.   For large quantities supply container.
CHILDREN'S COLOURED CHAIRS.   Z$ 3,500
Apply: mnmilbank@zol.co.zw

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1.24 For Sale (Ad inserted 10/10/06)

Borehole water delivered anywhere in Harare Area. Minimum load 2000 litres.
Contact: 091-262834/091-311500/091/343198

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1.25 For Sale (Ad inserted 10/10/06)

JUNGLE GYM - LARGE with slide, swing, barrel swing, ladder, Platform, etc.
PRICE $25,000-00 only.
22 RIFLE - BRUNO - offers
PERSIAN TYPE RUGS 6 x 8 $15,000-00 each
Telephone 091909244

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1.26 For Sale - Like New (Ad inserted 10/10/06)

BREATHING MACHINE FOR BABIES: Rescue Breathing or Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation Alarm. Breathing Effort Monitor with Tummy Tickle stimulation.
Our baby had a problem of breathing and we used this machine, which you
attach to the Nappy. View www.respisense.com to see more details.
Our asking price is Z$140,000-00 Tel: Lindsay 091909244

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1.27 For Sale (Ad inserted 10/10/06)

KTM 525 exc Motor Bike, 2003 modle, well maintained and in good condition.
USD 5500 equivalent in Z$.

Toyota RAV 4, White, 2001 (new shape), 55000 Km,
USD 21000 equivalent in Z$.

Mazda Familiar 323 Hatch back. 2000 modle, 100000km Metallic blue. One
owner. USD 8500 equivalent.

Please contact me on dale@zol.co.zw.

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1.28 For Sale (Ad inserted 10/10/06)

SECURE INTERNET VIA SATELLITE FOR THE REGION - FIXED DISH OR PORTABLE BGAN
Please email info@satsys.net or visit www.satsys.co.za

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1.29 Pet Mince for Sale (Ad inserted 10/10/06)

Please be advised that there is limited pet food.

Pet Mince for sale 500g for $350. Pet mince made from pork offal including
liver and veg only, it is minced and well cooked.
Delivered on Friday's, collected at Benbar Msasa at 10:30, JAG (17 Philips
Ave, Belgravia) at 11:30, Peace Haven (75 Oxford St off Aberdeen) at 12:30
and Olivine Head Office in car park at 3:00.
Please order by email.   Phone 011221088 or email claassen@zol.co.zw

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1.30 For Sale (Ad inserted 10/10/06)

Toyota Land Cruiser Pick-up. I999 and only 56 000 km on the clock. Genuine
offers will be welcomed. The vehicle is in Bulawayo at this time but can be
brought to Harare if there is the need.

Phone Ben on 011 444717 or Bebe on 011 408401. email mobenic@zol.co.zw

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1.31 For Sale (Ad inserted 10/10/06)

Linen
1 Single Bed Duvet Cover - Green, Pink Biggie Best Floral  $50 000.00 for 1
Green Lamp Shade Cover to match above set 1 Continental Cushion cover to
match above

2 Double Bed Duvet Covers, 1 Continental Cushion cover,  100 000.00 for 2-4
pillow cases, 1 kist cover, 2 small, 2 large lined curtains, set night
frill, small circular table cloth, Grey's/Pinky/maroon's

Oddments/Kitchenware etc
1 Cast Iron Pot with yellow lid (biggest pot) 40 000.00
1 Washing up wall drainage rack (as new) 15 000.00
1 Plastic serviette holder 1 000.00
1 Electric Carving Knife 10 000.00
2 Tupperware measuring cups (25mls/50mls/100mls)   3 000.00
1 Square to round adaptor            2 000.00
1 Craft Wood Burner 5 000.00
1 Compass Cutter  5 000.00
1 Coleman's drinks cooler box (green and cream) 12 000.00
4 Rectangular baking trays            ea 2 000.00
1 Cardboard Shoe Rack (9 Pce) 8 000.00
1 Bread Maker, Recipe Book, Measuring cup and spoon (Newish) 50 000.00
1 Double tape deck/radio with removable speakers       60 000.00
1 Ironing board 8 000.00
1 PC, key board, mouse, monitor etc 200 000.00
1 Vacuum Cleaner            50 000.00

Microwave
3 Microwave plates of varying depths ea 2 000.00
1 Boiled/poached eggs microwave set 5 000.00
1 Microwave cook book 2 000.00
1 Microwave Vegetable Steamer 2 000.00

Garden/Cleaning/Braaing etc
1 Extension Cable and stand 25 000.00
1 Round small braai     5 000.00
1 Braai Set, stick in ground holder for drink and utensils  3 000.00
2 Gas bottles with plates ea 50 000.00
2 Square Washing tubs (white with grey specks ea   6 000.00
1 Plastic blue and black small pedal bin 5 000.00

Furniture
1 round dining room table 80 000.00
1 Rectangular coffee table, dark wood 20 000.00
2 square side tables to match above ea   5 000.00
1 Bathroom Cabinet and matching rail - Teak 150 000.00
1 Garden Suite, round table, tablecloth,4 chairs and cushions 100 000.00
1 Deck Chair (Canvas and wood) 10 000.00
1 Double Bed,+ mattress (Newish) 250 000.00
1 Automatic (front loader) Washing Machine 250 000.00
1 Cane lounge suite, couch + 2 one seater's, peach cushions & covers 180
000.00
1 Cane kist, to match cane lounge suite above 80 000.00
1 Pine double cupboard for wall 50 000.00
1 Pine Wardrobe 90 000.00
1 Pine Dressing Table and Stool 80 000.00
1 Pine Kist 60 000.00
1 Pine Book Case 40 000.00
1 Pine Chest of Drawers 60 000.00
2 Pine Bed side Tables ea 20 000.00

Prices negotiable, within reason
Call Shelley on 091 264361 or 883348 pms only or reply by email :
bungzip@zol.co.zw or tahara@mweb.co.zw

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2 WANTED ITEMS

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2.1 Wanted (Ad inserted 19/09/06)

Am looking for a PERSIAN CARPET Runner suitable for a passage - about
85-95cm wide and 3-4 m long.
Also any Persian carpets in good condition.

terrys@cabsonline.co.zw
091 315 297

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2.2 Wanted (Ad inserted 26/09/06)

Second hand baking trays and tins in good conditions
Also second hand electrical mixer in good condition
Please call 011 200 325

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2.3 Wanted (Ad inserted 26/09/06)

Does anyone have a second hand swimming pool fence that they would like to
sell?  If so, please could you phone me on 091326755.

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2.4 Wanted (Ad inserted 03/10/06)

Looking for a copy of "Golden Age of Tobacco" if anyone has a copy of this
book please contact me on secretary@zol.co.zw

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2.5 Wanted (Ad inserted 03/10/06)

Second-hand 28" old-fashioned bicycle wanted. Please phone John Robertson on
Harare 740205

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2.6 Wanted (Ad inserted 10/10/06)

Double bed and base set in very good condition.  Please phone Jenny
011409353

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2.7 Wanted (Ad inserted 10/10/06)

For loan or hire a bunk bed for November Dec and January as I have my family
coming from New Zealand.
Also Looking for 3 to 4 Leaver Locks Preferably a good make like Union.

Please contact Ann on 301860 or cell 011 404357.

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2.8 Wanted (Ad inserted 10/10/06)

If any one knows of a front-loading washing machine for sale please contact
Maggie Norton on 499349 or 091255955

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3 Accommodation Wanted and Offered

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3.1 Accommodation Offered (Ad inserted 12/09/06)

On offer is a three bed roomed house in Chisipite in a very secure area.
Rentals Z$100,000 + deposit reviewed every 3 months. Contact Roy on 011
433588 or e-mail me vascozim@yahoo.com. Available 1st October.

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3.2 Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 12/09/06)

Accommodation wanted in Harare, preferably around Mount Pleasant, Newlands
or Borrowdale.
Any cottages or small houses would be perfect. Will consider house sitting.
Needs to be a secure surrounding, as, I'm a single female who's very
friendly, neat & tidy.

If anything is available please contact Caroline on 011 214 453

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3.3 Accommodation Available (Ad inserted 12/09/06)

I have a very attractive, newly thatched cottage to let in Bromley, 55 kms
from Harare and 30 kms from Marondera.  It is small, only two bedrooms, and
is in the
garden next to the pool.  It has its own garden, and space to grow
vegetables or whatever.
Rent l8 thousand dollars monthly plus Zesa

Phone Jennifer - 073 3399, or 0ll 4236l4, or 04 333952, 336945 (leave
message)

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3.4 Housesitter Wanted (Ad inserted 12/09/06)

Desperate for a house sitter on my Bromley farm for the months of October
and November while I go to Australia.  No farming necessary, just 3dogs and
2 cats to love, and a lovely home and garden.  No money exchanges either
way.

Please phone Jennifer at 0ll 4236l4

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3.5 Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 19/09/06)

Small Harare family would like to rent a small cottage or domestic quarters
in any area between Belvedere and Mount Pleasant. Please phone Rich Tere on
091 295 129

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3.6 House for Sale (Ad inserted 26/09/06)

Greendale North
2.5 subdivisible acres with msasa trees
3 bed/ 2 bath brick under tile and a self contained cottage
Double garage and staff quarters, Pool
10 000 litre water storage tank with pressure pump
Electric gate and security light
2 metre electrified security fence and prickly pear hedge
House alarm, Security guard at end of Close
Borehole sited but not drilled.
Good area - Italian Embassy, French, British and Nigerian ambassadorial
residences
Walking distance of Chisipite School and shops.
Serious buyers only, phone Margot on 04-776499 or 091 358 122

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3.7 House Sitter Wanted (Ad inserted 26/09/06)

Attractive newly thatched cottage to let for October and November on farm
near Bromley, 55 kms Harare.   Garden and space for vegetables.   $15,000
per month
plus Zesa.
Please phone 073 3399, or 011 423614, or 04 572513 (leave message here)

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3.8 Flat Wanted to Buy (Ad inserted 26/09/06)

Widow requires a safe cluster home/garden flat in Northern suburbs.  Must
have three bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 carports or garages (a must) as she
doesnt want to lose her late husbands vehicle!!  Phone Jacquie (on behalf of
Widow) 091 311 503, 339144.

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3.9 House Wanted (Ad inserted 03/10/06)

3/4 bed roomed house for single mother with 2 children.  Must be safe and
secure.  Areas around
Mt Pleasant, Greendale, Alexander Park, Avondale, Borrowdale, Highlands;
Newlands, Gunhill.

Please phone Debbie on 091 830 953 or 446191/2 during business hours

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3.10 Cottage for Rent (Ad inserted 03/10/06)

AVAILABLE TO RENT, end of October

DOUBLE- STOREY SPACIOUS THATCHED COTTAGE with wooden decking
verandahs/balconies...
KAMBANJI - BEAUTIFUL VIEWS
TWO DOUBLE BEDROOMS EN SUITE.  SECURITY - ELECTRIC FENCE, ELECTRIC GATE,
NIGHT WATCHMAN ETC.
PLEASE CONTACT 499119. e-mail calder@zol.co.zw

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3.11 Fish Hoek for Rent (Ad inserted 03/10/06)

To let:  In Fish Hoek;
Two bed roomed house with lock-up garage. Close to
beach, shopping centre and station in quiet street. R3000 monthly. Six-month
lease. Available from 1st November.

To let: In Fish Hoek;
One bed roomed flat with own fitted kitchen, bath in
secure area; Close to beach, shopping centre and station in quiet street.
R1500 monthly. Six-month lease. Available from 1st November.

For details please contact Graeme:   gjcopley@yahoo.com

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3.12 Wanted Housesitter/Part time tenant

Garden flat in secure complex, two minutes walk from Sam Levy's village. 2
bed 2 baths, 1 en-suite. Furnished, Lock-up garage.
Minimal rent to cover expenses required.
Available 15th October. Please phone Nello Davies. 091-402410.

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3.13 House Wanted (Ad inserted 03/10/06)

House wanted to rent as from 1st December 2006 in Avondale, Milton Park,
Emerald Hill, or Mount Pleasant.
Need at least 4 bedrooms and swimming pool and if possible a borehole.
Please contact Carol on 332798 or 011 231 541 if you have anything suitable.

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3.14 House Sitter Offered (Ad inserted 10/10/06)

Accommodation Wanted/House, animal sitter available end Nov

I have been housesitting professionally for the last 2 years (I have
references).  As of 1st Dec 2006 I will be looking for anyone who needs a
house/animal sitter for 4months or longer in Harare, preferably around
Borrowdale, Chisipite, Highlands, Mount Pleasant, Newland area. I am
26/farmers daughter, very homely and have passion for the outdoors and love
of animals. Any furnished cottage or small houses would be perfect. Needs to
be a secure surroundings, as, I'm a single female.

I would love to hear from you. Contact Lisa on 091 340 373 or
charterseeds@zol.co.zw

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3.15 Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 10/10/06)

Accommodation wanted urgently for a middle aged couple in  Harare,
preferably around Bluff Hill or Westgate vicinity.
Any cottage or small house would be perfect with secure surroundings.
If anything is available please contact Jenny on 091 387 891 / 011607298.

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4 RECREATION

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4.1 TANDEM SKYDIVES (Ad inserted 12/09/06)

Contact Chris on: 091302357 (every Saturday at Charles prince airport)
Great idea as a gift...

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4.2 Hippo Pools Camp (Ad inserted 26/09/06)

Hippo Pools Wilderness Camp - Need a break from your hectic everyday life,
for a relaxing weekend or midweek getaway Hippo Pools Wilderness Camp is the
place to go.  For details phone Tracy on 747929 or email
mailto:wildernessafrica@zol.co.zw "

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4.3  (Ad inserted 26/09/06)

LIFEHOUSE CHRISTIAN RESOURCE CENTRE
88 Lomagundi, Road Emerald Hill

 Is the home of the following Christian organizations:

LifeWords (Formerly Scripture Gift Mission)
Words of the Holy One (Christian literature)
Life Tower (Christian library)
Your Life Magazine
Acts Basket

These are all legitimate non-profit Christian Organizations.

At present life House (Kindly left to Lifewords by the late Ms Audrey
Hickley in her will) is badly in need of some attention and renovation to
make it more user friendly to the public as a Christian resource centre. The
renovation has started, funded thus far by money from our own pockets, but
we (the small group of 5 people involved in the above) have found that our
personal resources are not nearly adequate for the task. Some of the needed
items are great indeed, but we do not wish to underestimate either the power
of God or the generosity of some people, by not asking.

So it is that we humbly approach you the public in an appeal for the
following:

. Funding/general donations.
. Bore-hole (to be drilled)
. Bore-hole pump and motor, piping etc
. Water storage tank
. Plants (palms, cactii, hanging baskets, pot plants etc)
. Garden furniture and benches (prayer/reading/tea garden)
. Garden umbrellas
. Tables & chairs
. Office furniture (Christian internet reference library)
. Lounge furniture (Prayer room)
. Computers (Christian internet reference library)
. Printers
. Wood for book shelving and a carpenter's time and skill (Christian
library)
. Paint
. Christian literature for the library collection.
. Light fittings
. Tiles
. Wrought iron security enclosure (verandah)
. Curtains
. Small rocks/boulders to build a rockery
. Lawn
. Tobacco scrap
. Compost
. Manure
. Plant pots
. Gravel

In fact anything you could give would be most appreciated. If any gift
cannot be used for the revival of Life House to benefit all Christians, it
will be donated to Acts Basket and so still benefit a Christian brother or
sister in need.

Should you wish to make a pledge or donation or ask any questions, please
contact:

Anne Hadingham at LifeHouse on 304127 or 091400751 or email:
wildart@zol.co.zw or Peter Nyangara at LifeHouse on 304124 or 011629218 or
email: wohobooks@zol.co.zw

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4.4 GACHE GACHE LODGE (Ad inserted 03/10/06)

GACHE GACHE LODGE - across Lake Kariba still have some rooms available for
the Xmas period. Full catering. Children welcome.
Contact: Andrea: 091 208 836 tourleaders@zol.co.zw
New Year is now full.

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4.5 House Boat For Hire (Ad inserted 03/10/06)

MTEPATEPA: houseboat for hire. Sleeps 12, 3 crew, tender boat.  Reasonable
rates.
Phone Kate 067 23112 or 091 356 981.

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4.6 Lift Offered (Ad inserted 10/10/06)
Lift offered to Beira, Mozambique leaving 30th October returning 3rd
November Contact 091-343198/04-851873

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5 SPECIALIST SERVICES

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5.1 (Ad inserted 12/09/06)

G - TECH

Diesel vehicle and plant maintenance.
Site contracting.
Generator and stationary engine instal lation and maintenance.
Tractors.
Hydraulics.

Contact Graham at gtech@zol.co.zw or call 011 406023, 091 286657, 04 741001,
075 2264

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5.2 (Ad inserted 26/09/06)

1. The Power People
Radium Africa stocking 2.5Kva, 5.5Kva, and 16Kva Generators. 40's and 60's
on the water. Larger units available on request.
Assessments, Installations and servicing available. Full spares backup.
Phone Office: 04 335848 Cell Derrek 011611717
Email: radiumzw@africaonline.co.zw

2. Need to use your FCA? - Radium Africa
Harrow discs 24" 26" and 28", Generators, Silage Machines in stock. Other
agricultural equipment imports available on request.
Phone Office: 04 335848 Cell Sean 011600389 Keith 011800859
Email: radiumzw@africaonline.co.zw

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5.3 (Ad inserted 10/10/06)

For all your outside Bar & Catering requirements contact NIBBLES.
We specialise in Christmas Parties, Birthdays, and Weddings etc.  Let us
take the hassle out of your function!
Contact: 091-343198/0901-252703/04-851873

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6 PETS CORNER
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6.1 Puppies for Sale (Ad inserted 12/09/06)

3 female and 2 male Blue Australian Heeler pups. Contact Priscilla on
083-2805057.
I can deliver anywhere Bulawayo or Beitbridge area

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6.2 Home Wanted (Ad inserted 12/09/06)

Superb brindle Labrador/staffy dog looking for kind and loving home. Approx
3 years, lovely nature would make an excellent companion and protector. Tel
Michelle (Terrier Rescue) on 884294 or 011602903 or e-mail me on
gandami@mweb.co.zw

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6.3 Puppy Wanted (Ad inserted 26/09/06)

A puppy (jack russell, jack russell cross, maltese or
maltese cross, or similar) late November/early December

Please contact sandeman@zol.co.zw or call 011 630 803 or Harare 746408

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6.4 Dog Sitter Required (Ad inserted 26/09/06)

Homes wanted. We have recently relocated to Europe. Due to various
circumstances we are unable to bring our two dogs (Black Retriever and
German Shepherd) as yet Once we have settled in and have reasonable space we
will call for one or both of our pets.  In the mean time we are looking for
an elderly couple that would be willing to baby sit/ look after, or possible
adopt our two dogs. Due to the situation it is difficult to put an exact
time period required. They are good security dogs and are extremely loving.
They would suit a couple as the shepherd enjoys the company of females and
the Retriever, enjoys being around Men. We would be prepared to supply food
etc as an when required to the approved " new home For any further
information or enquiries, please contact cmhch@yahoo.com

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6.5 PUPPIES FOR SALE (Ad inserted 10/10/06)

PEDIGREE IRISH SETTERS MALE AND FEMALE FROM
KRUGER KENNELS, HARARE - 35 YEARS EXPERIENCE

NO LESS THAN 4 CRUFTS CHAMPIONS IN THE BLOOD LINE
NO INBREEDING AS MALE FROM THE CAPE AND DAM FROM ENGLAND.

PUPPIES READY MID NOVEMBER CONTACT BELOW FOR VIEWING
email djclarke@zol.co.zw 496961 091-400-328

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6.6 Puppies Wanted (Ad inserted 10/10/06)

Two Jack Russell puppies - Please phone Jenny 011 409 353

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6.7 Temporary / Permanent Home wanted (Ad inserted 10/10/06)

We have recently relocated to Europe. Due to various circumstances we are
unable to bring our two dogs (Black Retriever and German Shepherd) as yet.
Once we have settled in and have reasonable space we would like to call for
one or both of our pets if possible.

In the mean time we are looking for an elderly couple who would be willing
to baby sit/ look after, or possibly adopt our two dogs. Due to the
situation it is difficult to put an exact time period required. They are
good security dogs and are extremely loving. They would suit a couple as the
shepherd enjoys the company of females and the Retriever, enjoys being
around Men.

We would be prepared to supply food etc as an when required to the approved
" new home "

For any further information or enquiries, please contact by email
doug_keeling@yahoo.co.uk

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