The Times
September 21, 2007
Robert Mugabe says he will be going to
EU-Africa summit whether Gordon Brown
boycotts it or not
Philip
Webster, Political Editor, and David Charter in Brussels
Gordon Brown will go
to an EU Africa summit this year as long as Zimbabwe is
represented by
someone other than Robert Mugabe, Downing Street made clear
yesterday.
The Prime Minister threatened tougher measures against
Zimbabwe last night,
saying that Britain would table proposals to the EU "in
the next few days"
to extend travel and financial sanctions against leading
members of the
Mugabe regime.
Mr Brown has personally targeted the
Zimbabwean President and will not go to
the summit in Lisbon if he is there.
Downing Street indicated that he would
go if Zimbabwe's place at the table
was occupied by a junior or less
controversial representative.
That
threw a lifeline to the Portuguese, who hold the EU presidency and are
desperately looking for a diplomatic solution to avoid cancelling the
meeting. However Ghana, which presides over the African Union, has made
clear that it wants Mr Mugabe to receive equal treatment.
The
Portuguese attacked the threat to boycott the December summit yesterday
and
insisted that it would go ahead. Portugal sees it as the high point of
its
six months as holder of the EU's rotating presidency and is angered by
what
it sees as Britain's undiplomatic move.
While there is widespread sympathy
for Mr Brown's stance, some of Britain's
strongest allies are prepared to
attend a summit with Mr Mugabe in order to
lecture him on human
rights.
The Portuguese Government confirmed that invitations for the
event, on
December 8 and 9, had not yet been sent. The Timesunderstands that
one
consideration is to make the African Union responsible for the African
invitations so that Mr Mugabe is not technically invited by the
EU.
With no EU invitation, the EU could then retain the option of
refusing Mr
Mugabe a visa if behind-the-scenes diplomatic pressure does not
dissuade him
from getting on a plane.
A Portuguese Government
spokesman said: "The seeds of this summit were sown
under the British
presidency of the EU [in 2005]. This is not a summit
between one European
country and one African country, it is a summit between
the EU and the AU as
mandated by the EU Council."
The strength of feeling in Africa was shown
in Brussels yesterday when
Gertrude Mongella, the Tanzanian President of the
Pan-African Parliament,
accused Mr Brown of "arm-twisting" at a European
Parliament meeting.
She said: "I think this is again another way of
manipulating Africa.
Zimbabwe is a nation which got independence. In the
developed countries
there are so many countries doing things which not all
of us subscribe to.
We have seen the Iraq War - not everyone accepts what is
being done in Iraq.
Heads of state should go there, meet, develop a
dialogue, an open dialogue,
a very committed dialogue to solve problems
rather than threatening each
other by going or not going."
Mr Brown's
spokesman said that he had had discussions with other EU member
states on
what tactics to adopt before publicly threatening his boycott in
protest at
the plight of Zimbabwe and despite continuing European travel
sanctions
imposed on Mr Mugabe and 131 members of his Zanu-PF regime.
Asked if the
Prime Minister would attend the summit if another member of the
Mugabe
regime represented Zimbabwe, the spokesman said: "That would be a
different
circumstance. The issue in relation to Robert Mugabe is that what
we do not
want to do anything that diverts attention from the important
issues that
the EU Africa summit needs to address."
Mr Brown has said that Mr
Mugabe's presence in Portugal would divert
attention from key issues such as
poverty, climate change and health.
Louis Michel, the EU Development
Commissioner, backed Mr Brown by demanding
a ban on Mr Mugabe. He told the
EUPolitix website: "I too share concerns
and, yes, I too would prefer it if
Mugabe was not there."
But he added: "However, would his presence be
sufficient reason for not
holding this very important event? The main
objective, let's remember, is
the summit itself and not the participants,
whoever they might be." While
moving to isolate Zimbabwe's Government, Mr
Brown announced more British aid
money for the country. Already Zimbabwe's
second biggest donor, Britain will
provide an additional £8 million to be
delivered through the World Food
Programme.
Comments
More greece
to your elbow Mr Brown.Mugabe needs to be put back in his
place.Someone
needs to stand up to him.He is heartless.
Emmanuel, Reading,
UK
When is he going to be arrested for genocide?
B J Deller,
Marbella, Spain
Thank you Mr Brown for your stance.Mugabe has ruined the
lives of black
people in zimbabwe.People like Tindo are on his propaganda
payroll.what is
he doing in London if he thinks mugabe is a hero.People are
killed for
expressing their views.In Zim you have to whisper whenever you
talk about
Mugabe,you are declared enemy of the state if you criticise
mugabeMbeki is a
failure.he hero-worships Mugabe.African leaders are scared
of him .Just like
the west they watched the Rwandans maiming each other.They
called the
genocide an internal issue.Now they say zimbabweans must solve
their own
problems.How?when the state machinery is used against us.Do you
want to see
another genocide before you act? We desperately need your
intervention.Act
now Gordon
Tim, Johannesburg, South
Africa
It's a bit of a cop-out for PM Brown but I understand the
sensitive European
position. The point is, it's the whole ZANU-PF junta
that's a problem - not
just Mugabe. So having one of his lieutenants filling
a chair still accords
them utterly undue respect and recognition. I don't
know why this is such a
blind spot for the AU though. Their tacit or even
vocular acceptance of the
actions and maladministration of these communist
ideologues in Zimbabwe is
itself criminal and therefore an indictment of
themselves. Indeed this
matter is astonishingly uncomplicated. It's not just
human rights - a whole
country with all its assets, natural heritage and
resources is far greater
than the sum of its human parts.
Marc,
Bloemfontein, South Africa
This is total disrespect for the African
people. African Countries must
instead boycott the Lisbon talking-shop if
Mugabe is kept out. For the bells
that toll for Mugabe will soon toll for
other African leaders. This
condencending behaviour towards people of colour
that has been a phenomenon
for years.
Gilbert, Swindon, UK
NO!
Prime Mminister!
Do not attend this Conference if there is ANY Zimbawean
representation.
That regime must be shunned.
The solution is that
mGabe is removed - one way or another very soon!
Tony J, Swanage,
UK
People often do not understand the complexity of Zimbabwe`s issues
with
Britain. Economic Independence thats what Zimbabwe wants from Britain.
They
got political Independence in 1980 but economic Independence was never
given
to us. The human rights issues are just a smokescreen being used by
the UK,
I know for sure that the UK controls all the months in Zimbabwe
through
their cousins in Australia, Canada and South Africa.
Tindo,
London, UK
Not much moral courage in the EU then!
jimd, Norwich,
UK
Hurrah for Brown - at last someone has the moral courage to stand up
against
Mugabe. The man has ruined a perfectly fine country, reduced his
black
population to starvation, ruined the white population who basically
ran the
farms that fed the country. Its about time other western and african
leaders
also spoke out. Why has the west let this man go on for so long - is
it
because any criticism will be seen as racist and
imperialist??
Gil, london, uk
Independent, UK
By
Andrew Grice, Political Editor
Published: 21 September 2007
Britain
will urge the European Union to extend the sanctions against leading
members
of Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party to their wives and children.
As part
of a new international drive to increase the pressure on the
Zimbabwean
President, Robert Mugabe, Gordon Brown has asked officials at the
Foreign
Office to draw up a list of family members of the 131 people who are
banned
from travelling to Europe and have had their financial assets in the
EU
frozen. This would prevent members of Zimbabwe's ruling elite from
educating
their children in Europe or hiding their assets in the names of
close
relatives. In Britain, only £172,000 in 42 bank accounts has been
frozen
under the existing sanctions.
Yesterday, The Independent revealed that Mr
Brown would boycott a summit of
EU and African leaders in Portugal in
December if, as expected, Mr Mugabe
attends. The Prime Minister said Britain
would submit proposals to the EU to
tighten the measures against Zimbabwe's
leaders in the next few days. He
told ITV News: "I believe that these
sanctions could be extended to the
families of people so more people could
be under sanctions.
"The sanctions are an indication of the abhorrence of
people in Europe about
what is happening in Zimbabwe."
The growing
crisis in Zimbabwe was a "shocking tragedy" that required the
whole world to
speak up and act, Mr Brown added. "It is getting worse as a
result of the
failure of President Mugabe to respond to what the world is
saying, and to
the events in his own country," he said.
"And the numbers of people who
have been pushed into poverty, unemployment
and suffering as a result is
something that is angering the whole world.
There are no easy answers to
this question but it is the combination of
measures that will, in the end,
bring the results which we want - which is a
restoration of full
democracy."
Britain's "assumption" was that Mr Mugabe would attend the
African Union-EU
summit in Lisbon, a Downing Street spokesman said.
Portugal, which holds the
rotating presidency of the EU, is worried that the
meeting will collapse if
Mr Mugabe is not invited because other African
leaders would pull out. Mr
Brown's official spokesman suggested that the
Prime Minister would attend if
Zimbabwe was represented by someone other
than its President. "That would be
a different circumstance," he said. But
government sources in Portugal and
Zimbabwe indicated that Mr Mugabe had
been told he would be invited and
would turn up.
British officials
denied that Mr Brown's decision to launch an initiative on
Zimbabwe would
play into Mr Mugabe's hands, emphasising it also included
"positive
measures", such as an extra £8m of food aid and a long-term
economic
recovery programme.
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, said Mr
Brown's move was "a step in
the right direction" but did not go far enough.
He added: "As long as Mugabe
still has got his embassies overseas and in the
rest of Europe and in
England, there is still the conduit through which he
actually gets all the
goods and the money being transacted through those
embassies." Military
intervention by the African Union might be needed to
ensure humanitarian aid
was properly distributed in Zimbabwe, Dr Sentamu
added, saying: "I want to
say to by the African Union, 'Please put pressure
on Mugabe to go now, not
in five, six, seven weeks' time. Go now, put in a
government that can
actually begin to reverse the particular
difficulties'."
A Portuguese MEP, Paolo Casaca, accused Mr Brown of
double standards,
pointing out that Britain did not boycott a summit between
the EU and the
Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) bloc this
year, despite the
presence of the Foreign Minister of Burma. Burmese leaders
are supposedly
banned from travelling because of their country's human
rights record. "What
is the difference between Zimbabwe and Burma?" Mr
Casaca asked.
"It is absolutely double standards. The difference is that,
unfortunately,
Africa is worthless from the economic point of view and the
Asean is very
important."
British unions welcomed Mr Brown's stance.
Brendan Barber, the TUC leader,
said: "If the Zimbabwean leader is allowed
to attend, his appearance will
give his despotic and repressive regime the
legitimacy he craves.
"The Prime Minster is sending a clear message that
the UK will have nothing
to do with Mr Mugabe so long as he continues to
oppress [his] people."
Daily Mail, UK
Last updated
at 23:30pm on 20th September 2007
From Tony Blair, we heard nothing
but excuses about Robert Mugabe. Zimbabwe,
he argued, was an 'African
problem' requiring an 'African solution'. Now
Gordon Brown has taken a
stand.
The European Union, after much procrastination, imposed a travel ban
on
Mugabe. Despite that, it plans to invite him to an EU-African summit in
December. Other African leaders have threatened not to attend if the
Zimbabwean president were excluded.
Now Mr Brown has made it clear
that he will boycott the summit if Mugabe
attends. There has been
predictable disapproval from appeasing European
politicians, but this is the
right decision.
Mugabe has turned his country into a wasteland. Inflation
is 6,600 per cent,
four out of five people live in poverty, a quarter of the
population have
fled the country, life expectancy is the world's lowest and
opponents have
been tortured and killed.
Just one thought for our
prime minister. The European Constitution, which Mr
Brown wants to adopt in
its thinly disguised Treaty form, without a
referendum, will give the EU a
common foreign policy administered by a
European foreign minister.
So
one day soon Britain could find itself bound by a policy on Zimbabwe with
which we profoundly disagree.
Independent, UK
By Alan Jones
Published: 21 September 2007
Dozens of workers
joined a demonstration by the TUC outside the Zimbabwean
embassy in London
yesterday lunchtime to protest against a six-month wage
freeze imposed in
the country. The TUC general secretary, Brendan Barber,
who sent a letter of
protest to the Zimbabwean leader, Robert Mugabe, said:
"Zimbabwe's people
are suffering from President Mugabe's appalling economic
mismanagement,
corruption and brutal repression. They are standing up for
their rights, and
we must stand with them."
The unions urged people to give up part of
their lunch breaks to join the
two-day protest to highlight the disastrous
state of Zimbabwe's economy,
where hyper-inflation has reached 7,600 per
cent, there are shortages of
food and fuel, and the unemployment rate is 80
per cent.
Welcoming a threat by the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown,
announced yesterday
in The Independent, to boycott the upcoming summit
between EU countries and
their counterparts in the African Union should
President Mugabe be allowed
to attend, Mr Barber said: "The TUC
wholeheartedly supports the Prime
Minister's tough stance against Robert
Mugabe's possible attendance at the
EU summit in December. If the Zimbabwean
leader is allowed to attend, his
appearance in Portugal will give his
despotic and repressive regime the
legitimacy he craves."
Zim Online
Friday 21 September 2007
By Farisai
Gonye
HARARE - Incoming United States (US) ambassador to Zimbabwe James
McGee has
said conditions in the southern African country do not permit free
and fair
elections and promised to pile pressure on President Robert
Mugabe's
government to implement democratic reforms.
In a statement
to the US Senate foreign relations committee, McGee said
Zimbabwe was
suffering under an authoritarian government that he said
"continues its
repression and intimidation of civil society, religious
organisations,
businesspeople, and political groups."
McGee said Washington should
continue supporting efforts by African leaders
pushing for democratic change
Zimbabwe.
"Our goal must be that the presidential and parliamentary
elections take
place as scheduled for next year and meet international
standards," McGee
said. He was however quick to add that a credible election
depended on
Mugabe's administration immediately moving to level the playing
field and to
establish conditions for free and fair polls.
The US
diplomat spoke days after Mugabe's ruling ZANU PF party and the main
opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party agreed in parliament
on a new constitutional amendment Bill that permits Mugabe to anoint a
successor but which does not address the opposition's electoral
grievances.
The MDC has said it agreed to the Bill in the greater
interests of resolving
Zimbabwe's worsening political and economic
crisis.
McGee is set to replace the combative Christopher Dell, who left
Zimbabwe in
June at the expiry of his term. Dell courted Mugabe's ire by
continuously
accusing the veteran Zimbabwean leader of tyranny and economic
mismanagement.
Weeks before leaving Zimbabwe, Dell - who Mugabe at
one time threatened to
expel - boldly predicted that runaway inflation would
hit 1.5 million
percent by year-end and Zimbabwe's spectacular economic
collapse would
eventually ignite civil revolt against Mugabe.
McGee
showed he would not be the mild mannered diplomat Zimbabwean
authorities may
have hoped for, labeling Mugabe's government a threat to
regional stability
and vowing to "work diligently to strengthen
pro-democracy organisations in
Zimbabwe."
Inflation, which at nearly 6 000 percent is the highest in the
world, is the
most visible sign of Zimbabwe's deep recession that has left
more than 80
percent of the labour force without jobs and spawned severe
shortages of
food, fuel, hard cash and just about every basic survival
commodity.
Western governments and the MDC blame the economic crisis on
repression and
wrong policies by Mugabe.
Mugabe - now 83 and seeking
another five-year term in 2008, which will take
his reign in the southern
African country to more than three decades -
denies mismanaging Zimbabwe and
instead blames Western countries of
sabotaging his country's economy in a
bid to remove him from power.
McGee has served for 26-years as a diplomat
and once served in Madagascar
and Swaziland. - ZimOnline
Zim Online
Friday 21 September 2007
By Nqobizitha
Khumalo
BULAWAYO - Zimbabwe's second largest city of Bulawayo says it
will soon
limit water supplies to residents to only once every 11 days as
water
shortages reach desperate levels in the city of more than one million
people.
Bulawayo city council spokesman Phathisa Nyathi told
ZimOnline water cuts
could last for even longer periods later in October,
ironically the country's
hottest month when demand for water is at its
highest.
"Residents will soon be getting water once in every eleven days
but already
there are some suburbs that are on higher ground that have been
getting
water once in every two weeks but the situation will as from next
week apply
to everybody in the city," said Nyathi.
Bulawayo the hub
of economic activity in the southern half of the country
consumes 150 000
cubic metres of water per day but according to Nyathi has
been pumping only
69 000 cubic metres per day after decommissioning three
supply dams due to
low water levels.
The city will decommission yet another dam in late
October to leave it
dependent on only one dam and some boreholes sunk across
the city.
Bulawayo, tucked at the heart of the dry Matabeleland region,
was this week
hit by an outbreak of diarrhoea and dysentery as residents
resorted to
drinking untreated water.
The outbreak has left more than
400 people hospitalised, while health
experts warn of a possible outbreak of
more diseases such as cholera and
typhoid as more and more of the city's
residents resort to unprotected wells
for water while also using bushy areas
to relieve themselves because toilets
cannot work without water.
But
some residents who have boreholes at their premises have been quick to
exploit the water crisis to make money, selling water to fellow residents
who do not have boreholes.
Maria Ncube, who is employed as till
operator at one of Bulawayo's leading
supermarket chains says she pays Z$30
000 for a 20-litre bucket of borehole
water.
"I spend most of the
time at work and I do not have time to queue for water
at council boreholes,
so the best I can do is to buy from individuals who
have boreholes at their
homes," she said.
Residents have been banned from watering gardens or
washing cars, while some
families say they are now doing laundry once in
every two weeks to save on
water.
"I wash my husband's overalls once
every two weeks while I have had to buy
several pairs of uniforms for the
kids so they can go for more days before
they need to be washed," said Rose
Ngwenya, a mother of three from Bulawayo's
Mpopoma low income
suburb.
Zimbabwe's second city has faced perennial water problems for
more than two
decades during which both residents and the city fathers have
pinned their
hopes on an ambitious project to draw water from the Zambezi
River.
The Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project, a long held plan to tap
water from
the Zambezi River through the construction of a 450km pipeline to
arid
Matabeleland was mooted way back in 1912.
Costs have since
ballooned to about US$600 million, way beyond what the
cash-strapped
Zimbabwe government can afford. - ZimOnline
Zim Online
Friday 21 September 2007
By Lizwe
Sebatha
BULAWAYO - The Chamber of Mines and the state-owned Zimbabwe
Electricity
Supply Authority (ZESA) Holdings have signed an agreement for
mining firms
to pay the power utility in foreign currency.
The
agreement, that has the approval of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and
was
signed on Wednesday, is an attempt save the mining sector that is
experiencing a decline in production output due to constant power outages
among a host of other negative factors affecting business operations in the
country.
ZESA has constantly said power cuts are because it either
has no hard cash
to pay foreign suppliers of electricity or pay for spare
parts needed to
keep generators at its various power stations
running.
Acting Chamber of Mines chief executive officer David Mutyanga
yesterday
confirmed the development.
"The Memorandum of Agreement was
signed during a meeting we had with ZESA
officials. The deal to pay ZESA
Holdings in foreign currency has been
authorised by the central bank,"
Mutyanga told ZimOnline.
He added that miners hoped the deal would ensure
uninterrupted power
supplies at mines, which he said was vital to ensure an
increase in mineral
output.
ZESA spokesman Fullard Gwasira was not
immediately available for comment.
Power cuts sometimes lasting several
days on end are only an addition on a
long list of troubles that Zimbabwean
mines and industries face as the
country grapples with a severe economic
recession described by the World
Bank as the worst in the world outside a
war zone. - ZimOnline
VOA
By Blessing Zulu & Thomas Chiripasi
Harare
& Washington
20 September 2007
Legislation making major
changes to the Zimbabwe constitution where
elections are concerned passed by
a unanimous vote Thursday in parliament's
lower house, though factional
divisions in the ruling ZANU-PF party earlier
threatened to derail the
bill.
Ironically, the ruling party and the opposition Movement for
Democratic
Change had one day earlier overcome their differences to agree a
compromise
on the measure.
ZANU-PF sources said a faction headed by
Vice President Joyce Mujuru, at one
time a favorite of President Robert
Mugabe but now at odds with the
83-year-old leader, planned to boycott the
session and delay passage of the
legislation by denying its sponsors the
two-thirds majority required for
constitutional amendments.
For
hours, only 51 ZANU-PF members, including Mujuru and her fellow vice
president, Joseph Msika, who do not ordinarily attend parliamentary
sessions, were in August House out of a possible total of 109 ruling party
lawmakers.
ZANU-PF Chief Whip Joram Gumbo asked for time to summon
the errant members
and the bill eventually passed unanimously with 111
votes.
Party insiders said the Mujuru camp is unhappy with a clause of
the
constitutional amendment that leaves it to parliament to select a
presidential successor if the incumbent dies, is incapacitated, or resigns -
considered by many to be one possible scenario if Mr. Mugabe secures
re-election in March 2008 balloting.
The Mujuru faction is also said
to be displeased with the direction of
crisis talks mediated by South
African President Thabo Mbeki. Party sources
say progress in the talks has
rattled Mujuru loyalists who were positioning
for a deepening crisis in the
ruling party leading its heavyweights to vote
Mr. Mugabe out of
power.
Some members of parliament are also less than pleased at the
addition of 60
house seats, which means slicing up a large number of
existing
constituencies.
The opposition and its civil society allies
are also divided over the
constitutional amendment. Some prominent civic
leaders call it a betrayal of
principles. MDC sources said the party will
now move to patch up the split
in broad opposition ranks.
Political
analyst Pedzisayi Ruhanya, also a Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition
program
manager, told reporter Blessing Zulu of VOA's Studio 7 for Zimbabwe
that the
succession dispute could eventually cause a split in the ruling
party.
Following the house passage of the amendment bill Thursday,
vice president
Msika dropped a broad hint that he may retire from politics
before long.
VOA correspondent Thomas Chiripasi, reported from Harare
that the
expectation was that Msika might retire in December at ZANU-PF's
extraordinary congress.
VOA
By Carole Gombakomba
Washington
20
September 2007
A previously unknown Zimbabwean women's
organization has launched a campaign
against what it says are economically
destructive "illegal sanctions"
imposed by the European Union, the United
States and other countries - but
opposition and civil society sources said
they suspect the group is a ruling
party creation.
The
state-controlled Herald newspaper said Women Against Sanctions was
"formed
as a result of the pain that women were facing because of the
illegal
sanctions."
The government of Zimbabwe maintains that the country's
profound economic
distress has been caused by Western sanctions, but U-S and
other diplomats
say they target only President Robert Mugabe and top
government and ruling
party officials. The sanctions were recently extended
to ZANU-PF dependents
in Australia.
VOA was unable to reach any
member of the group, whose chairman, according
to the Herald, is one Talent
Morongani. Other members are said to include
Mercy Chawora and Anna
Chishowesha, who were unknown to members of other
women's
groups.
National Cordinator Jenni Williams of Women of Zimbabwe Arise, an
opposition
group that has staged many demonstrations in Bulawayo, Harare and
other
cities, said that if the group exists it is probably staffed by the
spouses
of officials barred from travel in most European countries, North
America,
Australia and New Zealand. The assets of individuals on sanctions
lists, if
identified, are subject to being frozen.
Williams said most
Zimbabwean women know that the country has not been
penalized by general
economic sanctions, and that current widespread
privations are caused by
misgovernance by President Mugabe and his ZANU-PF
government.
The
Herald quoted the group as saying that it is time for women to "stand up
and
go to [Movement for Democratic Change founding president] Morgan
Tsvangirai's house to ask for food so he could denounce the sanctions he
called for."
Tsvangirai spokesman William Bango told reporter Carole
Gombakomba of VOA's
Studio 7 for Zimbabwe that the opposition has been at
pains to make clear
that the party founder is not in a position to call for
economic sanctions
of any kind.
Monsters and Critics
Sep 20, 2007, 19:25
GMT
Johannesburg/Harare - Zimbabwe's opposition Thursday fought off
accusations
of 'treachery' from rights groups opposed to the party's
decision to back
controversial amendments to the constitution that will
allow President
Robert Mugabe to handpick a successor.
The ruling
ZANU-PF dominated parliament backed by members of the opposition
Movement
for Democratic Change (MDC) Thursday voted unanimously in favour of
the
Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (Number 18) Bill, said MDC spokesman
Nelson Chamisa.
The vote followed a surprise decision by the MDC
earlier this week to back
constitutional changes it had initially
opposed.
The party has justified its decision as a confidence-building
measure. But
there has been an outcry from some civic groups who have been
fighting for
much wider democratic reforms.
The National
Constitutional Assembly (NCA), a prominent rights group that is
lobbying for
a whole new constitution on Thursday, dismissed the MDCs
decision as
'treachery.'
'The MDC's decision to abandon the principle of a
people-driven constitution
and opt for a process driven by political parties
in parliament is an act of
treachery,' the group said in a
statement.
'The NCA wishes to repeat here that Amendment (No 18) does
not, in any way,
advance the interests of the people of Zimbabwe.'
If
passed by the Senate and signed into law by the president, the bill will
allow parliament to choose a successor to the 83-year-old Mugabe should he
die in office or step down before his term expires.
Government
opponents say the amendments will entrench Mugabe's hold on power
by giving
him the mandate to handpick his successor, who could then be
endorsed by
parliament without going to an election.
The Zimbabwean president has
already been in power since independence in
1980 and is expected to stand
for a fourth term in office in elections next
March.
Writing in the
private Financial Gazette newspaper on Thursday, Rashweat
Mukundu, the
director of the Zimbabwean branch of the Media Institute of
Southern Africa,
said the constitutional amendment was Mugabe's strategy for
a graceful exit
from power.
'President Mugabe will be allowed to choose his successor,
and go in grace
with his tail up,' said Mukundu, arguing that MDC leader
Morgan Tsvangirai
would find it impossible to win an election under
Zimbabwe's current
electoral laws.
But MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa
pleaded with critics to give time to South
African-led negotiations aimed at
brokering a truce between Zimbabwe's
deeply-divided political
parties.
'This criticism is too rash and unfortunate,' he told Deutsche
Presse-Agentur dpa in a telephone interview on Thursday.
'The MDC is
in a negotation, and the negotiation has to be a give- and-take
process,' he
said.
He said the journey to a new constitution and a new democratic
dispensation
in Zimbabwe was a long one.
'People have to give this
process time,' he said.
In addition to allowing parliament to choose a
successor to Mugabe, the bill
also enlarges both houses of parliament and
allows presidential and
parliamentary elections to be held simultaneously
next year.
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur
New York Times
By MICHAEL WINES
Published: September 21,
2007
JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 20 - A wisp of hope emerged on Thursday that
Zimbabwe's
ruling ZANU-PF party and its political opposition, long
implacable enemies,
were starting to edge toward a compromise solution to
their nation's
deepening crisis.
Legislators from both sides joined
in parliament on Thursday to unanimously
approve constitutional changes that
clear the way for Zimbabwe to hold
presidential and parliamentary elections
simultaneously next year. The vote
was a clear concession by the opposition,
the Movement for Democratic
Change, which had called the proposal to move
from separate to joint
elections a plot to dilute its own electoral
power.
But at the same time, ZANU-PF and its head, President Robert G.
Mugabe, also
made an unprecedented concession, surrendering Mr. Mugabe's
power to
personally appoint 10 legislators to the dominant lower house of
parliament.
Those and other changes to the electoral system apparently
arose from talks
mediated by South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki. The
Southern Africa
Development Community, a body of regional leaders, asked Mr.
Mbeki in March
to try to broker a solution to Zimbabwe's
gridlock.
Zimbabwe has been gripped by an accelerating political crisis
and economic
decline since 1999, and its inflation rate - officially near
7,000 percent,
but widely judged by experts to be twice that - is the
world's highest. Mr.
Mugabe's autocratic government regularly represses its
critics, and Western
governments and analysts say the electoral system is
rigged to favor the
ruling elite.
Mr. Mbeki's cabinet hailed the
concessions in a statement Thursday as a
major step toward "a lasting
settlement" of Zimbabwe's political and social
problems.
"Proceeding
from the premise that the people of Zimbabwe are the ones best
placed to
find solutions to the challenges they face, we will continue to
assist where
we can," the statement said.
Some outside analysts were less
enthusiastic. "This is like wanting to build
a 15-story building, and just
turning the soil," said Sydney Masamvu, a
South Africa-based analyst for the
International Crisis Group, which tries
to prevent conflicts worldwide.
"It's early days to portray this as a major
breakthrough. The issues where
we really need concessions haven't been dealt
with."
Among other
matters, he said, Zimbabwe's government needs to repeal
legislation that
sharply restricts freedoms of speech and assembly and
restructure an
election commission that is put together to maintain the
ruling party's
advantage.
Zimbabwe's government also has been accused by Western
governments and
political analysts of gerrymandering legislative districts
to weaken
opposition strongholds, rigging a voter-registration campaign to
sign up
mostly government supporters and using threats and the denial of
food to
voters as levers to boost support for Mr. Mugabe.
The
constitutional changes approved on Thursday do not address those issues.
The
amendments increased the number of seats in the recently-created,
largely
ceremonial Senate to 93, from 66, and continue to allow Mr. Mugabe
to
hand-pick 15 of those members. Another 16 traditional chiefs, who largely
support Mr. Mugabe, also have Senate seats.
Mr. Mugabe will lose his
power to appoint 10 members of the 120-seat lower
house, which also will be
expanded.
Another key change allows the parliament to appoint a successor
should Mr.
Mugabe, 83, resign or die in office. The present constitution
mandates an
election to choose a successor.
In practical terms, the
opposition's decision not to oppose the changes
probably has little meaning,
because Mr. Mugabe's supporters already
dominate the parliament and would
have enacted the amendments anyway.
Officials of the Movement for Democratic
Change cast their support as a
conciliatory gesture in the hope that
negotiations toward free and fair
elections would move forward.
One
leading Zimbabwean democracy advocate, Lovemore Madhuku, denounced
Thursday's compromise as a sell-out by the political opposition. Mr.
Madhuku, who heads the National Constitutional Assembly, a coalition of
civic groups, said that the changes agreed to by the Movement for Democratic
Change cemented Mr. Mugabe's political advantage without getting meaningful
reforms in return.
In particular, he said, the changes effectively
granted Mr. Mugabe the power
to name his successor, which would be approved
by the generally pliant
parliament, and to construct legislative districts
in an expanded national
assembly that would strengthen ZANU-PF's dominance
of the legislature.
International Herald Tribune
The Associated PressPublished: September 20,
2007
HARARE, Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean lawmakers voted unanimously
Thursday in favor
of a constitutional amendment that critics say further
consolidates the
ruling party's power, but has been hailed by the government
and the
opposition as a breakthrough in easing the country's political and
economic
crisis.
The speaker of the house, Kumbirai Kangai, said 111
lawmakers in the
150-member national assembly cast their votes in favor of
the amendment,
state television reported.
The amendment will see
combined presidential and parliament polls next year
and the enlargement of
the legislature.
In a major concession by the government, the measure
called for the
scrapping of President Robert Mugabe's powers to appoint 30
lawmakers to the
House of Assembly. The measure also met opposition calls
for a new
independent electoral commission and backed off government
redistricting
plans.
In response, the opposition dropped its demands
for a new constitution
before next year's polls and in a goodwill gesture,
the opposition put up no
resistance to the bill.
Voting on the
bill, which was approved on its second reading before
parliament Tuesday,
took only a few minutes. It still has to be discussed in
the largely
ineffectual upper house before Mugabe signs it into law.
Earlier, state radio
appealed to all lawmakers to participate in the
"auspicious" event and
reminded them that changes to the constitution need
to be approved by a
two-thirds majority.
The parliament is controlled by Mugabe's ZANU-PF
party, but earlier in the
week, the opposition Movement for Democratic
Change said they would not put
up a token fight and block the bill in a
gesture of goodwill.
Agreement on the bill has been hailed as a sign of
progress following the
intervention of South African President Thabo Mbeki,
who is leading talks
between the government and opposition to resolve the
crisis in Zimbabwe.
Mugabe and his party have been under pressure to make
concessions because of
the collapsing economy, with its acute shortages of
basic goods and a
sizzling inflation rate that the International Monetary
Fund says may hit
100,000 percent by year's end.
The South African
government welcomed the agreement by Zimbabwe's ruling
party and opposition
on the constitutional amendments, calling it a
"breakthrough".
"South
Africa wishes to congratulate the Zimbabwean political leadership for
this
major step forward in addressing the challenges facing that country,"
the
Cabinet said in a statement issued Thursday.
"Proceeding from the premise
that the people of Zimbabwe are the ones best
placed to find solutions to
the challenges they face, we will continue to
assist where we can to ensure
that these processes result in a lasting
settlement," the statement
said.
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2007/09/20/geissler.zimbabwe.hyperinflation.itn
Black
market Zimbabwe 1:50
Zimbabwe's shattered economy has led many people to turn
to black markets
for daily needs. ITN's Martin Geissler
reports.
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http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2007/09/20/neely.zimbabwe.uk.proposals.itn
The
Mugabe question 2:15
Is there enough international pressure to force Robert
Mugabe out of
Zimbabwe? ITN's Bill Neely
reports.
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http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2007/09/20/austin.uk.zimbabwe.poverty.cricket.itn
Zimbabwe
in crisis 1:55
Living in exile from Zimbabwe, cricketer Henry Olonga
discusses the
mentality of Zimbabweans. ITN's Mark Austin
reports
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(Charlie).
Please contact: epf@zimco.zw
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(Add
inserted 20/9/07)
SIMBA International School – NDOLA, ZAMBIA
SIMBA
International School, a multi-cultural school in Ndola, Zambia, has
the
following vacancies.
1. A-level and IGCSE Art teacher. This post will
become vacant in January
2008.
2. An English teacher – to teach up to
IGCSE level. This post is currently
vacant due to the death of a staff
member.
3. A Design & Technology teacher to teach up to A-level. This
post will
become vacant in September, 2008.
4. A History teacher to
teach up to A-level. There is a possibility that
this post will become
vacant in 2008.
In order to obtain a Work Permit from the Zambian
Immigration Authorities,
it is essential that applicants have experience of
the Cambridge
International Board exams and should preferably have had
experience of
teaching in an Independent School. SIMBA prides itself on its
academic
results, which have been excellent in recent years.
An
attractive US Dollar based package is offered along with free
accommodation,
free medical and a car.
Ndola is a thriving and friendly town with an
expanding expatriate
community.
Letters of application and a CV
should be emailed to:
deputy.head@simba.sch.zm
Only
short-listed applicants will be contacted.
.
(Add Inserted –
20/9/07)
FARM MANAGER REQUIRED
A Horticultural Export project
close to Mutare, requires a farm manager.
Previous horticultural experience
would be an advantage.
Contactable references only .
Please send CV’s to:
dalyn@mweb.co.zw
(Add inserted
20/9/07)
WILD GEESE LODGE
Wild Geese Lodge has a vacancy for an
Accountant/Book-keeper.
The right person must have at least 3 years
experience in the Accounting
Field.
Working hours are: Monday – Friday,
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Good package offered, including fuel.
Friendly working
environment.
Please forward your CV’s and references to|:
wgl@hms.co.zw or post to:
T.J. Cornish
P O
Box BW 198
Borrowdale,
Harare
(Add inserted – 20th September,
2007)
ABC AUCTION – BOOK-KEEPER
Qualifications: Must have
excellent qualifications in Pastel Vs 7, 8, 9 and
be proficient in Excel
& Word
Duties: Perform all basic tasks of data capturing
into Pastel and
interpreting into Excel & Word Spread
Sheets
Balancing inter Company Accounts (no wages or salaries)
Produce
monthly balances of Expense Accounts in Pastel
Responsibilities:
Ensuring daily sales are accurate
Reporting to Financial Manager &
carrying out duties
allocated
Supervising Accounts
Clerk
Qualities: Well organised &
Punctual
Efficient &
Dynamic
Must work well under pressure & in busy
environment
Suit mature
female/male
Be prepared to work 6 day
week
Forward updated C.V. with contactable references to:
Glynis
Wiley
ABC Auctions
Hatfield House
Seke Road, Harare
Telephone:
751343 / 751498
Email: auctions@yoafrica.com
ABC
AUCTIONS
ACCOUNTS CLERK
Qualifications: Must be very proficient
in Excel, Word, Pastel and have
good working knowledge of
VAT.
Duties: Data capture from departments and interpretation onto
Spreadsheets
RTGs applications
Balancing
spreadsheet to Pastel
Produce cheques & write out
orders
Responsibilities: Ensuring accurate daily data
capture
Reporting to Financial Manager &
carrying out
duties allocated
Qualities: Well organised &
Punctual
Efficient & Dynamic
Must
work well under pressure & in busy environment
Be
prepared to work 6 day week
Suite mature
female/male
Forward updated C.V. with contactable references
to:
Glynis Wiley
ABC Auctions
Hatfield House
Seke
road
Harare
Telephone: 751343 / 751498
Email: auctions@yoafrica.com
(Add
inserted 20th, September 2007)
CV People Adverts:
Farm Managers –
Angola – Southern Province. Required to develop and
rehabilitate agriculture
in the Southern Province. Primary crops will
include maize, onions,
potatoes, etc. US dollar remuneration. Email
cathy@cvpeopleafrica.com or visit our
website www.cvpeopleafrica.com
Production/Works
Manager. Textiles, Manufacture & Export. Harare based. A
good technical/
engineering background required. Highly negotiable package.
Email cathy@cvpeopleafrica.com or visit our
website www.cvpeopleafrica.com
Factory
Manager. Construction mouldings and boards. Harare based. Lucrative
operation with expansion programme underway. US dollar based package. Email
cathy@cvpeopleafrica.com or
visit our website www.cvpeopleafrica.com
General
Manager/Manageress. Designer furniture import and distribution.
Duties to
include business development, sales and marketing, retail,
showroom
administration, contract negotiations, etc. Email
cathy@cvpeopleafrica.com or visit our
website www.cvpeopleafrica.com
Construction
Managers. Civil Engineers. Road Engineers. Site Agents.
Quantity Surveyors.
Angola. Recruitment interviews presently being
conducted. Email cathy@cvpeopleafrica.com or visit our
website
www.cvpeopleafrica.com
PA to
Operations Director. Food Processing. Secretarial and public
relations
functions. Very good communicator required. Own vehicle essential.
Email cathy@cvpeopleafrica.com or visit our
website www.cvpeopleafrica.com
(Add
inserted 20th September, 2007)
GARDENER/HOUSEWORKER
REQUIRED
Urgently Wanted – A reliable, honest person to work in the house
and garden;
preferably having worked for someone who is leaving and can
recommend their
worker.
Please contact Liz on 0912 308410, 04 492754
(home) or 04 747859
(Add Inserted – 20th September, 2007)
SINGMONT
INVESTMENTS (PVT) LTD t/a The Capsicum Company
Paprika
The Capsicum
Company needs farmers with irrigation. There is still time for
direct sowing
of paprika.
The Capsicum Company has been established for over ten years
and we have
reputable markets.
Please contact the office on 04
369143/369198 or
Zane: 011 611 650
Brendan 0912 214
340
Daniel 011 604 666
Douglas 011 638 622
(Add
Inserted – 6th September, 2007)
TEACHER REQUIRED
ONCE UPON A TIME
NURSERY SCHOOL
Is looking for an extra teacher for January
2008.
Competitive salary, excellent facilities and equipment, congenial
working
atmosphere where the emphasis is on the all-round development of
little
children.
Only qualified persons need apply.
Phone 776470 or
746811 for an interview or email: andyk@zol.co.zw
Or rosyv@zol.co.zw
(Add inserted 6th
September, 2007)
SAFARI LODGE MANAGEMENT COUPLE
or 2 individuals
required for Upmarket Progressive Business
(Applicants will also be
considered from regional countries to Zimbabwe)
We are putting a
management team together to run a successful and developing
Safari Lodge
(75ks from Harare) of presently 32 beds with an additional
satellite/overlander camp to be added next year. The business is foreign run
with one owner recently relocated to Zimbabwe but not wanting to manage the
business on a day to day basis.
We are looking for either 2 individuals
or a couple, one to manage the
hotel/lodge side and the other to manage the
game section/park (7800 acres
with extensive game).
Management
accommodation is a 3 bed roomed house very close to the lodge but
not on
site (allowing personal time away from the business). A good local
primary
school exists 20 minutes away. A good basic package with the
possibility of
profit share exists for the right applicants.
The applicant for the lodge
element MUST have experience in the Hotel/Lodge
industry in a Management
capacity.
Preferably good knowledge on F&B
Good financial control
management
Driving licence
A pleasant personality to interact with
clients
Payroll experience (BELINA)
The applicant for the Game section
will need the following:
A good basic knowledge of game
Basic mechanical
knowledge
The ability to work with and organise, game activities and
guides.
Be pro-active in the management of anti-poaching/fencing/road
maintenance/hunting.
Someone with a farming background may be suited to
this position.
Suitably qualified interested parties please forward your
current CV’s to
the directors listed below:
Mr Dobinson. UK
phil@selectcages.com Tel: 00 44 1959
561031 (fax 00 44 1959 569171)
Mobile: 00 44 7775 840739
Mrs Bekker,
Zimbabwe
transerv@zol.co.zw Tel: 00
263 4 496297 (fax 00 263 4 480997) or Mobile:
00 263 23
401414
(Add inserted 6th September, 2007)
HUSBAND/WIFE
TEAM
Twin Peaks in Gweru is looking for a husband and wife team. The
husband to
be handyman/caretaker and the wife to supervise the
restaurant.
A two bedroomed house, fully durawalled is available and animals
are
allowed.
The vacancy is available from 1st November, 2007.
Any
further details can be obtained from Marie Pile.
Please send your CV: to pilet@mweb.co.zw
Tel: 054 223762 or 054
227996
(Add inserted 6th September, 2007)
JOB OFFER IN
AUSTRALIA
Electrical Appliance Mechanic is required in Maroochydore,
Australia, for a
commercial kitchen equipment installation
company.
Ability to work under pressure, people skills, diagnostic ability,
understanding of PCB’s and components, pressure switches, elements
etc.
Official qualifications and experience is required. Assistance to
migrate
will be given if qualifications are acceptable and applicant is
accepted for
the job.
Please contact Mrs Bown at 04 702402 (office)
or: 023 316 739 (cell) for
further information.
No time wasters –
please.
(Add inserted 28 August 2007)
Looking for work in
Australia?
Australian Recruiting Pty Ltd is a national leader in the
provision of
recruitment and human resource consulting services and is a
wholly
Queensland owned and operated business which is staffed with leading
industry consultants.
We provide specialised recruitment expertise with
local knowledge. Our
personalised friendly approach is backed up with
skilled consultants and a
state of the art database that identifies both
client and candidate
opportunities in the marketplace.
We partner with
our clients to search for, attract, screen and appoint
exceptional people
more effectively.
For a confidential appraise of the job market and work
opportunities in
Australia, please contact Kerran Nicolle, Manager &
Owner of the Sunshine
Coast Branch of Australian Recruiting.
Kerran ran a
highly successful Agricultural Consulting Company in the
Chinhoyi District
up until the end of 2002. He has now been in Australia for
4 ½ years. As an
autonomous manager of the Branch or Australian Recruiting,
he is happy to
communicate with any interested parties currently looking to
Australia to
relocate.
Contact Kerran on: kerran.nicolle@australianrecruiting.com
www.australianrecruiting.com
Work: 61 7 54453188
Fax: 61 7
54456539
Mobile: 61
400070526
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(Add
inserted 28 August 2007)
BOOK-KEEPER/RECEPTIONIST (Mornings
Only)
Looking for a mature book-keeper, mornings only excluding Fridays
and the
odd Wednesday. Must be computer literate.
We off a fun
working environment based in Highlands with a good remuneration
and fuel
allowance offered.
Please contact: Siobhan Hutchings on Tel: 443080/2 or
443088 or
Mobile: 011 410 347 or email: Siobhan@xsea.biz
____________________________________________________________
(Add
inserted 28th August, 2007)
DAIRY MANAGER – CHISAMBA, ZAMBIA
.I
have an immediate vacancy for a Dairy Manager to manage our 1000cow dairy
in
Chisamba, Zambia. This is a senior post and I am looking for a highly
motivated, experienced, professional person. Only high-calibre, suitably
experienced candidates will be considered. Experience of managing a large
dairy herd is ESSENTIAL. Total herd is 2500 animals. Tertiary education
would be an advantage but NOT essential.
1. 1000 milking cows.
2.
TMR feeding system.
3. All silage/stock-feed is provided by Crops Manager so
Dairy Manager can
focus 100% on managing the dairy
4. 40 x unit
herringbone parlour.
5. 50km north of Lusaka.
6. Very attractive
package.
7. Permanent/long-term position.
Please contact:-
Francis
Grogan
Managing Director
Zambeef Products PLC,
Private Bag
17,
Woodlands,
Lusaka,
ZAMBIA.
Tel: +260977999001
Fax:
+2601213777
fgrogan@huntley.co.zm
(Add
inserted 28th August, 2007)
SITE MANAGER – MINING DEVELOPMENT –
GWERU
TO START IMMEDIATELY
We require:
Good management
skills
Basic computer literacy
Catering Experience (if possible)
The
position would suit a husband/wife team and/or a displaced farming
couple
without children.
A good package is offered in return.
Please
contact::- brays@mweb.co.zw
Tel:
495498 or mobile: 011 409 796
(Ad inserted 16 August
2007)
WORKSHOP MANAGER required
This position will require a more
mature person over the age of 35, with
considerable mechanical and
maintenance experience of ERF and Renault
trucks. Would prefer a candidate
with at least 5 years experience in this
same position, who would be able to
manage the running of a fleet of
cross-border trucks. Please send CV's to
Mahomed Abdulla at
mahomed@ops.larkcon.co.zw
(Add
inserted 13th September, 2007)
HOUSEWORKER/COOK OR GARDENER
I am
looking for either a houseworker/cook or gardener. The applicant should
be
mature, experienced and either recommended by an employer or have recent
contactable references.
Excellent accommodation offered plus a good
salary to the right person.
Please phone: 011 614 233 for
interview.
(Ad inserted 16 August 2007)
Cook and Gardener
I
am looking for a cook and gardener (preferably husband and wife team) to
start immediately. Accommodation is offered.
Please contact: Glenn
011888214 or email: glenn@nt.co.zw
(Ad inserted 19
July 2007)
Unique Own Business Opportunity
To the right person a
rewarding opportunity exists to ‘operate your own
business’ in partnership
with Zimbabwe and UK based businesses and a
Non-Profit Organisation. No
financial investment is required of you,
HOWEVER, this opportunity has
specific requirements which would be your
contribution to the
‘partnership’.
Kindly Note:
This is not a ‘job’ - this is an
opportunity to ‘operate your own business’
Self righteous religious zealots
will not be considered
Timewasters will not be responded to
About
Us:
We are a low-profile service orientated business (inc 1994) and
organisation, providing commercial services to the business community, and
strictly confidential services to private clients, and non-profit
activities.
The Partners
The partners adopt a philosophical
approach to Life, believing in the
significance of an individual’s need to
find their very own unique and
special purpose, and to then live out their
personal dream.
About You
Business skills:
Excellence &
proficiency in: secretarial & office practises, written &
spoken
communication, computer skills (especially MSOutlook & File
Management)
Working knowledge of Company formation procedures
Basic
knowledge of computer hardware (you know what’s in the tower)
Basic
accounting experience - accounts are contracted out
Willing to learn
LINUX
Responsibilities:
As the successful ‘partner’ person you will be
self-motivated, and
competently & with dedication, carry out the daily
activities, expand the
market of our services in Zimbabwe and further
develop, maintain & operate
various Address Book data bases (Network
Marketing).
Personal attributes:
You will possess and be able to
practically demonstrate: personal
responsibility, a high degree of personal
integrity and trustworthiness,
that you are a ‘people person’ with
compassion and empathy, emotional
maturity and stability. Good health and
bodily disposition. Be committed to
staying....for the next year at least.
An added ‘feather in your cap’ will
be that you subscribe to the philosophy
as expounded in the movie and book -
‘The Secret”
Rewards
It goes
without saying that you will be generously rewarded
Quo Vadis
Write an
Email letter (attaching your Résumé) telling us sufficient about
yourself
that we would be wanting to meet with you for consideration as a
‘partner’
in Zimbabwe.
Thomas Vallance ACIArb, Executive Director, PARADiGM
Trust(Pvt)Ltd
Trust Executives & Administrator, Para-Legal Advisory
Services
POBox HG750, Highlands, Email:
[paradigm@zol.co.zw]
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EMPLOYMENT
SOUGHT
(Add inserted 20/9/07)
QUALIFIED MOTOR
MECHANIC
Qualified in diesel and petrol.
Experience also on boats.
Had
own workshop.
Requires position as Workshop Manager in and around
Harare.
Contact: Vernon Cockcroft on Tel: 0912 272842
Email: cockie@zol.co.zw
(Add inserted
13th September, 2007)
OPPORTUNITY WANTED
A mature man with many years
referenced experience, mainly in administration
and security related
management with various reputable organisations, seeks
a new direction in
life.
CV is available and contact can be made through:
Mrs Parsons on Tel:
04 300514 or email: Selous.hotel@mango.zw
(Add
inserted 28th August 2007)
Marketing/Sales/Management
Mature man
in his 30’s seeking employment in either Marketing/Sales or
Management.
Preferably regional.
I am the holder of an IMM Diploma; Bachelor of Bus.
Admin degree;
Certificate in Retail Business Management.
I am computer
literate with experience in Word and Excel.
Please contact: Stan Mabika c/o
email: tourleaders@zol.co.zw
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(Ad
inserted 16 August 2007)
Administrator
I am mature lady with 14
years working experience in Administration and
Human Resources. I am
currently working at the University of Zimbabwe in the
Human Resources
Department. I hold A Bsc in Sociology from The University of
Zimbabwe and
Certificates in Human Resources Management. I am looking for
employment
either as an Administrator in Human Resources. My contact is Mrs
Hove
011218590 or 333524 or 492348. My e-mail address hoveh@admin.uz.co.zw.
Employment
Sought
(Ad inserted 2 August 2007)
Position sought - Finance,
Salaries and Administration.
Work experience
Currently serving as a
Finance and Administration Officer for a regional
organisation.
17 years
solid work experience, 8 in the NGO sector.
NGOs, Embassies, Regional or
International organisations preferred.
Current salary in foreign
currency.
Clean class 4 driver s licence.
Qualifications
Diploma in
Personnel Management.
Higher National Diploma in Accounting.
Bachelor of
Commerce Degree majoring in Finance.
Contact details
Juliah Murima –
04-2920769 home, 0912 699258 cell, 0912 405281 husband
Email murimao@yahoo.com or oliver@uz-ucsf.co.zw
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