Zim Online
Wednesday 13 December
2006
HARARE - Zimbabwe's cash-strapped
government is struggling to provide
for its army with most soldiers set to
earn salaries far below the poverty
datum line (breadline) next year,
according to a report by a special
parliamentary committee on
defence.
In the clearest indication yet that Zimbabwe's seven-year
economic
crisis may be starting to cripple President Robert Mugabe's ability
to keep
the armed forces happy, the committee added that insufficient funds
allocated the army under the 2007 national budget would limit its capacity
to perform its "basic constitutional and statutory" duties.
The
Harare administration has in the past gone out of its way to meet
almost
every cash request from the Ministry of Defence, which oversees the
army,
but this month allocated the department Z$227 billion against a bid of
$351.9 billion.
Out of the total vote for the defence
department, the Zimbabwe
National Army will get $116 billion for salaries
for its estimated 40 000
troops, enough to support a pay rise of more than
300 percent next year but
which would still leave soldiers earning below the
poverty line, the
parliamentary committee submitted to the House last
week.
The committee said: "At the current scales, the allocation
can only
support a pay increase of 350 percent which would see a general
duty soldier
remaining under the poverty datum line which at the time is
pegged at $175
000."
But soldiers' salaries will even be far
below the poverty line after
the Central Statistics Office this week said
the breadline had gone up to
$228 133 for a model family of five people
after year-on-year inflation
jumped from 1 070.2 percent in October to
1098.8 percent in November.
The parliamentary committee said apart
from failing to pay soldiers a
living wage, the defence department would
also be unable to recapitalise the
army or maintain military infrastructure
on the insufficient resources
allocated to it.
"The under
funding of a sensitive and critical institution like the
Zimbabwe Defence
Forces is not in the best interest of the nation," the
committee
said.
The army is credited with keeping Mugabe and his ruling ZANU
PF party
in power, always ready to use brutal tactics to keep public
discontent in
check in the face of an economic meltdown that has spawned
hyperinflation
and shortages of food, fuel, essential medicines, hard cash
and just about
every basic survival commodity.
Political
analysts rule out the possibility of well-paid top army
generals staging a
coup against Mugabe. But they have always speculated that
worsening hunger
could at some point force the underpaid ordinary trooper to
either openly
revolt or to simply refuse to defend the government should
Zimbabweans rise
up in a civil rebellion. - ZimOnline
Zim Online
Wednesday 13 December
2006
HARARE - When Titus Chikate read a report in a
weekend state-owned
paper on plans by President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU
PF party to extend
the veteran leader's rule by another two years, he felt
betrayed but also
helpless.
His is a feeling the majority of
Zimbabweans are enduring as it is now
clear that Mugabe intends to hang on
power, extending his rule of the
crisis-sapped southern African nation to 30
years.
"This is not fair at all," lamented Chikate, a petrol
attendant at a
garage in central Harare. "Does he not see that he has done
his part? I am
disappointed I tell you because we cannot endure another two
years with
President Mugabe," Chikate said in the local Shona
language.
Under Mugabe's rule, Zimbabwe has slumped from being a
revered African
economy and the breadbasket of southern Africa, to a nation
shunned by key
international donors and scrambling for aid and food imports
from countries
it used to feed.
Critics point to the veteran
leader's style of governance especially
the heavy reliance on an elaborate
patronage system to win loyalty and the
use of force to keep opponents at
bay, as having damaged the once promising
nation.
Zimbabwe has
for the past seven years been gripped by a debilitating
economic crisis,
shown by the world's highest inflation rate, rocketing
unemployment,
shortages of foreign currency, electricity to food and
grinding
poverty.
Critics say heavy state policing has seen many Zimbabweans
suffer
silently, enduring the harsh economic crisis and had hoped the
country's
economic fortunes would change with Mugabe's departure at the
expiry of his
term in 2008.
But they have to wait much longer
as ZANU PF provincial executives
trip on each other, passing resolutions
urging the party's national
conference this week agree to merge
parliamentary and presidential
elections, arguing that this would save the
country financial resources. The
merged elections will be held in 2010
allowing Mugabe an additional two
years at the helm.
The plan
to extend Mugabe's reign is seen driven by fears within ZANU
PF that the
fractious former liberation movement is not united on a single
candidate to
succeed the 82-year-old leader.
But analysts wondered how much more
it would take to push Zimbabweans
to protest their displeasure with ZANU
PF's policies.
"People are suffering but they have given up, almost
slumping into
self pity," said John Makumbe, a University of Zimbabwe
political scientist.
"ZANU PF has instilled a lot of fear to such
an extent that even if it
does the most absurd thing like this 2010
nonsense, people will just grumble
and look on. They are in a state of
paralysis," he added.
The international community has also showed
signs of fatigue over the
Zimbabwe crisis, a boon for Mugabe who charges
that the West has led a
sabotage campaign to punish the government over its
controversial seizures
of white-owned farms for blacks.
Commonwealth secretary-general Don McKinnon admitted this week efforts
by
the group, the United Nations, the Southern African Development Community
and states like Britain and the United States had failed to end Zimbabwe's
crisis.
"A lot of people talk about a post-Mugabe plan. We
certainly have
ideas. But we don't see anything coming out that suggests
change is really
imminent," McKinnon told journalists." "Everyone has tried
and all of us
have failed. With all the effort we put into it we didn't get
any result at
all."
Mugabe dramatically pulled Zimbabwe from
the Commonwealth in December
2003, partly accusing the group of former
British colonies of seeking to
protect white commercial farmers and denying
the majority blacks land.
The Zimbabwean leader, who loves to style
himself as the ultimate
defender of the Third World against Western
imperialism, will no doubt see
Mckinnon's admission of failure as
confirmation of yet another victory over
the West.
But ordinary
Zimbabweans - ironically in whose name Mugabe acts - say
by extending his
rule, he would only prolong the country's long running
crisis and its
continued isolation by foreign donors, which would worsen
their
suffering.
The majority of Zimbabweans live below US$1 a day and
have been on the
receiving end of sharp increases in the prices of basic
commodities while
their salaries are fast eroded by
hyperinflation.
"I think our situation will get worse. This means
two more years of
suffering," said Daniel Sakarombe, a security guard at a
Harare hotel. "But
then what can we do, if you try to protest you will just
be beaten up and
thrown in jail, so you just suffer in silence." -
ZimOnline
Zim Online
Wednesday 13 December
2006
MASVINGO - At least six more
people have died of anthrax in the
southern Masvingo province over the past
two weeks bringing the death toll
to seventeen since the outbreak of the
disease last month.
The disease, which has also killed over
30 cattle, is said to be
widespread in Mwenezi, Chiredzi, Chivi and parts of
Bikita districts.
Masvingo provincial medical director, Dr
Julius Chirengwa
yesterday told ZimOnline that several health workers had
already been
deployed to the affected areas to prevent further loss of
lives.
"We have established mobile clinics in the affected
areas mostly
in Chiredzi and Chivi but the biggest problem is that most of
out staff are
shunning working in the rural areas," said Dr
Chirengwa.
Masvingo provincial veterinary officer, Dr Charity
Sibanda, said
efforts to control the spread of the disease were being
hampered by a
critical shortage of vaccines in the
country.
"We would have wanted to vaccinate all cattle in the
province
but the problem is that we do not have enough medicines," she
said.
Anthrax is contracted through eating meat from cattle
infected
by the disease.
Last month, the department of
veterinary services in Masvingo
imposed an indefinite quarantine of infected
livestock and banned the
movement of cattle in Masvingo in a bid to contain
the disease.
The anthrax outbreak is threatening to cripple
efforts by the
Zimbabwe government to rebuild its national herd after it was
severely
depleted by droughts and a chaotic land reform exercise six years
ago. -
ZimOnline
VOA
By Blessing Zulu
Washington
12 December
2006
International Monetary Fund officials in Zimbabwe for
consultations and
assessment of the country's economic plight met Tuesday
with civic leaders
and told them that it is a mystery top them how the
country has survived
under current conditions.
The IMF team is in
Harare for so-called Article IV consultations and
assessments that will
prepare the ground for a meeting in February of the
Fund's executive board,
which will again examine Zimbabwe's status as an IMF
member
nation.
Civic leaders met with Sharmini Coorey, head of the IMF
delegation and a
manager in the institution's Asia-Pacific department, and
team member Jens
Clausen. They told civil society activists that the IMF
still does not know
the source of US$175 million that Harare paid to the
Fund in 2005 against
arrears to stave off expulsion.
The IMF
officials said it remained a mystery how Zimbabweans have survived
in an
environment of hyperinflation and chronic shortages of the essentials
of
life.
The comments on Harare's debt payments came after NGO officials
asked the
team why the IMF had pressed Harare to pay debt arrears when many
Zimbabweans did not have enough to eat. NGO sources said the officials
responded that they had only demanded Harare make policy changes, and that
money was never an issue.
But Harare insisted on paying down debt
arrears while ignoring IMF urgings
that the government's fundamental
economic approach be overhauled.
The so-called Article IV assessment
started Dec. 4 and runs through Dec. 16.
Spokesman Fambai Ngirande of the
National Association of Non-Governmental
Organizations told reporter
Blessing Zulu of VOA's Studio 7 for Zimbabwe
that the IMF representatives
expressed concern at the lack of safety nets
for Zimbabwe's poor.
Mail and Guardian
Tsegaye Tadesse | Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
12 December 2006 05:46
Ethiopia's former ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam was found guilty
in absentia
of genocide on Tuesday at the end of a 12-year trial over his
bloody
rule.
Mengistu, who now lives in Zimbabwe, was accused with
top
members of his military government of killing thousands during a 17-year
rule that began with the toppling of Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974 and
included war, purges and famine.
"Members of the Derg
[Mengistu's junta] who are present in court
today [Tuesday] and those who
are being tried in absentia have conspired to
destroy a political group and
kill people with impunity," presiding Judge
Medhen Kiros told the
court.
The genocide verdict, which carries a death sentence,
was passed
by two votes to one on the three-judge panel.
Mengistu was ousted by guerrillas led by now Prime Minister
Meles Zenawi and
in 1991 fled to Zimbabwe, where he leads a luxurious though
reclusive
life.
He was tried in absentia in Addis Ababa with 73 others,
including former Prime Minister Fikre Selassie Wogderesse and former
Vice-President Fissiha Desta.
Forty officials are in jail
while 27 were tried in absentia. A
few have died since proceedings began in
1992 and the trial formally started
in 1994.
In the
1977/78 "Red Terror" campaign, the most notorious purge,
suspected opponents
were executed by garrotting or shooting. Their bodies
were then tossed into
the streets.
Many Ethiopians hope the verdict, postponed from
May, will close
the door on one of the country's darkest
periods.
"Mengistu sought to right the wrongs made by his
feudal
predecessors but in the end he committed far greater wrongs than they
did,"
businessman Ephraim Zwede said.
Strangling the
emperor
The most prominent victim Mengistu is accused of killing
was
Emperor Haile Selassie, said to have been strangled in bed and secretly
buried under a latrine in his palace.
According to
prosecution charges, the former officials also
killed more than 1 000
people, including the execution of 60 top officials,
ministers and royal
family members by firing squad.
Witnesses have said family
members who went to morgues to
collect bodies of loved ones were asked to
pay for bullets that killed them.
Witness Gizaw Tefera said soldiers who
killed his father cut his head off
and offered it for auction at a
market.
"No one wanted to buy my father's head," he said in
2000.
An Argentine forensic expert said some remains exhumed
from mass
graves showed victims were killed by
garrotting.
"We found green nylon ropes knotted tight around
their necks,"
forensic expert Mercedes Doreth said in
2002.
For months in 1984, Mengistu denied that famine was
ravaging
Ethiopia's north and aid workers have recalled how he flew in
planeloads of
whisky to celebrate the anniversary of his revolution. One
million people
starved to death.
Mengistu and his former
officials face sentencing later in the
month. They could be given the death
penalty for genocide, which Ethiopian
law defines as intent to wipe out
political and not just ethnic groups.
Human rights groups
expressed concern at the trial's length, but
the prosecution says the
complex nature of evidence, including signed
execution orders, videos of
torture sessions and personal testimonies, was
what delayed the
verdict.
Zimbabwe on Tuesday ruled out handing over
Mengistu.
His army helped train Mugabe's guerrillas in their
fight against
white minority rule. -- Reuters, AFP
SABC
December 12,
2006, 20:45
Zimbabwe had no official comment after one of its most
notorious foreign
guests was found guilty of genocide, but the opposition
said Ethiopia's
Mengistu Haile Mariam should be sent home to face justice.
Mengistu, who has
lived in exile in Zimbabwe since he was ousted in 1991,
was found guilty of
genocide by an Ethiopian court following a 12-year trial
in absentia on his
record of war, famine and bloody political
purges.
The government of Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president, which
regards the
former Ethiopian strongman as a friend of Zimbabwe's liberation
struggle,
reacted with silence to the verdict, but the main opposition
Movement for
Democratic Change (MDC) said Mengistu should now find
Zimbabwe's welcome mat
withdrawn.
"Mengistu is a very serious
issue... we feel that Zimbabwe should not be
turned into a sanctuary and
safe haven for tinpot dictators," Nelson
Chamisa, the MDC spokesperson said.
Mugabe's government routinely refuses to
discuss its Ethiopian guest and has
largely shielded him from the media.
Failed attempt on Mengistu's
life
Mengistu and his family stay in a government villa in Harare's plush
Gunhill
district, behind a high security wall guarded round the clock by a
crack
army and police unit. Little is known about Mengistu's life behind the
wall,
including how many people live with him, how he spends his time, who
his
friends are and whether he gets visitors such as Mugabe.
Security
around Mengistu was increased in the mid-1990s after two Eritreans
tried but
failed to assassinate him after ambushing him on an afternoon
stroll. On
rare occasions when Mengistu has ventured out to local shopping
centres
those who are able to recognise him say he invariably wears military
boots
and carries a pistol.
With Zimbabwe itself in the grip of an escalating
political and economic
crisis, some Zimbabweans said the last thing the
country needed was to play
host to a man once dubbed the "Butcher of Addis".
- Reuters
VOA
By Ndimyake Mwakalyelye
Washington, DC
11 December 2006
Human rights and civil society groups inside
and outside of Zimbabwe have
expressed concern at what they say is an
increase in human rights violations
in the country. The statements closely
followed International Human Rights
Day, observed on Sunday.
The
Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum on Monday issued a report accusing the
Zimbabwe Republic Police of numerous human rights violations between 2000
and the present day. The group last week issued another report stating that
there has been a significant increase in Zimbabwe in the politically related
abuse of women.
Entitled "Who Guards the Guards - Violations by Law
Enforcement Agencies in
Zimbabwe," the report says state security agents are
the biggest violators
of human rights, and are used by the ruling party to
"suppress opposition
and retain power."
The government has
consistently rejected allegations of human rights
violations, and has
accused civic groups like the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade
Unions, Women of
Zimbabwe Arise and the National Constitutional Assembly of
provoking
police.
Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum chairman Noel Kututwa told
reporter Ndimyake
Mwakalyelye of VOA's Studio 7 for Zimbabwe that the report
is based on solid
data retrieved from police records as well as claims
reported directly to
his group.
Speaking on the government's behalf,
William Nhara, principle director of
interractive and public affairs in a
ministry of state attached to the
office of President Robert Mugabe,
dismissed the latest accusations as
politically motivated.
mineweb.net
By:
John Helmer
Posted: '12-DEC-06 08:00' GMT © Mineweb
1997-2006
MOSCOW (Mineweb.com) --An announcement from Harare of a
multi-million dollar
Russian investment deal in Zimbabwe's power and
infrastructure sector
appears to be unsubstantiated by the Russian side, and
unlikely to
materialize. It is the second such announcement in as many
months from
Harare that has failed to be backed up in
Moscow.
According to a press report from Harare, a Russian firm called
Turbo
Engineering is prepared to sign a $150 million agreement to build 17
hydropower plants. The source was Obert Nyatanga, general manager of
utility, Zesa Holdings. The agreement is reportedly being prepared for
signing this month, and construction is to begin early next year with Turbo
manufacturing and installing the power-generating equipment.
In
Moscow, Turbo Engineering has been identified as a company controlled by
Vladimir Semago and Alexey Semenkov, and at one time it was affiliated with
another Russian company, Energopromstroi-1 ("Energy Industry Construction").
The latter had a history of project promises in Nigeria, which did not
materialize. It was then sold, and according to the current general
director, Ivan Kuzmin, it has "nothing to do with Zimbabwe".
Kuzmin
told Mineweb he believes that Turbo Engineering is run by Semenkov.
Semenkov
has been identified by industry sources as once associated with
Complex
Power Supply Systems, a member of the group of companies controlled
by
Victor Vekselberg, head of the Renova group which is pursuing mining
opportunities in South Africa and Gabon.
Semago has been a long-time
member of the Russian parliament, serving first
as a Communist Party deputy,
and today a member of the pro-Kremlin United
Russia group. A spokesman for
Semago confirmed Semago's association with
Semenkov, and with Turbo
Engineering. However, Semago was unavailable to
respond to questions, and
Semenkov's telephone went unanswered.
A Moscow source with direct
knowledge told Mineweb: "As far as I know,
neither Energpromstroi-1 nor
Turbo Engineering has constructed any projects,
nor do they own significant
shareholdings. They are typical intermediaries.
Now that they have received
some piece of paper in Zimbabwe, and promote
themselves in the media, they
will run across Russia in search of someone to
pay to them the commission
fee for the project. But nobody will build
anything. Such companies do harm
to Russia, in my belief."
In October, another announcement in Harare
suggested that a different
Russian group had signed a pledge to invest $300
million in Zimbabwe's
power, aviation, and mining sectors. However, the
Russian company,
RusAviaTrade, proved to be virtually unknown in Moscow. It
has no website,
and two telephones listed at its identified office do not
work. Its
representative in Zimbabwe was uncontactable.
The company was
identified through the Russian Center of Small Aviation
OMEGA, where
officials confirmed that RusAviaTrade was their subsidiary, and
that their
business was operating small aircraft for joyrides around the
Moscow
region.
Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Moscow, Phelekezela Mphoko, and the
Russian
Ambassador to Harare, Oleg Scherbak, declined to respond to
questions from
Mineweb about the proposed investment agreement with
RusAviaTrade.
Business Report
December 12,
2006
From Sapa-dpa and Reuters
Harare - Zimbabwe would soon begin
exporting beef to Hong Kong in a deal the
country hoped would boost its
dwindling foreign currency earnings, the
Herald reported
yesterday.
Zimbabwe expects to export at least 5 000 tons of beef to the
Asian
commercial hub from early next year, according to the state-controlled
newspaper.
Beef exports suffered a knock in 2000 when the EU, which
used to import more
than 9 000 tons a year, suspended imports after an
outbreak of
foot-and-mouth disease.
The principal director of
veterinary services, Stuart Har-greaves, told the
Herald Hong Kong was very
happy with beef samples sent from Zimbabwe.
Ngoni Chinogaramombe, the
chief executive of Zimbabwe's main beef company,
the Cold Storage Company,
said: "We used to earn more than US$50 million
[R351 million] through beef
exports when we exported to the EU and this new
market has the potential to
take us back to those levels."
President Robert Mugabe has been pushing
for companies to look East for
alternative markets for Zimbabwean
commodities.
His government has been shunned by western nations over
charges of rigged
elections and human rights abuse.
Zimbabwe has
experienced a massive decline in its key agricultural sector
following the
launch in 2000 of a controversial land reform programme aimed
at
confiscating white-owned land for new black farmers.
The country's
export-quality beef herd stood at about 1.6 million cattle in
2000. It is
understood to have declined by about 70 percent since then.
Meanwhile,
Zimbabwe's annual inflation quickened to 1 098.8 percent in
November from 1
070.2 percent previously, highlighting an eight-year
recession that critics
blame on the government's incompetence.
The country's inflation rate,
which is the highest in the world, along with
unemployment at above 80
percent, shrinking gross domestic product, and
shortages of foreign
currency, food and fuel, are clear signs of an economic
and political
crisis.
The central statistics office said month-on-month inflation rose
to 30.1
percent compared with 27.5 percent previously.
Mugabe's
government has projected that inflation would slow to between 350
percent
and 400 percent by the end of next year, although analysts are wary
of the
forecast.
Critics blame Mugabe's politics for plunging the country into
crisis. But
Mugabe says Zimbabwe has fallen victim to a western campaign of
sabotage.
The Herald
(Harare)
December 12, 2006
Posted to the web December 12,
2006
Harare
ZIMBABWE'S efforts to restock the national herd are
being hindered by
persistent smuggling of cattle across the borders into
neighbouring
countries, a senior police officer has said.
Speaking at
the police anti-stock theft awards in Harare last Friday, Deputy
Commissioner Godwin Matanga who is responsible for operations said criminals
had formed syndicates for their nefarious activities at a time when the
police was reeling under a depleted resource base to match crime
trends.
"Nevertheless, the measures that we have crafted to combat stock
theft
should never be compromised. Therefore the need to embark on joint
operations with countries we share common boundaries with cannot be
overemphasised," he said.
The awards were sponsored by the Cold
Storage Company and Jupiter Insurance
Company.
"Not only do awards of
this magnitude by the corporate world enhance the
organisation's capacity to
curb stock theft cases but they also motivate our
police officers to perform
their duties with zeal and vigour," said Deputy
Comm Matanga. He said the
partnership with the corporate world had fostered
the reduction of stock
theft cases.
A total of 4 297 stock theft cases were recorded last month
compared to the
same period last year which had 8 168 cases.
"This in
our view is a monumental achievement and we sincerely hope that
this
downward trend will be sustained on the medium to long term," said
Deputy
Comm Matanga.
He said the force could not afford to watch the decimation
of livestock
especially cattle.
The crafting of the Anti-stock Theft
Strategy in 2004, Deputy Comm Matanga
said, had led to commendable strides
being made in taming rustling.
"The main thrust of the strategy is to
ensure that criminals are kept at bay
and the national herd is
replenished.It is my conviction that the fight
against stock theft should
not be predicated on luck, providence or the
grace of God, but on systematic
interventions that seek to eliminate the
scourge from our
society.
"The activities of rustlers have become insidious and to leave
our stock to
the caprices of criminals would be a dereliction of duty," he
said.
Deputy Comm Matanga said in pursuance of the vision of a crime free
society,
the police had consolidated grassroots co-operation in the fight
against
cattle rustling by enlisting the services of local traditional
leaders.
IOL
December 12 2006 at
07:10PM
Scores of placard-waving demonstrators marched Tuesday to
Zimbabwe's
parliament in what they hailed as a victory for non-violent
protest against
President Robert Mugabe's government, a
spokeswoman
said.
More than 300 supporters of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA)
marched to
parliament in central Harare Tuesday, said the group's
spokesperson Annie
Sibanda.
They were stopped by riot police,
but later allowed to disperse.
This is the first time, WOZA, which
regularly stages protests in
Harare and in Bulawayo city, has held a
demonstration without its supporters
being arrested or beaten.
"It's an absolute victory for non-violence," said Sibanda in a
telephone
interview with Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
MPs came outside and
read placards held aloft by the women.
Sibanda
expressed hope that the charter will make its way into
parliament.
The march on Tuesday was intended to launch a
People's Charter,
calling for a new constitution, jobs, education,
healthcare and the repeal
of what WOZA terms "unjust laws".
Zimbabwe is currently experiencing its worst economic crisis in 26
years of
independence. Inflation has reached more than 1,098 percent,
unemployment is
rampant and most people live below the Poverty Datum Line. -
Sapa-dpa
By Tichaona
Sibanda
12 December 2006
There are renewed fears in
the international community that plans by
the Zanu (PF) regime to extend
Robert Mugabe's presidential term by two more
years will further ruin the
country's economy.
Speaking on Monday in Cape Town , South Africa ,
the Commonwealth
secretary-general Don Mckinnon said the fears are based on
the current
political and economic crises that have shown no signs of
abating. According
to Mckinnon the country's collapse was putting pressure
on its neighbours.
He said; 'We would like to think there could be
productive change in
Zimbabwe to see all the economic indicators move the
other way, but there is
no sign of that happening at all.'
Luke
Zunga, a Zimbabwean economist based in Johannesburg , agreed with
Mckinnon's
assessment saying the country still lacks basic fundamentals that
can ensure
any meaningful growth. 'First of all there is no production in
the country.
Secondly the political atmosphere is not conducive for any
change. And
lastly they are printing money and so these shortfalls do not in
any way
encourage development,' said Zunga.
Mckinnon, who is in Cape
Town attending a conference, said there were
few signs of Mugabe being
replaced. He told journalists that a lot of people
talk about a post-Mugabe
plan and that many people certainly have ideas. But
the only problem with
that he said, was they don't see anything coming out
that suggests change is
really imminent.
He said repeated efforts by the Commonwealth, the
United Nations, the
Southern African Development Community and nations such
as Britain and the
United States had failed to stem Zimbabwe 's economic
slide.'Everyone has
tried and all of us have failed. With all the effort we
put into it we didn't
get any result at all,' he said.
The
secretary-general revealed that he was looking for new ideas that
would see
Zimbabwe get back into the Commonwealth. He added that he had
evidence that
every African leader of a Commonwealth nation had publicly
criticised Mugabe
at one time or another, including South Africa, which has
been repeatedly
criticised over its policy of 'silent diplomacy' towards
Zimbabwe.
SW Radio Africa Zimbabwe news
By Violet Gonda
12 December 2006
The Zimbabwe Lawyers
for Human Rights (ZLHR) has announced that it
will be conducting a belated
march to commemorate International Human Rights
Day. The group is expected
to deliver a petition to the Supreme Court and
the House of Parliament in
Harare Wednesday. They say the aim is to expose
the continued violations of
human rights in the country.
Lawyer Otto Saki of the ZLHR said
human rights day this year fell on a
weekend so they decided to mark the
occasion on a weekday, to stress the
continued abuses by the Zimbabwe
authorities. He urged all groups prepared
to march in the streets to come
and show their frustration with the
deteriorating human rights
situation.
The theme this year on Human Rights Day was "Fighting
poverty as a
matter of obligation and charity". Saki said: "If you look at
the life span
of an ordinary Zimbabwean you will find it has been reduced
tremendously."
He added that economically we have regressed terribly and
gone beyond the
oppressive days of Ian Smith before independence. Saki
explained: "We find
ourselves in a situation where the basic rights to
decent standards of
health, shelter and access to education have eroded
away."
Meanwhile, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum on Monday
issued a
report exposing serious violations by law enforcement agencies in
Zimbabwe.
According to the data compiled by the Forum, Zimbabwe's police are
the major
perpetrators of human rights abuses. The report said the police
have, since
2000, changed from a generally professional force to a force
that is used by
the ruling party to suppress all perceived opposition and
retain power.
In hundreds of cases recorded by the Human Rights
Forum the police
were named as torturers and police premises as places of
torture and other
abuse. In September, despite an outcry from within and
outside Zimbabwe,
Mugabe issued statements encouraging the police after they
used brutal force
to quash street protests organised by the Zimbabwe
Congress of Trade Unions.
SW Radio Africa Zimbabwe news
By
Tererai Karimakiwenda
12 December 2006
The ZANU-PF
conference opens on Wednesday in Goromonzi district east
of Harare. And
although there is much speculation about the main issues that
the ruling
party delegates will deal with, it is largely believed that
Robert Mugabe
will use this platform to extend his term of tenure by another
2 years. He
would have to postpone the presidential election due in 2008 to
2010,
combining it with general parliamentary elections due at the time.
ZANU-PF would have to vote and approve the measure at the conference
this
week, and parliament would need to amend the constitution early 2007 in
order to allow it. Experts and observers say ZANU-PF has the political will
to extend Mugabe's term, and the numbers in parliament to make it
happen.
There are already signs that Mugabe will indeed use the
conference to
launch his campaign to stay in power even longer. Last weekend
ZANU-PF
provincial leaders in Matabeleland South and North provinces are
reported to
have voted to extend his term. This made for a majority of 6 out
of a total
10 provinces. The reasoning reported by most media outlets on the
ground is
that combining the presidential and parliamentary elections would
save
money.
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition released a
statement this week which
read in part: "The argument that ZANU PF wants to
synchronize presidential
and parliamentary polls as a way of saving
tax-payers money does not
convince Zimbabweans who know how the party has
been abusing national funds
in the past 26 years. The holding of senatorial
elections on 26 November
2005 eight months after the parliamentary poll in
March vindicates the
Coalition's cynicism about the fiscal discipline
argument."
The coalition said extending Mugabe's term was not the
only option.
The ruling party could also have shortened the life of
parliament to 2008.
An extensive analysis of the reasons driving ZANU-PF to
keep Mugabe can be
heard on the programme In The Balance on Wednesday when
Gugulethu Moyo talks
to political commentator Dr. John
Makumbe.
SW Radio Africa Zimbabwe news
By Lance Guma
12 December
2006
A serious currency flight into neighbouring countries is
thought to be
at the centre of a shortage of lower cash denominations in
Zimbabwe .
Several banks are reportedly struggling to supply 1000 and 500
dollar notes
while the same cash is reportedly in plenty of supply across
the different
borders. Simon Muchemwa in Harare reports that only Z$10 000
denominations
are readily available and the inconvenience is being felt by
shoppers. Many
people are having to move from one cash machine to another in
the hope of
finding denominations that allow them to take money below Z$10
000. At the
time of going on air the problem was mainly evident in Harare
with no clear
signs of how widespread it was on a national
scale.
In countries like Mozambique , Malawi , Zambia , Botswana
and South
Africa the Zimbabwe dollar has become a major source of business
on the
black market. Economists say the flight of the dollar into these
countries
reflects the dwindling number of transactions taking place in
Zimbabwe .
Muchemwa also reports that with most commodities in short supply
people are
having to source goods outside the country. Some traders are
doing brisk
business selling Zimdollars back to Zimbabwean shoppers
returning home. The
same traders also sell foreign currency to those
travelling outside the
country. In simple terms, the currency itself has
become the source of
intense trading and not much is left for use in other
transactions.
Zimbabweans also tend to keep their money at home
rather than put it
in banks because of rapid inflation and a general lack of
faith in the
entire economy. Any cash shortage faced by the banks is
expected to
discourage them further. The government is accused of putting
political
considerations over economic matters and critics point to the
dysfunctional
nature of the economy as the end result. Commodities scarcely
available on
the official market are available on the black market and
attempts at
controlling prices have failed to arrest inflation. The
International
Monetary Fund (IMF) was recently in Zimbabwe on a fact-finding
mission to
ascertain if the country has made any improvements in undertaking
major
economic reforms. Given facts on the ground, critics say the trip was
a
waste of time.
SW Radio Africa Zimbabwe news
The Herald
(Harare)
December 12, 2006
Posted to the web December 12,
2006
Harare
THE Minister of State for National Security, Lands,
Land Reform and
Resettlement, Cde Didymus Mutasa, has appointed an 11-member
compensation
committee in line with the Land Acquisition
Act.
According to a Government Gazette published last Friday, Secretary
in the
Ministry, Mr Ngoni Masoka, would chair the committee which deals with
compensation for former farmers whose farms were acquired for resettlement.
Government pays compensation only for developments on the farms and not for
the land.
The term of office for the committee runs for three years
starting from
November 1 2006.
Other members include secretaries for
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary
Affairs, Mr David Mangota, Finance, Mr
Willard Manungo, Agriculture, Dr
Shadreck Mlambo and Policy Implementation,
Dr Desire Sibanda.
Others are Principal Director in the Ministry of
National Security, Lands,
Land Reform and Resettlement, Mrs Sophia Tsvakwi,
Mr Mathew Zharare, Dr C F
Mushambi, Mr Z Murungweni, Mr L Chimba and Mr S
Moyo. Alternate members are
Mr M Dzinoreva for Mrs Tsvakwi, Mr J Gondo for
Dr Mlambo, Mr F Ngorora for
Mr Manungo, Mr J Mukaratirwa for Mr Mangota and
Mr C Nedie for Mr Zharare.
In a related matter, President Mugabe has
fixed December 20 2006 as the date
on which the Gazetted Land (Consequential
Provisions) Act would come into
operation.
Cde Mugabe has since
assented to the Act after it sailed through Parliament
in October this
year.
The Act seeks to punish illegal farm invaders and validate all
offer letters
issued to farmers.
The Herald (Harare)
December 12,
2006
Posted to the web December 12, 2006
Tabitha
Mutenga
Harare
THE Grain Marketing Board has received $4 billion from
the Ministry of
Finance to resume payments to wheat farmers for grain
delivered to the
parastatal, GMB acting chief executive officer Retired
Colonel Samuel Muvuti
said yesterday.
Rtd Col Muvuti revealed last
week that GMB had temporarily suspended
disbursements to farmers a fortnight
ago because of a cash crunch, which has
consequently delayed preparations
for the 2006/07 cropping season.
Following the injection of funds, GMB
would start paying wheat farmers from
today and this would still be done
through electronic money transfer.
Relief is, thus, in sight for farmers
who have been waiting anxiously to
receive their dues so as to continue with
their farming activities.
The brief suspension of payments had generated
anxiety and panic among
farmers since they had been looking forward to using
the funds for input
procurement and land preparation.
"All GMB depots
will be accepting all wheat and will unconditionally assist
farmers," Rtd
Col Muvuti said.
GMB has so far taken delivery of 120 000 tonnes of wheat
for which it has
paid out $26 billion.
The parastatal has also
received $10 billion allotted for bonuses for maize
producers who delivered
their grain to the GMB.
Maize farmers started receiving bonus cheques
yesterday.
"Farmers who were paid in cash when they delivered their maize
will be paid
in cash and those who were paid by cheque will receive payment
through the
same method," he said.
Under this arrangement -- which
came into retrospective effect after the
Government increased the maize
producer price from $31 300 to $51 300 a
tonne in September -- a farmer gets
a bonus of $21 000 for every tonne of
grain delivered.
The one-off
bonus is envisaged to serve as an incentive for farmers to
increase grain
production in the country.
"Payments will be made from the depots at
which farmers made their
deliveries," Rtd Col Muvuti said.
iafrica.com
Donwald Pressly
Tue,
12 Dec 2006
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe should not be allowed to abuse a
controversial and technical majority in the Zimbabwean Parliament to buy
himself a safe exit - to die in office owing to the extension of his term
from 2008 to 2010, says the opposition Movement for Democratic
Change.
In a statement the MDC - led by Morgan Tsvangirai - noted on
Tuesday that
ruling Zanu-PF mouthpieces within the country had now confirmed
"the
people's suspicions" that Mugabe's term would be extended "to allow him
to
continue ruining the country until 2010".
The statement, issued by
the party's information and publicity wing from
Harare, said: "This is
unadulterated constitutional fraud. Presidential
terms are six-year terms
even under the current defective constitution and
Zimbabweans demand to know
on whose mandate Zanu-PF seeks to extend an
illegitimacy that will mete out
further punishment to the people."
The MDC restated its position that
only "a new people-driven constitution
and not piecemeal amendments by
Zanu-PF" would resolve the crisis of
legitimacy and governance faced by the
regime.
"Mugabe is an illegitimate president whose incumbency is being
challenged in
court. He now wants to use his parliamentary technical
majority - which is
(also) being challenged through several electoral
petitions that are yet to
be heard - to buy himself a further two years in
office.
"Zanu-PF must be stopped now if Zimbabwe is to be saved from the
jaws of
this tyranny. All democratic forces must demand a new, people-driven
constitution to form the basis of the legitimacy of those occupying the
highest office in the land."
I-Net Bridge
Business Day
Dumisani
Muleya
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Harare
Correspondent
ZIMBABWE's statistics office said yesterday that inflation
had reached
1098,8% last month, a 28,6 percentage point rise, as prices
continue to spin
out of control.
Yesterday's Central Statistical
Office report came after a visit from the
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
brought to a head weeks of acrimony
between the country's top financial
authorities over fiscal policy and
unchecked inflation.
Kennedy
Shonhiwa, acting director for the Central Statistical Office, told a
news
conference in Harare that the rate of inflation year on year was at
1098,8%,
gaining on October's rate of 1070,2%.
"This means that on average goods
and services normally purchased by
households for final use in Zimbabwe are
12 times as expensive in November
as they were a year before," Shonhiwa
said.
Zimbabwe's inflation rate peaked at 1204,6% in
August.
The items that recorded the highest increase year on year
were paramedical
services at 17653,7%, medical services at 3400,4% and
domestic power,
electricity, gas and other fuels at
2857,7%.
Economist David Mupamhadzi from the Zimbabwe Allied Banking
Group warned
that by the end of the year annual inflation could surpass the
August
record.
John Robertson, a Harare-based economist, blamed
out-of-control inflation on
increases in the prices of transport and
medicines.
The consumer price index rose 30,1% from the previous
month, up from 27,5%
in October, he said.
Transport costs climbed 45%
last month while drug prices grew 44% and
restaurant and hotel costs surged
42%, Robertson, the director of Robertson
Economics, said.
The IMF
said in September that Zimbabwe's inflation rate might surge to more
than
4000% next year, while the economy would contract 5,1% this
year.
Meanwhile, it emerged yesterday that a visit by the IMF last week
was behind
an open political clash which broke out at the weekend between
the country's
finance minister and the reserve bank
governor.
Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa had in his
representations to the IMF
mission blamed reserve bank governor Gideon Gono
for "quasifiscal" policies,
including the unrestricted printing of
money.
The two have been fighting for control of
the financial levers of state for
some time.
Murewa said a fortnight
ago that Gono's "quasifiscal" operations would have
to stop because they
were fuelling inflation.
Murerwa's remarks were seen widely as an
attempt to impress the IMF team.
However, Gono reacted to Murerwa's
statements angrily, slamming his boss for
duplicity.
He released and
published confidential memos from the minister directing him
to print money
for parastatals and grain imports.
"Misleading impressions have been
created in some quarters, locally and
abroad, suggesting the Reserve Bank of
Zimbabwe has been engaging in
quasifiscal operations, or in simple terms,
the funding of parastatals and
other government departments outside the
national budget without consulting
relevant authorities," Gono
said.
"Stakeholders have been made to believe that hyperinflation this
country is
suffering from is a result of supposedly unbudgeted and
unauthorised and
obviously allegedly illegal disbursements.
"It is
becoming sickening, the extent to which public figures and officials
are
keen to misinform the nation. If this fiction is not attended to and
replaced by facts, that fiction will assume a life of its
own."
The release of Murerwa's secret memos ordering Gono to print
money has
embarrassed the finance minister and stunned the visiting IMF
mission, which
had been made to believe the Zimbabwean treasury was opposed
to the central
bank's printing of money.
President Robert Mugabe has
come out supporting Gono in his fight with
Murerwa, whom he attacked last
week for being a disciple of "bookish
economics".
Zimbabwe's economy
is in its eighth year of recession after Mugabe's failed
land-reform
programme cut agricultural output and export income.
The central bank
devalued the Zimbabwean dollar 60% against the US dollar on
July 31 in an
attempt to boost exports and ease the currency shortage. The
devaluation
pushed up import costs, while the central bank has printed money
to pay its
debts, further stoking inflation. With Bloomberg
IOL
Melanie
Gosling
December 12 2006 at 04:43AM
Five southern
African countries have signed an agreement to establish
the biggest
conservation area in the world - a massive trans-frontier
national park 14
times the size of the Kruger National Park and almost as
big as
Italy.
The Peace Parks Foundation has described the move as the
most
significant conservation effort undertaken in Africa in the last 100
years.
Called the Kavango-Zambezi trans-frontier conservation area,
the park
will be situated in the Okavango and Zambezi river basins and will
cover an
area of 287 132 square kilometres. It is likely to be formally
established
in 2010.
The announcement was made on Monday by the
Peace Parks Foundation. The
governments of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia
and Zimbabwe signed the
memorandum of understanding at a ceremony at the
Victoria Falls in which
they committed themselves to working together to
establish the park.
Werner Myburgh, project manager
of Peace Parks Foundation, said on
Monday: "From a conservation perspective,
this is the most significant
effort in Africa in the last 100
years."
The park will link 36 national parks, game reserves,
community
conservancies and game management areas. Some of the most notable
of these
are the Caprivi Strip, the Chobe National Park, the Okavanga Delta,
which is
the largest Ramsar site in the world, and the Victoria Falls, a
World
Heritage Site and one of the seven natural wonders of the
world.
The park will have about 250 000 elephants, the largest
elephant
population in the world, and may reduce the pressure to cull
elephant
populations.
While the primary function of
trans-frontier parks is conservation of
the natural environment, they also
have spin-offs of tourism and job
creation.
"The main function
of such a park is of course conservation, primarily
because it creates
ecological linkages that cross international borders and
allows movement of
wildlife across these barriers. It is vital to secure
these links. But if
managed well, these parks can have major tourist
spin-offs.
"One of the reasons is that it allows freer movement of tourists
between
game areas. For instance, if a tourist is in Zambia and wants to go
the
Caprivi now, they will have to go through about four international
border
posts, but once the Kavango-Zambezi is established, tourists could
move
there freely," Myburgh said.
He said the establishment of the
trans-frontier park may give elephant
culling "a breathing
space".
"One research model says that if elephants move over large
areas
between water points, there is a natural dying off of youngsters,
which
doesn't happen now in the restricted areas. There are about 120 000
elephants in Botswana alone, about 10 000 in Kafue, which is about twice the
size of Kruger and virtually none in Angola. Once the transfrontier park is
established, the elephants will be able to move from one country to
another.
But first the fences have to come down, the landmines
removed and the
ribbon development of people along rivers and roads must
stop.
"It is very challenging, but very exciting. We already have a
major
potential donor in the form of the German Development
Bank.
"This is unusual, as normally one has to have the product
before one
gets the funding," Myburgh said.
This is one of 20
existing and potential trans-frontier parks in the
Southern African
Development Community.
The SADC Protocol on Wildlife Conservation
and Law Enforcement of 1999
defines a trans-frontier park as a large
ecological region that straddles
the boundaries of two or more countries,
encompassing one or more protected
areas, as well as multiple resource
areas.
The parks are also designed to lead to enhancement of
socio-economic
development in the region through nature-based or wildlife
tourism, and to
promote a culture of peace and regional
co-operation.
This article was originally published on page 1
of Cape Times on
December 12, 2006
New Zimbabwe
By Staff
Reporter
Last updated: 12/13/2006 00:50:33
THE MDC Tuesday attacked
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono
for defending his quasi
fiscal expenditure on the grounds that it was
Finance Minister Herbert
Murerwa who had asked for funding in the first
place.
Tendai Biti,
the secretary general of the of the two MDC factions said in
terms of the
Zimbabwe Constitution, section 102 (3), all government
expenditure should
come from the
Consolidated Revenue Fund and it should be approved by
Parliament.
He added that Gono's "adventures" were tantamount to stealing
from the
Consolidated Revenue Fund and as such, he owes the nation an apology
for the
"theft and for breaching the provisions of the
Constitution".
Biti added that if the requests for funding were "urgent"
and emergent , as
the governor puts it, then there were legal ways of doing
it.
Biti said: "Even assuming that urgent payments were to be made, the
Minister
of Finance has the powers and the right of bringing an urgent
supplementary
budget before Parliament for its approval. This has happened
before.
"In 2002, when Simba Makoni was Finance Minister and Charles
Kuwaza the
Permanent Secretary, an urgent supplementary budget was brought
before the
House, which adjourned in the early hours of the following
morning."
Murerwa triggered a public spate with Gono after saying
quasi-fiscal
activities were fueling inflation.
That line was
repeated by the portfolio committee on Budget and Finance in
its report
presented to Parliament last week.
Gono hit back by revealing private
communication between him and Murerwa
showing that the Finance Minister
authorised the RBZ to import wheat and
such other requests that would appear
out of its remit.
The Nation
(Nairobi)
December 12, 2006
Posted to the web December 12,
2006
Kaburu Mugambi
Nairobi
Economic watchers say the
partnership would sink countries deeper into debt
and make them suppliers of
raw materials to Chinese companies.
Bureaucrats left China-Africa
Cooperation forum in Beijing elated after
signing deals worth $1.9 billion
(Sh133 billion) last month.
Even then, this has fuelled concerns among
global economy watchers that the
partnership would sink African countries
deeper into debt and relegate the
continent to a supplier of raw materials
to Chinese manufacturers. China's
voracious appetite for raw materials, the
report says, coupled with its
superior manufacturing advantage, could stifle
Africa's attempts to
diversify its economies from being bulk commodity
exporters.
At the summit, the largest gathering held by China, 12 Chinese
firms and
African governments as well as companies signed deals covering
areas such as
infrastructure, telecommunications and technological
equipment, mineral
resource development and insurance.
African
countries that benefited from the agreements are Nigeria, South
Africa,
Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Seychelles, Lesotho, Cape
Verde and
Zambia. More than 40 African heads of state and government
representatives
attended the forum held on November 3 to 5.
The only countries that did
not attend were the five states that continue to
recognise Taiwan - Burkina
Faso, Gambia, Malawi, Sao Tome and Principe, and
Swaziland.
The
biggest deal is worth $938 million (Sh65.6 billion) for China's
state-owned
CITIC conglomerate to set up an aluminium plant in Egypt. China
Southern
Airlines also announced the first regular direct commercial flight
from
Beijing to an African destination. The airline said it would start
flying
from Beijing via Dubai to Lagos, Nigeria.
Other measures announced were
the further opening up of Chinese markets to
exports from Africa's poorest
countries. The list of items that are not
subject to customs tariffs will be
expanded to 440 from 190. China plans to
train 15,000 African professionals,
send 100 agricultural experts to Africa,
and establish 10 agricultural
technology demonstration centres.
A report by Standard Bank says China
has become a major player in the
continent's economic affairs. "With nearly
$1 trillion (Sh70 trillion) in
reserves and a voracious appetite for natural
resources, the country has
decided to spend some of its billions of dollars
in savings to secure access
to the oil, gas, copper, coal and other mineral
riches that lie beneath the
soil of many African countries," the report
says. "Africa, in turn, looks at
China as a source of cheap loans and
merchandise."
China's interest in Africa also shows a growing push for
the continent to
become a market for Chinese products. Chinese exports to
Africa totalled
more than $15 billion (Sh1 trillion) in 2005, up from $12
billion (Sh840
billion in 2004.
Although Africa's trade with China is
now roughly 10 per cent of its total,
this is rapidly replacing trade with
the continent's traditional partner,
Europe, which has dropped from 44 per
cent to 32 per cent over the past
decade. The bank says China's outsized
African presence and the summit have
also sparked criticism that Beijing,
with its UN Security Council membership
and economic largesse, is
exacerbating African debt and corruption and
protecting human rights
offenders such as Zimbabwe and Sudan.
In its latest report on the Chinese
economy released late last month, the
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
pointed to a lack of transparency on loans
to developing countries. China is
not part of the "heavily indebted poor
countries" arrangement for debt
relief and only grants debt relief on a
bilateral basis. The IMF said the
provision of loans on a commercial basis
to low-income countries "raises
some concerns", particularly in the case of
countries that have recently
received debt relief. It said these loans could
complicate debt relief
efforts and countries could again find themselves
with repayment
problems.
During the summit China said it would provide $3 billion (Sh210
billion) in
preferential loans and $2 billion (Sh140 billion) in
preferential buyer's
credits to Africa in the next three years. Some critics
have voiced concerns
over how Chinese-owned firms treat African workers.
Protests broke out in
Zambia in July about the alleged ill-treatment of
workers at a Chinese-owned
mine, and there have been reports of pay disputes
in Namibia.
New agreement
According to the report, African
business groups also complain about
competition from low-cost imports. The
New York-based group Human Rights
Watch said all powers involved in Africa,
including China, should place
human rights at the centre of their
policies.
However, the report says overall, China's growing economic ties
to Africa
are benefiting the region.
The new agreement between China
and many African countries should go a long
way towards furthering ties and
trade, benefiting African residents. Two-way
trade is projected to reach $50
billion (Sh3.5 trillion) this year, a
fivefold increase from 2000, the
report estimates.
"The problem arises when these ties come at the cost of
the wider community
and for the benefit of the already wealthy few," the
report says. Authors of
the report say as a growing foreign creditor to
Africa, China is becoming an
alternative to the increasingly rule-based
lending from Western donors and
institutions, as Western populations are
increasingly demanding greater fair
play and restrictions on investment and
aid policies for the continent.
Mmegi
FRASER
MPOFU
Correspondent
12/12/2006 5:31:39 PM (GMT
+2)
HARARE: Botswana's Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Pelokgale Seloma,
and
senior Zimbabwe Government officials on Friday saw off the first group
of
136 Nswazwi villagers from Bulilima area to Botswana.
Angeline Masuku, governor for Matabeleland South province in Zimbabwe,
presided over the sending off ceremony held to mark the beginning of the
repatriation exercise of the Nswazwi villagers, who had lived in exile in
Zimbabwe since 1947.
In addition to Masuku, other
Zimbabwean officials who attended the
occasion were Patson Mbiriri, the
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of
Local Government, Public Works and
Urban Development, Naison Ndlovu the
Deputy Speaker of the Senate and Joey
Bhima, the Permanent Secretary in the
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
The ecstatic 136 people were part of the 480 Nswazwis
who are being
repatriated to their original homeland close to
Francistown.
The relocation process is expected to end with the
last batch crossing
the Maitengwe Border Post today
(Monday).
Addressing the gathering, Seloma paid tribute to
Zimbabwe's
co-operation with Botswana on the matter. He said the Botswana
government
welcomed the community's return from exile, adding that they
should expect
to be treated like any other Batswana.
The
Nswazwi people settled in the Bulilima area in 1947, after they
and their
traditional leader, Chief John Nswazwi, fled some civil
disturbances in
their ancestral land.
Upon his death in 1965, Chief Nswazwi was
buried in Zimbabwe, but
later his subjects requested to exhume his remains
for reburial in Botswana.
After protracted negotiations between
the community and the Botswana
and Zimbabwe governments, an agreement was
reached for the exhumation,
repatriation and reburial of his remains in
2002.
Thereafter, they expressed their collective wish to
return to their
homeland in Botswana.
In her farewell
speech, Masuku said that the Nswazwi had become part
of the Zimbabwean
society although it was known they originated from
Botswana.
She said they took part in community development
work like any other
Zimbabwean although they were only given permanent
residence status in
Zimbabwe and not full citizenship.
She
advised the people to live in harmony as they reconnect with their
relatives
in their homeland.
"Some of you were born here (in Zimbabwe),"
she said, "and you might
find that the culture here and the culture where
you are going are
different. Go there and adapt to the way of life so that
you live
peacefully."
Zimbabwe's ambassador to Botswana,
Thomas Mandigora, echoed Masuku's
sentiments, noting that the Nswazwi had
integrated well within the dominant
community in the Bulilima area and the
country at large.
Some of them even participated in Zimbabwe's
liberation war against
British colonialism in the 70s, while others worked
in both the private and
public sectors of the country.
Zim Online
Wednesday 13 December
2006
HARARE - The Sports and
Recreation Commission (SRC) is set to crack
the whip on Zimbabwe Cricket
board for breaching the country's tough
exchange regulations, ZimOnline has
gathered.
Last week, a Harare magistrate fined ZC US$50 400 after
the cricket
body admitted flouting exchange laws involving US$1.3 million
between
November 2004 and September last year.
The SRC is
expected to summon the cricket board for a disciplinary
hearing sometime
next week.
Source at the SRC said by breaching the country's
exchange
regulations, ZC had also breached SRC laws.
"The SRC
is serious these days about how sporting associations are
being run. We want
to call up Peter Chingoka and his board to come and
explain what exactly was
happening which involved foreign currency.
"We all know that ZC
earns a lot of money in foreign currency and
there is need for us as
custodians of all associations to closely monitor
how the funds are being
handled.
"While the court found them guilty, we also feel there is
more to it
than what came out in court," said the SRC official.
ZC's foreign currency dealings have always been a source of problems
in
local sport.
Early this year board chairman Peter Chingoka and
Ozias Bvute the
managing director, were arrested on charges of externalizing
huge amounts of
foreign currency. Charges against the duo were however
dropped after
intervention by senior government officials. -
ZimOnline
VOA
By Carole Gombakomba
Washington
12
December 2006
Editors in Zimbabwean state-controlled media
organizations have come under
pressure to follow the ruling party's line in
the covering an ongoing debate
about the schedule for presidential and
parliamentary elections in
2008-2010.
Media sources said Acting
Information Minister Paul Mangwana called a
meeting on Monday of state media
editors and ordered them to put a positive
spin on proposals from the ruling
ZANU-PF party to put off the presidential
election that would normally be
held in 2008 until 2010, when parliamentary
elections are to be
held.
Proponents of such a move say it is in the interest of
"harmonization,"
bringing the schedules for presidential and parliamentary
elections into
synch, though perhaps not incidentally this would extend the
term of
President Robert Mugabe by two years. This would also postpone a
potentially
bruising succession battle within ZANU-PF.
Thus
"harmonization" rather than the Mugabe succession is at the top of the
agenda for the ZANU-PF annual congress set to open Wednesday in
Goromonzi.
Sources present at Mangwana's meeting with editors said he was
particularly
critical of the Herald newpaper, saying it was too critical of
the
government and officials.
But Information Ministry Permanent
Secretary George Charamba, a spokesman
for Mr. Mugabe, is said to have
argued that journalists need freedom to
write accurate stories to avoid
sending Zimbabweans into the arms of
independent media.
Political and
social commentator Chido Makunike told reporter Carole
Gombakomba of VOA's
Studio 7 for Zimbabwe that ZANU-PF desperately needs a
docile state media to
paper over its current disarray on the issue of who
will succeed Mugabe.
As a JAG member or JAG Associate member, please send any classified
adverts
for publication in this newsletter to:
JAG Classifieds: jag@mango.zw; justiceforagriculture@zol.co.zw
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1.
For Sale Items
2. Wanted Items
3. Accommodation
4. Recreation
5.
Specialist Services
6. Pets
Corner
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OFFERED FOR
SALE
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1.1
Generators & Inverters (Ad inserted 14/11/06)
The JAG office is now
an official agent for GSC Generator Service (Pvt) Ltd
and receives a generous
commission on sales of all Kipor generators and
equipment. Generators are on
view at the JAG office.
The one stop shop for ALL your Generator
Requirements
SALES: We are the official suppliers, repairs and maintenance
team of KIPOR
Equipment here in Zimbabwe. We have in stock KIPOR Generators
from 1 KVA to
55 KVA. If we don't have what you want we will get it for
you. We also
sell Inverters (1500w), complete with batteries and
rechargeable lamps. Our
prices are very competitive, if not the lowest in
town.
SERVICING & REPAIRS: We have a qualified team with many years of
experience
in the Generator field. We have been to Kipor, China for
training. We
carry out services and minor repairs on your premises. We
service and
repair most makes and models of Generators - both petrol and
diesel.
INSTALLATIONS: We have qualified electricians that carry out
installations
in a professional way.
SPARES: As we are the official
suppliers and maintainers of KIPOR Equipment,
we carry a full range of KIPOR
spares.
Don't forget, advice is free, so give us a call and see us at:
Bay
3, Borgward Road, Msasa.
Sales: 884022, 480272 or admin@advas.co.zw
Service: 480272, 480154
or gsc@adas.co.zw
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For Sale (Ad inserted 14/11/06)
Pet Mince
We deliver every Friday to
Benbar in Msasa at 10.30, Jag offices opposite
the Botswana Embassy at 11.30
and Peacehaven which is 75 Oxford Street
behind St Anne's at 12.30. We also
have veg and pork.
Contact claassen@zol.co.zw or phone 011221088.No
need to phone or E mail
small orders just go to one of the delivery
addresses.Price still $450 for
500g pets and 250g hearts
mince.
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For Sale (Ad inserted 14/11/06)
4 x 28 inch Rhome disc harrow Discs
19
discs, 8mm thick, 24 inch-21 inch
All discs with 45mm round hole to suit
Imco or Duly/Bental harrows.
1 x 20L TRIF
9 x 2L ALACLOR
Phone
011 803
707
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For Sale (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
Nissan UD90 engine sub assembly
Nissan
UD90 Gearbox
DAF 1160 engine on Standard.
Phone 882013
(evenings)
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For Sale (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
Toyota 2F in line petrol engine for sale,
in very good running order,
removed from a Landcruiser FJ45 to install 2H
diesel engine. Call Graham on
011 406 023 or email gtech@zol.co.zw
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For Sale (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
KTM 525 exc Motor Bike, 2003 model, well
maintained and in good condition.
USD 5500 equivalent in Z$.
Toyota
Prado, 1997 model, Manuel gear box, Silver, 96 500Km,(Jap Import)
USD 24 500
equivalent in Z$.
Toyota RAV 4, White, 2000 (new shape), 5 door, 55000
Km,(Jap Import)
USD 21 000 equivalent in Z$. Very neat.
Mazda Familiar
323 Hatch back. 2000 model, 100000km Metallic blue. One
owner. (Locally
Assembled) USD 8 000 equivalent.
Please contact me on dale@zol.co.zw.
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1.8
For Sale (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
PRIOR compound microscope with three
lenses in a wooden carry box. $55 000.
Tim 011 201
231
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1.9
For Sale (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
1 x complete, as new water pump with
backing and pulley for any 10 Series
Ford tractor.
1 x service
exchange water pump without backing plus gasket for any 10
Series Ford
tractor.
Enquires please phone 04 745463 / 011211924. Interested parties
preferably
send sms to cell phone number with your email address and I will
forward you
photos and other
details.
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1.10
For Sale (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
Toyota Prado 3L Petrol
*
Automatic
* 4-wheel drive
* Cruise control
* Tow hitch
* SA
assembled
* Year 1998
* Mileage 176'000km
* CD shuttle/Radio/Tape
*
Grey leather upholstery
Genuine prospective buyers please
contact:
735007 or 011 602 277. Private
sale
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1.11
For Sale (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
Christmas Nativity Sets, 12 figures +
stable.
Phone Paddy Taylor on 0204 (Odzi)-2288, 091-650997 or
email ingwe@zol.co.zw
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For Sale (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
13ft6 Predator Boat on high speed trailer
with extension bar for easy
launching. 50hp red line mercury motor. 28lb
thrust Mariner foot control
bass motor. Eagle + depth finder. Bilge pump.
Fire extinguisher, Paddles,
Life Jackets, Fuel tank, Spare wheel.
All
in excellent condition. Ph. 091
339022
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1.13
For Sale (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
50hp red line Mercury Motor. Recently
serviced and in excellent condition.
Ph. 091
339022
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1.14
For Sale (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
I am selling an original set of King
George the VI coins from 1937 for $100
US or the equivalent. They come in a
velvet display case, and are in mint
condition. Please if you are interested
contact Shane on 011700263 or Gary
on
011205153.
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For Sale (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
Yamaha YZ125 Motor-X - VERY powerful
machine (def not for the
faint-hearted!)
PRICE - R9,900 or local
equivalent
Quad (4-Wheeler) 200cc 2-stroke Yamaha Blaster with
competition tyres and
extended back axle (yellow).
PRICE - R28,000 or
local equivalent
5 x Puch 65cc motorbikes (mileage ranges from 1,7km to
approx 4000 so they
are basically new). Would make an EXCELLENT
childrens'/teens'/dads'
Christmas
pressie and infinitely more exciting
than socks/hankies/ties....
PRICE - USD300 or local equivalent
Call me on
(H) 335764 or (Cell)
011206773.
Samantha
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1.16
For Sale (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
Toyota Corolla CE100 Diesel Automatic,
needs attention, offers
011803587
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1.17
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/11/06)
7 x 1000 watt Halogen globes, never been
used. Ideal for security lighting
or flood lit tennis courts.
Enquires
please phone 04 745463 /
011211924.
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1.18
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/11/06)
Mercedes C240 Elegance - 2002 model -
white, full house with sunroof, hands
free phone kit, cd shuttle 70 000km.
Immaculate condition. Phone Steve on
011 808 262 or Kate on 091 356 981 or
home 067
23112.
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For Sale (Ad inserted 21/11/06)
Alternative to DSTV. Use your existing
dish and buy one of several makes of
satellite receivers, watch SABC, E-TV,
Botswana etc plus numerous religious
programmes or have your dish focused on
other satellites and watch National
Geographic, Zone Club, Reality, VOA,
movies etc. The sky is the limit! NO
SUBS!
Phone Joe Estehuizen, Home:
339378 Cell:
091-338414
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1.20
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/11/06)
ELECTRIC-POWERED OIL PRESS.
A farmer
left us, at Gatehouse, Marondera, his ELECTIRIC POWERED OIL PRESS
which has
been checked and is in working order. It is for sale for a fair
price. Please
apply to Peter James on 079 23862 or 091
212280.
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1.21
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/11/06)
SDEC Generator 15 kva Water Cooled
Silent.
3 Phase. Imported from China.
Brand New. Phone Dave
011622320
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1.22
For Sale(Ad inserted 21/11/06)
12 cubic foot upright freezer
12 cubic
foot refrigerator
To make an offer please phone 04-301467 or 011 614
233
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1.23
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/11/06)
RARE BOOKS FOR SALE.
Mein Kampf or My
Struggle by Adolf Hitler.Unexpurgated edition.1939.Two
volumes in one.First
volume:A Retrospect.Second volume: The National
Socialist Movement.Hurst and
Blackett LTD London 1939.In good condition. I
am selling this book as a
collectors item of historical interest as i in no
way condone the views
contained in the book.US $50 equivalent.
Jock of the bushfeld by Sir
percy Fitzpatrick,1st edition,5th
impression,Longmans 1931,this is the
version with the dung beetle rolling
the ball of dung with its front legs
rather than its back legs and therefore
is extremely rare in any condition.US
$100 equivalent onco.
Welensky's 4000 days.The life and death of the
federation of Rhodesia and
Nyasaland by Sir Roy Welensky with dust jacket and
SIGNED by Sir Roy.Good
condition,a highly collectable and valuable book for
any collector of
Rhodesiana.US $100 equivalent onco.
Please contact zermatt@mweb.co.zw or call 023 894
597
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1.24
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/11/06)
BIKES
Peewee Yamaha 50, excellent
condition.
Quad 4-wheeler Cobra, white in colour, excellent
condition.
Phone Lindsay
091909244
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1.25
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/11/06)
Ford Sierra 2.0 Litre, Automatic 1988.
Beige Colour. Lady Owned. Engine Just
Redone, New Shocks, New Battery.
Excellent Condition. $2,500,000-00 Tel:
091321640
Ford Sierra 2.0
Litre, Automatic 1988. Beige Colour. Lady Owned. Engine Just
Redone, New
Shocks, New Battery. Excellent Condition. $2,500,000-00
Tel:
091321640
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For Sale (Ad inserted 21/11/06)
Household Sale ;
Vivid
Decoder /Card and Dish Complete - Lounge suite 6 seater - Oak Table
set one
center table, two large side tables, four other. Solid. - TV
Panasonic -
Garden Suite - Square table six chairs large + cushions -
Computer Complete
with programes in daily use - Fridge - Microwave Bedroom
suite white x 6
Piece - Video Machine - National DVD Player
Wardrobe Single with draw unit on
side. Bookself's - Chest Draw's - Carpets
, various - Standing Lamp - 2 Tier
PVC Dolphin Type Pictures - Large & Small
3 x Constable Prints, 1 x Sea
landscape others Pictures - Puzzle's all
animal themes - Mirror Large - Lamps
- Bedside Cabinets - Wash Basket
Wooden - Pedal Dust Bin - Odd tables - Shelf
Units for Ornaments - Fan -
Metal Filing Tray - Metal Draw Unit Desk top -
Curtains - Linen -
Statues -Bird Bath -
Metal Bridge - Pot Plants -
Delicious monsters etc.
Tel:
091909244
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(Ad inserted 21/11/06)
HOUSEHOLD SALE
DSTV MULTI 720i DECODER
$
60,000
T.V. SONY COLOUR 45cm
KIDS SCALE ELECTRIC - CAR RACING
SET $350,000
LEGO SET IN TRIPLE DRAWS-2000+
pieces $ 30,000
COLMAN CANVAS TENT 6-8
MAN
$100,000
STERIO SONY 3 DISK
VIDEO CAMERA SONY HIGH 8 - like
new $250,000
TOOLS
CAR SPARES -
VARIOUS
METAL SHELVES IN ROUND BAR
HALF DRUMS ON STANDS
ANIMAL
SKULLS/HORNS FOR MOUNTS ON WALL
TEL:
091909244
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1.28
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/11/06)
LOG CABIN - DOUBLE SIZE COMPLETE WITH
ASBESTOS ROOF, CANOPY, DOUBLE DOORS,
WINDOWS, CEMENT BLOCKS FOR FLOOR. USED
AS GRANNY COTTAGE. PAINTED BROWN.
$450,000-00 TEL: Linda
091321640
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1.29
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/11/06)
PIRAHNA EXECUTIVE SPEED BOAT &
TRAILER
140 EVENRUDE ENGINE
Fitted Radio/CD shuttle, Fish Finder,
etc.
EXECELLENT CONDITION. TEL LINDSAY
091909244
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1.30
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/11/06)
50 KG BAGS COARSE SALT, Z$ 15,000 PER
BAG DELIVERED IN HARARE.
CONTACT; mnmilbank@zol.co.zw
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1.31
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/11/06)
Epson 1050+ Printer for Sale, in very
good condition. Offers. Contact
Oogie Khan (W) 480155 or 497524 or 775691
evenings.
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1.32
For Sale (Ad inserted 27/11/06)
1 Dell Latitude laptop, P11 with lots of
extras. offers invited. Call Angie
091401941 or
573193
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1.33
For Sale (Ad inserted 27/11/06)
1. Montana Sprayers - New in
stock
Boom sprayers 600l tank 10m 85l pump
Cannon sprayers 400l
tank
Radium Zimbabwe - +263 4 335848
radiumzw@africaonline.co.zw
2.
Silage Machines - New in stock
Tractor drawn single row and manual feed
units
Radium Zimbabwe - +263 4 335848
radiumzw@africaonline.co.zw
Sean
Bell - Director - +263 4
335848
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1.34
For Sale (Ad inserted 27/11/06)
LILFORDIA SCHOOL RECIPE BOOKS FOR SALE
(The Millennium Collection of Great
Recipes)
$10 000 each
AVAILABLE
FROM:
Willowmead Junction Vegetable & Coffee Shop
The Medicine Chest
Pharmacy - Chisipite
Chinhoyi - Doctor's surgery (Contact Lindsay
Rendell)
Ph: Judy Bruce 011 217 027 / 494367 email: alidy@mweb.co.zw (up until 15th
Dec) after
that I will be away!
Last consignment received - these WILL be the
last!
There are only 90 available and they are moving
already.
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1.35
For Sale (Ad inserted 27/11/06)
Toyota Landcruiser pick-up 1999. For sale
again due to let-down.Please phone
Ben - 09 280130 or Bebe 011 40840
or 04
494442
(evenings)
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1.36
For Sale (Ad inserted 27/11/06)
Goodyear, Silverstone, Pirelli,
Dunlop.
All sizes available including agricultural and commercial vehicle
tyres. If
we don't have it, we'll find it.
Phone 04 443017 or 011
218792.
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1.37
For Sale (Ad inserted 27/11/06)
Motorcycles for sale:-
Honda XR
600
4-stroke trail bike
1994 model
16
500km
Registered.
Yamaha WR 450 F
4-stroke enduro bike
2005
model
offroad only.
Yamaha YZ 125
2-stroke scrambler
2002
model
offroad only.
Honda CR 85
2-stroke scrambler
2004
model
offroad only.
Kawasaki KX 85
2-stroke scrambler
2002
model
offroad only.
Phone 04 443017 or 011
218792.
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1.38
For Sale (Ad inserted 27/11/06)
13ft6 Predator Boat on high speed trailer
with extension bar for easy
launching.
50hp red line mercury
motor.
28lb thrust Mariner foot control bass motor.
Eagle + depth
finder.
Bilge pump.
Fire extinguisher
Paddles
Life Jackets
Fuel
tank
Spare wheel.
All in excellent condition. Ph. 091
339022
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1.39
For Sale (Ad inserted 27/11/06)
50hp red line Mercury Motor
Recently
serviced and in excellent condition.
Ph. 091
339022
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1.40
For Sale (Ad inserted 27/11/06)
4 Saddles And Assorted Tack For Sale
Including One Pair Ridding Boots.
Please Contact Arthur Cross, Tel: 851178
Cell:
011704167
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1.41
For Sale (Ad inserted 05/12/06)
Epson FX 1170 printer in excellent
condition for sale. Have also got a box
of
paper to go with it. Anyone
interested please contact Shayne: 091 239305 or
04
490677
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1.42
For Sale (Ad inserted 05/12/06)
Ideal Xmas Gift.
Mp3 Players
512mb,
1g And 2g
Please Phone:
Jamie 011414050 and/or Mandy; 011
420777
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1.43
For Sale (Ad inserted 05/12/06)
Looking For A House Boat To Hire For New
Year. To Fit About 8 People - For
The 30th And 31st December 2006. Please
Phone Cheryldene On 091 357
115.
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1.44
For Sale (Ad inserted 05/12/06)
"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 just around the
corner!Contact Anne on 332851 or
011212424.Or email joannew@zol.co.zw
Crocheted oven
gloves--$9,000.
Cotton oven gloves--$6,000.
Small woven
bags--$5,000.
Large woven bags--$8,000.
Crocheted
bags--$10,000.
Queen(approx.250x240cms) size bedcover--$70,000.
Other
sizes to order.
Single Duvet cushions(open into a duvet)--$50,000.
Other
sizes to order.
2x1 meter Throw--35,000.
Baby
Blanket(1x1meter)--$20,000.
3 piece toilet set--$15,000.
Bath
mat--$10,000.
Decorated cushion covers--$7,000.
Table
runner--$6,000.
Set(4)Bordered table mats +
serviettes--$17,000.
Set(6)Bordered table mats +
serviettes--$26,000.
Set(4) crocheted table mats
only--$14,000.
Set(6)fringed table mats + serviettes--$21,000.
Lots of
other combinations.
Small(approx.105x52cms) plain cotton
rug--$10,000.
Medium(approx.120x65cms) plain cotton
rug--$15,000
Large(approx.150x75cms) plain cotton
rug--$20,000.
Ex.Large(approx.230x130cms) plain cotton rug--$50,000.
Small
patterned cotton rug--$15,000.
Small rag rug--$10,000.
Medium patterned
cotton rug--$20,000.
Large patterned cotton rug--$25,000
Ex.Large
patterned cotton rug--$60,000.
Small patterned mohair rug--$25,000.
Medium
patterned mohair rug--$35,000
Large patterned mohair rug--$55,000.
Ex.
Large patterned mohair rug--$100,000.
Lots of other articles.PLEASE be
aware that prices may change
without
notice.
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1.45
For Sale (Ad inserted 05/12/06)
"FAMILY" OF 3 HIPPOS.
Want a
truely fantastic and very different Christmas present for that
special person
in your life, or, perhaps a treat for yourself?
These beautifully
carved,wooden hippos are going for US$2000.They really are
unique and worth
every cent.Phone Robyn--011413609.
Or you can view them at Serendipity Coffee
Shop--2a,Serendip Close,Mount
Pleasant(entrance on Golden Stairs
Road).
Phone
334576.
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1.46
For Sale (Ad inserted 05/12/06)
Isuzu Double Cab 1994 KB280 Turbo -
Diesel. Mint condition with Canopy etc.
Pirinha Executive Boat &
Trailer with 140 Evenrude Motor, Bass Motor, Fish
Finder, CD Raido and
extra's.
Tel Lindsay 091909244
Defy Automaid Washing Machine - like
new $180,000-00
Sharp Microwave $150,000-00
Fridge - Westpoint
$350,000-00
Bunk Beds with fitted desk $180,000-00
Brass & Black
Double Bed/Mattress $150,000-00
Sterio Panasonic 5 CD holder
$300,000-00
TV Panasonic - Colour 21inch $350,000-00
Racing Scale Electrix
Set complete $200,000-00
Tel Lindsay
091909244
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1.47
For Sale (Ad inserted 05/12/06)
Electric Milk Separator. Alfa-Lavel 20
gall per min. Phone Anna
Strydom
570302
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1.48
For Sale (Ad inserted 12/11/06)
PETROL COUPONS - Amby Service
Station
(D. F. I)
MP3 PLAYERS - Excellent Xmas Gifts
(512MB, 1GB
& 2GB)
Phone: 011 414050
011420777
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1.49
For Sale (Ad inserted 12/11/06)
TOYOTA HILUX 4 X 4 SURF 1992 DIESEL TURBO
3 LITRE. 110,000 ON CLOCK. D/BLUE
COLOUR. NEW TYRES ETC, IN EXCELLENT
CONDITION. TEL LINDSAY 091909244
SPEED BOAT - PIRANAH EXECUTIVE - RED - with
140 Evinrude Motor, Fish Finder
& Bass Motor, C/D shuttle etc. Tel
091909244 or 011205247
Yamaha 85 Motor in pristine condition. Tel 091909244
or 011205247
BAR - Gumpole Type Varnished with shelving units, bar stools,
roof, all
liquear, mugs, mirrors, lighting etc to go with Price $980,000 only
o.n.c.o
Tel Lindsay 091909244
BIRD AVERY - WITH BUDGIES COMPLETE
PORTABLE. TEL: 091909244
FOR SALE:
Fishing rods & reels - real
bargains
Panasonic TV 21 inch Colour
Bunk Beds $150,000 whole
set
Chests Drawers $30,000
Book Cases $10,000 & $15,000
Soda Stream
& Bottles $70,000
Steam Iron $80,000
Cadac Braai Set with Light
fittings etc $200,000 lot
Pellet Gun No 1 in mint condition with case
$200,000
Bench with Vice $145,000
Boat Motor 85 Yamaha
Tel:
091909244
BMX BIKE - HARROW MAKE JUNIOR SIZE TEL: LINDSAY
091909244
GEAR BOX SPARES - MAZDA B25 & 323 & BANTUM TEL:
091909244 OR 011205247
OFFERS
NOKIA 1600 (NEW) WITH BUDDIE LINE
$250,000 TEL:
091909244
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1.50
For Sale (Ad inserted 12/12/06)
OFF TO MOZAMBIQUE?
Neat 12ft
inflatable rubber duck (semi-rigid) on trailer. Spare wheel and
raft
inflator included. Offers? Contact Brendan
011 202 591 / 091 237
430.
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1.51
For Sale (Ad inserted 12/12/06)
FOR SALE: ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS NOT
WORKING. IE:- TV, VACUUM CLEANERS, ETC
PLEASE
CAN ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED
LET ME KNOW. 055 22008, 055 20213, 011
407747
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2
WANTED
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2.1
Wanted (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
40 hp tractor for trailer work. Phone
882013
(evenings)
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2.2
Wanted (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
Looking for Landini DT 6860 tractors (4wd)
in any condition.
e-mail Thys de Vries lde@netconnect.co.zw or whitestar@netconnect.co.zw
or
Tel: 09 - 245109 / 011 216674 / 011
616079
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2.3
Wanted (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
MAZDA T 35 Must have service records and
guaranteed accurate mileage.
Please phone 011
208568
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2.4
Wanted (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
Looking for a computer modem connection for
a nokia 5110 brick so can use to
send emails through cell phone. contact
bobby on 091 264726 or
tigar@hms.co.zw
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2.5
Wanted (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
Series two or three short wheel base
landrover wanted, call on 075-2264 or
011 406023, or e-mail gtech@zol.co.zw
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2.6
Wanted (Ad inserted 21/11/06)
I wonder if anyone has any ski clothing I
could buy, hire or borrow for a
trip this Christmas. I am looking for boys
aged 9 and 11, three girls size
34 or 36, and one large man. Please contact
Sarah Chapman on 882446
or
011409489.
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2.7
Wanted (Ad inserted 21/11/06)
HOUSE BOAT WANTED - GOOD CONDITION NOT TOO
LARGE PLEASE CONTACT
sherrols@zol.co.zw.
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2.8
Wanted (Ad inserted 21/11/06)
Satellite dishes with brackets. Also signal
amplifiers (booster). Phone Joe
Estehuizen.
Home: 339378
Cell:
091-338414
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2.9
Wanted (Ad inserted 27/11/06)
A second hand glass and aluminium shower
door - either hinged or pivot.
Good second hand lounge suite that does not
need recovering.
Phone Kate 091 356 981 or 067
23112
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2.10
Wanted (Ad inserted 27/11/06)
FUEL COUPONS AT REASONABLE PRICES CONTACT
DEBBIE ON vicspub@yahoo.com
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2.11
Wanted (Ad inserted 05/12/06)
Wanted to Hire:
Tractor and Dam
Scoop.
Tel. 861078 or 011
886659
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2.12
Wanted (Ad inserted 05/12/06
2 x Diesel generators. 1 x 50KVA. 1 x 100
KVA. Phone 091 205956 or email
awc@africanencounter.org
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2.13
Wanted (Ad inserted 05/12/06)
We are looking for a boat - Sunrunner,
Falcon, Sportster or something
similar. Must be in good condition. Tel.
498001, 091
308509.
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2.14
Wanted (Ad inserted 12/12/06)
CONTAINER TO TANZANIA......
I am
looking for a little space in a container going to Tanzania, I have a
few
crates and boxes, after 31st January... Anyone have any space?
Please
contact:
Janice Pereira - email pereira@iwayafrica.com or
Harare
04-335420 between 13th Jan and 31st
January
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2.15
Wanted (Ad inserted 12/12/06)
ZIMBABWE PASSPORT APPLICATION FORM -
DESPERATE - FOR STUDENT
RETURNING TO UNIVERSITY. WILLING TO PAY - PLEASE
HELP..........
PHONE 091-304-154 or
091-336-714
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2.16
Wanted (Ad inserted 12/12/06)
WANTED
Does anyone please have space
in a container going down to Cape Town? We
need to send a small desk. Please
contact us on email address
pran@zol.co.zw.
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2.17
Wanted (Ad inserted 12/12/06)
I am looking for a Balloon Whisk for a
Kenwood Major Food Mixer.
Pippa
pippa@zol.co.zw
091353776
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2.18
Wanted (Ad inserted 12/12/06)
Second hand cattle med & vet equipment
including dehorning irons, dosing
guns, automatic syringes, elastrator and
burddizzo.
Please call Rusty on 091 278 460 / 884022 or email rusty@adas.co.zw
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3
Accommodation Wanted and
Offered
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3.1
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
Displaced farmers need a home
from 1 Dec. 3 -4 bedrooms please
Please phone
011201690
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3.2
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
Andrew and Beth Meikle are
looking for a house to rent (long lease) in
Avondale/ Mt Pleasant / Emerald
Hill / Alex Park. 3 to 4 Bedrooms,
Borehole, Pool, Domestic Quarters, Good
Security.
Please Contact them on : - 067 - 21485, 091 -
235570/1
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3.3
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
Mature single lady with 2
teenagers aged 17years and 14years and jack russel
looking for accommodation.
3/ 2brmd house,/flat/ cottage. Have references.
Areas low density within
15kms from town. Rental $150.
CALL 091-359-560, 485760/61. 480807 or
email sales@benco.co.zw
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3.4
Accommodation Offered (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
Family home - Borrowdale -
near St Johns School
Luxury Townhouse - between 8th & 9th Streets - nr
Greenwood Park, Duplex - 2
bed roomed - Borrowdale - nr TM
Please
email Briarley@zol.co.zw or sms to 091
201 894 should you be
interested - to arrange viewing and discuss
further.
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3.5
Accommodation Offered (Ad inserted 21/11/06)
TOWNHOUSE for rent in
AVONDALE
Secure (walled/electric gates)
3 bedrooms / 2-1/2 bathrooms /
study
Garden / 2 garages (one lock-up, one open)
Within walking distance
from Avondale shops.
email lundgren@zol.co.zw / or telephone Sally
(490871)
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3.6
(Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 27/11/06)
SINGLE WOMAN WITH TWO ADULT
CHILDREN DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR ACCOMMODATION
FROM THE 1st DECEMBER. 3/4
BEDROOMED HOUSE. MUST BE SECURE AND REASONABLE
RENTALS. PHONE DEBBIE ON 091
830 953 OR EMAIL vicspub@yahoo.com
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3.7
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 27/11/06)
Couple with 2 young children
requires a 2 or 3 bed roomed house or cottage
in Mt Pleasant or Marlborough.
For occupation immediately. If anything is
available, please contact June on
091 940
607.
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3.8
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 27/11/06)
Wanted to rent Urgently:
Four Bedroomed house, fully furnished with two
bedroomed cottage on
property. Borrowdale,Chisiptie, Avondale areas.
Phone Gill on
091606212
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3.9
Accommodation Wanted (Ad inserted 05/12/06)
WANTED TO BUY - HOUSE OR
GARDEN FLAT IN HARARE
Young couple require a house or garden flat to buy as a
first house.
Prefer in reasonable vicinity to Second St Ext/Aberdeen Rd/
Churchill
Ave./Lomagundi Rd.,/ Golden Stairs Rd.
BUT all suggestions
in any area eagerly considered. Alternatively
reasonable rented
accommodation.
Contact Mrs. Bown 702402 (working hours) 023 316 739
(cell)
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3.10
(Ad inserted 12/11/06)
Accommodation for Sale
Country Home for
Sale
* Four bedroom thatched home, set in 10.5 acres of bush and garden,
14km
from Bulawayo.
15 minute drive from good private schools.
*
Spacious open plan living and dining area, with jetmaster fireplace
opening
on to large veranda
* Fitted pine kitchen onto dining area
Large, airy,
North facing loft master bedroom with
ensuite bathroom and
balcony
Downstairs - 3 bedrooms with built-in cupboards
bathroom with
shower, added toilet
* Extensive gardens, 2 equipped boreholes with good
water
Fenced paddock, fruit trees and cultivated market garden
area
Swimming pool converted from reservoir
Stables, 2 double garages,
workshops and 2 offices, car maintenance pit,
cold room and various
outbuildings
3 servants quarters
For further information please
contact:
Andrew Cunningham
andrewc@novoshorizones.net
or
258-825-156060 (MOZ)
For pictures, please contact:
Lisa
Wilson
africaservice@impact.co.zw
or
09-251555
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4
RECREATION
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4.1
(Ad inserted 12/12/06)
BARRY THOMAS
- EXHIBITION OF
PAINTINGS -
Supported By Cabs
Date: Thursday, 14 December
2006
Time: 5:30pm
Dress: Smart-Casual
Preview Days: 13 & 14
December 8:00am - 4:45pm
Venue: Richard Rennie, 7 Downie Avenue, Cnr 2nd
Street Ext.
Tel. 793713/4, 720726
e-mail: rrennie@zol.co.zw
This exhibition is
hosted by Judy Ballantyne of Richard Rennie and supported
by CABS who are
proud to invite you to this exclusive, but affordable
exhibition of a limited
numbers of oil-on-canvas works of Zimbabwe
landscapes, by Barry
Thomas.
Barry Thomas was trained by Craig Bone and has produced these
evocative
pieces which capture the reality and diversity of the Zimbabwe
bush
Works on display depict the Zambezi Valley, Nyanga, Kariba and
Gonarezhou.
There will be a cash bar, with snacks provided by
CABS.
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4.1
(Ad inserted 27/11/06)
LIFT REQUIRED FOR ELDERLY LADY WANTING TO SPEND
XMAS WITH HER FAMILY IN
J'BURG AROUND THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER. IF YOU CAN
ASSIST PLEASE PHONE AGGIE
ON
795376
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4.2
(Ad inserted 27/11/06)
Need a break? Get away and enjoy peace and fresh
air at
GUINEA FOWLS REST:
* Only 80kms from Harare
* Self-catering
Guest House
* Sleeps 10 people
* Fishing - 2 kms
* Bird-watching
*
Various species of wildlife
REGRET: No day visitors. No boats or dogs
allowed.
Contact Dave 011 600 770 or Annette 011 600 769
or email: dapayne@zol.co.zw
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4.3
Ad inserted 05/12/06)
Looking For A House Boat To Hire For New Year. To
Fit About 8 People - For
The 30th And 31st December 2006. Please Phone
Cheryldene On 091 357
115.
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4.4
(Ad inserted 12/12/06)
Savuli Safari, self catering chalets in the heart
of the Save Valley
Conservancy. Game watching, fishing, horse riding,
canoeing, walking trails
and 4x4 hire. Camp fully kitted including cook and
fridges,.Just bring your
food, drinks and relax.
$2 600,000 pppn, 1/2
U/12
Contact John : savuli@mweb.co.zw
or Phone 091 631
556
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5
SPECIALIST
SERVICES
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5.1
Outside Bar Services (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
OUTSIDE BAR SERVICE for all
your outside Bar & Catering requirements contact
NIBBLES.
We
specialise in Christmas Parties, Birthdays, Weddings etc.
Let us take the
hassle out of your function!
Contact: Glynis or Ed on: 091-343198,
0901-252703,
04-851873
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5.2
SPECIAL EVENTS VIDEO PRODUCTION (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
Focused Video
Productions are located in Harare and specialize in the video
production of
Weddings, Christenings, School Plays, School Sports Days,
Corporate Functions
and much more. We use digital equipment to capture your
special moments in
the highest quality and you will be presented a DVD with
menus and
chapters.
Contact: Greer Wynn
Email: fvp@fvp.co.zw Tel: 744075 / 091 353
047
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5.3
(Ad inserted 27/11/06)
NEW & USED SPARES - Fiat / Ford / MF &
Deutz Tractors only.
Our appologies to anyone who may have tried to
contact us recently but we
were out of the country collecting orders.
We
import quality spares, if available externally, for these tractors only,
at
very competative prices accross the board.
For any further enquiries
contact Doug or Tracy on - Ph/Fax: 068-22463 -
Cel: 011212454 - tracspray@zol.co.zw
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5.4
(Ad inserted 27/11/06)
MAGNA PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL PVT LTD.
WE
OFFER PROFESSIONAL AND PROMPT SERVICE FOR THE FOLLOWING ;-
ELECTRICAL
REPAIRS AND INSTALLATIONS
PLUMBING REPAIRS AND INSTALLATIONS
HOME AND
OFFICE RENOVATIONS
EXTENSIONS AND BUILDINGS
CATERING SERVICES
ALL
OUR WORK IS CARRIED OUT PROFESSONALLY AND PROMPTLY TO THE
CUSTOMERS
REQUIREMENTS.
FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE
TO CALL OR EMAIL US ON THE
FOLLOWING
ROB AND SUE:
Email havill@zol.co.zw or macgyver@zol.co.zw
PHONE (04)
309051
MOBILE 011 601 885 OR 023 824 896
WE THANK YOU IN
ADVANCE AND LOOK FORWARD TO DOING BUSINESS WITH
YOU.
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5.5
(Ad inserted 27/11/06)
Handy Gas.
We will collect your cylinders and
return them refilled, Harare only. Cash
4500 per kg. Can only fill green or
blue cylinders(bp or shell).
Tel 091241454 , 011208762 or mopani@mweb.co.zw
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5.6
(Ad inserted 27/11/06)
I design data entry programs and also do
tabulations using powerful
statistical packages such as SAS, CSPro,SPSS or
Epinfo depending on the
complexity of the output desired. Those who wish to
have their Surverys data
processed contact me on chippy_w@yahoo.co.uk or phone me 091 707
887.
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5.7
(Ad inserted 12/11/06)
PAMPERS NEWBABY NO. 2. (3-6kg)
PACKS OF 68
NAPPIES IN EACH.
Prices on request. - reasonable.
CONTACT ANDREA on 301889
or 091208836
tourleaders@zol.co.zw
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5.8
(Ad inserted 12/12/06)
FOR SALE
LPG GAS FOR SALE
WE WILL SWAP YOUR
CYLINDERS WITH FULL ONES .
WE WILL DELIVER IN HARARE IF HAVE A 20 KG
CYLINDER OR BIGGER
PRICE CURRENTLY 5000 PER KG
TEL 091241454 or 011208762
or
04862466
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5.9
For Sale (Ad inserted 12/12/06)
COARSE SALT, Z$22,500 PER 50 KG
BAG DELIVERED HARARE. [more next
week!]
CHILDRENS PAINTED CHAIRS [ 30 cms high]
Z$ 10,000.
For an extra Z$100 per
letter, we
can paint on the little darling's name
for the perfect Xmas
present.
Apply: mnmilbank@zol.co.zw Quick, before
the price goes up
again.
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6
PETS
CORNER
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6.1
Home Wanted (Ad inserted 15/11/06)
Lovely, pretty, very friendly spayed
kitty cat called 'Specky', needs a
loving home as soon as possible. Her
owners are leaving the country and she
doesn't want to be
lonely!!
Contact: Shayne on 091 239305/ 04
490677
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6.2
Wanted (Ad inserted 21/11/06)
DOBBERMAN PUPPY WANTED: PLEASE
CONTACT
sherrols@zol.co.zw.
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6.3
(Ad inserted 27/11/06)
Terrier Rescue are looking for a good home for a
super staffy size
staffyxWeimeraner dog, 3 years, brown in colour with green
eyes, very
friendly and affectionate.Also a 5 month old Heinz variety pup
beige with a
bit of black will be about Labrador size. tel Michelle on 884294
or e-mail
gandami@mweb.co.zw
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6.4
(Ad inserted 12/12/06)
PET WANTED
Wanted Border Collie puppy as I
have recently lost mine. Please e-mail
Shelley at chika@zol.co.zw or call on 011 608 200 or
884007
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PARA
LEGAL ADVISORY SERVICES
....13yrs on.......
and still providing the
following much needed valuable Advisory
Services......
1.
Obtaining
- Full (Long) Birth Certificates (FBC) for Zimbabwe
(replacement of
old style)
- Registration of new
births
- Adoption Orders - Certified Extract of originals with
FBC
(identifying biological parents)
- Marriage
Certificates - Certified Extract of originals
- Death Certificates
(only possible in some instances)
- Zimbabwe Drivers Licenses - new,
replacement of lost, & Letter of
Confirmation (required when
needing to obtain a Drivers Licence
in another
country)
- Divorce Orders - certified extract of
originals
2. Facilitating
- Immigration formalities into
Zimbabwe,
ie Residence & Employment Permits
-
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) - New Investor formalities
3. Company
Registration Procedures
- New Companies
- Statutory
Returns
- completion & submission of changes in Company/'s
details
4. Para-Legal Services
- Wills (preparation of and
amendments)
- Establishment of Discretionary Trusts
-
enquire further as to what you are needing
Contact us for further
information and/or to arrange a no obligation
consultation.
Financial
Arrangements - We will always assist 'bona fide' financially
challenged
persons.
Regards
Thomas Vallance ACIArb
Commissioner of
Oaths
PARADiGM TRUST (Pvt) Ltd
Para-Legal Advisory Services
Trust
Executives & Administrators
Tels: (B) 302 207 (M) 011-617
161
Emls:[paradigm@zol.co.zw]
[paradigm@mango.zw]
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To
advertise (JAG Members): Please email classifieds to: jag@mango.zw with
subject
"Classifieds".
JAG Hotlines: +263 (011) 610 073, +263 (04) 799 410. If
you are in trouble
or need advice, please don't hesitate to contact us -
we're here to help!
5.10 (Ad inserted 12/12/06)