The Scotsman
CRIS
CHINAKA IN HARARE
ZIMBABWE'S military wants to forge a new "strategic
partnership" with China,
an increasingly important ally as Robert Mugabe's
government fights
international isolation, an official newspaper said
yesterday.
Mr Mugabe, 82, is seeking friends in Asia under an economic
and diplomatic
drive called the "Look East Policy", developed after the West
accused his
government of human rights abuses.
Analysts say Zimbabwe
plays an important role in China's strategic plans to
increase access to
African oil and other raw materials.
The state-run Herald newspaper said
Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander
General Constantine Chiwenga told a
group of Chinese military visitors
Zimbabwe's army had benefited greatly
from Chinese aid. "The ZDF have
pledged to further establish and develop a
new type of strategic partnership
with China, featuring political equality
and mutual trust, economic win-win
co-operation and cultural and
technological exchange."
Zim Daily
Wednesday, March 29 2006 @ 04:10 AM BST
Contributed by: correspondent
The bereaved family of
President Robert Mugabe's top
presidential guard Winston Changara, who died
under mysterious circumstances
in Harare Monday, say they suspect foul play.
Changara, who at one time was
demoted after exposing First Lady Grace
Mugabe's alleged extra-marital
affairs, died at Parirenyatwa Hospital.
Family members said they were
shocked with the death of Changara, who they
said was fit and never had any
medical problems.
"He was
poisoned," quipped a family member who preferred
anonymity for security
reasons. "He just came back from work and started
vomiting blood. We
strongly suspect foul play." Changara was the head of the
police Close
Protection Unit and Mugabe's number one bodyguard. He was
demoted allegedly
after Grace complained to her husband that the trusted
police guard had made
advances on her and that he had also indecently
assaulted her. The top
policeman was demoted from his rank of assistant
commissioner and banished
to the police commissioner's pool, an internal
facility to punish and
frustrate errant senior officers. Changara was
reinstated after telling a
committee of senior police officers that Grace
had lied against him because
she wanted him removed from near Mugabe after
he had threatened to let the
President know of her alleged extra-marital
affairs with an exiled
Zimbabwean businessman and a serving government
minister.
The internal police committee headed by deputy police
commissioner
responsible for human resources, Barbra Mandizha, was appointed
by Police
Commissioner Augustine Chihuri to interrogate Changara before a
formal board
of inquiry could be set up to carry out a more detailed probe
into the
allegations against the former presidential guard.
At the
time a source, privy to the deliberations of Mandizha's
committee, said: "He
plainly told them that he was being fixed by the First
Lady because he had
threatened to spill the beans and let the President know
of her affairs.
"Changara said Grace wanted him removed from near Mugabe
because this was
the only way to make sure he would never be close enough to
her husband to
tell him that she was seeing other men." A statement released
by police
spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena said: "The commissioner of police,
deputy
commissioners, officers and members of the police have been deeply
shocked
by the sudden death and extend their deepest condolences to the
Changara
family, relatives and friends.
"The death of Senior Assistant
Commissioner Changara has indeed
robbed the nation of a true hero, hard
working and resourceful police
officer." According to sources, Changara told
the police committee that he
had only threatened to expose Grace because he
feared Mugabe's wrath were
the President to find out his wife's alleged
affairs on his own and the fact
that his long-serving bodyguard knew about
such affairs but kept quiet.
Changara was demoted as Mugabe's
top bodyguard after Grace
allegedly told her husband before the couple were
to leave for China last
July that she was not going to board the same plane
with the police guard
because he had made advances on her and also
indecently assaulted her. A
replacement guard, Arthur Makanda, who was
commander of police in Harare
district, had to be called to take over
Changara's duties after Grace
allegedly insisted that she would not be part
of the entourage to Beijing if
Changara was not removed.
After his demotion Changara was immediately placed in the
commissioner's
pool where he served after reportedly turning down advice by
fellow senior
officers to simply accept his fate and quietly retire from the
police force.
He was later reinstated on Mugabe's orders.
Zim Daily
Wednesday, March 29 2006 @ 04:09 AM BST
Contributed by: correspondent
The Botswana government is under
pressure from some of its MPs
to take a tougher stance against President
Mugabe, blaming him for the
influx of illegal Zimbabwean migrants into their
country. According to media
reports from Botswana, the MPs said the
deteriorating socio-political and
economic situation in Zimbabwe was having
a knock-on impact on their
country.
They said the number
of illegal migrants fleeing hunger and
political persecution was increasing.
They reportedly condemned the
victimisation of border jumpers by Botswana's
Special Support Group, saying
it was Mugabe who deserved to be punished
instead. Botswana's state-owned
Daily News reported that Chapson Butale, the
MP for North-East and other
legislators, were putting pressure on President
Festus Mogae to denounce
Mugabe and urge him to address the crisis in his
country.
The paper reported: "Some local MPs have called on
the
government to urge Mugabe to restore order in Zimbabwe and contain the
illegal influx of Zimbabweans into Botswana." The MPs expressed their
concern during a recent session of Parliament. "We are punishing the victims
instead of the man who caused all this," said Butale. "Let us take on the
Zimbabwe government because that is where the problem lies." Mompati
Merafhe, Botswana's Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation Minister,
was reported to have reiterated:"We want to be constructively engaged with
Zimbabwe because the country is our important neighbour and we believe our
interests can be best served if we maintain a healthy
dialogue."
The Daily News reported Merafhe was reacting to
reports that the
United States government was urging Harare's neighbours to
mount pressure on
Mugabe to pave the way for fresh elections by handing over
power to a
transitional government. An unnamed US official was quoted by the
French
news agency, recently as saying: "What we are telling them
(Zimbabwe's
neighbours) is that there has to be a transitional government in
Zimbabwe
that will lead to a free and fair internationally supervised
elections."
President Mugabe has previously dismissed such
calls.
From an anonomous source:
"Here are my thoughts on the current
situation as I see it. I'm talking
about the whole society now and trying
to apply the principle of Cause and
Effect to it. There is passive,
inexorable genocide taking place and it has
been in place for some
time...long before "Murambatsvina". Everyone was
reluctant to use the word
"genocide" because it wasn't like Rwanda. I have
used it a couple of times
and one other has used it frequently. There is
a pattern here. Now
suddenly one or two other people are starting to use
it. Suddenly we learn
that an estimated 200,000 of the displaced people
last year are already
dead, and hundreds of thousands close to death. A
government doesn't have
to physically kill people if you can just make them
ill or starve them to
death. It is still genocide. The reason that the word
is now being uttered
is although it is passive it has hit level seven on the
International
Genocide Watch scale definition. There are only eight levels,
and level
eight is "the denial after the fact". The average citizen doesn't
even
realise that it is happening, or cannot conceptualise it. We have no
basic
human rights, we have the highest inflation rate in the world, and we
cannot
even afford one decent meal a day.
Is it just "bad governance" or
deliberate? A combination of both, with a
bias towards the latter, I
think.
We all know the Cause. The Effects are the smashed economy, lack
of
sanitation, lack of food, or the money to buy it, power-cuts, dirty
water,
medical care... all the LACK. One can look at this "lack" as a
series of
walls that have to be climbed every day one after another to just
maintain
enough energy to be able to start the next day's climbing. This is
just
surviving. Now one starts each day with the same amount of energy
(with the
wages frozen now) and the height of each wall is doubled every two
or three
days. Under this system it does not take long before you are not
able to
climb the first wall. There are two ways of climbing - by
corruption or by
transparency. The corrupt will climb for longer but will
eventually also
succumb, the transparent will succumb much more
quickly.
I have little difficulty in remembering an essay that I read
written about
two years ago by Jill Baker, former head of Radio 3 in
Zimbabwe. It
concerned a conversation that she had with one of her "new
colleagues" in
the broadcasting facility. She asked him what the Marxist
concept of
"power to the people" really meant. He said that it was what was
"used" to
motivate the people into action. Once in power, he said, the REAL
power was
the "power of the chosen few" and was the ability to have a
starving man on
his knees before you, begging for a bowl of food. And to
either give it to
him or deny him it. That was her defining moment...she
left the country
within six months! That was in 1983, I think!
If
the Cause had been removed some time ago, then we might have been able to
slowly start dismantling the walls. But that isn't going to happen before
it is too late for virtually everybody.
Politically the pro-senate
faction concept essentially leaves the Cause and
Effects in place, just a
little "prettier" on the surface, but the same
underneath. They are
receiving little attention anyway..they are a joke to
most. We know that
this group are composed of a massive "plant" in the
first
instance.
The anti-senate concept of civil disobedience to bring
"negotiation" is the
only hope...but I hope that people have still got the
strength.
If we look to the activists' role here, it has been effective
mainly to
promote awareness outside the country. Although many people in
other
countries are lobbying for something to be done, their governments in
some
cases are shouting for change, it is all just talk and no action at the
end
of the day. I wish that I were wrong, but there will never be any form
of
international intervention here.
Internally, the activists are too
few on the ground. The marches,
demonstrations, protests consist at the
most of hundreds. They are easily
broken up. As with the politicians,
there has not been cohesion between
them. Each group has it's own agenda to
deal with one of the Effects. They
do not unite against the Cause. Now,
there are calls by the anti-senate
faction for an "All stakeholder's
conference" This just may sway the
balance. The pro-senate group are seen
for what they are...sellouts! It's
all just talk, talk ,talk while people
die... that is the feeling on the
street. There are many involved who are
actually just serving their own
egos as well. In any other country, tens of
thousands would rise up. It
hasn't happened here, but it must now! And if
it was unsuccessful then
"they" would have the perfect excuse for active
genocide.
Which brings us to civil society in general...those who are on
the side of
good... The rest are not worth commenting on...they are just
making all our
lives more difficult.
Let's make it simple because if
anything, this government has brought
everybody together in some form of
destitute unity. The feelings flow over
from one group to another anyway.
Nevertheless...the less educated black
people just say that "It is a
problem." and they leave it at that. The
educated black people are very
angry, things have reached boiling point.
The food insecurity, water
problems, power cuts, etc. have finally reached a
point where people do not
know where to turn. There is no longer a
leadership that can focus this
anger into a positive direction, so if there
is an explosion, I don't know
what direction it will take. The white people
left here are happily
prepared to say how terrible things are, they are few
and make little
difference anyway. But, and here lies a terrible problem,
GENERALLY the
very dangerous mind-set of the non-politically minded white
population
left.
They will NOT accept the situation as it really is! They
continually "try
to make a plan". They continue to fight the effects and
gloss over the
problems. They keep trying for normality in an abnormal
situation. They
continue to try to have a "normal" life, to be "true-blue
Zimbabweans"
facing up to hardship, to fight for "survival from day to day",
"make every
dollar count" They will not lie down when ordered, when they
are told to
close their businesses for a stayaway, they won't. They frequent
coffee
houses like it is a "holiday", they will not listen! They will not
give up
their daily pleasures or one dollar of business to make a
statement. "It
will get better", "This cannot last much longer", "we are
waiting for
Change". This amazing ignorance and general cowardice of many
of them,
cannot go on. Don't worry...this also fits the bill of the
middle-class
black people..it's a fluid mix. There are others who will
continue to
suffer, with the full knowledge of what is happening. It is a
mind-numbing
"dream-world" for most. They don't even realise that their
real potential
could be "Outside Fighting IN"! Or UNITING internally once
and for all.
The tenacity of all of these people is admirable, but it is
this very
tenacity and resilience that will finally bring them down! This
resilience
and tenacity is just what the regime wants. They want to say to
the
world..."there is no problem,everything is going on like it should, The
NIAA
festival is completed, HIFA is taking place, Big music concert in
Bulawayo
in June...WHAT'S THE PROBLEM! EVERYBODY IS HAPPY!" That is where
these
people are doing a great disservice to this country...by not telling
the
truth by cancelling and boycotting this "normal" looking activity. If
they
would only do it once, it would send a clear message to the world that
all
is not right in the State of Zimbabwe.
The way I see it, there is
only a couple of choices left:
Stay and have one's dignity and then very
life stripped away, or GET OUT and
try to make a life in a relatively sane
continent. Not that any continent
is totally sane, but it would at least be
nice to be able to buy a soft
drink from a shop!
The other choice is
for all good Zimbabweans to rise up at one moment and
sort this bunch out
once and for all. This is an incredibly difficult task
to accomplish,
given the low levels of physical and mental energy that
Zimbabweans have
right now, but it is the only way to establish our rights
and life
again.
I went to Westgate shopping mall and did a tour or reconaissance
the other
day. There are something like 70 shops there. Of those not
closed down
completely, only four shops had a single customer in them!
These were the
two chemists and the two food outlets. Nobody can even
afford to buy a
piece of clothing or a pair of shoes. There is as of
today, hardly anyone
even buying food...they can't afford the prices, even
if the food is
available.
My family had to be pro-active in getting
our 'phone back on line. We went
to the source...they told us that they
were grounded...no fuel ! There are
hundreds of 'phones out of order due to
theft of cables. We gave them a
million dollars ( 5 litres) of fuel plus
some medicine provided from my
friend in US to come and fix the system.
That was the only way to avoid
weeks of communications loss, and try to help
in the best way I can.
If this final effort fails, frankly the dice are
loaded big time. The only
solution I can see is to get out by any means
possible.
If the people of Zimbabwe will not UNITE once and for all in a
very short
period of time, and I mean weeks, I see a wasteland littered
with the
skeletons of the people who would not face the truth!
From: "Justice for Agriculture" <justiceforagriculture@zol.co.zw>
Sent:
Wednesday, March 29, 2006 7:39 AM
Subject: Damages Survey Form
The
questionnaire attached to this letter is a very important document.
This
is a questionnaire on the experiences of farmers and their workers,
and is
the first stage of a three-stage research process being undertaken
by JAG.
The data from this questionnaire will be supplemented by some
interviews with
people who are available in Zimbabwe. This stage of the
research process aims
at being able to give a complete overview of what
has happened for farmers
and farm workers over the past 5 years. It is
the simple story of what
happened, and is similar to the kinds of
research studies done recently on
Operation Murambatsvina.
The second stage will involve the compilation of
a dossier for submission
to various human rights bodies in the world. After
receiving back your
completed questionnaire, JAG's lawyers will reconfigure
your
submissions into the form of an affidavit. This affidavit will
be
returned to you, for you to attach your signature in the presence of
a
lawyer, who will then attach his/her stamp and signature.
These
affidavits will be used by JAG as supporting evidence when we
present our
demands for compensation for damages to various international
human rights
bodies.
The final stage is the ongoing completion and compilation of the
Loss
Claims Document, which will aim at the longer term and the possibility
of
a compensation/restitution process for the loss of land and
damages.
Nothing in this questionnaire is meant to contradict or supplant
the Loss
Claims Document, and it is only meant for advocacy and lobbying
purposes
only.
All the findings from this first stage will be compiled
into a detailed
report on the experiences of farmers and their workers. The
report will
be as widely circulated as possible so that all relevant bodies
and
parties are aware of the extent of the damages and losses incurred
by
farmers and their workers over the past 5 years. All names and
farm
identities will be protected and held in the strictest
confidence.
Please read the instructions for completing this
questionnaire. We do not
believe that it is a very difficult questionnaire,
and we have tried to
keep it as simple as we can without losing important
material. It does
not ask for the detail of your experiences - not because we
believe that
these are not important, but because it would make the
questionnaire into
a Loss Claims Document, which is designed to follow this
initative.
With your support this is a challenge we will win. This is
the first
stage in the battle in the war for justice and
restitution
Instructions for completing this
Questionnaire.
Firstly, remember this is a survey and not a loss
document, so you merely
give answers to the best of your memory. You do not
need to refer to any
documents or records that you have.
Secondly,
just rely on the best memory that you have about events and
losses and
amounts of money.
Thirdly, when it comes to estimating damages in money,
just work with the
best "ball-park" US$ figures of the value at the time that
things were
stolen or lost or whatever. Use your memory as best that you can
and do
not try to go to records. This is what will be done in the Loss
Claims
Document, and any views that you express in this questionnaire will
not
conflict or invalidate statements that you make in the Loss
Claims
Document.
Personal information:
If you wish all this
information to be confidential or anonymous, please
leave blank the sections
relating to your name and the name of your
farm. This information will be
kept confidential anyway.
Section 1:
This section deals with the
human rights violations experienced by you,
and your family. It is meant to
get statistical information about the
events, and is not meant to be a human
rights report in the sense of the
details of what happened to you. This will
enable us to compare the
experiences of the farmers with similar experiences
of other victim
groups in Zimbabwe over the same time period.
Section
2:
This section deals with the human rights violations experienced by
your
employees. It is meant to get statistical information about the
events,
and is not meant to be a human rights report in the sense of the
details
of what happened to them. This will enable us to compare the
experiences
of farm workers with similar experiences of other victim groups
in
Zimbabwe over the same time period.
Section 3:
This section
deals with the various ways in which you attempted to get
the support of the
courts and the law enforcement agencies in dealing
with various illegalities.
Again, it is an attempt to get a statistical
overview of what happened and
not a human rights report. This will leave
out many very important personal
details about your experience, but these
details will be compiled later in
the Loss Claims Document.
Section 4:
This section deals with the
losses and damages that you incurred. As
indicated above, you should rely on
your memory and not see this as
requiring either the detail or the exactness
required in the Loss Claims
Document. Here we are trying to get an economic
estimate of the damages
as a whole, but only an estimate, as the full details
of the losses and
the damages will emerge in due course from the Loss Claims
Document.
Remember, as we said in the covering letter, we are primarily
trying to
tell the story of the experiences of farmers and farm workers over
the
past 5 years. The information will fill in the gaps in the
international
community and public's knowledge of what happened, and tell the
most
complete story of what happened.
QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE EXPERIENCES
OF COMMERCIAL FARMERS AND FARM
WORKERS.
Date:
Name:
Age:
Nationality:
ID
Number:
Address:
Telephone Numbers:
Cellphone
Numbers:
YES
NO
Were you forced to renounce your previous
Zimbabwe citizenship?
Name of
farm:
Province:
District
YES
NO
Are you still
living on the farm?
What number of full-time employees did you
have?
What number of part-time employees did you have?
What number
of employees family members lived on the farm?
YES
NO
Do
you know who currently occupies your farm?
Was this person directly
involved in any actions involved in taking over
your farm or in evicting
you?
1. Personal:
1.1 Have you or any of your family experienced
any of the
following?
YES
No of people
affected
Murder
Assault
Torture
Rape
Unlawful
arrest [arrest without a charge]
Unlawful detention [detention longer
than 48 hours]
Abduction or kidnapping
Disappearance
Death
threats
Forced attendance at political meetings
Political
intimidation
Held hostage
Forced to join ZanuPF or make
contributions to ZanuPF
Had pet animals killed or
maimed
Deliberate killing or maiming of
wildlife
Displacement
2.1 Perpetrators:
Were any of the
following involved in the above?
YES
No of people
involved
Police
Uniformed Branch
Riot Squad
Support
Unit
CID
PISI
Army
CIO
War
Veteran
Youth Militia
ZanuPF member
Farm
employee
Member of Parliament
Provincial
Governor
Provincial Administrator
District
Administrator
Member of President's Office
Other
[specify]
2. Workers:
2.1 Have any of your employees or their
families
experienced any of the following?
YES
No of people
affected
Murder
Assault
Torture
Rape
Unlawful
arrest [arrest without a charge]
Unlawful detention [detention longer
than 48 hours]
Abduction or kidnapping
Disappearance
Death
threats
Forced attendance at political meetings
Political
intimidation
Held hostage
Forced to join ZanuPF or make
contributions to ZanuPF
Young persons forced to join ZanuPF
Youth
Denied food relief if not member of ZanuPF
Specific
intimidation of workers in authority on the
farm
Displacement
2.2. Perpetrators:
YES
No of
people involved
Police
Uniformed Branch
Riot
Squad
Support
Unit
CID
PISI
Army
CIO
War
Veteran
Youth Militia
ZanuPF member
Farm
employee
Member of Parliament
Provincial
Governor
Provincial Administrator
District
Administrator
Member of President's
Office
Other[specify]
3. Legal
actions:
YES
NO
Did you object to the designation of your
farm?
Did you contest your designation in the Administrative
court?
Date that legal challenge made
YES
NO
Did you
acquiesce or concede under duress to the acquisition of part or
the whole of
your farm?
Were you forcibly evicted from your
farm?
YES
NO
Did you ever obtain a court order to continue
using your farm free from
interference?
Date of court
order(s)
Number of court order(s)
How much in US$ have you spent
on legal fees and lawyers?
YES
NO
Did you ever try to get
the police to enforce a court order?
Number of
times
YES
NO
Was it
successful?
YES
NO
Did you ever try to get the police to
stop violence or intimidation
against yourself or your workers?
Number
of times
YES
NO
Were the police ever helpful?
Number
of times
YES
NO
Did you ever see the police intimidated
themselves?
Were sympathetic or professional policemen transferred away
or removed
from duties?
4. Damages suffered:
4.1 Farm
owner:
Loss of property
Value in US$
Estimate in US$ the
value of all moveable property stolen, or damaged
beyond repair by illegal
actions. Include forced sales due to extortion.
Loss of property from
burnings
Value in US$
Estimate in US$ the value of all immovable
and moveable property burned
completely or damaged beyond repair by illegal
actions.
Loss of livestock
Value in US$
Estimate in US$ the
value of all livestock stolen or killed illegally.
Crops
Value in
US$
Estimate in US$ the value of all crops stolen or
destroyed.
Loss of earnings
Value in
US$
Estimate in US$ the amount of total income lost in the time that you
have
been unable to conduct normal farming operations.
NOTE: This
should be purely profits after tax and should be based on the
last full and
unaffected farming year. It should also include anticipated
increases in
profits were you able to have continued farming.
Costs of medical
treatment
Value in US$
Estimate in US$ the amount of medical
expenses incurred by your family or
your workers from injuries due to
violence.
4.2 Farm workers:
YES
Number
Were any of
your employees forced to renounce their citizenship?
Redundancy
pay
Value in US$
How much in US$ did you pay out to your former
employees when you had to
leave your farm?
Wages lost
Value in
US$
Estimate the total amount of wages in US$ that your full-time
and
part-time employees have lost since you had to discontinue
farming.
Note: This should be based on the last full farming
year.
YES
NO
Did your employees lose their homes due to
illegal destruction or
burning?
Did your employees lose property due
to theft or extortion?
Social amenities
Lost
YES
NO
Did you provide any of the
following for your workers?
Solid structure housing [brick]
Toilet
facilities
Piped water
Electricity and/or lights
Vegetable
gardens
Farm store
Creche
Orphanage or orphan
care
Adult education
Sponsored sport
Social benefits
Lost
YES
NO
How many pupils?
Did you provide a
school on your farm?
Did you subsidise children attending another school
if you had no school
on your farm?
Has the school been
downsized?
Has the school been closed?
Social Benefits
Lost
YES
How much in US$ did the school cost per year?
Did
you have a school on your farm?
Social Benefits
Lost
YES
How much in US$ did the clinic & medical cost per
year?
Did you have a clinic & medical care on your farm?
How
much in US$ did this cost per year?
Did you provide AIDS awareness
training/teaching on your farm?
Deaths
Number died
Do you
know how many of your former employees have died since losing
their jobs on
the farm?
Do you know how many direct family members of your former
employees have
died since losing their jobs on the farm?
zimbabwejournalists.com
Sipepa Nkomo facing fraud and
corruption charges
unearthed by The Daily News in 1999.
By
a Correspondent
FORMER Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ)
group chief executive,
Samuel Sipepa Nkomo, yesterday appeared at the Harare
Magistrates' Courts
facing corruption and fraud charges for crimes committed
in 1998 at the
Mining Industry Pensions Fund (MIPF).
The trial
was however postponed to July 10 by Harare regional
magistrate, Sandra Nhau,
because the defence counsel had not been served
with summons in time to
prepare for the trial. The defence has requested for
more time to prepare
for the trial.
Prosecutor Obi Mabahwana alleges that Nkomo, then
the principal
officer of the MIPF, allegedly committed the offences between
1997 and 1998.
The State alleges that from December 1997 to March
1998, the company
entered into a partnership with two companies, Makoni
Cooper (Private)
Limited and Taylor Woodrow Construction of America to form
another company
called Taymin (Private) Limited which would construct the
magnificent Angwa
City building in Harare.
Nkomo allegedly
misrepresented to the Board of Trustees of MIPF that
the fund needed to buy
shares into Makoni Cooper and Concept Office
Furniture in order for them to
have equity in the ownership of the new
company, Taymin.
Little
did the Board of Trustees know that Nkomo was settling his $570
000 debt
with Concept Office Furniture and that he was part of Makoni
Cooper.
As a result, the board authorised the release of $3
million to Makoni
Cooper International, wholly owned by Carelse
Juul.
Nkomo further misinformed the board that MIPF would have a
controlling
shareholding in the new company.
At the same time,
Nkomo allegedly did not disclose to MIPF that the
administration of his
personal company, Sipepa Enterprises, had been taken
over by Makoni
Cooper.
He also never disclosed to the board that his load with UDC
of $570
000 had been cleared by Concept Office Furniture on his
behalf.
It is also the State's case that Nkomo corruptly caused the
appointment of Trevor Carelse Juul's company, SBT Juul Africa as architect
development managers. Trevor Carelse-Juul, his accomplice in defrauding the
MIPF, abandoned a prosperous business empire and fled from Zimbabwe in
December 1999, never to return. The Daily News ironically broke the story of
Nkomo defrauding the MIPF resulting in Trevor Carelse Juul running away from
the country.
The allegations at the MIPF were apparently swept
under the carpet at
the time. Meanwhile, Nkomo emerged in 2002 as the chief
executive of the
Daily News, the very paper which exposed his fraudulent
activities, in the
first place. Nkomo then fires the Editor, Geoffrey
Nyarota, in mysterious
circumstances and, ultimately, causes the downfall of
The Daily News, thus
rendering, in an act of poetic justice, those who
caused his own downfall at
MIPF instantly jobless.
Nkomo has
recently been hit by misfortune. He resigned from the
newspaper to
participate in November's controversial senate elections with
the Welshman
Ncube camp of the MDC. He lost the election and in the meantime
the ANZ had
announced he had resigned from the company. Finance director
Brian Mutsau,
who was tipped to take over from him, then sustains multiple
stab wounds in
the back on the company premises and police investigations
linked Nkomo to
the attacks. Mutsau, who then immediately resigned, was
apparently trying to
stop Nkomo from taking ANZ equipment with him.
Nkomo then announced
that he never resigned from the company in the
first place, adding he was
still very much in charge. No-one in the company,
even chairman Professor
Norman Nyazema, challenged him, although there is
evidence that Nkomo was
actually fired by the ANZ board.
Nkomo was then appointed the deputy
director of elections for the
Welshman Ncube camp of the MDC and the
following day, the Attorney General's
Office announced it was prosecuting
Nkomo for crimes committed in 1998 and
swept under the carpet in 1999 hence
the trial.
New Zimbabwe
By Tonderai
Munakiri
Last updated: 03/29/2006 08:49:44
I THINK most Zimbabweans have
come to the conclusion that politics in our
country is a "zero-sum game"
after watching the democratic forces in
Zimbabwe fall apart.
The
winner in our politics takes all and the loser loses all. There is very
little political accommodation in Zimbabwe going by the current events in
the democratic camps.
ZANU PF could have been made history had all
opposition forces united to
dislodge it from power.
A closer look at the
results of the democratic forces that won the "no" vote
during the
constitutional referendum in 2000 vindicates my assertion. During
the "no
vote" campaign every democratic force sang the same hymnal from the
same
hymn book and everyone was motivated by the interests of the country
and not
by any self-gains.
Unfortunately today self-interests have taken
precedent over national
interests. The divorce in the MDC is a good example
of the failure to
accommodate political differences.
We have splinter
parties that have been formed all over the country and one
wonders why
Zimbabwe should have more than two political parties when the
country has no
more than 12million people. Most of the first world countries
have two
official political parties.
The current piecemeal and divided forces will
not deliver Zimbabwe from the
tyranny. The current political intolerance
will not end the hunger that is
threatening to knock on every Zimbabweans'
door this season, the current
turmoil in the opposition camp will not end
the foreign currency shortages,
the current disunity in the opposition camp
will continue to scare investors
and donors and the current scenario is a
groundswell for poverty and disease
which have caused havoc in this southern
African country.
It is rather absurd for the top six MDC to argue that
the "Senatorial
elections" precipitated the split in the party. History and
posterity will
surely judge the top "six" harshly for this breakup because a
simple issue
like senate elections would surely not have caused this
acrimony which we
have been reading about in the newspapers everyday. The
trading of insults
is analogous to children engaged in a street fight. Some
of the things we
heard about the six leaders are not supposed to be washed
in public because
it is dirty linen. How can we trust these leaders when
simple issues over
participation in an election can cause such a big
rift?
Ironically the new child on the bloc (Mutambara) is seeking not to
participate in future elections. This decision was made way far before the
2005 parliamentary elections by all civic groupings and only to be
overturned a few weeks before the 2005 parliamentary election.
If
these collective efforts and decisions were to be implemented
collectively
we would surely be somewhere with our democratic struggle. We
are where we
are because there has been lack of cohesion and focus which is
needed when
one confronts a formidable rival like ZANU PF. Only consented
pressure and
unity will see the birth of a new Zimbabwe. We had passed the
first stages
of this democratic struggle and when we were almost reaching
the final
stages we were let down by a leadership that is yet to understand
what
conflict management is all about as well as what it means to serve the
national interest.
One wishes our opposition leaders could learn from
politics on the other
side of the continent. For instance, in America, every
politician is
cognizant of the national interest; every leader knows that
their different
ideologies matter less when it comes to national interest.
In America,
leaders come together when the national interest is at stake and
they go
back to their parties when ideological issues arise. Added to this,
politics
this part of the world is not a "zero-sum game", politics is a
program of
political action and accommodation to serve the national
interest.
A lot of theories have been advanced to explain the reasons why
African
leaders never share a political table. There is the poverty theory
which
says there is a very little national cake and everyone is going for
grabs.
While poverty could account for the current fights, we would think
that
leaders are less motivated by their self-interest than they would by
the
interest of the nation.
Another theory has been the "colonial
hangover". This theory says following
the departure of the colonialists,
nationalists became too drunk with power
that they forgot to empower the
masses that fought for the liberation of the
country. Now the Mugabes of
this world think that they have a right to
mortgage Zimbabwe to the East
just because he went to the bush to fight the
colonialists. Zimbabwe is too
big to be owned by one man or person and so we
all have a stake not only in
the governance but even in the resource
allocation of the
country.
Another theory has been that there is very little training
regarding the
history of the country and conscientization about the value of
being a
Zimbabwean. Some Zimbabweans revoke their nationality the moment
they leave
their country for greener pastures or for neighboring countries.
This is
because we lack consciousness about what it means to belong to a
country and
to be a citizen of a given country. While Americans have every
reason to be
proud of their country, they have never stopped to be patriotic
even when
the chips are down.
Americans have continued to identify
with their country even when over 2000
soldiers have died in the Iraq war.
The Democrats and the Republicans are
all agreed that the Iraq war must be
won and not abandoned. Zimbabwean
leaders on the other hand are ready to
divorce over simple electoral issues.
One wonders why all small
opposition parties cannot join hands with a bigger
opposition camp so that
they do no split the votes and so that they can form
a formidable
opposition. Margaret Dongo's ZUD is a classic example of a
party that was
buried politically because she never wanted to embrace the
winds of
democracy that were sweeping across Zimbabwe. If every democratic
force were
to be united and mobilize its constituency, we could surely see
another
victory similar to the "no" vote during the constitutional
referendum polls.
Zimbabwe would be liberated and delivered from the jaws of
poverty, bad
governance today. However, as long as opposition forces are in
disarray,
ZANU PF will never be dislodged from power.
At the moment, the two MDC
factions have a crisis of legitimacy because we
all don't know what is
really going on. Who is the real MDC, what are their
programs of action? Do
we not risk another civil war should one of the MDC
factions win the
Presidency? While a conflict is healthy, a divorce is very
dangerous because
it steals the morale of the people, disillusions voters
and is a betrayal to
the many that have lost and risked their limbs for a
new Zimbabwe. Those who
died for the democratic struggle must be turning in
their graves because
after laying all the groundwork, the leaders failed to
take the battle
further because of their personality problems.
In any organization,
leaders must learn that conflict is normal and even
healthy. It does not
take rocket science to recognize this. The split within
the MDC camp was
unfortunate because it should be noted that the Zimbabwean
crisis only
worsened in 2000 after Mugabe and ZANU PF realized that they
were under
siege following their great loss at the constitutional referendum
polls. The
"great loss" by ZANU PF was followed by the passage of repressive
laws and a
retribution war on every democratic force.
"War Cabinets" were created so
that the wrath of Mugabe could be unleashed
on his perceived adversaries.
Mugabe was not going to surrender power
without a fight and when we thought
that the MDC and other like minded
forces would fight back we suffered a
major set-back when the opposition
started to discord amongst itself. What a
great betrayal MDC! But the point
l am making is that had it not been for
the MDC, Zimbabweans could have been
in a better situation than they are
now. Maybe we could still be having
electricity, clean water, affordable
bread and other basic commodities but
ZANU PF is in a "survival fight" and
they have taken every bad policy to
survive the siege. The MDC was to exert
consented pressure on the tyranny
until the mission was
accomplished.
It is for this reason that it is imperative that all
democratic forces; the
students, workers, the independent media, diasporas
and every stakeholder
start to sing the same hymnal in order to dislodge
ZANU PF from power.
Disagreements should be allowed but these should not
divert our attention
from the national project of making Mugabe
history.
Only when democratic forces unite and adhere to one agenda can
we see a new
Zimbabwe being realized otherwise this will turn out to be one
pipedream
that shall never see the light of the day. The current acrimony in
the
opposition camp is not healthy if we are to give Zimbabwe a fresh start.
The
current forces need to be pulled in one direction and only by doing that
can
we achieve true opposition that can challenge a formidable ZANU PF.
Remember
ZANU PF had its own struggles but these never derailed them from
the
national project which they completed at independence.
Munakiri is a
regular opinion writer and writes from South Africa
National Catholic Reporter
Issue Date: March 31, 2006
By MARKO PHIRI
Bulawayo,
Zimbabwe
In 1980, at the end of a civil war, Zimbabwe was relatively
prosperous. This
southern African state -- formerly Rhodesia -- was the
breadbasket of the
region. Robert Mugabe, the guerrilla leader turned prime
minister, had won
independence from Britain, and presided over a nation of
promise. Mugabe was
celebrated in the country and by other African leaders
as an African David
fighting international Goliaths.
Today the
country is in economic chaos. Critics say political chaos must
soon
follow.
The country is now a net food importer. Rampaging inflation and
chronic
shortages of foreign currency, fuel and food are the most visible
signs of
an economy in its sixth year of recession.
The government's
own Central Statistical Office put the official annualized
inflation rate at
411 percent at the end of October. In a nation of more
than 12 million, as
much as 70 percent of the work force is unemployed.
Today's crisis
situation grew from a ploy Mugabe used in 2000 to buoy his
sagging political
fortunes. After 20 years of dominance, Mugabe's Zanu PF
party faced its
first formidable opposition, a coalition called the Movement
for Democratic
Change. Zanu PF had rewritten the constitution, but the
Movement for
Democratic Change defeated it in parliament -- Zanu PF's first
public defeat
since independence.
Mugabe turned to his political base, the veterans who
served under him in
the war of independence. In what he called the Third
Uprising, Mugabe began
to confiscate commercial farms owned by whites.
Though he claimed to be
redistributing the farms to landless peasants, in
truth the land went to the
war veterans and cronies. Commercial farming, the
lifeblood of Zimbabwe's
economy, virtually stopped.
Meanwhile, Mugabe
expelled the foreign media and clamped down tight on
domestic journalists,
at one point closing the leading English language
newspaper in the country,
The Daily News, because it didn't back him.
Nothing has been the same
since. What the future holds is not clear.
In May last year, Mugabe
unveiled Operation Restore Order. Ostensibly a move
to clean up slums and
dens of crime, Operation Restore Order displaced at
least 700,000 people,
primarily from urban areas that strongly backed the
Movement for Democratic
Change.
Religious groups expressed concern -- but mostly from outside the
country.
Religious leaders inside Zimbabwe are divided. Mugabe, a Catholic
educated
by Jesuit missionaries, regularly attends Mass in the capital,
Harare.
Zimbabwe's bishops' conference (the county has nine Catholic
bishops) has
been largely quiet on bad governance, economic mismanagement,
graft and
human rights violations, and has not organized to apply much
pressure on
Mugabe.
One exception is Pius Alick Vundla Ncube,
archbishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's
second largest city.
From his
modest office lined with posters of Pope John Paul II, Mahatma
Gandhi,
Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela, Ncube told NCR that while
many of
Zimbabwe's religious leaders sit on the fence, he is prepared to die
for the
country's poor and disenfranchised.
He doesn't hesitate to call Mugabe
"arrogant" and a "dictator." He has
charged that the president and his
political party are using food as a
political weapon.
Ncube has been
threatened, and he told NCR he is under constant surveillance
by government
spies in the Zimbabwe's national intelligence organization.
During
parliamentary elections in 2002, the Zanu PF targeted Ncube in a
booklet
titled "Traitors Do Much Damage to National Goals." People close to
the
archbishop fear that a recently passed constitutional amendment that
allows
the confiscation of passports of government critics could end Ncube's
international travel, which he uses to tell the story of human rights abuses
to world audiences. Domestic media has stopped talking to the
archbishop.
In an interview with the South African Catholic weekly, The
Southern Cross,
before elections last year, Ncube said Mugabe's Zanu-PF
party was "going up
and down the country telling people, 'If you don't vote
for us, you don't
get any food, and then we're going to come back and burn
your houses.' "
Noting that large areas of Zimbabwe were experiencing a
drought, Ncube said
that the government had obstructed international
agencies from distributing
food. The Zanu PF won the parliamentary
elections.
In June while visiting the Vatican, Ncube told Catholic News
Service that
Mugabe should be arrested and prosecuted by an international
court for
ordering Operation Restore Order. Ncube said the plan sought to
drive Mugabe's
opposition back to the famine-hit countryside for political
re-education, as
the Pol Pot regime did in Cambodia in the
1970s.
Mugabe told a British TV station that Ncube was an "unholy liar"
for making
claims of extreme food shortages and famine.
The
archbishop rebutted: "But we know. We have a church hospital, we have
clinics, and we know that people have died of malnutrition."
Godfrey
Magwenzi, the charge d'affairs and deputy head of the Zimbabwean
Consulate
in London, told Channel 4 News that nobody in Zimbabwe took Ncube
seriously.
"The sewage and filth that spills out of that man's mouth
should shame and
embarrass all men of the cloth," he said.
Ncube's
opposition began some 15 years ago when he was involved with
rescuing ethnic
Ndebele villagers from massacre at the hands of Mugabe's
notorious army
unit, the Fifth Brigade. The president said he was putting
down an
insurgency, but human rights groups in the country are calling it
genocide.
As many as 25,000 Ndebele died in what is called the Gukurahundi
tragedies.
For Ncube's episcopal ordination in 1994, Mugabe joined
the crowd witnessing
the installation of Bulawayo's first black bishop. Five
years later, the
president vowed not to attend the funeral of Zimbabwe's
vice president and
nationalist hero Joshua Nkomo if the Bulawayo archbishop
was presiding.
Ncube stood aside, and newspapers the next day ran photos of
Mugabe proudly
receiving Communion from a white missionary priest.
In
May when Operation Restore Order began, Ncube said one of his brother
bishops told him, "This is a small thing. It will end soon." After Christian
development agencies and outside religious groups and the United Nations
condemned the home demolitions, the Catholic bishops finally issued a
pastoral letter in June calling for a halt, but they have done little else
as a group.
"The Zanu PF plays on ethnic loyalties," Ncube told NCR.
"If you are
[ethnic] Shona you are not expected to criticize Mugabe, and
this has found
its way into the conference.
"There were some local
[clergy] -- and also missionary priests actually --
who initially supported
Mugabe," Ncube said. "But when he plunged the
country into economic
difficulties, they changed their opinion about him.
"Some of my
colleagues sympathize with Mugabe," he added. "Mugabe is very
cunning. He
has given some church leaders farms to silence them."
Asked if the church
could excommunicate Mugabe, Ncube said it is possible,
saying the archbishop
of Harare, where Mugabe resides and attends Mass, has
such power. But Ncube
questioned the wisdom of such a move.
"It depends on what is expected to
be derived from excommunicating him. But
Mugabe is a very arrogant man. He
could do worse harm to the people and hit
back if he were excommunicated,"
the archbishop said.
Many believed that newly installed Archbishop Robert
Ndlovu of Harare would
be a strong critic of the president, but this has yet
to happen. Ncube
defends his Harare counterpart for trying to balance the
politically
volatile center of government.
"He has pursued a policy
of neutralism and does not want to be seen as
alienating Zanu PF officials
and supporters who belong to the church. He
wants to be there for both the
[Movement for Democratic Change], which
virtually controls the capital, and
for the Zanu PF who occupy the seat of
power," Ncube said.
Does Ncube
see an end to Zimbabwe's trials? "It is difficult to see how
these hardships
will end," he said. "It must end, because if it doesn't,
many more people
will die."
Marko Phiri is a freelance journalist based in Zimbabwe.
Daily Mirror, Zimbabwe
Farirai
Machivenyika
issue date :2006-Mar-29
THE Parliamentary Public Accounts
Committee yesterday accused the ministries
of Public Service, Labour and
Social Welfare and the then Agriculture, Lands
and Rural Resettlement of
abusing public funds in 2003.
In a special report to the House of
Assembly, the committee painted a dark
picture of financial management in
the public sector, saying most ministries
had failed to submit financial
statements to the Comptroller and
Auditor-General's office, among other
discrepancies.
The committee noted that in 2003, there were irregularities in
the
distribution of farming inputs valued at over $776 million that were
unearthed in the agriculture ministry headed by Joseph Made as a result of a
poor system of internal checks and controls.
The report did not state how
the public service ministry abused funds.
The local government ministry was
also accused of diverting funds for
construction of houses to recurrent
expenditure.
Presenting the report, chairperson of the committee and Glen
Norah
legislator, Priscillah Misihairabwi-Mushonga said: "Your committee is
perturbed by the general nonchalant attitude by line ministries in the
execution of their duties."
The legislator said accounting officers in
the ministries were not
submitting financial statements to the Comptroller
and Auditor-General's
office in contravention of the Audit and Exchequer
Act.
"Your Committee noted with displeasure that over the years a number of
accounting officers were not complying with the requirements of Section 31
(4) of Audit and Exchequer Act (Chapter 22:03), which states that financial
statements for fund accounts must be transmitted to the Comptroller and
Auditor General within three months after the end of the financial year.
This was despite that the Accountant General wrote to such officers,
reminding them of their obligations to submit such returns," she
said.
The committee identified 16 ministries that had not subjected their
returns
for scrutiny since 2002, including Agriculture, Justice, Public
Service,
Office of the President and Cabinet, Defence, Finance, Industry,
Mines,
Transport, Local Government, Education, Foreign Affairs, Home
Affairs,
Higher Education and Energy and Youth
Development.
Misihairabwi-Mushonga also lambasted the government procurement
system,
especially in the Justice and Mines ministries, where she said there
was
rampant corruption characterised by payment of goods not supplied,
nepotism
in awarding tenders and purchasing of sub-standard goods from
non-reputable
dealers.
The committee, the legislator said, observed that
there was poor management
of the suspense account in most ministries and in
some instances registers
were not available for audit or were not up to
date. The suspense account
comprises advances (loans), disallowances and
temporary deposits.
"Your committee was perturbed to observe that the debt
recovery system for
advances (loans) and disallowances was in most cases
ineffective with some
balances having to be written off.
"Some ministries
circumvented the advances purpose by directly charging to
the vote (budget
allocation). This created problems in the event of a
shortfall. Your
Committee strongly condemns this practice and implores the
ministries to
stop forthwith," Misihairabwi-Mushonga said.
She added that there were
instances where some staff members were given loan
advances without
clearance of previous ones, in direct contravention of
standing
regulations.
The committee commended government for introducing the Public
Financial
Management System (PFMS) that is currently run by all
ministries.
The PFMS is an information technology that connects all
ministries through a
wide area network controlled by treasury and has
resulted in the ministries
producing monthly releases and other expenditure
control thereby reducing
overspending on budget allocations.
The
committee, however, noted that the system had experienced problems due
to
lack of computers, inadequate staff-training and that newly created
ministries were not in the system, among other
challenges.
Misihairabwi-Mushonga said there was no budget allocation to pay
interest on
bank overdrafts accrued by ministries, adding that this had
resulted in
funds allocated in annual budgets for other uses being used to
pay the
interests.
Harare North legislator, Trudy Stevenson seconded the
adoption of the report
she said was "shocking" and added that those accused
of misappropriation of
public funds should face criminal
charges.
"Ministry of Local Government used money for building houses for
recurrent
expenditure and that is criminal when there are people without
houses,"
Stevenson said.
Among other recommendations,
Misihairabwi-Mushonga said, it was the
committee's view that relevant
ministries whose department had been
qualified by the report: "Within 10
days after the adoption of a select
committee report, the vice president or
the minister under whose portfolio
the matters raised in the report falls
shall, in all cases provide a
comprehensive response hereto in the
House."
She said government should discuss the report at Cabinet level and
also take
disciplinary measures against those accused of incompetence and
corruption.
Daily Mirror, Zimbabwe
The Daily Mirror
Reporter
issue date :2006-Mar-29
Last Sunday, anti-Senate spokesperson
Nelson Chamisa covertly attended a
rally addressed by the pro-Senate leader
Arthur Mutambara and his deputy
Gibson Sibanda, apparently on a spying
mission.
Chamisa sent a cell message to this reporter soon after the rally,
claiming
only 800 people had attended.
"Mutambara addresses less than 800
people at St Mary's rally," read the
message.
Chamisa, also legislator
for Kuwadzana and secretary for information and
publicity in Morgan
Tsvangirai's faction, later phoned stressing that minus
800 people attended
the rally.
Asked how he came to that conclusion when he had not attended the
rally,
Chamisa claimed he was present, albeit clandestinely.
The young
politician further claimed that the anti-Senate faction - he
termed the real
MDC - held a rally in Harare's Budiriro 5 attended by about
10 000 people on
Saturday.
He boasted: "Yesterday (Saturday) we addressed a rally in Budiriro
5 which
was just a provincial rally, but it was attended by between 8 000
and 10 000
party supporters. I passed through St Mary's coming from
Dema.
"I went there (pro-Senate faction rally) and I was shocked that between
500
and 800 people attended the rally. It certainly cannot be an MDC rally.
We
have thousands of supporters in St Mary's."
He then scoffed at the
pro-senate rally a fortnight ago at Bulawayo's White
City Stadium saying
only 3 000 people attended.
"You cannot hold a rally in Bulawayo that will be
attended by less than 5
000 people. We are going to Bulawayo.and you will
see how many people will
attend our rally.
"The people have spoken from
congress and continue to speak. They bused
people from as far as Mhondoro
because the people in St Mary's snubbed
them," added Chamisa.
Asked why
he was so concerned by events in the other camp if Tsvangirai's
faction was
certain the people were fully behind them, Chamisa said he was
bitter
Mutambara was trying to high-jack "other people's project."
"He (Mutambara)
should form a new party to show the world he has the best
ideas than some of
us who have been toiling and fighting .not clinging on
other people's
project. I listened to his speech. It was a schoolboy
speech," he
said.
He denied having hired a mob that vainly tried to disrupt the rally.
Nyau
dancers and a mob started waving Dynamos flags while Mutambara was
addressing the gathering.
Yesterday St Mary's legislator Job Sikhala and
pro-Senate faction defence
secretary said: "It's a game we are aware of and
that does not worry us at
all. It shows the extent of desperation in that
camp. How can they hire
street kids and Nyau dancers to disrupt our
programme?"
Daily Mirror, Zimbabwe
Golden
Sibanda
issue date :2006-Mar-29
LOCAL power utility, Zesa Holdings,
has warned industry that it would effect
power cuts during the winter period
as part of measures to balance up supply
to demand mismatch caused by
crippling power shortages the country is
experiencing.
Industry commended
Zesa for appraising it about its plans in advance in
contrast to a situation
where it would effect spontaneous power cuts, which
would have devastating
effects on an already ailing industry and economy in
general.
Zimbabwe
National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) president Luxon Zembe confirmed
that the
power utility gave notice pointing out that Zesa had been forced to
do that
by critical shortages of power in the country and southern Africa in
general.
"Zesa did communicate to us that because of the overwhelming
increase in
demand and shortages of foreign currency to import power they
would resort
to load shedding to balance up supply and demand. There also is
no foreign
currency in the country to import power from the region," said
Zembe.
Zesa is planning massive load shedding over the winter period when
demand
for electricity is expected be extremely high for both industrial and
domestic use.
Load shedding would also affect both sets of
consumers.
The ZNCC president commended the power utility for making its
plans clear,
as that would give companies time to prepare in advance, which
would
minimise the ripple effects of unforeseen power cuts.
Zesa Holdings
general manager, corporate communications, James Maridadi last
week
confirmed that the power utility would effect blanket power cuts to all
consumers during winter.
"Demand for power is highest during winter as is
the case anywhere the world
over. As such, since the country is facing power
shortages Zesa would effect
load shedding because consumption is very high
during this period," said
Maridadi.
Zembe said industry and the power
utility agreed to sit down and draft an
all-encompassing strategy to deal
with the impending planned power cuts over
the winter period.
He pointed
out that industry understood Zesa's challenges and the fact that
there was
not much the power utility could do to avert the dire consequences
of power
cuts.
"We all are in a crisis and so we have to put our heads together and
see
what strategies we can come up with for the whole country because this
is a
national problem," Zembe said.
The ZNCC boss said Zesa's problems
required concerted efforts from all
stakeholders since the amount of
financial resources required to address the
country's electric power crisis
was enormous.
He pointed out that some of the power utility's equipment at
its electricity
generating stations were broken down and required a
considerable amount of
hard currency to rehabilitate Zesa to at least
operate at optimal levels.
Zembe indicated that there was no way of escaping
this challenge except to
join hands as a nation and come up with strategies
to mobilise financial
resources to solve the issue of crippling electrical
energy shortages.
This was particularly so considering that in the face of
expected regional
power shortages next year, the country would have to fork
out even more for
all electricity imports it would make.
Critical power
shortages would pose
yet another difficulty for local firms already battling
a myriad of problems
that include
a shortage of fuel, hyperinflation
running
at 782 percent, high borrowing and
production costs and shortages
of critical
raw materials.
Southern Africa is expected to experience
crippling power shortages, which
would limit the country's import options in
addition to the fact that
countries that would afford to export some of
their electricity would seize
the situation and offer to sell at very high
rates.
Zesa is still battling to raise foreign currency to expand Kariba
South
hydro-power plant as well as raise capacity at two of its thermal
stations
in Hwange.
Daily Mirror, Zimbabwe
The Daily Mirror Reporter
issue date :2006-Mar-29
A Harare
man who allegedly drained more than 60 000 litres of fuel worth
over $600
million from National Oil Company of Zimbabwe (Noczim) and
diverted it to
some unidentified customers after lying it had been pumped
back was arrested
last week.
Michael Ngwerume was employed by Noczim at its Msasa Depot as a
bulk loader.
Allegations were that on April 9 last year, Ngwerume and
accomplices Silent
Murombedzi, Norman Chinorwira, Robson Kanyati, Chenjerai
Chimbwanda and one
Munetsi - all on the run - loaded a U-Link truck with 16
990 litres worth
$170 million of diesel instead of 14 000 litres.
They
allegedly lied to Noczim that the fuel had been pumped back into the
storage
tanks because the loading machine programmed to load 14 000 litres
ended up
loading in excess.
Ngwerume allegedly completed suck back forms purporting
that they had pumped
back the diesel.
The following month, Ngwerume
allegedly connived with Samuel Zhuwao, Simon
Peta, January Emmanuel and
Edison Mugari and loaded 30 000 litres of petrol
into an Exor truck and
claimed the machine had once again mistimed and they
had pumped back the
fuel.
The petrol was valued at $300 million. On the third instance, Ngwerume
allegedly connived with James Bepete, a truck driver at Munhenzva Transport,
and they loaded 15 000 litres of diesel into his truck meant for
the
Grain Marketing Board (GMB) in Bulawayo.
After delivering the
consignment to an unknown destination, they allegedly
reloaded the same
truck with another 15 000 of diesel
which was subsequently delivered to
Bulawayo.
The diesel was worth $150 million. Ngwerume and Bepete were not
asked to
plead to allegations of fraud when they appeared before magistrate
Rebecca
Takavadiyi who threw them into custody to tomorrow when they will
meet their
co-accused, Emmanuel, who is already in custody.
Daily Mirror, Zimbabwe
The Daily Mirror Reporter
issue date :2006-Mar-29
A
ZANU PF councillor in Mashonaland East was yesterday fined $2,5 million
(or
two months in prison) for stealing one tonne of ammonium nitrate
fertiliser
worth $42 372 000.
The fertiliser was destined for A1 farmers in the
councillor's ward situated
in Goromonzi district.
Richard Nzombe Mashinge
(60), the councillor for Ward 7, was convicted on
his own plea of guilty to
the charge of theft by conversion.
He was also ordered to pay restitution to
the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) in
the form of fertiliser before June 30,
2006, failure which he would spend a
month in jail.
Passing sentence,
Harare magistrate Lorraine Wakatama deplored Mashinge's
behaviour
considering his age, status and trust his constituents accorded
him. "People
like you make our (magistrates') lives difficult. You think I
should send a
60-year-old person to jail," she asked.
Mashinge of Chief Chinamhora's area
admitted that on February 2 this year he
collected three tonnes of the
top-dressing white fertiliser from the GMB
Cleveland depot in Msasa, Harare,
for A1 farmers in his ward.
The councillor was mandated to collect the
fertiliser or any other
agricultural input on behalf of farmers in the
ward.
But Mashinge short-changed the farmers by not delivering a tonne of the
fertiliser delivered.
The theft was discovered after some A1
farmers
failed to get their
allocations.
In mitigation, Mashinge said
he used the fertiliser in his fields and had
hoped to repay it after
harvests.
Daily Mirror, Zimbabwe
Our Correspondent in
Bindura
issue date :2006-Mar-29
MASHONALAND Central farmers owe
Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa)
Holdings $41 billion, the power
utility's provincial manager Fredrick Mafoko
said at the
weekend.
Addressing a winter wheat production preparatory meeting in Bindura,
Mafoko
said farmers in the province were failing to settle their
bills.
He said farmers in Bindura owed the power utility $13 billion, while
those
in Mvurwi were in arrears of $12 billion, Concession $11,8 billion,
Centenary $3,7 billion and Mt Darwin $492 million.
"Those owing us should
come to the negotiating table so that we agree on how
they would settle
their bills," he said.
He said Zesa had disconnected power supplies to some
of the farmers.
Mafoko said the power utility was in the process of
re-connecting
transformers in the province, which had been
vandalised.
"China has given us transformers and we expect more.
About 58
transformers were struck by lightning during this rain season. The
province
has very few transformers.
People are draining oil from transformers and
this led to the Zimbabwe
Electricity Distribution Company (ZEDC) failing to
supply the required power
to farmers," Mafoko added.
He warned those who
were vandalising the company's properties that the law
would take its
course.
"In 2007, we are likely to experience a power shortage in the region.
Load-shedding will continue even during winter cropping," Mafoko told the
farmers.
Meanwhile, ZESA has opened a hardware division, ZESA
Enterprises, which
sells farming equipment throughout the country.
As a JAG member or JAG Associate member, please send any
classified
adverts for publication in this newsletter to:
JAG
Classifieds: jag@mango.zw; justiceforagriculture@zol.co.zw
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1.
For Sale Items
2. Wanted Items
3. Accommodation
4.
Recreation
5. Specialist Services
6. Pets
Corner
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1.
OFFERED FOR
SALE
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1.1
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/02/06)
HONDA XR 250 R, trail bike with lights
and indicators, 18000km only. In
near original mint
condition.
Phone: 091 326 965 for
details.
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1.2
Chemicals For Sale (Ad inserted 21/02/06)
Dithian (M45)
Copper
Oxy
Dual Magnum
Punch Extra
Phone: John 334764, Cell
011208893
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1.3
For Sale (Ad inserted 7/03/06)
"Shawasha hills, phase one, 4,4 acres,
extensive Msasa/acacia trees,
river frontage, for sale, share transfer, call
496829
evenings"
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1.4
For Sale (Ad inserted 7/03/06)
Datsun Pulsar 140 A, very economical, in
use every day. Looking for $200
million. Please call Cheryl or Shane on
336710 or send e-mail to
mailto:galorand@mweb.co.zw
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1.5
Stamps for Sale (Ad inserted 7/03/06)
Stamps for Sale: Mint condition,
many in albums.
First Day Covers of the following
Countries:-
Period
Envelopes
South Africa
01/82-02/95
126
South West Africa/ Namibia 12/82-05/95 72
Bophuthatswana
11/81-03/94 60
Venda
11/81-04/94 60
Transkei
01/82-03/94
54
Ciskei
12/81-04/94 58
Rhodesia
02/62-07/76
45
Zimbabwe
04/80-04/00 108
Offers: Phone:
861089
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1.6
Bakery for Sale (Ad inserted 7/03/06)
Bakery and coffee shop in Sam
Leavy`s village Borrowdale for sale.
Bakery is operating full speed and
doing catering for
numerous schools and coffee shops in Harare.
Call:
091 77 55 44 or 011 60 70 45
land line 88 2 384 or 851
729
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1.7
For Sale (Ad inserted 7/03/06)
Mazda B2500 Diesel, single cab, pickup.
1997. Driven by owner only.
Contact: Mark at 09 234757 or 011 416
937.
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1.8
For Sale (Ad inserted 14/03/06)
TOYOTA RAIDER 3.0L KZTE
2003
Model
1 owner since new
Long Range Tank
Rubberised
Back
Spotlights
Please email: office@arniston.co.zw
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1.9
For Sale (Ad inserted 14/03/06)
Steel slim line Canopy for Toyota 2.4
truck for Sale.
$ 40. Million/offers.
Please phone a.m. 487141 or
p.m evenings.
882713
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1.10
For Sale (Ad inserted 14/03/06)
TROLLING MOTOR 24V (FOOT CONTROL) IN
PERFECT CONDITION US$650
PHONE
741671.
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1.11
Items for Sale (Ad inserted 14/03/06)
Steam Iron $3
million
Porcelain Doll $2 million
Heater $2
million
Electric Blanket $3 million
Ladies Racer $10
million
Girls 28in Bycle $6 million
4 pine folding tables $5
million
Sewing Cabinet $5 million
Baby Tender $5
million
Carpet - Dusty Pink 12 x 15 ft $15 million
Carpet - Maroon
12 x 9 ft $12 million
Lace Curtain - 18 1/2m on roll (long) $5
million
Lace Curtain - 40m on roll (short) $8 million
Lounge &
Dining Room full length curtains - Pale Green 5 drops x 2
widths $5
million
Lounge & Dining Room full length curtains - Blue Cream 6
drops x 1
width $5 million (with pelmet covers)
Lounge & Dining
Room full lenth curtains - Wine Brocade 2 drops x 2
widths, 2 drops x 1 1/2
widths, 3 drops x 1 width $4 million
Curtains - Pink with bedcover 2
drops x 2 widths $4 million
Curtains - Rose Green & Cream (large set)
$6 million
Curtains - Bathroom & Shower - green and blue sets, sun
filter
$2 million
Curtains - Kitchen, fancy lace yellow & white $2
million
Vinyl Records - offers
Summer collection in excellent
condition
Long play, speed 33, 1000 records
Seven Singles, box3s
of 7, speed 45
1st single releases, boxes of 4, speed 78 (some of Elvis's
1st original
releases)
Lots of ornaments
Lots of framed
pictures
Lots of Kitchen wear
1998 4WD Ex Jap Pulsar, in good
condition. +\- 89 000 kms $400 million.
For further enquiries please
contact Mrs L Noble on 304426 or
091340334.
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1.12
Items for Sale (Ad inserted 14/03/06)
Honda CB 650 B Motorbike. Seat
needs attention and needs new Electric
start batt.
$200
million.
Pink Carpet. 12 x 9 ft $12 million
Blue single bedspread
set $2.5 million
Brand New Double bed sheets $5 million
Brand new
12 piece tea set (6 cups & 6 saucers) $4 million
Brand new Pyrex oval
dish with metal frame $4 million
Brand new Pudding bowls $4
million
Tupperware Rice Cooker $3 million
Tupperware deep oval
casserole dish $3 million
Tupperware low oval casserole dish $3
million
Tupperware round casserole dish $3 million
Tupperware
rolls container $3 million
2x tea sets (for 6) $1 million
each
Deep Fryer $8 million
Ice Cream Machine $10
million
Snug and Safe Baby carrier/car seat (0 - 9mths) $5
million
Baby bath seat $1.5 million
Baby monitor $3
million
Baby carrier $3 million
Microwave Sterilser (brand new) $5
million
2 man canvas Tents $10 million each
Tennis Rackets $2.5
million each
Hockey sticks $2.5 million each (one is for
goalkeeping)
2000 pieces puzzles $2 million each
Pictionary Game
$2 million
For further details please contact Venetia Bratley on 309914
or
091777668
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1.13
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/03/06)
Sokkia Automatic Dumpy
- Level / Theodolite
In immaculate condition with Tripod contact 851380
or 091272572 to view
or with realistic
offers.
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1.14
Items for Sale (Ad inserted 21/03/06)
Various second hand items for sale
- All must go!!!
Prices are negotiable.
Filing cabinet, 2 draw, wooden
(good condition) - $25m
Wooden and black leather bar 140 x 50cm with 3
leather stools - $20m
5 man Tent (dome shape - water resistant) -
$18m
Camp bed x 2 (army edition) - $5m each
Square folding table,
wooden 92 x 92cm - $2m
Roller Blades size 5/6 - $2m
The Mad Max
Magazine Game (good condition) - $3m
Cluedo (good condition) -
$3m
Please contact Monique 309274(w) 091 315 411 (cell)
monique@oxfordit.co.zw
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1.15
FOR SALE (Ad inserted 21/03/06)
2 Toshiba Satellite Pro Pentium Laptop
Computers in good working order.
Complete with carrier cases.
Loaded with
Windows 95 and Lotus Word Perfect.
Price ZD$ 50,000,000.00 each
onco.
Call B. Brown on 04-754301/2 or
091-754301.
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1.16
Items for Sale (Ad inserted 21/03/06)
Leather Coat - full length - size
107cm - only worn once
Leather Coat - 3/4 length - size 112cm - in very good
condition.
Health Walker
A set of 18 Volumes of Claxton
Encyclopaedias
A set of 4 volumes of Claxton Children
Encyclopaedias
Serious offers only
Contact R. Jordaan on 011 603
110
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1.17
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/03/06)
One Humidifier.
Phone 04 - 701940
or 011 -
616342.
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1.18
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/03/06)
Brand new (unused) Delco Remy 24 volt
starter suitable for Mercedes, MAN
or ADE engine trucks, complete with all
mounting brackets and solenoid.
$100 million ONCO.
Contact 091
321006 or 335573 (after hours) to view or for
further
information.
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1.19
FOR SALE (Ad inserted 21/03/06)
30,000 litre steel tank on skids,
complete with lockable filler and
outlet fixtures. In excellent condition and
suitable for fuels. $1
billion. New tank costs in excess of $2 billion.
Contact 091 321006 or
335573 (after hours) to view or for further
information.
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1.20
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/03/06)
NISSAN SE 3.2 Diesel , D/Cab , 4 X 4,
White , 2001 .
14,000 Kms ( only )
Rubberised back, Canopy, Bull
bar, Roll bar, as new
usd 27,000:
cell 011
208848.
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1.21
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/03/06)
A NUMBER OF LARGE BANANA
TREES
PLEASE PHONE:- 071 8 474
CELL 091 238 462/ 091 303
097
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1.22
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/03/06)
MAZDA 323 YEAR 1986
One careful
owner
Excellent condition
500 million
Please phone:
011603070, 486326, 486293, or
011605219
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1.23
Toyota Starlet 116 000 km 1997
Wonderful runner round town. Extremely
fuel-efficient.
Air conditioning, alarmed, cut out switch, anti hijack,
central locking
Kenwood front loader CD with speakers.
Please phone
851558/851375
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1.24
For Sale (Ad inserted 21/03/06)
CHILDREN'S, COLOURED CHAIRS
$350,000
TABLE TENNIS TABLE & TRESTLES $ 35 MILLION.
BATS, NET
& BALLS $ 5 MILLION
APPLY mnmilbank@zol.co.zw
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1.25
For Sale (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
Hewlett Packard printer 610C (brand
new)
French lessons course (Oxford) never used
Supersonic radio
and record player (superb condition)
.270 rifle with Lynx scope (4x40)
licensed.
2 Black and Decker bench grinders
1 Hoover bench
grinder
Small ladder
Various motors 1 to 3 hp in working
order
2 BC jackets (excellent condition) for diving
1 old English
saddle and a polocrosse helmet.
To view in Bulawayo
Contact no:
011 416937 or 09
234757
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1.26
For Sale (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
"THE WEAVERY."
Phone your orders
to--Anne--011212424 or 332851.
Email joannew@zol.co.zw
Fax--332851.
SUPER
GIFT IDEAS FOR LOCAL OR OVERSEAS FRIENDS AND FAMILY. LIGHT,EASY TO
WASH AND
SOMETHING DIFFERENT. EASTER IS JUST AROUND THE
CORNER!
Prices.
Small woven bags--$400,000 each.
Large
crocheted bags.--$1,100,000 each.
Large woven bags.--$820,000
each.
Table Runners.--$600,000.
Set of 4 Fringed Table mats +
serviettes--$1,800,000.
Fringed mats only(4)---$1,200,000.
Set of
6 Fringed mats+ serviettes--$2,800,000.
Set of 4 Bordered table mats+
serviettes---$2,200,000.
Bordered mats only(4)--$1,800,000.
Set of
6 Bordered mats + serviettes--$3,500,000.
Set of 8 Bordered mats +
serviettes---$4,500,000.
2m Throws--$2,200,000.each.
Tea
cosy(L)--$350,000.
Tea cosy(m)--$340,000
Tea
cosy(s)--$330,000.
Crocheted oven
gloves(pair)--$800,000.
Cotton(lined)oven
gloves(pair)--$500,000.
Aprons--$900,000.
Decorated cushion
covers--$800,000.
Plain cushion
covers---$600,000.
Scarves(knitted)--$800,000. each.
Hand Woven
Scarves--$1,000,000 each
Hats(Beanies)--$450,000 each.
Large plain
cotton rug--$2,000,000.
Med. plain cotton rug---$1,200,000.
Small
plain cotton rug.---$800,000.
Cotton Rag Rug--$800,000.
Med. plain
mohair rug--$1,500,000.
Med.patterned mohair rug.--$2,000,000.
X
Large plain mohair rug.--$5,500,000.
Bedspreads-- QS/DB/3/4
and
Single--$6,500,000,/$5,500,000/$5,000,000/$3,500,000.
Wholesale
prices available for orders(over 6 of an article) or
large
purchases.
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1.27
For Sale (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
Cottage at Sunshine Motor Club, Lake
Chivero for Sale. Ideal for
weekends & holidays - for more details
please phone
741671.
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1.28
For Sale (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
1991 Toyota Hilux 2.8D 4 x 4 for sale in
good running order - offers
Phone
741671.
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1.29
For Sales (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
S.E.E.D. DESIGNS (Based in
Chiredzi)
Beautiful hand embroidered exclusive ethnic items for sale
:-
Duvet covers Q/size $13,500 000
Muslin Throwovers/tablecloth $
3,150 000
Wall hangings and throws $11,850 000
Wallets
(accommodate chqe book) $ 1,300 000
Webbing handbags $ 2,900
000
Medium size cushion covers $ 2,600 000
Small size cushion
covers $ 1,700 000
Set of 6 table mats & serviettes $ 6,600
000
Shoulder bags $ 2,500 000
Oven gloves $ 1,340
000
Pillow cases matching duvets $ 1,100 000
And much more!!
Prices subject to change. For further details, please
contact Michelle Ross
(Harare rep) on 091 202 138 or
alternatively
883606.
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1.30
For Sales (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
Baby fold up camp cot (new) (fits into
bag) red, yellow and green for
sale $25 000 000.
Small carry cot for
sale $500 000
Please contact Michelle Ross on 091 202 138 or
alternatively
883606.
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1.31
For Sale (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
ITEMS REOFFERED FOR SALE
Adam
Bede round oak table and six chairs
4 upholstered swivel bar
chairs
Kitchen table and 6 stools
Small hoover single tub washing
machine (not automatic)
Large glass top defy stove, super oven and large
warming drawer
Beige Carpet
Old pine table
Tennis court/
driveway/garden roller
Pine bedroom suite, single headboard, bedside
table, desk and chest of
drawers
1 painted white chest of
drawers
1 Creda Carefree Cooker 4 plate double oven
1 GEC old
fridge 8 cubic foot
5 large pot plants
Garden spray back pack for
roses, fruit trees etc
1 fertilizer spreader
Children's
games
Please phone 884076 or
011204060
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1.32
For Sale (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
BMW 323i beautiful condition 1998 133 000
km on the clock.
Alarm, central locking, CD player etc
Please
phone 884076 or
011204060
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1.33
For Sale (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
Toyota Starlet 116 000 km
1997
Wonderful run a round town. Extremely fuel-efficient.
Air
conditioning, alarmed, cut out switch, anti hijack, central locking.
Kenwood
front loader CD with speakers. A car that needs to be seen.
Please phone
884076 or
011204060
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1.34
For Sale (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
MAZDA 323
YEAR 1986
One careful owner
Excellent condition
Please
phone: 011603070, 486326, 486293, or
011605219
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1.35
Whiskey Collection For Sale (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
Large whiskey
collection. Must all go together? Serious buyers only.
Please phone
884076 or
011204060
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WANTED
ITEMS
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2.1
WANTED (Ad inserted 7/03/06)
MEASURING WHEEL
Does anyone have a
measuring wheel to, donate, lend or sell to Pony
Club? Ours 'went missing'
last weekend and we urgently require another
one
for our shows and
eventing. Many thanks.
Please call Jo on 091 247001 or 494720 or Kathy
on 023
317537
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2.2
Wanted (Ad inserted 7/03/06)
I am looking for a second hand cellphone to
buy. If there is anyone out
there selling his/her cellphone please contact me
on 023756589
or e-mail babsmandava@yahoo.com
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2.3
Items Wanted (Ad inserted 14/03/06)
Wanted Items
Is there anyone
out there with a second hand jungle gym for sale? Please
phone Michelle Ross
on 091 202 138 or alternatively
883606.
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2.4
Wanted (Ad inserted 14/03/06)
Pensioner looking for second hand walking
frame to buy.
Any further details please contact Mrs L Noble on 304426 or
091340334
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2.5
Wanted (Ad inserted 21/03/06)
PICK-UP VEHICLE WANTED!
Mazda B1600,
1995 - 1998, petrol or
Ford Bantam/Mazda Rustler 1995 - 1998
LAWN
MOWER WANTED!
Electric, used but in good condition.
Call 091 256
326 or mail rejoice@earth.co.zw
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2.6
Wanted (Ad inserted 21/03/06)
City Bowling Club
Desperately
required: Lawnmowers (drum type) for bowling greens. If you
know of any clubs
that are closing their bowls or golf sections please
let me
know.
Contact Malcom Evans 011 604929 or motley@zol.co.zw or Joe 04 756363-9
or
091-338414 or joe@radius.co.zw
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2.7
Wanted (Ad inserted 21/03/06)
Petra Junior School in Bulawayo needs to
buy a good quality lawn mower
for its premises. A second hand will be an
option if the condition
is
good.
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2.8
Wanted (Ad inserted 28/3/06)
Planning to leave? We will buy your T.V. or
Video and you can use it up
until the last moment - Phone Hire Electric -
741913.
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2.9
WANTED ITEMS (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
TEDDY BEARS - any condition, old
etc.
BOOKS. - MAMMALS OF SOUTH AFRICA. - by Austin Roberts.
JOCK OF
THE BUSHVELD - early illustrated.
phone
882713.
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2.10
Wanted (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
I am looking for a small tape recorder, for
recording purposes. If you
have one to sell please ring me at 332798 or 011
231 541or email me on
pcj@earth.co.zw
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2.11
Wanted (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
WANTED urgently is a Working / Non- Working
TV, VCR and Hifi. Cash paid
instantly. Please contact Joel on joelsonwozhi@yahoo.com or leave
a
message with Mercy on 011 611
637.
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3 Accommodation Wanted and
Offered
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3.1
House for Sale (Ad inserted 7/03/06)
Helensvale Area, on just over 2
acres (8138 sq.mtrs)
Mediterranean style, very neat, well
maintained.
Spacious lounge with jet master fireplace
Separate
dining room
Kitchen with walk in pantry
Two large
bedrooms
Two lock up garages
Well-developed garden of indigenous
trees
Good borehole
Offers phone:
861089
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3.2
Wanted (Ad inserted 14/03/06)
Accommodation
Wanted
Elderly couple looking for 3 bedroomed house for long term lease
with
lock up garage(s). Able to maintain home and property very well. Able
to
pay rental up to $25 million per month. Please contact Reg Gravett
on
302983 after 1800
hrs.
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3.3
Looking for House Sitter (Ad inserted 14/03/06)
House Sitter
Wanted
Marondera - Smallholding - Mature couple required to house sit
from 1st
April to 1st July. Must be animal lovers. Beautiful environment, on
tar
road, Town Centre only 4kms away.
Please phone Rene' on 091
395-576 or 04 747
411
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3.4
Looking for House Sitter (Ad inserted 21/03/06)
House sitter required
from May to end of July in Bulawayo. Large house
with 3 dogs and 3 cats plus
staff. Traceable references please
Contact: 011
416937
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3.5
House Wanted for Rent (Ad inserted 21/03/06)
A reliable married couple
(no children) are looking for a 3 or 4 b/roomed
house to rent as from Ist
June 2006. (Long term lease) preferably with
lock up garage and domestic
quarters. A granny cottage/bachelor flat
would be a bonus. We are able to
maintain home and garden very well.
Contact:
Dudley or Colleen
Potgieter
04 335455 - evenings
091 202303 (Dudley)
011 613268
(Colleen)
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3.6
Wanted (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
HOUSE / COTTAGE WANTED
2 - 4
Bedroomed House
Long lease preferred
Marlborough / Highlands /
Chisi / Borrowdale
Eastlea or near to these
$ in the region of 30
per month
Please contact - Elizabeth Lundt garage@adhart.co.zw
or
Jo Lundt jlundt@mweb.co.zw
or
Karen Lundt ljs@hms.co.zw
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3.7 House for Sale (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
Arcturus upmarket residential
suburb Cromlet Township. Stunning executive
hilltop residence with unbeatable
270degree northfacing panoramic views
over the Enterprise Valley, 10 acres,
electric fenced, electric gate,
fully serviced with water, zesa, roads.
Recently built needing a few
finishing touches, double storey ''safari
style'' home, under
chromadek, comprises of double carport, view deck, 3
lounges, openplan
dining/kitchen area, laundry, workshop, 5 bedrooms, 3
bathrooms
(MES). Property has many indigenous trees, and a haven for
birds.Ideal
for retired/displaced farmer wanting to do small scale agric
projects.
Adjoining this property are 2 x 10acre, 1 x 14 acre undeveloped
plots
with stunning views, serviced, with great agricultural potential.
Just
30kms from city centre, 15kms to Chisi, quick and easy access
via
Enterprise Rd, Cromlet Rd (Pig Industry Board). Share transfers, all
with
individual Title Deeds. Preferable Sale or possible Rental - Tel 011
610
222, email ecolynx@zol.co.zw
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4
RECREATION
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4.1
Harare International Festival of the Arts (Ad inserted 7/2/06)
The Harare
International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) is one of
Zimbabwe's premier
artistic events. It gives Zimbabweans the change to
meet and interface with
top local artists, as well as regional and
international artists and
performers. The Festival's appeal is for all
ages and interests and during
HIFA, Zimbabweans come together in a truly
carnival atmosphere
to
experience the sheer joy that is art in whatever form - art as
healer,
art as educator, art as up lifter of the spirit.
HIFA 2006 is
scheduled for 25th to 30th April 2006. All the major
international festivals
offer a "Friends of Festival" scheme and ours is
known as HifAmigos.
HifAmigos are a highly valued and regarded
component of the Festival. HIFA
offers a series of comprehensive
benefits in several categories of HifAmigos
to cater for all interests
and needs and subscriptions are reasonable. HIFA
has been described as
"second to Edinburgh" and "among the top ten festivals
of the world!"
HIFA 2006 now invites you to become a HifAmigo or to renew
your HifAmigo
membership. If you do so by 24th February 2006, you will be
listed in
the Official HIFA 2006 Programme and invited to what is becoming
the
hottest even on the Zimbabwean social calendar - the HIFA Opening
Party.
Our launch events are legendary. Join early & be
there!
2006 HifAmigos will enjoy 20% discounts on all shows and
workshops.
Procedure for becoming a hifAmigo
Contact the hifAmigo Manager
for an application form -
Angie Thomas - contactable via HIFA as
below.
Harare International Festival of the Arts
Box A42, Avondale,
Harare, Zimbabwe
Phone & Fax: +263 (4) 300 119
Email: amigos@hifa.co.zw
Website: www.hifa.co.zw
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4.2
KARIBA (Ad inserted 21/02/06)
GACHE GACHE LODGE
Book now for
Easter!
Contact us: tourleaders@zol.co.zw or phone Andrea
on
091 208 836.
Rates on
request!
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4.3
(Ad inserted 7/03/06)
The National Institute of Alied
Arts
Presents their Annual Festival from 8th - 23rd March
Choirs
at Harry Margolis Hall
Music across the board
21st, 22nd and 23rd
March
Final Concert at Prince Edward School
Public welcome we need
your
support
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5
SPECIALIST
SERVICES
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5.1
Ad inserted (7/03/06)
Blackfordby College of Agriculture
DIPLOMA
IN AGRICULTURE
Enrolment applications for the
intake
Commencing in
August 2006
are now open
The minimum entrance qualifications for the
diploma
Is: Five O-Levels; English, Maths,
Science and two
others.
The course covers two years and is written in
five
Disciplines, Animal Husbandry, Crop Husbandry,
Horticulture,
Farm Mechanization and
Farm Management.
Applicants must send a
non-refundable deposit of
$1 000 000.00 (one million dollars) to the
address below
or deposit the money
into our
account:
Standard Chartered Bank, Avondale Branch
Account Number:
0101723103701.
A copy of the deposit slip with the applicant's name
and
Address must be faxed to 075-2539.
The application forms will
then be sent to you, and will
Include details of fee
structure.
Blackfordby College of Agriculture
P.O. Box EH
197
Emerald Hill
Harare, Zimbabwe
Phone:
075-2532/2533
Fax: 075-2579
E-mail: agfordby@mweb.co.zw
Applications
close on 31st May
2006.
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5.2
(Ad inserted 7/03/06)
T.M. LAMBERT (Agent for Mono Pumps
Zimbabwe)
Capacity Test, Installations, Repair Maintenance On All
Borehole Pumps
PO Box GT 629
Graniteside, Harare
Tel:
04-494796
Cell: 091 288 448 or 011 726 062
E-mail: tlambert@zim.co.zw
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5.3
G - TECH (Ad inserted 14/03/06)
G - TECH: Diesel and plant maintenance,
site contracting, generator and
stationary engine installation and
maintenance, tractors and hydraulics.
Contact Graham at gtech@zol.co.zw or call 011 406023, 091
286657, 04
741001, 075
2264
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5.4
For Hire (Ad inserted 14/03/06)
21 & 14" Televisions & videos for
hire - Please phone Hire Electric
on
741913.
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5.5
(Ad inserted 21/03/06)
Air-conditioning
Servicing and re-gassing
of aircon done on all vehicles and fridges/deep
freezes. Reasonable rates -
same day car return.
Call Russell or Teresa Hook on 305381 331970 331976
091201744
011201744
Plastic Repairs
For all plastic repairs, on
car bumpers ,grilles, door handles, trims,
mouldings, cowlings, right down to
cooler box handles. Anything plastic
bring to us.
Call Russell or
Teresa Hook on 305381 331970 331976
091201744
011201744
Boats
All Fibre Glass repairs to boats,
Repairs and Servicing done on all
motors.
Call Russell Hook at Dragon
Marine on 305381 331970 331976
091201744 011201744
Motor
Vehicles
Servicing and minor repairs to all motor vehicles. Affordable
rates. Come
in and see us at 6 Childwall Road Bluff Hill or phone Russell
Hook
305381 331970 331976 091201744 011201744
Stationery
For
all your stationery requirements call AF Stationers. Our prices
include
delivery!
Phone Teresa Hook 305381 331970 331976 011201744
Holiday
in Amanzimtoti
2 Bedroom flat at Toti Cabanas. Sleeps 6. Available from
15-22 or/and
22-29 May.
USD150 for the week.
Call Noeleen on
011 205 183 or 305381 or
065-204.
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5.6
(Ad inserted 28/03/06)
MODULAR MINING MACHINERY
Small Mining
Supplies manufacture process machiney for many ore types
contact Small
Mining Supplis p/l
satmark@zol.co.zw
011601230
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5.7
Savuli Safari (Ad inserted 7/03/06)
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. $1 500 000 pppn,
1/2 U/12.
Booking direct to John Tayler at 091 631 556 or savuli@mweb.co.zw
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5.8
For Hire (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
Primgate Contracting Services has a Case
2344 combine and tractors
available for land prep.
Contact:
011-633190
Email: devon@mweb.co.zw
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5.9
(Ad inserted 28/03/06)
NATUREWAYS SAFARIS
LOWER ZAMBEZI
CANOEING
SPACE AVAILABLE - CAMP ZAMBEZI 14 - 17 APRIL
2006
Z$12,000,000per person per night
Includes : All meals, all
drinks (Zimbabwean), all activities (canoeing,
walking, game
drives)
services of professional walking & canoe guides, fully
backed-up Luxury
Camp
Excludes : National Parks Fees and transfers to
Mana
Contact Julie on julie@natureways.com or phone 333414,
339001
28 Bath Road, Avondale
Please confirm Annual Subs as am
sure are now more than $500,000
SPACE AVAILABLE - CAMP ZAMBEZI 14 - 17
APRIL 2006 - CONTACT US ABOUT OUR
SPECIAL RATES
Julie MacKenzie, Sales
& Marketing, Natureways Safaris
P O Box 1714, Borrowdale,
Harare
Phone : + 263 (4) 333414, 339001
Fax : + 263 (4)
339008
Cell : (263) 91 249382
www.natureways.com
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6
PETS
CORNER
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6.1
Homes Wanted (Ad inserted 7/03/06)
2 ex farming male cats both
neutered,
2 ex farming female cats both spayed,
Very relaxed and
well house trained. Looking for a new home. Used to
travelling and good at
settling into different life styles. Please
contact 04 490758 after 6pm
weekdays or
weekends.
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6.2
HOME WANTED (Ad inserted 7/03/06)
I have two very beautiful tabby cats
that we took onto farm from someone
leaving the country. However now refusing
to come into house because of
dogs. I would very much like to find them good
home where there are no
dogs. Very friendly, young, females, spade.
Independent but love people.
Please phone Carrie 091 206
558.
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6.3
Wanted (Ad inserted 7/03/06)
LOOKING FOR 2 PEAHENS FOR LONELY PEACOCK
AND WHITE DUCKS COUPLE OF
PAIRS. WOULD LIKE TO BREED PEKIN DUCKS IF ANYONE
HAS ANY BREEDING STOCK.
PHONE JACKIE 091 240 923 OR EMAIL be1371@mweb.co.zw
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6.4
HOME WANTED (Ad inserted 7/03/06)
Looking for a good home for a 6 year
old female Pure Bred Boerbul.
Excellent guard dog but very dominant and
probably needs to be an only
dog. Prefer a Farm or big
property
Contact
Colin Paterson 011-206626
Gill Paterson 091-294185
or
04-882013
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6.5
Wanted (Ad inserted 21/03/06)
Staffordshire Pup
We are looking for
a Staffordshire Bitch Pup. Preferably between 6 and 8
weeks old. Please
contact Colleen on 091275624, or email us at
peat@zol.co.zw
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6.5
Looking for a Home (Ad inserted 21/03/06)
English Bull Terrier
Lovers.
Magnificent white English Bull Terrier Male, 4 years, looking for
kind
and loving home. Came from a farm but owners have left. Please help
as
will be put to sleep if home not found soon. Tel Michelle on 884294
or
e-mail gandami@mweb.co.zw
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6.7
Wanted (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
Toy Pom (male or female)
preferably
puppy
Please contact:
Riana Inger 011-220955 or email wombat@zol.co.zw
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6.8
Dog Meal for Sale (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
"Dog Meal $ 900 k per 20 kg bag,
please order on Harare
495897"
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6.9
WANTED (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
Looking for a Miniature Toy Pom Puppy (male
or female). Anyone
who breeds them please let me know.
E-mail - charlespat@zol.co.zw
Tel -
481419
Cell - 011-611-360
011-603-889
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6.10
Wanted (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
I am desperately looking for a Toy Pom
puppy. Preferably a female puppy.
Please contact Willem on 068 - 24577
or 091326882 or email
albotha@ecoweb.co.zw
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6.11
Home Wanted (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
We are urgently seeking a home for our
beautiful 12 year old Lab / Border
Collie... We are leaving the country on
Monday 27th. Will put her into
Friendly Foundation on Sunday.
PLEASE
HELP
Beryl Park-Pearson
861714 / 091 240 823
bushbaby@zol.co.zw
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6.12
Home Wanted (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
Staffy Lovers! 3 beautiful
black/brindle staffies looking for good home,
owners left. 1 male Rusty, 2
spayed bitches Lady and Sandy, can go
together or separately. Tel Michelle on
884294 or e-mail
gandami@mweb.co.zw
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6.13
Found (Ad inserted 28/03/06)
Elderly female, black and white Jack Russel,
very sweet and well
behaved. Found Sunday night on Ridgeway North
Road.
Contact 011
408044
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