Government to seize eight more corporate-owned farms Tue 23
November 2004
HARARE - The Zimbabwe government has ordered eight
multinational firms to surrender more than 12 000 hectares of land as it
steps up a drive to seize corporate-owned farms.
In a move that
will strain further relations between Harare and the international community
as most of the land targeted for seizure is protected under various
investment protection agreements, the government last Friday issued the
firms with Section 5 and 7 notices.
Under the government's Land
Acquisition Act, a Section 5 order notifies the owner of a piece of land of
the state's intention to take over the property without paying for
it.
A Section 7 order gives the owner five days within which to
contest the government's decision to seize their land with final notice
given under a Section 8 order which gives a landowner 90 days to vacate the
property.
According to a list published in the government gazette,
the state will take over Bartina Ranch from Brompton Ranch Pvt Ltd, a
subsidiary of the British-based Rio Tinto Plc. The farm which is situated
near Kadoma in Mashonaland West province, measures 8 819
hectares.
One of Zimbabwe's biggest gold producers, Falcon Gold,
will lose the 1 296 hectare Venice estate to the government. It could not be
immediately established what the government would do with the 3 000 people
living on the farm.
The country's sole producer of ammonium
nitrate, Sable Chemical Industries Limited will have to give up Sherwood
Block farm measuring 52 hectares. Rothmans International Enterprises will
cede the 100 hectare Aspindale Farm.
The government will also
seize the 1 048 hectare Safago farm from Lonrho Limited and another three
more farms measuring a total of 773 hectares from three other
firms.
Most of the usually well developed farms seized by the
government from companies in the last four months have ended up in the hands
of top government and ZANU PF party officials, their relatives and friends.
- ZimOnline
Please
find below the list of properties that appeared in the Herald on Friday 19th
November 2004 relating to 159 properties listed with a Section 5
Notice.
PLEASE NOTE THERE SEEMS TO BE QUITE A NUMBER OF DUPLICATIONS ON
THIS
LIST.
NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of subsection (1) of
section 5 of the Land Acquisition Act (Chapter 20:10), that the President
intends to acquire compulsorily the land described in the Schedule for
resettlement purposes.
A plan on the land is available for inspection at
the following offices of the Ministry of Special Affairs in the Office of the
President and Cabinet in Charge of Lands, Land Reform and resettlement
between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. from Monday to Friday other than on a public
holiday on or before 20th December 2004.
(a) Block 2, Makombe Complex
Cnr Harare Street and Herbert Chitepo Avenue, Harare; (b) Ministry of
Lands, Land Reform and Resettlement, CF 119, Government Composite Block,
Robert Mugabe Way, Mutare; (c) Ministry of Lands, Land Reform and
Resettlement, 4th Floor, Block H Office, 146, Mhlahlandlela Government
Complex, Bulawayo; (d) Ministry of Lands, Land Reform and Resettlement, M
& W Building, Corner Park/Link Street, Chinoyi; (e) Ministry of Lands,
Land Reform and Resettlement, 1st Floor, Founders House, The Green,
Marondera; (f) Ministry of Lands, Land Reform and Resettlement, 19 Hellet
Street, Masvingo; (g) Ministry of Lands, Land Reform and Resettlement,
Exchange Building, Main Street, Gweru; (h) Ministry of Lands, Land Reform
and Resettlement, Mtshabezi Building, First Floor, Office No. F20,
Gwanda; (i) Ministry of Lands, Land Reform and Resettlement, Ndodahondo
Building, Bindura.
Any owner or occupier or any other person who has
an interest and right in the said land, and who wishes to object to the
proposed compulsory acquisition, may lodge the same, in writing, with the
Minister of Special Affairs in the Office of the President and Cabinet in
Charge of Lands, Land Reform and Resettlement, Private Bag 7779, Causeway,
Harare, on or before 20th December 2004.
J L NKOMO Minister of
Special Affairs in the Office of the President and Cabinet in Charge of
Lands, Land Reform and
Resettlement ______________________________________________
LOT 158
SECTION 5 19TH NOVEMBER 2004 Gatooma 1. 7646/97. MD Hoffman, MJC
Hoffman, DGP Hoffman, CJ Van Rensburg, A E Beukas, M D Stanfield
& A M Maatens: Gatooma: Arundel Estate of Subdivision X of Railway
Farm 8: 388,1149 ha 2. 2310/84. Brompton Ranch P/L: Gatooma: Remainder
of Bartina Ranch: 8 819,4068 ha 3. 3994/84. Beatties Investment P/L:
Gatooma: Remaining Extent of Cherry Bank: 100,2680 ha 4. 6084/85.
Inniskilling Farm P/L: Gatooma: S/D "A" of Croc-na-ragh: 605,8790 ha 5.
126/83. John William Mells: Gatooma: Sub A of Acton: 40,7731 ha 6. 6515/89.
Melville Farming P/L: Gatooma: Blue Grass Estate: 2 996,3250 ha 7.
3050/78. J W Britz P/L: Gatooma: The Remaining Extent of Hope: 1 131,5991
ha 8. 1106/92. Sundew Green P/.L: Gatooma: Flaxton Estate: 1 977,5625
ha 9. 348/82. J W Mells: Gatooma: Glasgow: 456,5801 ha 10. 6939/88. A
C Lubbe Investments P/L: Gatooma: Hazlemere: 585,0018 ha 11. 1130/97.
Wornor P/L: Gatooma: Hilltops of Hillside: 283,1866 ha 12. 1724/82. The
Trustees for the Time Being of Commercial Growers Association of Zimbabwe:
Gatooma: Itafa Estate: 292,2711 ha 13. 4960/82. Claude Edwards & Sons
P/L: Gatooma: Remainder of Lanteglos: 914,7124 ha 14. 5661/00. Inspan
Investments P/L: Gatooma: Lidford: 1299,3379 ha 15. 8435/88. A C Lubbe
Investments P/L: Gatooma: Remainder of Milverton: 749,0540 ha 16.
6984/85. The Trustees for the Time Being of Commercial Growers Association of
Zimbabwe: Gatooma: The Remainder of Overlaw: 4569,8175 ha 17. 6515/89.
Melville Farming P/L: Gatooma: Protea of White Water: 304,8344 ha 18.
6515/89. Melville Farming P/L: Gatooma: Remainder of Whitewaters: 691,3058
ha 19. 6939/88. A C Lubbe Investments P/L: Gatooma: Hazlemere: 585,0018
ha 20. 348/82. John William Hells: Gatooma: Glasgow: 456,5801
ha
Gatooma and Hartley 21. 2148/80. Queensdale Enterprises P/L:
Gatooma and Hartley: Sable Home Ranch Estate: 8 529,2797
ha
Gatooma 22. 8434/88. A C Lubbe Investments P/L: Gatooma:
Saxondale: 739,1751 ha 23. 7646/97. MD Hoffman, MJC Hoffman, DGP Hoffman,
CJ Van Rensburg, A E Beukes, MD Stanfield & A M Maatens: Gatooma:
The Remaining Extent of Subdivision A of Railway 8: 770,9577 ha 24.
7687/88. A C Lubbe Investments P/L: Gatooma: Symington Estate: 369,1593
ha 25. 516/96. Oldland Farming P/L: Gatooma: Tee Sin: 284,9253 ha 26.
7646/97. Maria D Hoffman, Anna Magdalena Maatens, Mathiam Johannes Cornelius
Hoffman, Daniel Godfried Pieter Hoffman, Catherina Johanna Van Rensburg
Aleta Estelle Beukes, Marie Dorothea Stanfield: Gatooma: Remainder of
Railway Farm 7: 1 469,6049 ha 27. 3125/91. Falcon Gold Zimbabwe Ltd:
Gatooma: Venice Estate: 1 296,3368 ha 28. 4237/86. Frikkie Muller:
Gatooma: Twin tops: 6 393,2635 ha 29. 8435/88. A C Lubbe Investments P/L:
Gatooma: Remainder of Milverton: 749,0540 ha 30. 6440/86. V Newman &
Sons (Private) Limited: Gatooma: Remaining Extent of Hove: 274,1933
ha 31. 2064/76. Charles Johannes Campher: Gatooma: 101,1717 ha 32.
3125/91. Falcon Gold Zimbabwe Ltd: Gatooma: Venice Estate: 1 296,3368
ha 33. 7646/97. M D Hoffman, A M Msstyrnd, M J C Hoffman, D G P Hoffman,
C J Van Rensburg A E Beukes, M D Stanfield: Gatooma: Remainder of
Railway Farm 7: 1 469,6049 ha 34. 516/96. Oldland Farming P/L: Gatooma:
Tee Sin: 284,9253 ha 35. 4849/72. Eyerston (Private) Limited: Gatooma:
Remaining Extent of Umswenswi River Block: 1 275,4495 ha 36. 1311/71.
Vrystaat Estates (Private) Limited: Gatooma: Farm 8A Umsweswi River Block: 2
766,5019 ha 37. 656/77. Umsweswe Ranches (Private) Limited: Gatooma: Farm
7A Umsweswi River Block: 3 618,3514 ha 38. 656/77. Umsweswe Ranches
(Private) Limited: Gatooma: Farm 6 of Umsweswi River Block: 915,7077
ha 39. 656/77. Umsweswe Ranches (Private) Limited: Gatooma: Farm 5
of Umsweswi River Block: 1 010,8269 ha 40. 4849/72. Eyerston (Private)
Limited: Gatooma: Farm 11 of Umsweswi River Block: 1 275,4068 ha 41.
4849/72. Eyerston (Private) Limited: Gatooma: Farm 10 of Umsweswi River
block: 1 335,9854 ha 42. 7687/88. A C Lubbe Investments P/L: Gatooma:
Sumington Estate: 369,1593 ha 43. 7646/97. M D Hoffman, A M Msstyrnd, M
J C Hogffman, D G P Hoffman, C J Van Rensburg, A E Beukes, M D
Stanfield: Gatooma: The R/E of Subdivision A of Railway Farm No. 8: 770,9577
ha 44. 8434/88. A C Lubbe Investments P/L: Gatooma: Saxondale: 739,1751
ha 45. 6515/89. Melville Farming P/L: Gatooma: Remainder of
Whitewaters: 691,3058 ha 46. 5661/00. Inspan Investments P/L: Gatooma:
Lidford: 1 299,3379 ha 47. 4960/82. Claude Edwards & Sons P/L: Gatooma:
Remainder of Lanteglos: 914,7124 ha 48. 6515/89. Melville Farming P/L:
Gatooma: Protea of White Water: 304,8344 ha 49. 6984/85. The Trustees
for the Time Being of Commercial Growers Association of Zimbabwe: Gatooma:
The Remainder of Overlaw: 4 569,8175 ha 50. 122/60. Leonard Ronald
Melville: Gatooma: Blue Grass Extnesion of White Water: 472,4679
morgen 51. 3810/75. Johannes Willem Jachemus Swart: Gatooma: Victory
of Rhodesian Plantations: 1 240,6109 ha 52. 1130/97. Wornor P/L:
Gatooma: Hilltops of Hillside: 283,1866 ha 53. 1106/92. Sundew Green P/.L:
Gatooma: Flaxton Estate: 1 977,5625 ha 54. 3050/78. J W Britz P/L: Gatooma:
The Remaining Extent of Hope: 1 131,5991 ha 55. 6515/89. Melville
Farming P/L: Gatooma: Blue Grass Estate: 2 996,3250 ha 56. 7646/97. M J
C Hoffman, D G P Hoffman, C J Van Rensburg: A E Beukes, M D Stanfield
and A M Maatens: Gatooma: Remainder of Railway Farm 7: 1 469,6049 ha 57.
126/83. John William Mells: Gatooma: S/D A of Acton: 40,7731 ha 58.
6084/85. Inniskilling Farm P/L: Gatooma: S/D 'A' of Croc-na-raph: 605,8790
ha 59. 3994/76. Beatties Investment P/L: Gatooma: Remaining Extent
of Cherrybank: 100,2680 ha 60. 2310/84. Brompton Ranch P/L: Gatooma:
Remainder of Bartina Ranch: 8 819,4068 ha 61. 7646/97. M J C Hoffman, D
G P Hoffman, C J Van Rensburg: A E Beukes, M D Stanfield and A M
Maatens: Gatooma: Arundel Estate of Subdivision X of Railway Farm 8: 388,1149
ha 62. 843/71. Barend Hubertus Vorster: Gatooma: Oddbit: 609,5818
ha 63. 4170/92. Gilderoy Charles Rooney Theunissen: Gatooma: The
Remainder of 'The Lion Farm': 160,3978 ha 64. 2717/87. The Trustees for
the Time Being of Commercial Growers Association of Zimbabwe: Gatooma:
Abendruhe: 6 514,0380 ha
Goromonzi 65. 10614/00. Joseph George
Sudlow: Goromonzi: Lot 1 of Mariandi of Nil Desperandum of Twentydales
Estate: 40 4700 ha
Hartley 66. 6987/2000. Ardhill Enterprises
(Private) Limited: Hartley: Ardconnell: 1 183,8136 ha 67. 779/72. Josias
Stephanus Du Toit: Hartley: Eureka of Alabama Extension: 506,9899 ha 68.
3116/87. Plumway Properties P/L: Hartley: Esperance of Deweras Extension:
504,8034 ha 69. 2733/2002. Chemda: Hartley: Currandooly: 1 060,8990
ha 70. 3904/78. Brian Gilmour: Hartley: Maidavale: 429,6023 ha 71.
3600/90. Combine Contractors (Pvt) LTd.: Hartley: The Remainder of Devon:
937,5855 ha 72. 559/75. Margaret Edith Taylor: Hartley: S/D C of
Croc-na-ragh: 278,1337 ha
Hartley and Gatooma 73. 559/75.
Margaret Edith Taylor: Hartley and Gatooma: Inniskilling: 613,2441
ha
Hartley 74. 2807/87. M J Kok and Sons (Pvt) Ltd: Hartley: S/D A
of Delamere: 603,8723 ha 75. 4591/96. D J Van Niekerk: Hartley:
Remainder of Massachusetts: 315,45 ha 76. 2913/75. Lancefield Farm P/L:
Hartley: Blackmore Vale A: 4 984,1274 ha 77. 3254/86. Elizabeth
Margarita Rohm: Hartley: Skoonveld: 1 217,3771 ha 78. 7373/96. Vulan
Mining Company P/L: Hartley: Subdivision A Blagdon Extension: 95,7636
ha 79. 3254/86. Elizabeth Margarita Rohm: Hartley: Lincoln
Extension: 199,3192 ha 80. 5067/86. Sigmar P/L: Hartley: Eiffel of
Railway 11: 525,0998 ha 81. 13007/99. Mopani Park P/L: Hartley: Mapani Park
of Deweras Extension: 1 274,7580 ha 82. 5676/80. Thomas Frederick
Thompson: Hartley: The Remaining Extent of Lincoln: 1 220,8653 ha 83.
3680/74. Thomas Arnoldus Niehaus: Hartley: Rondor A: 1 699,4598 ha 84.
6938/88. A C Lubbe Investments P/L: Hartley: King Chim: 1
062,9389 ha 85. 6281/58. Shepton Estates (Private) Limited: Hartley:
Priddy: 465 morgen: 86. 149/62. Basil Robert Hyland Smith: Hartley:
"Virginia": 2 069,9463 acres 87. 4960/82. C Edward & Son: Hartley:
Weston: 218,7276 ha 88. 6528/70. Frederick Ward Adams: Hartley:
Bannerlands: 1 510,7251 ha 89. 3237/67. Anfield Farm P/L: Hartley: Anfield:
2 660,4525 acres 90. 3116/87. Plumway Properties P/L: Hartley: Parma of
Deweras Extension: 788,2354 ha 91. 3090/93. Jennifer Naomi Van Der
Westhuizen: Hartley: San Fernando: 1 445,1777 ha 92. 4015/91. Mombe
Yakakora (Pvt) Ltd: Hartley: Remainder of Bentley of Kanyamba Estate:
553,2327 ha 93. 7239/86. Blue Ranges Estate (Private) Limited: Hartley:
Twyford Estate: 638,3893 ha 94. 1691/80. Claude Edwards and Son
(Private) Limited: Hartley: Tannach of Railway Farm 11: 281,5760 ha 95.
2476/49. Cornelius Johannes Petrus Hoffman: Hartley: Subdivision A Portion of
Massachusetts: 408,2128 morgen 96. 6987/2000. Ardhill Enterprises (Private)
Limited: Hartley: Ardconnell: 1 183,8136 ha 97. 5067/86. Sigmar P/L:
Hartley: Eiffel of Railway 11: 525,0998 ha 98. 3254/86. Elizabeth Margarita
Rohm: Hartley: Lincoln Extension: 199,3192 ha 99. 7373/96. Vulan Mining
Company P/L: Hartley: S/D A of Blagdon Extension: 95,7636 ha 100.
3237/67. Anfield Farm P/L: Hartley: Anfield: 2 660,4525 acres 101. 6528/70.
Frederick Ward Adams: Hartley: Bannerlands: 1 510,7251 ha 102. 5530/90
Elizabeth Margarita Rohm: Hartley: Skoonveld: 1 217,3771 ha 103.
2913/75. Lancefield Farm P/L: Hartley: Blackmore Vale A:
4984,0274 ha 104. 2733/2002 Chemda Farming P/L: Hartley: Currandooly: 1
060,8990 ha 105. 7877/90. Tian Lionel Du Toit: Hartley: Derweas: 1 838,8729
ha 106. 3116/87. Plumway Properties P/L: Hartley: Esperance of
Deweras Extension: 504,8034 ha 107. 779/72. Josias Stephanus Du Toit:
Hartley: Eureka of Alabama Extension: 506,9899 ha 108. 6938/88. A C
Lubbe Investments P/L: Hartley: King Chim: 1062,9389 ha 109. 5676/80.
Thomas Frederick Thompson: Hartley: The Remaining Extent of Lincoln: 1
220,8653 ha 110. 13007/99. Mopani Park P/L: Hartley: Mapani Park of
Deweras Extension: 1 274,7580 ha 111. 4591/86. Daniel Jjacobus Van
Niekerk: Hartley: Remainder of Massachusetts: 315,45 ha 112. 3116/87.
Plumway Properties P/L: Hartley: Parma of Deweras Extension: 788,2354
ha 113. 4015/91. Mombe Yakakora (Pvt) Ltd: Hartley: Remainder of
Bentley of Kanyamba Estate: 553,2327 ha 114. 3090/93. Jennifer Naomi Van
Der Westhuizen: Hartley: San Fernando: 1 445,1777 ha 115. 4960/82. C
Edward & Son: Hartley: Weston: 218,7276 ha 116. 4100/74. Thomas Irving
Beattie: Hartley: Morning Star: 1 951,5105 ha
Lomagundi 117.
11454/99. Winterloo Enterprises P/L: Lomagundi: Lot 1 of Glen Esk Estate A:
529,5662 ha 118. 3422/72. Memba Estate (Private) Limited: Lomagundi: Mema
Estate: 1 164,9437 ha 119. 4756/69. D S Sinclair (Private) Limited:
Lomagundi: Ndudza: 1 685,7610 ha 120. 730/63. Sparta (Pvt) Ltd.
Lomagundi: Remaining Extent of Mnondo: 1 372,1173 acres 121. 476/93.
Keith Brown (Private) Limited: Lomagundi: Subdivision A of Squatodzi:
768,9482 ha 122. 3649/67. I L Mitchell P/L: Lomagundi: The Remaining Extent
of Carrick: 759,7601 ha 123. 8510/71. Rendezvous Estate (Privte)
Limited: Lomagundi: Remainder of Subdivision A of Coldomo of Nassau Estate:
991,9841 ha 124. 5399/56. Jack Collins: Lomagundi: Debra Portion of
Donnington: 1 400 424 morgen 125. 5399/56. Jack Collins: Lomagundi:
Mkonono: 678 morgen 126. 5935/72. Roy William Jack Ashburner: Lomagundi:
Remainder of Gomo: 593,3292 ha 127. 1495/76. Chisanga (Private) Limited:
Lomagundi: The Remaining Extent of Chinginga Estate: 560,5299 ha 128.
3967/92. Philip Edward Roberts: Lomagundi: The Remaining Extent of Taunton of
Hunyani Estate: 1 360,8753 ha 129. 6268/83. Stroud Tobacco (Pvt) Ltd.
Lomagundi: The Remaining Extent of Stroud: 489,2712 ha 130. 6268/83.
Stroud Tobacco (Pvt) Ltd. Lomagundi: The Remaining Extent of Shilsnga:
516,6705 ha 131. 3157/66. Weston Park Estates (Private) Limited: Lomagundi:
St Ninians Estate: 2411,2488 acres 132. 511/65. Kenneth Joseph Colvil
Fox: Lomagundi: Manga': 3 263,0107 acres 133. 11454/99. Winterloo
Enterprises P/L: Lomagundi: Lot 1 of Glen Esk Estate A: 529,5662 ha 134.
7040/98. R & O Farming (Pvt) Ltd: Lomagundi: Remainder of Newlands Estate
A: 884,3055 ha 135. 5641/80. Bernard Geroge Rutter: Lomagundi: Chikeya of
Mayfort: 662,7665 ha
Lupane 136. 509/46. Karna Estates (Private)
Limited: Lupane: The Remaining Extent of Karna Block: 4 610,9378
ha
Mrewa 137. 64343/89. Osborne Farms P/L: Mrewa: Lot 1 of Maryland:
761,6397 ha
Nyamandholvu 138. 3119/87. The Cawston Block (Private)
Limited: Nyamandhlovu: The Cawston Block: 12 661,0269
ha
Salisbury 139. 324/1736. David George Stokes: Salisbury:
Moonrakers: 324,1736 ha 140. 8060/96. Chezani (Private) Limited: Salisbury:
Chenzani: 240,1378 ha 141. 8060/96. Samuel Rhamin levy: Salisbury: Lot 2
of United: 370,2822 ha 142. 5129/59. Windsor Estate (Private) Limited:
Salisbury: Herren Hausen: 973,4723 morgen 143. 1802/65. Windsor Estate
(Private) Limited: Salisbury: The Remaining Extent of Herren Hausen: 999,9853
acres 144. 1035/66. Keith Lauchian Gilbert Black: Salisbury:
Stapleford Estate: 4 295,5968 acres 145. 1535/45. Glenara Estates
Limited: Salisbury: Tsikwi: 494 morgen 146. 1420/41. Duncan Hamilton Black:
Salisbury: The Farm Bitton: 2256 morgen 147. 2737/81. Frederick John
William Smith: Salisbury: Rydale Ridge Park: 487,8743 ha 148. 6639/72.
Carswell Farm (Private) Limited: Salisbury: Remainder of Carswell of
Killiemore: 1 329,3160 ha 149. 8636/90. Sodbury Estates P/L: Salisbury: The
Remaining Extent of The Farm Newlands: 435,5178 ha 150. 3942/83. Hibre
Farm P/L: Salisbury: The R/E of S/D B of Wergenoeg: 422,1302 ha 151.
3942/83. Hibre Farm P/L: Salisbury: The R/E of S/D A of Vergenoeg: 194,6152
ha 152. 3942/83. Hibre Farm P/L: Salisbury: Burnhouse': 464,2328
ha
Urungwe 153. 948/99. Triple 'M' Enterprises (Private) Limited:
Urungwe: Remaining Extent of Deamour: 565,8805 ha 154. 67/07/84. Jochem
Francois Van Der Sluis: Urungwe: Futvoyes": 1 924,4231 ha 155. 6587/97.
Craddock Investments (Private) Limited: Urungwe: Lot 1 of Maora: 364,2625
ha 156. 5498/58. Samuel Frederick Ewan Marnie: Urungwe: Lot 1 of
Mahuti: 472,4732 morgen 157. 357/76. P J Groot (Private) Limited:
Urungwe: The Remaining Extent of Chedza: 596,1730 ha 158. 6861/73. Aztec
Estates P/L: Urungwe: Lancaster: 1 194,7225 ha
Wankie 159. 1280/75.
Delta Consolitaded (Private) Limited: Wankie: Remaining Extent of Farm 41: 2
330,3601
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SA-based civic groups to co-ordinate activities Tue 23
November 2004
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwean civic groups based in South
Africa have resolved to work together to help refugees fleeing the country
because of economic hardships and political violence.
Groups
carrying out humanitarian work will co-ordinate their programmes under the
Heal Zimbabwe Trust chaired by Zimbabwean journalist turned human rights
activist, Tendai Dumbutshena.
And organisations working on
governance issues will group under the Crisis Coalition of Zimbabwe, which
has an office in Johannesburg and its head office in Harare.
In
a statement released at the weekend, the groups said they would still
maintain their independence in project financing and management but would
co-ordinate their activities under the two umbrella groups to avoid
duplication.
Of the more than three million Zimbabweans who
have fled the country, a huge majority is living in South Africa. And with
political violence on the rise ahead of a crucial general election in March
next year, more Zimbabwean refugees are expected to flock to South Africa in
the next few months.
Many Zimbabwean refugees have complained
of harassment and ill-treatment by South African immigration authorities
taking advantage of their desperation.
Meanwhile, the South
African Communist Party (SAPC) has called on Harare to end human rights
abuses and violence by state security agents and pro-government militias
against civilians.
The SAPC, which is part of a ruling alliance
that includes the African National Congress and the Congress of South
African Trade Unions, also said conditions in Zimbabwe did not permit the
holding of a free and fair election next year.
"We are also
concerned about a rushed attempt to hold elections in March 2005 without all
of the necessary conditions being in place. Elections in such conditions
will deepen the overall political, social and economic blockage in
Zimbabwe," the party said in a statement.
Zimbabwe's main
opposition Movement for Democratic Change party has said it will boycott the
March ballot unless electoral laws were sufficiently democratised. -
ZimOnline
Zimbabwean President Robert
Mugabe on Monday acknowledged that there is infighting in the upper ranks of
his ruling party ahead of a key party congress due next month, state
television reported.
The 80-year-old leader's remarks came amid
speculation of intense jockeying for positions of power within Mugabe's
Zimbabwe African National Union -- Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) ahead of
parliamentary elections to be held in March next year.
"There is
beginning to be conflict between and amongst us in Zanu-PF ... it is at the
leadership at the top," Mugabe said at a rural school in western Zimbabwe
where he had gone to hand out computers.
"Who are you to want to have
that place and to want to want to push someone from that place which was
given him by congress?" he asked.
It was not clear who the veteran
southern leader was referring to, but on Saturday he told party supporters
that he supported the idea of having a woman vice-president voted for at a
forthcoming Zanu-PF congress, although he predicted some senior male party
officials would oppose it.
At a separate handing-out ceremony Mugabe told
the gathering that "divisive elements" within his party had to be dealt
with.
"There are elements that are developing within our party, divisive
elements that we must take care of," he said.
"Others are now trying
through clandestine ways, divisive ways, to get to posts in the party
without your authority, but using cunning method to sway you. [They are]
using lots of money to sway you," he said.
"Don't be divided, and don't
be tempted. We are not there for purchase," Mugabe urged the gathering. He
said the errant politicians were using money given to them by "white
capitalists with links to Britain."
Mugabe's party has consistently
claimed that former colonial power Britain is trying to institute a regime
change in Zimbabwe, but this is the first time Mugabe has accused members
within his own party of siding with his perceived enemies. - Sapa-AFP
Paul Kelso in
Harare and Telford Vice in Windhoek Tuesday November 23,
2004
England's tour of Zimbabwe will be used by Robert Mugabe's regime to
present a picture of normality in the troubled African state and place
opponents of the government at risk, according to the main opposition party
and Henry Olonga, the former Zimbabwe bowler. Michael Vaughan and his
squad arrive in Harare tomorrow for five one-day internationals, with the
intention of snubbing any diplomatic moves by Mugabe's government. According
to the Movement for Democratic Change, however, the tour will almost
certainly be exploited by Mugabe's Zanu PF party ahead of elections next
March.
"The MDC has opposed this tour from the very beginning. It is
morally wrong given the situation on the ground," said a spokesman, Paul
Themba Nyathi. "In the Zimbabwe context it is impossible to separate sport
and politics. If this tour is used by the government to claim that the
situation in Zimbabwe is normal then the image of cricket will be
permanently tarnished."
His comments came as Morgan Tsvangari, the MDC's
leader, met with the Archbishop of Canterbury and exiled Zimbabweans in
London. Church groups opposed to Mugabe marked the eve of the tour by
writing to the England squad, currently in Namibia, asking them to
reconsider.
"There are far wider issues than cricket of importance in
Zimbabwe at the moment," said Olonga, whose decision to wear a black armband
in protest at the "death of democracy" in his country during last year's
World Cup has left him unable to return. "There are human rights abuses, the
lack of an impartial judiciary, the collapse of the health system in the
face of the HIV Aids epidemic, the collapse of law and order, the targeting
of political opponents; all these are of more concern than
cricket.
"But by playing there is every chance that groups opposed to the
government may protest, and suffer the wrath of a government that is totally
intolerant of opposition. I cannot censure cricketers for visiting my
country, but it would have been better had they not toured. The problem lies
with the ICC [International Cricket Council], who say that sport and
politics don't mix but continues to make political decisions in relation to
Zimbabwe." In Namibia, England may face sterner resistance from their hosts'
reluctance to play 12-player teams in today's warm-up match than they will
on the field. The Namibian board was unhappy with England's insistence on 12
men in the first match on Sunday, and there was a chance of the game being
called off. But the Namibians, mindful of derailing their first home match
against a major nation, accepted an arrangement whereby only 11 of the 12
men could bat.
ANALYSIS November 22, 2004 Posted to the web November 22,
2004
Harare
GOVERNMENT is considering the establishment of a
Prices and Incomes Commission comprising of public, labour and private
sector representatives to deal with the pricing of basic commodities
issue.
According to the Macro-Economic Policy Framework (2005-2006)
unveiled last week, the commission would consider and approve price
adjustments of essential basic commodities, based on agreed costing
rules.
The study - undertaken by the National Economic Consultative Forum
on the pricing issue - would assist in this regard.
The Government
will renegotiate the Incomes and Prices Stabilisation Protocol under the
auspices of the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) that is comprised of
State, employers' bodies and employees' representatives.
This would be on
the basis of mutual agreement between employers and employees.
TNF
talks were suspended last year after the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions
withdrew its membership from the forum, accusing the Government of
unilaterally increasing the fuel price by more than 250 percent without
consulting other social partners.
The new economic blueprint, whose
theme is "Zimbabwe: Towards Sustained Economic Growth", recognises that
Government has removed the rigidities arising from price controls. As a
result, there are no longer shortages of basic commodities and this has
boosted confidence in the economy.
In order to assist the fiscal and
monetary policies in reducing inflation, a short-term wages and incomes
restraint policy would be considered with the TNF.
The policy would
aim at constraining wage increases to sectors where productivity gains would
be occurring and allowing minimal wage increase in sectors where real wages
would be lagging behind.
Overall, wage increases for lowly paid workers
would be allowed, while a national minimum wage would be
established.
The taxation system would give relief to poorly paid
workers, while increased budgetary allocation and other safety nets would be
provided for poverty alleviation programmes.
The new economic
framework calls upon the media to be more objective in promoting the image
of the country.
To this end, there is a compelling need for the
implementation, in tandem, of Government policies that impact on foreign
relations in view of the conjoined nature of State operations.
Speedy
addressing of the fate of properties subject to the Bilateral Investment
Promotion and Protection Agreements (BIPPA) as well as the material
shortcomings of the land reform programme, would go a long way in redeeming
the country's image abroad.
Consistent with the position taken by the
Government on BIPPA properties, honouring these international obligations
would go a long way in allaying investor concerns and boosting their
confidence in the security of investments in other sectors of the
economy.
November 22, 2004 Posted to the web November 22,
2004
Harare
HARARE is now a hive of activity as urban farmers take
advantage of the rains to plant food crops such as maize, groundnuts, sweet
potatoes and pumpkins.
The Herald yesterday went on a tour of the
various residential areas to assess the level of participation in urban
agriculture.
Most families continue to farm in the traditional open
spaces, some of which are not suitable for the activity as they are situated
close to sewer pipes.
Stream bank cultivation, which is prohibited under
municipal by-laws as a measure to curb siltation, is also being practised,
but the farmers insisted they would continue cultivating there because there
is no other land available to them.
Some families professed ignorance
of a Government provision for the utilisation of at least 20 farms around
the city for urban agriculture.
"We do not know of that facility. I would
have loved bigger space that allows me to grow food for my family and have
some for the market," said Mr Givemore Matemera.
While the majority
of families are still preparing their land for planting, others who took
advantage of the first rains have a thriving maize crop that is now
knee-high.
Mrs Christine Chitumba, who lives in Mabelreign but farms
across town in Msasa, is one of the early planters. She has a field of
maize, sweet potatoes and groundnuts.
She was in the field yesterday
together with her daughter Nyarai.
Mrs Chitumba said she feeds her family
from that field and has not bought maize meal in a very long
time.
Some fields alongside hers have maize that is almost at the
tasselling stage.
In Chisipite, Mrs Joyce Makarange and Mrs Mainesi
Nefutala, who are both domestic workers, said a council employee gave them
the portion of land between Chisipite Shopping Centre and
Lewisam.
"It's the first growing season for us to till this land," said
Mrs Makarange.
She also practices farming at her rural home, Dora
Estate, in the Mutare district.
She decided to farm both in Harare
and Dora because of restrictions by the Grain Marketing Board on the amount
of maize that can be transported into urban areas. The measure was taken to
deter black market activities.
She said she feeds part of her family that
is in Harare with the produce she derives from urban agriculture, while that
in Dora feeds from farming activities there.
Mr Japhet Mundirwa said
last year he harvested a tonne of maize and is this year expecting to get a
similar yield.
He lives with his two children and a number of
grandchildren.
"I would prefer a bigger space that allows me
flexibility," he said.
Mr Mundirwa said urban families should learn to
fend for themselves.
Also of note were several greenhouses in which
tomatoes and vegetables are being grown under controlled and ideal
conditions.
However, it was sad to note that a lot of land designated for
urban agriculture is going to waste in Harare as residents occupying huge
plots are, instead, subdividing them into stands for residential purposes or
leaving the arable portions of land fallow. Subdivision of land earlier
designated for urban agriculture is rampant in Queensdale, Hatfield,
Greendale, Water-falls and Highlands suburbs.
These properties,
allocated between 1940s and 1960s, were originally meant to promote urban
agriculture, but occupants of these properties would rather go and till open
spaces, some of which are unsuitable.
Some of the areas that were
designated for urban agriculture in Harare include parts of Borrowdale,
Mandara, Greystone Park and Glen Lorne.
There were further efforts to
promote peri-urban agriculture as a means to assist low-income earners among
the white population that once exclusively occupied the areas.
Is Mugabe one shy of lifelong dictatorship? Basildon
Peta November 23 2004 at 04:43AM
Harare - President
Robert Mugabe is only one seat shy of the two thirds majority he needs in
parliament to entrench his dictatorship.
This comes after an
opposition party parliamentarian Stanley Bethel Makwembere died in an
accident at the weekend.
The number of Movement for Democratic
Change (MDC) seats now drops to 50.
The seat held by Makwembere
will automatically go to Mugabe's Zanu-PF after the MDC confirmed last night
that it would not contest a by-election.
This decision in line with
the opposition's stated policy to suspend contesting any elections until the
electoral framework "is right".
With Makwembere's Mkoba seat, in
the Midlands city of Gweru, the ruling party will have have 99 MPs in the
150-member chamber.
The remaining seat is held by a minor
opposition party called Zanu-Ndonga.
Mugabe needs a two-thirds
majority to change the constitution and determine the terms of his
succession.
Zimbabwe's constitution requires an election within 90
days should Mugabe decide to voluntarily step down before his term expires
in 2008.
However, the president is known to favour an amendment of
this clause, to empower a successor to rule without having to face an
election before the next presidential poll.
Many fear that
given the power to change the constitution, a Zanu-PF stranglehold will
result in changes worse than those which have swept away the ordinary rule
of law.
This article was originally published on page 4 of
The Star on November 23, 2004
By Staff
Reporter Last updated: 11/23/2004 10:09:39 THE late Zimbabwean nationalist
leader Joshua Nkomo's wife was poisoned just before she died, according to
sensational new evidence by a doctor who did her autopsy.
Joanna
Nkomo also affectionately known as Mama Mafuyana, died in July this year and
pressure from the family forced President Mugabe to order an inquest into
her death.
"She had water in her lungs a situation that is not normal.
She had no external wounds whatsoever but its quite clear that she suffered
asphyxia," Dr Stanford Mathe told an inquest into her
death.
Chandaita Tarumbwa, another doctor who gave evidence, and was also
Mafuyana's personal doctor, that Mafuyana "coughed blood".
Just
before she was hospitalised, Mafuyana was visited by a group of women from
the ruling Zanu PF party's women's league at her Matshamhlophe home,
according to her family.
She was declared a national heroine and
buried at the National Heroe's Acre in Harare, becoming the second woman to
be interred at the national shrine after Sally Mugabe, who was President
Mugabe's wife.
The women's league members were conspicuous by their
absence from the inquest, which is being conducted by Bulawayo magistrate,
John Masimba.
Dr Stanford Mathe told the inquest that his analysis of the
information gathered during an autopsy he conducted on the deceased there
was evidence that she was poisoned either through food or water which she
took.
He said judging by the information there was "foul
play."
The inquest, which continues tomorrow, is being held after
Thandiwe Nkomo, her daughter, last year approached the courts and asked that
an inquest be conducted because there were "some gray areas" on the death of
her mother which she wanted explained.
She told New Zimbabwe.com last
night that she maintained that the family was not satisfied that her mother
died through natural cause. She added that what surprised her was the fact
that when she was told that her mother was seriously ill and the visitors,
the women's league members, no one seemed to care, leading her to suspect
foul play.
Also to give evidence were three domestic workers Benson
Kafunga, Gadzikanai Ndlovu and Manzase Phiri who all said they suspected
that there could have been something wrong with the food that Mafuyana ate.
They said the food had been prepared for the visitors - the party's women's
league.
However, the domestic workers disputed that they had anything to
do with the poisoning.
The inquest continues today with another
doctor expected to give evidence.
By Staff
Reporter Last updated: 11/23/2004 08:37:46 EMMERSON Mnangagwa's political
career lay in tatters last night, a day after Zanu PF rejected his bid to be
the country's second vice President.
Also in the doomed boat captained by
Mnangagwa is Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Chinamasa - two of the most unpopular
politicians in President Robert Mugabe's war cabinet.
A Zanu PF
insider siad last night: "It's a crushing blow to Mnangagwa. His whole
political career hangs on a gossamer thread."
He added: "There was a time
when everyone assumed it would be safe sailing for Mnangagwa, but there are
some among us who cautioned that it won't be easy. The rest is now
history."
To rub salt to injury, Mugabe, in comments thought to have been
directed at Mnangagwa and his camp, said Zanu PF had been divided by
politicians backed by "capitalists with links to Brtitain".
"There
are elements that are developing within our party, divisive elements that we
must take care of," the 80-year-old leader said on state television Monday
night. "Others are now trying through clandestine ways, divisive ways, to
get to posts in the party without your authority, but using cunning method
to sway you. (They are) using lots of money to sway you."
"Don't be
divided, and don't be tempted. We are not there for purchase," Mugabe
said.
From the country's 10 provinces, six nominated a woman - Joyce
Mujuru - as the ruling Zanu PF's second deputy secretary. Mujuru will now go
on to become second vice president with Joseph Msika.
Mnangagwa's
running mate Chinamasa attempted to wrest the party chairmanship from John
Nkomo but got his fingures burned. Chinamasa won four provinces, to Nkomo's
six.
Moyo, the camp's chief strategist stayed away from embarassing
himself, and emerged with the least scratch marks, but his ego
shattered.
Provincial executives which voted consist 44 members including
the party's youth league, women and the main wing. They met throughout the
country yesterday to nominate the party's presidium and members of the
central committee.
Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East,
Mashonaland West, Harare and Matabeleland North nominated Mujuru, ahead of
Mnangangwa, Zanu PF's secretary for administration and Parliamentary
Speaker, and the party's women league boss Thenjiwe Lesabe.
Masvingo
selected Lesabe and Mnangagwa to become President Mugabe's co-vice
presidents, while Bulawayo province defied the party directive to choose a
woman to fill the top post.
Bulawayo, Masvingo, Midlands and
Matabeleland South provinces nominated Mnangagwa and Lesabe for vice
presidency and Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa as national
chairman.
All in all Chinamasa was selected as national chairman by four
provinces-Masvingo, Mat South, Manicaland and the Midlands. In Bulawayo,
Mnangagwa reportedly polled 50 votes, Mujuru 18, and Lesabe five while Msika
was retained.
Mnangagwa - once touted as President Mugabe's heir
apparent - was left clutching at straws as his political future in Zanu PF
was dealt a heavy blow. Additional reporting Daily Mirror
November 22,
2004 Posted to the web November 22, 2004
Harare
THE 2004
episode of the much-hyped Financial Expo has flopped; it has been deferred
to January 2005.
Perhaps it would be held twice that year after suffering
several hiccups in 2004.
Initially, the expo was scheduled for June
but postponed to November and eventually to January next year because major
stakeholders were not available.
Organiser, Miss Carole Benza
confirmed the developments.
It had appeared the exhibition was always
heading this route, a mirror reflection of the recent events in the
financial sector which has been marred by chaos and confusion in the year
2004 .
The showcase has been shelved to a later date on more than two
occasions.
Besides, key participants at the expo had not been contacted,
and there was no assurance if they would have participated in this year's
edition.
"Main stakeholders I would have wanted to grace the occasion
such as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, Dr Gideon Gono were not
available," said Miss Benza.
"There was no response from
them."
The organiser stammered on inquiry if this meant the January expo
would be dubbed "Joint 2004-2005 Financial Expo".
However, the
function has received tremendous support from the banking industry during
its three years of existence since 2001.
Expectations were high, had it
taken place, that the expo would have set the necessary platform for the
industry to discuss some fundamental matters that have been troubling the
banking sector.
The financial industry has been going through a
transformation phase since the beginning of the year as a result of the
RBZ's tighter monetary policy, which sought to uproot imprudent practices in
the sector.
Companies such as, asset management firms, discount houses
were thus expected to take part at the expo and use it as platform to
reassure and instill confidence in their clients.
The financial expo
had been exclusive to banks, but has opened up to include micro-finance
institution and other companies such security service providers, leasing
companies, venture capital finance, funeral insurance firms, information
technology companies as well as companies producing notes counting
machines.