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Zimbabwe News, Vol. 25, No. 5 http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.SFF.DOCUMENT.nuzr19942505 Use of the Aluka digital library is subject to Aluka’s Terms and Conditions, available at http://www.aluka.org/page/about/termsConditions.jsp. By using Aluka, you agree that you have read and will abide by the Terms and Conditions. Among other things, the Terms and Conditions provide that the content in the Aluka digital library is only for personal, non-commercial use by authorized users of Aluka in connection with research, scholarship, and education. The content in the Aluka digital library is subject to copyright, with the exception of certain governmental works and very old materials that may be in the public domain under applicable law. Permission must be sought from Aluka and/or the applicable copyright holder in connection with any duplication or distribution of these materials where required by applicable law. Aluka is a not-for-profit initiative dedicated to creating and preserving a digital archive of materials about and from the developing world. For more information about Aluka, please see http://www.aluka.org Zimbabwe News, Vol. 25, No. 5 Alternative title Zimbabwe News Author/Creator Zimbabwe African National Union Publisher Zimbabwe African National Union (Harare, Zimbabwe) Date 1994-09-00 Resource type Magazines (Periodicals) Language English Subject Coverage (spatial) Zimbabwe, Malawi Coverage (temporal) 1994 Rights By kind permission of ZANU, the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front. Description EDITORIAL. LETTERS. NATIONAL NEWS: The girl child in education. Women prepare for World Conference. Women and AIDS programmes in Zimbabwe. AIDS worsens the plight of orphans. International year of the Familty. Thenjiwe Lesabe — a humble and unwavering leader. Indigenous businessmen sailing on stormy waters. Women Parliamentarians and their work. REGIONAL NEWS: Why weapons don't buy peace. Banda pays tribute to Malawians. Malawian civil service to be reformed. Malawi's social transformantion smooth and solid. INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Women second class citizens in their communities. Death by pregnancy — a needless risk. Women empowerment key to population problems. Governments confront population growth. The reproductive revolution — choice is the key. First woman captain for British Airways. Women entrepreneurs a powerful force. More women alcoholics. Summit discusses economic issues. Western espionage worries Russia. Africa's farmers after war. SPORT: Kriss Akabusi, hero of the track. The father of tennis superstars. OBITUARY: George Bodzo Nyandoro. Format extent 44 page(s) (length/size) http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.SFF.DOCUMENT.nuzr19942505 http://www.aluka.org ZANU PF ZANU PF UnV Peace and 0evelopment Zimbabwe News Official Organ of ZANU PF Department of Information and Publicity, 14 Austin Road Volume 25 Nn r 1 94 Rni~t--lt ,'rPCl Ki-^-- 70O ncl. sales tax) r roduct /, ds greats THE NEW $50 NOTE The new $50 banknote will be issued on 14th March. It retains the traditional security features which have been improved and new ones have been introduced to make the note easy to recognise. Look for these five(5) distinctive features :" CHECKLIST FROT * The Zimbabwe Bird Watermark. Two see-through rhinoceroses on either side which are in perfect register. 3 The security thread with 4 3 2 RBZ50 printed on it. BACK 4 Raised print which can1 easily be felt by running your nail along It. 5 Extra small print which reads 50, 50, 50 ... situated to the left of the balancing rocks. The New $50 Note... the convenience of handling money is now here. Published by R.B.Z. 7th Mach 1994 Zimbabwe News Official Organ of ZANU PF Editorial: Letters: National News: Regional News: International News: Sport: Obituary: CONTENTS The girl child in education ................................................................. Women prepare for World Conference .................................................. Women and AIDS programmes in Zimbabwe ......................................... AIDS worsens the plight of orphans ............ ................. International year of the Familty .......................................................... Thenjiwe Lesabe - a humble and unwavering leader ............................... Indigenous businessmen sailing on stormy waters .................................... Women Parliamentarians and their work .............................................. Why weapons don't buy peace ............................................................ Banda pays tribute to Malawians .......................................................... Malawian civil service to be reformed ................................................... Malawi's social transformantion smooth and solid .................................... Women second class citizens in their communities ................................... Death by pregnancy - a needless risk .................................................. Women empowerment key to population problems .................................. Governments confront population growth .............................................. The reproductive revolution - choice is the key ...................... First woman captain for British Airways ................................................ Women entrepreneurs a powerful force ................................................. More women alcoholics ...................................................................... Summit discusses economic issues ........................................................ Western espionage worries Russia ........................................................ Africa's farmers after war ................................................................... Kriss Akabusi, hero of the track .......................................................... The father of tennis superstars ............................................................ George Bodzo Nyandoro .................................................................... I d 0MM Zimbabwe News is the official Organ of the Zimbabwe African National Union IZANU PF| and is produced on the authority of the Central Committee by the Department of Information and Publicity, Jongwe Printing and Publishing Co., No. 14 Austin Road, Workington, Harare. World Copyright, Central Committee [ZANU PF|. Editorial Council: Cde. N.M. Shamuyarira Cde. C.C. Chimutengwende Cde. C. Ndhlovu Cde. S. Kachingwe Cde. A. Sikhosana-Cde. M. Munyati. ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL: 25 NO. 5, 1994 EDITORIAL False assumptions on political morality On July 14, 1994, two separate statements sharing a common fallacy were published by the Daily Gazette. From separate view points, the two statements accused the ruling ZANU PF of marginalising oppo. sition Parties were issued. The first statement was an editorial comment which called for "equal air time for all Parties" during pre-election campaign broadcasts. The second statement was by B. Dzvova, a provincial leader of the Forum Party for Mashonaland East. "The political Parties (Finance) Act, 1992", says Dzvova, "should really be called the immoral Act and at stake is the principle of morality versus immorality." These two statements share in common two undemocratic fallacies, namely (a) that ZANU PF's overwhelming representation of the majority of Zimbabweans is questionable, (b) democratic morality is synonymous with absolute distribution of equal rights both deserving and undeserving entities. Politics is a subject of social responsibilities and accountabilities towards the electorate and not a lucky occasion for testing one's chances of getting into power. it has become the habit of a variety of political opportunists in Zimbabwe'to announce themselves as representing a registered political party and to follow this up by demanding right of equality with those put in power by the electorate. Once the electorate has voted a particular political party into power for a definite duration, as in our case for five years, it is morally democratic to assume that the winning party represents majority opinion during its term of office. Conversely, it is morally undemocratic for losing opposition parties to demand equal privileges wi.h the winning party. Equal privileges among the winner and losers presuppose the equality of authority between those in the majority and their minority opponents. This undemocratic view is a misinterpretation of John Stuart Mills' philosophic statement that if 99 people out of 100 have a right to say one thing is right the remaining person has an equal right to say the same thing is wrong. Mill's statement is only relevant in matters concerning the moral right of the minority to oppose majority opinion. This right of minority opposition parties to oppose the majority verdict is prescribed by freedom of speech and does not go as far as demanding rights of taking action against representatives of the majority. Acting against representations of the majority puts minority opposition parties in the same category as rebels. Like all active non-conformists, rebellious minority parties are theoretical anarchists and practical subversives. This is so because opposition to the choice of the' majority is opposition to the voice of God Nox populi Nox dei (The voice of the majority is the voice of God). One ZANU PF leader has fallen victim to the opposition's undemocratic demand, that parliamentary seats must be allocated for them even if they lose in an election. Cde. Cyril Ndebele, MP for Gweru North recently told
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