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Zimbabwe News, Vol. 27, No. 1 Zimbabwe News, Vol. 27, No. 1 http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.SFF.DOCUMENT.nuzn199601 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. 27, No. 1 Alternative title Zimbabwe News Author/Creator Zimbabwe African National Union Publisher Zimbabwe African National Union (Harare, Zimbabwe) Date 1996-01-00 Resource type Magazines (Periodicals) Language English Subject Coverage (spatial) Zimbabwe, Angola, Zambia, Southern Africa (region) Coverage (temporal) 1996 Source Northwestern University Libraries, L968.91005 Z711 v.27 Rights By kind permission of ZANU, the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front. Description Editorial. National News: Mugabe speaks about his vision of the future. Congress resolutions adopted by national conference. Political programme for 1996 unfolding. Manjinji salt pan, a respected island of water. Fight against malaria. Street kids should be off the streets. Regional News: Angola's 20th anniversary: looking back and ahead. SA and SADC: balancing global and regional interests. Southern Africa investment summit. AIDS and human rights. Mauritius: Country profile. Zambians elect new team of leaders at 4-day convention. Profile: Tanzania's Mkapa is an asset to the region. Benjamin William Mkapa - a profile. Features: SADC grapples with increasing drug problem. Motoring for the less able. Technology aids the disabled. International News: Eileen Lake, first black woman Anglican vicar. Child health expert issues peanut warning. Talking Point: The causes of epidemics in Africa. Need for an African lingua franca. The nation state rendered irrelevant. Precious Documents: Workshop on industrial relations to transport workers of Southern Africa. Implications of the land commission findings and recommendations on the smooth administration of rural district councils. Towards sustainable land tenure systems within the smallholder http://www.aluka.org fanning areas. Harmonising traditional and elected structures in land matters at local levels. Workshop on future land tenure systems in Zimbabwe. Format extent 64 page(s) (length/size) http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.SFF.DOCUMENT.nuzn199601 http://www.aluka.org lty, Peace ad eveont uepanmeni ol Inlormation and I-uollcty, 14Ausun moad, Workington, Harare lty, Peace ad eveont uepanmeni ol Inlormation and I-uollcty, 14Ausun moad, Workington, Harare Volume 27, No. 1 1996, Registered at the G.P.O as a Newspaper $1.00(incl. sales ta 1 El lET kSSAUIU )N LAN] IEFOR Ve must make strenous effc ach finality on the question nation-state rendered irrelevant [5 GABE SPEAKS ABOUT HIS VISION FOR THE FUTUIRE Zimbabwe News Official Organ of ZANU PF Contents Editorial: National News: Regional News: Profile Features: International News: Talking Point: Precious Documents; L ~ V '.1' .........." ................................................................................ .......... t ................... Mugabe speaks about his vision of the future ................. ................... Congress resolutions adopted by national conference .......................................... Political programm e for 1996 unfolding..., ......................................................... M anjinji salt pan, a respected island of water ..................................................... Fight against m alaria .......................................................................................... Street kids should be off the streets .................................................................... Angola's 20th anniversary: looking back... and ahead ......................................... SA and SADC: balancing global and regional interests ..................................... Southern Africa investment summit ..................................................................... AIDS and hum an rights ....................................................................................... M auritius: Country profile.................................................................................... Zambians elect new team of leaders at 4-day convention ................................... Tanzania's M kapa is an asset to the region ........................................................... Benjamin W illiam M kapa - a profile ................................................................... SADC grapples with increasing drug problem ...................................................... M otoring for the less able ..................................................................................... Technology aids the disabled . ....................................................................... Eileen Lake, first black woman Anglican vicar ................................................... Child health expert issues peanut warning ........................................................... The causes of epidemics in Africa ....................................................................... Need for an African lingua franca ....................................................................... The nation state rendered irrelevant ......................................................................... Workshop on industrial relations to transport W orkers of Southern Africa ................................................................... Implications of the land commission findings and recommendations on the smooth administration of rural district councils ....................................................... Towards sustainable land tenure systems within the smallholder farming areas.... Harmonising traditional and elected structures in land matters at local levels. ...... Workshop on future land tenure systems in Zimbabwe .......................................... L I C Zimbabwe Newsis the official organ of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU PF) and is produced on the authority of the Central Committee by the Department of Information !and Publicity, Jongwe Printing and Publishing Co., No. 14Austin 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, Ode. M. Munyati. ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 27 NO. 1 )AMMM EDITORIAL Major tasks for 1996 There are many major tasks ahead that should be tackled and completed in 1996. The first one is within ourselves - to complete the restructuring process. We have been encouraged and impressed by the steps taken so far by the National Chairman, Cde. J. Msika, to register all our members. Once that exercise is completed, we will then proceed to the next and final step of placing those members into the proper organs of the Party. These should also be properly registered, with the full names of the office-bearers, and their addresses. The second important and urgent task is to stimulate economic growth. If the rainy season is good, and we have a bumper harvest, that should help us a lot. But, we also need to tackle the problem of unemployment. We should go back to the concept of youth brigades that can be organised by Government, or by the Party, or organising themselves into cooperatives, or even companies. The youth brigades could also help to absorb manyof the street kids we see today. We are told that unemployment has now reached the alarming figure of 44 percent. In the light of this fact, the policy of retrenchment of more workers should now be reviewed. The system cannot absorb more and larger numbers of unemployed people without risking a major breakdown. The Reserve Bank should be told to lower the current high interest rates so that money that is sitting in the banks can be released to go into production processes. The high interest rates discourage domestic investment of any kind. If inflation rises as a result of lowering the interest rates we should accept that fact, and tackle it at the level of incomes and prices. The third task is to ensure the re-election of the President and First Secretary, Comrade R.G. Mugabe, with a large majority. Infact all the Lilliputians who will stand against him should lose their deposits. The work of organising for his re-election started at the National Peoples' Conference on December 15-16, 1995, in Harare, where he was elected unanimously as the Party's candidate. We have to complete this task with resounding success. El ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 27 NO. 1 MUxAJF SP HA] A1" r"I VIIO 01-pIFUF II T he national leader, Comrade R.G. lMugabe, ended the year 1995 with a round of interviews with Tdmmy Sithole, the Editor
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