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ZANU PF -e Nw ZANU PF -e Nw PaOZimbabwe News Official Organ of ZANU PF Department oflnlormation andPublicit, 144 Union Avenue, Herar e Tel: 79014$ SPeac and ......... Volume 27, No. 1. !996, Regited 'tthe G T a Newspape NOVEMEI ;R 1996 $2.50 (incl. sales tax) People's Conference 96, Bread and butter issues Face to face with WhO AIDS Wines nd ines ith da Smnith? ZIMBABWE DISTANCE EDUCATION COLLEGE GROUP OF COLLEGES, COMPUTER INSTITUTE AND PUBLISHING HOUSE (ZDECO)) E cUN=,NsEmRUUTO FU Full-time Independent College ZIMBABWE EDUCATION COLLEGE ZIMBABWE COMPUTER INSTITUTE COLLEGE HOUSE, Livingstone Avenue/Second Street, P.O. Box 316 Harare Telephone: 738981/4 138 George Silundika Avenue, NDLOVU HOUSE, Bulawayo. 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Box 136 Gweru Masvingo Mutare Kwekwe Tel. 51544 Tel: 63293 Tel: 64010 Tel: 2331 Registered with tl Ministry of Education and of Higher Education in terms of Manpower Development Act, 1984 Zimbabwe News Official Organ of ZANU PF Contents Editorial Cover Story National News Constituency Feature I write as I like Business News Special Report Health Environmental Issues Obituary Sport People's Conference must recommend practical solutions ............................................................ Education system elitist ........................................................................................ .......... 4 W ining and dining with Ian Sm ith ............................................................................................. 6 Face to face with AIDS ................................. ........................................................................... 7 Detainees and Prisoner- demands being met ......................................................................... 9 Primary elections: Rules and Regulations revie\%ed ..................................................................... 9 Mpopomna setting the pace .......................... ..................... 10 The future of ZANU PF Primaries ......................................................................................... 12 Singapore Conference ag. inst indigenisation ............................................................ 13 Tough economic refon'o u,.. ......... ................................................ 14 M isleading quarterly guide ........... ........................................................................................ 16 IMF's medicine causes us concern ................................................................................ ; .............. 16 Patients left to die as doctors. nurses strike ............................................................................ 18 Political forces behind doctors' strike ..................................................................................... 19 Child abuse demands preventive measures ............................................................................ 19 Game ranching saving wildlife ........................................................ ........................................ 20 M ike M unyati .................................................................................................................. 22 Tyson's 'Iron M an' myth shattered ............................................................................................. 23 ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 27 NO. 12 Zimbabwe News is 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, 14 Austin Road, Workington. Harare World Copyright, Central Committee (ZANU PF) Editorial Council: Cde. N.M Shamuyanra, Cde. C.C- Chimutengwende, Cde. C. Ndthlovu, Cde. S. Kachingwe. Cde. A. Sikhosana. Editorial Teeth For Resolutions REVOLUTIONARIES have long noted that the interpretation of any situation largely depends on subjective perceptions. One person sees a glass as half full, while.another sees it as half empty. The interpretation of events and consequential actions are subject to numerous perceptions and interpretations which collectively define our social, moral value judgements and norms. In December, 1995, the National People's Conference passed various resolutions relating to inter alia, the need for a final resolution on the land question; tackling of the unemployment crisis and low national productivity, drawing up of a comprehensive policy on the indigenisation of the economy; the need to divert more resources towards the control and eradication of the AIDS pandemic, reforms to the national educational system so as to make it more practical and relevant to the specific needs of this country. The National People's Conference provides an opportunity for active and vigorous debate on the degree to which conference resolutions have been fulfilled. Party and government officials responsible for co-ordinating and implementing resolutions must clearly explain how they have met the people's expectations according to resolutions implemented; and they must equally explain why and how certain resolutions have not been fulfilled. This is in accordance with the democratic centralist norms of the Party. At the same time, conference participants must actively debate and chart methodologies for the implementation of the old resolutions hitherto unfulfilled, and new ones that will be passed by this conference. Implementation modalities should clearly spell out the role of Party and government organs in implementing Party policies all the way from the Politburo to the cell/village committee level and from the Cabinet to local authorities. We cannot overstress the importance that people attach to action and consequently how they perceive the role of the Party. As long as Party resolutions are not concretisised and implemented fully, people's perception of the Party will gradually shift towards incredulity and, Heavens forbid, even contempt. Recently, His Excellency President Mugabe had to remind Parliamentarians (most of whom are senior Party officials) that "Policy has to be made by the Party, by the Central Committee which in the absence of conferences and congresses is the custodian of our policies." Some of the resolutions and policies on Employment creation, Land redistribution, health and education reforms and socialist welfare predate our national independence. All have a bearing on national economic efficiency and their partial or non-fulfilment represents a source of pent-up frustrations for our long suffering black populace. Frustration in turn breeds bitterness, hatred, anarchist and counter-revolutionary tendencies. To avoid this eventuality, this year's resolutions must be armed with teeth. LI 2 ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 27 NO. 12 Cover Str I Is. q Peo"'a' Cofrec mus etween 5000 and 6 000 ZANU PF ~eaders will converge in Bulawayo ~on December 13-16 for the Second National People's Conference. The first was held in Harare last year. Dominant on the agenda will be issues related to the creation of employment, means and ways of curbing the present r'ampant spread of the HIV calculated at 30 percent incidence ,rate; the welfare of the ex- combatants, ex-political detainees and prisoners; acquisition and provision of land to the thousands of landless African farmers; improvement of the education system; housing and; the general economic performance. Also on the agenda will be the endorsement of co-options into the Central Committee. "In short," said Cde. Moven Mahachi who is the Secretary for Commissariat and Culture, "the Conference will review Party activities, objectives and programmes and; government's performance during the year 1996." Over the years, ZANU PF waited until Congress to review the above. Congress is held once every five years. According to Cde. Mahachi, it was in view of the numerous Party and government activities in respect of the people's growing need for shelter, land, food, education and health amongst others that