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Nuzn 1 9 8 4 .... Zimbabwe News .... Zimbabwe News AND Official Organ of ZANU(PF) Z Department of Information and Publicity. 14 Austin Road. Workington, C (i. sates tax) -arare. Volume 15 No. 1 Registered at the G.P.O. as a Newspaper _70 ___n._ salestax) Au. A As a s V @ A 198 TH TI TRAN ORMTIO ,V:A4=(KATLA1 WI ;1-1 M VA ri-! I Lei Contents Editorial Letters to the Editor The Party National Affairs The Party's Government International Solidarity Zimbabwe's Struggie. The Road to Lancaster ............................................................................................................................... ZANU (PF) 1980 to 1983: Party Organisation by Comrade M. Nyagumbo .................................................. 5 Restructuring and Transforming the Party Matabeleland Provincial Party Congress ...............' 7 Matabeleland North Women's Congress ................ '8 Matabeleland Women's League Meeting ................ 9 Harare Provincial Report. by Com rade D.Karim anzira ....................................................... 10 The Press: Yesterday and Today by Comrade F.Munyuki ......................................... 12 N atio nal E nem ies ........................................................................ 12 Zaka: The Pride of Masvingo ........................................... 16 Phenomenal Developments in Education: 19801983 and Beyond by Comrade Culverwell .......... 19 The Zimbabwe National Army: Taking Stock of its Role by Comrade S. Sekeramayi ......................... 23 Romania: 65th Anniversary ................................................ 26 Namibian Political Prisoners: A Mockery o f J u s tic e ................................................................................................... 29 The Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) 1961 to 1962 (Part1) by C de. E.J.M . Zvobgo .................................................................. 34 Zimbabwe News is the official News Organ of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) component of the Patriotic Front and is produced on the authodty of the Central Committee by the Department of Information and Publicity, Jongwe Printing and Publishing, No. 14 Austin Road, Workington, Harare. World Copyright, Central Committee (ZANU-PF). Pictures by National Archives, Ministry of Information, Jongwe Archives and Lambiris. 0MHM ' News VoI,15 No. 1 January 1984 1 ITORIAL The recent cut in US aid to Zimbabwe should not have come as a surprise. The US is notorious for using big-arm tactics whenever it does not get its way. It would rather have us compromise our right to take up whatever posture we would like at the UN as a sovereign nation and a representative of our sister regional African states. Of late the US has indicated that it will withdraw from UNESCO because it believes that organisation is not persuing policies that are compatible with US opinion. With this withdrawal goes 25 percent of UNESCO's sponsorship. If this is not blackmail, then nothing else 1b. The US has to respect differences of opinion. Without contraries life grinds to a halt, so says the classical adage. The US must look at us as a people with our own principles and political perspectives. We must not be expected to limp when the US limps, jump when the US jumps: We cannot be held to ransom merely because we find ourselves in the unfortunate position that, as a developing nation, we require aid. We have a history of having been exploited by one of the most callous and satanic regimes (the Smith regime) ever to exist. We were not found wanting. We rose to the occasion and raised the banner of resistance and today we have our independence i.e. the right to chart our destiny. That spirit, nurtured in the First Chimurenga, invigorated in the decisive Second Chimurenga, has not left us. We will resist any attempts to turn us into a neocolonial puppet state. We will cherish and hold jealously to our beliefs and rights, for reneging on our principles is tantamount to renouncing our independence. We want aid-yes- but with no strings attached. Dear Comrade. Editor I attended Bishop Muzorewa's Church Service of the United Methodist Youth held at Hartzel High School on 21 August 1983, at which a pTeacher read a verse in the bible concerning Goliath and David, This verse elaborated that Goliath 'Was a; giant man leading a certain army and David volunteered to fight him although he was very young and small, since his army was afraid of Goliath. After this verse the Bishop went on to say this relates to our pre- sent situation where we are having a very huge, black Goliath, who has infiltrated our country and is exploiting us, and so we should unite to fight him. In his second example he said that he has a plot in Harare where he keeps goats, sheep, ducks, chicken and rabbits but to his surprise he has never seen a sheep delivering a goat or a duck delivering a chicken. In this context he Illustrated that animals have order but there is no order in our country. "The leaders are failing to maintain order," he said. In his last example he said that long back there was a train without brakes which came from Harare to Mutare. To stop this train people had to wake up and rush to the station after it had blown its hooter. They lined along the railway line with their hands ready to get hold of the train. They held it until it stopped. He went on to say one day a train from Harare and another from Mutare, lost their timing and collided. Many passengers died at the spot. People gathered to see their relatives and rescue the injured when a sixteen year old boy stood by a tree watching. When asked why he did not help others, he answered that he was not interested because he was scared of a train , without brakes. From that time the boy invented brakes and people travelled safely with trains. This example was clearly out of context. In fact the Bishop was making a veiled reference to our present political situation, vis-a-vis the apparent contion, vis-a-vis the apparent conflict between ZANU (PF) (which democratically got the people's mandate to lead Zimbabwe) and the so called minority political parties, namely ZAPU, UANC Dzakutsaku, ANC (Sithole) et cetera et cetera. Comrades, my own point of view is that this is pure politicization if one tries to look closely at these three childish examples. Firstly. who is the Goliath ne referred to in this country? Secondly, who are the leaders he referred to as failing to maintain order in this country? Which are the two trains without brakes he referred to, and who is the 16 year old boy standing by the tree? It was very clear that the two trains he referred to are ZANU (PF) and ZAPU which by his implications, are locked in conflict. What he implied is that betw (whic and UAN whic the p thing to anal belie use t whic polit the B When ZANU (PF) was engaged in the struggle for liberation, it ran its own printing department in Maputo (Mozambique). The printing department was a vital arm of the Party, publishing and printing ideological material which was used to counter the enemy's propaganda machinery. It printedmany propaganda pamphlets as well as ZIMBABWE NEWS, the official news organ of ZANU (PF). After the attainment of Independence the Party saw the need to Jongwe Printing and Publishing Co. 14 Austin Road Workington Harare Telephone 64749 keep alive this department which had played a leading role in the decisive victories that ZANU (PF) scored against the enemy. But this time the Party. leadership decided to widen its scope of operation to include the printing of non- Party materials. Jongwe Printing and Publishing Company was therefore bom in 1981. (Jongwe or cock is the official Party' symbol ofZANU (PF). It was to function as a self-supporting printing and publishing company operating within a socialist framework. Rather than be supported financially by the Party, Jongwe was, instead, supposed to be a viable commercial concern, which would give financial aid to the Party.. Vol.15 ' No. 1 January 1984 Zimbabwe News in the "power struggle" are the two colliding trains, ieen the. Government I appeal to all my fellow ch is ZANU (PF)and ZAPU comrades to help tighten our its dissidents, it is the security. The enemy Infiltrates C (the 16 year old boy) in many,strategic ways, but if h will find the solution to we are vigilant, we will iroblem. I find the whole frustrate his strategies and detestable. It is an insult machinations. our intelligence. The Foward with the Third Year of ogy is puerile and naive. I National Transformation, ve the Bishop should not Pamberi neZANU! he pulpit as a forum from Pamberi naComrade President :h he may discharge Mugabe! ical poison. It anything, Pasi neZvirnbwasungata! Bishop and his followers Comrade Lee Castro Zimbab~we News VolIn1 No I1 .lanar 1QP.A The Prime Minister's New Year Message Once again, it ismy pleasure and delight to address you on the eve of another new year. I regret that tragic events have marked the last few days of the year and brought great suffering to many families..J am sure, you all join me in offering theni our deep condolences and sympathies. As we review the year 1983, just ended, and, as usual, we focus our attention on the most significant events on either side of th e balance sheet of our overall performance, we must certainly take pride in the fact that economically we have held our own, in an economically hostile world in which both the small and the large nations of the Third World, and even those of the other two worlds, have taken a great- hammering from the world economic recession. Our own situation became morecompounded by the very severe drought we experienced. But for the generous Government relief programme and the iminense help rendered by the working members of peasant families, the effecls of the drought would have caused widespread suffering and numerous deaths from starvation.
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