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Zimbabwe News Official Organ of ZANU PF Contents Comment: Cover Story: National News: Conference Special: Feature Africa File: I write as I like: International News: Obituaries: Fulfilling people's wishes ...... Economic diffuculties temporary ...... Self criticism recipe for discipline, unity ...... Housing for all by the year 2010 ...... Indigenisation not-an easy task ...... R esolutions ...... Frank debate not a challenge to ZANU PF leadership ...... The state of the party ...... Genocide haunts survivors ...... Disarmament talks in Freetown ...... H ighlights of 1997 ...... Calls to reform the house of Windsor ...... Peace process takes step forward ...... Intifada disillusioned but not dead ...... Richard Katsande ...... I ...... Chief Edgar Musik~vanhu ...... Enock Sibanda, Fred Moyo ...... Amos John Chirunda (1949-1997) ...... 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 15 15 1719202122222223 IL J1II Zimbabwe Newsis the official organ of the ZimbabweAfrican 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. Cc,. M. Munyati. ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 28 NO. 9 C )IMM,

Fulfilling the people's wishes The acquisition of over 1 400 commercial farms by the ZANU PF Government for purposes of resettling themany landless indigenous populace, the awarding of gratuities and monthly pensions to war veterans and an accelerated black economic empowerment programme were part of the highlights of 1997. Land designation and the subsequent gazetting of the thousands of farms earmarked-for acquisition brought much relief to the millions of landless blacks who have been clamouring for the return of their ancestral land. The move also reaffirmed ZANU PF's determination to fulfil the wishes of the masses as the nation struggles for economic independence. War veterans were, in recognition of their selfless contribution towards the attainment of national independence, awarded lumpsum gratuities and monthly pensions of $50 000 and $2 000, respectively by the ZANU PF government. This move, while further stretching the already burdened treasury, was widely welcomed by the people who had challenged the leadership to look after those who helped free the country from the colonial yoke. During the same year, comrades George Marange and Steven Vuma, revolutionary fighters of long standing, passed away and were duly declared national heroes. There were other cadres as well; comrades Edmund Garwe, Andrew Jiri, Joseph Kaparadza and Peter Musende, to name but a few, who passed away in 1997. The Party, however, continued with its various programmes such as restructuring and registration of members. Calls have been made, nonetheless, for these exercises to be speeded up as we continue to consolidate the Party in terms of mass mobilisation for economic development - this year's theme at the Third National People's Conference held in December, in Mutare. On the economic front, some parastatals and quasi-government businesses such as Dairibord, Cottco, and the Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe wele commercialised and privatised. Emphasis was placed on bringing aboard blacks - employees, entrepreneurs and the citizenry as majority stakeholders. However, South Africa's biased trade with Zimbabwe adversely affected the domestic economy. Efforts are, however, underway to reshape and normalise trade between the two SADC member states. HIVAIDS also emerged as a serious-issue of concern during the year. The government, has all the same, promised to continue working with the private sector, non-governmental organisations and other interested parties in the campaign against the spread of the deadly virus. The ZANU PF government also made an undertaking during the year to adopt a quota system in its efforts aimed at empowering women in both political and economic fields. Last but not least, the Party celebrated 10 years of unity between former (PF) ZAPU and ZANU (PF). The December 221987 Unity Accord has brought with it innumerable benefits to the nation. Most important of these is the peace Zimbabwe continues to enjoy, upon which we have launched the second phase of our total liberation - the struggle for economic independence. Given the Party's commitment to fulfilling the wishes of the people as witnessed during the year under review, Zimbabwe can, and will certainly triumph against the challenges that lie ahead. 2 ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 28 NO. 9

Cove Str ing people's wishes .restore people's wealth and dignity By Z nyka Kambizi resident Robert Gabriel Mugabe's ZANU PF Government has designated 1 480 farms in terms of the ,Lanl Acquisition Act for purposes resetlng several thousands of the laid less indigenous population who for year were condemned to arid an' parts of their own country by successive white settler regimes. What now needs to be done, Cd. Mugabe told an ordinary session of the Central Committee in Mutare on Deco* ber 4, is to focus properly on how d land should be distrited and manapd without any decrease in productim That increased production and prodmtivity in agriculture should be to watchword. He told-the meeting: "We have learrt from our mistakes, and we must continue to do so in order to attain high levels of achievement. The many new tasks that we are facing are great challenges indeed, but we can never tackle them successfully unless we begin by taking stock of ourselves andeffecting remedial measures." Addressing delegates to the Third National people's Conference dubbed Mass A4obilisation for Economic Development, Cde. Mugabe said the decision to take land to the people was taken at the previous conference in Bulawayo. "It tasked those of us in leadership to take all the measures necessary to effect this important resolution arrived at after recognising that land was the principal grievance of our people as they battled, suffered, and died under settler colonialism and its iniquitous suppressive, oppressive,and repressive institutions. As a result, he said, a number of structures and measures were established and taken respectively to ensure that that goal was effected. The original adZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 28 NO. 9 Natioa Party Cibeb Ch. I adduw lntg Mesaw t th caz mw noc Land Acquisition Committee headed by the National Chairman of the Party, Cde. Joseph Msika, he said, was expanded and upgraded to a National Committee comprising comrades John Nkomo and Kumbirai Kangai who head the Ministries of Local Government and National Housing, and, Land and Agriculture respectively. The National Land Acquisition Committee was supported by Provincial Land Acquisition Committees throughout the eight administrative provinces whose membership included Governors and Resident Ministers, Chiefs, provincial party leadership, War Veterans and government officials manning all the implementing agencies. Explaining the criteria used to identify and acquire land, Cde. Mugabe observed that land was the people's sovereign asset. Their home, economic resource, and social and cultural asset, their religious shrine, their heritage and very livelihood. "They are born on it, live and die on it, and get buried on it. It enshrines our genealogy and ancestry." The land acquired was derelic or undeiktilised, owned by absentee landlords, belonging to commercial farmers and or companies with more than one property/farm (multiple ownership), oversized farms exceeding 1 500 hectares in regions one and two and, land adjacent to communal areas and thus deserving repossession for reasons of maintaining traditional and cultural cohesion of the people. Noting that at the end of the exercise, everyone who desires to work on land will have a reasonable piece to do so, both black and white, in a manner that is equitable and socially just, Cde: Mugabe emphasised that the 4 million hectares acquired were not enough. As such, he said the land identification * Continued on next page 3

Fulfilling people's wishes *Continued from previous page process will continue until there was satisfaction that the people had enough. Cde. Mugabe told delegates that when he met with the British Labour Primier, Tony Blair, he did not beg him for assistance on the land programme but wanted to draw his attention to the Lancaster House discussion of the land question and the commitment by Britain. "Land was acquired through colonial settler robbery in the name of the Royal Charter signed by Queen Victoria. We accept it was by virtue of conquest that this grand British robbery took place. But we are now talking of the conquest of conquest, the prevailing sovereignity of the people of Zimbabwe over settler minority rule and all it stood for, including the possession of our land. "Power to the people must now be followed by land to thu peopl. And yet we still allow our conscience to treat the turn was rmore oppressive than commercial farmers fairly." colonialism. Stated Cde. Mugabe "Who is to be resettled? ... Apart from the communal people, we also have smallscale farmers, black commercial farmers and those of our graduates at agricultural colleges like Chibero as well as the University of Zimbabwe and other institutions. White commercial farmers who own one farm each which, for reasons of being adjacent to communal areas, had to be designated will also be found new farms, if they still wanted to go on farming. "But let the message be clear. There is no going backi" It was noted in the Central Committee's report to the conference presented by the President and First Secretary of ZANU PF, Cde. Mugabe that the current unavailability of land to the majority of blacks, has left most of the people in a state of destitution. That landlessness ho driven them Into poverty which in "Poverty has left most of us with no pource of livelihood and others leaving 'their homes in an attempt to get away from it all because they cannot bear to watch their families suffering. "in light of this imperative, we must restore the wealth and dignity of our people by giving ther land back to them," stated the Central Committee report to the conference. The land identified by the National Acquisition Committee is as follows. Manrcaland, 122 farms with a total hectarage of 144 788.50; Mashonaland Central, 114 farms, 148293.03; Mashonaland East, 291 farms, 339 839.07; Mashonaland West, 410 farms 508 824.34; Masvingo, 110 farms, 888 797.95; Matebeleland North, 52 farms, 305 485.87; Matebeleland South, 186 farms, 919 420.97 and; Midlands, 203 farms with 550129.93 hectares. - f r~- Some of the delegates at the Third National People's Conference in Mutare 4 ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 28 NO. 9

ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES TEMPORARY' Staff writer n Tuesday, December 9, 1997, Cde. Robert Gabriel Mugabe presented in the Legislative As Spft the Tenth State of the Nation Reportof his Presimncy. As is traditional with the address, the Report covered all areas - socioeconomic and political, in this article, we explore areas that worry the majority of the populace - areas that influence almost everyone's goals as they endeavour to better themselves vls-a-vis government's relentless efforts. to uplift the nation's standards of living. The country Is presently experiencing economic hardships that have made most families vulnerable to many resultant effects such as massive retrenchments and unemployment, homelesshess, upsurge in criminal activities et cetera. However. as President Mugabe noted in his Report, there is hope that the prevailing economic difficulties are temporary; that there will be a marked improvement in the ives of the people In the forseable future. Shelter Importantly, everyone needs shelter. As such, those without houses of their own, pray that this issue will be given due attention so that in the final analysis, every individual is decently accommodated in an affordable shelter of his/her own. Admittedly, resources are scarce but then they are never adequate anywhere else . Thus the government should revisit the existing approach and polices being adhered to in the on-going efforts to provide decent accommodation to all deserving applicants. Many feel that the pricing of land has been left to the discretion of property evaluators ad developers who are closely connected to huge proft-inclined estate agents; the very section of society with a terrible history of marginalsing those in dire need of land. The approach is largely profit-driven with conspicuous traces of discrimination. It mostly thrives on low supply against the ever rising demand for houses and residential stands. This is, needless to say, done to the exclusion of many blacks across the country most ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 28 NO. 9 of whom have now discarded any dream to own a house. The desperate group includes notable professionals such as teachers, doctors, journalists, prompting many to ask whether the attitude of those tasked with the work to help provide houses to all needy persons, is indeed what is required and expected of them. As a result, a few who own houses elsewhere continue to grab the residential stands available as they are already benefitting from the skewed approach whose main thrust is to enhance the haves at the outrageous expense of the have-nots. In this regard, it could be further argued that regardless of the many millions that could be injected into the housing programme on the basis of obtaining methodology, results will continue to fall short of anticipated dividends. The intended beneficiaries are at the sorry mercy of vicious technocrats fighting-to preserve the status-quo and against everything the government strives to do for the citizenry. Health It is indeed difficult to separate acceptable health standards from the provision of decent shelter for, once dozens of people are crammed in a space meant for half the number, they immediately become vulnerable to ailments, diseases et cetera. Take Chitungwiza for example. One reason the town's sewer system is always malfunctioning is due to the many people crammed in the backyards of almost every housing unit; the pressure on the drainage system is just unbearable so much that it is now the norm, rather than the exception that residents in the town no longer complain of the everyday stench from the burst sewer pipes. God knows how many people would contract tuberculosis if one of their 'housemates' was afflicted. It Is, however, appreciated that President Robert Mugabe advised every Zimbabwean to act responsibily in the face of the HIV/AIDS pandemic "which has decimatd many a family". He also said very encouraging words in his Report when he said: "government will continue to promote education, information and communication strategies aimed at reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS." That. "all of us, have a responsibility to care for orphans and support strategies for the avoidance of AIDS in an intensified partnership involving the government, NGOs, churches, the private sector and community groups... In addition, however, the government should encourage research by traditional healers into the virus. While national leaders of the healers have reported progress in their research work, nothing much has been heard about what the government, through the relevant Ministry is doing to support this noble endeavour. So far, the nation has, like most other developing countries, done exceedingly well in advertising condoms for giant capitalist companies of the West. Resultanly, the condom manufacturing companies have and continue to harvest several billions of dollars even when it has been established that condoms do not offer total protection from contracting the deadly virus. All the same, condoms now compete with coca-cola on the global market while we make it a priority to provide the West with statistical data; how many of our own carry the virus, are dying everyday et cetera. And when we talk of millions facing imminent death in the near future, we would have done the West an invaluable favour for that is all they need to expand on the condom trade. Add to this the billions to be realised by those Western companies manufacturing the so-called HIV/AIDS drug cocktail which though, is beyond the reach of the poor majority who happen to be most affect. We need to be masters of our own destiny in all regards and health is no ex.ception. A revitalised support programme to the traditional medical practitioners will do no-one any harm; OContinued on next page

Self-criticism recipe for discipline, unity Stories by Zvenyika Kambizi Welcoming delegates to the Mutare Conference, Vice President and Co-Second Secretary of the 1 Party, Cde. Simon Muzenda stated that it was necessary to conduct a critical self- examination. In this regard he said members of the Party should be true and faithful to it. "We should be faithful in our allegiance to the Party principles. Such allegiance should be in spirit and in deed," As such, he advisedmebers to observe and uphold the constitution because It represented the principles on which the Party operates. "Secondly, commitment and adherenm to the Party must necessarily ne loyalty to be Party leadership, which was elected according to the qonstitution, regulations and procedures of the ZANU PF Party... "If loyalty starts from the bottom and permeates right up to the top, then the Party wil be united and it will succeed." Noting that there are officers elected or appointed to carry out the day-to-day running of the Party's business, such as the national chairman, secretary for Ad- 0Mcinn, questioning and discuim ,Jr com dad k//wLn ers, inhouse - Cde. MAuzenda ministration and the commissar, Cde. loyalty from the provinces, distri Muzenda said it would be difficult for individual members. these noble offices to go about their "Indeed, because of lack of comr work in the absence of cooperation and . ,,, rntinn frm thi. Economic difficulties temporary OContinuedfrom previous page instead, the nation will benefit from such an approach in the long-term. As always, it must be remembered that we are our own saviours. It is our duty, our responsibility and the government should act as such. Land Above everything else, of course, is the land question. That the ZANU PF government has of late moved up gears towards equitable redistribution of land is unquestionable and highly commendable. By acquiring the many farms for resettlement as recently gazetted and advertised in the daily paper the govern- ment has taken a decisive and irrevocable step towards fulfilling an age-old wish of the masses of Zimbabwe. The people of Zimbabwe should indeed, roundly applaud the ZANU PF government under the Oble leadership of President Robert Gabriel Mugabe for the recent bold measures. The nation will now march with confidence and dignity into the next millenium. To cap it with Cde. Mugabe's words, it is now everyone's hope that Zimbabwe will triumph and overcome the temporary setbacks, particularly on the economic front. That Zimbabwe can, and will rise to the challenges before her.O0 He urged members to organise the Party more seriously and to consider developing greater responsibilities at the district *Continued on next page ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL 28 NO.9 4

*Continuedfromn previous page level through District Co-ordinating Committees. Because, observed Cde. Muzenda, "these are the structures that work dosely with the majority of our members. Empowering these committees is, therefore, empowering the majority of our members." * Symbiotic partnership tool for Indigenisation in another welcome address by Cde. Joshua Nkomo, delegates were told that the rotation of the annual national conference from one province to the other has contributed tremendously to the unity that exists in the Party. Cde. Nkomo noted that the land acquisition drive and the indigenisation programme were gathering momentum. "We also need to take cognisance of the fact that our indigenisation endeavours have always heen hindered by our common lack of collateral security. This is of course related to the root cause of our liberation struggle which was the land issue." In this regard, he said the Patry and government decided to deal with the anomaly in a vigorous manner hence the designation of a number of farms that was recently announced by the National Land Designation Committee. Reminding delegates of the abundant natural resources that Zimbabwe is endowed with, the Vice President and CoSecond Secretary urged those present to study the Party, government and private sector relationship with a view to establishing a symbiotic partnership. El Indigenisation endeavours have always been hindered by our common lack of collateral security - Cde. J. Nkomo I- It pays to advertise in ' The Zimbabwe News Magazine Self-criticism recipe for discipline, unity ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 28 NO. 9 Housing for all by the year 2010 r omft probe has tamed out tbe one of the greatest challenges £ Local Authorities have failed to accommodate urban residents, and the government has responded by shifting from year 2000 to 2010 as the possible year all people could be housed. The situation is so bad that in some instances, parents are sharing rooms with their children, compromising both traditional and moral values. To address the problem, delegates to the Mutare Conference were told, the Minister of Public Construction and National Housing has submitted his proposals for the attainment of housing for all by the year 2010. Current housing backlog is estimated at around 670 000 with the figure projected to reach 1'1 million by the year 2000. Currently, the low, middle and high income housing programme is being financed by financial Institutions mostly building societies and the National Housing Fund. One other reason for the huge backlog, the Central Committee told the conference, was due to the prices of building materials which have continued to increase thereby undermining the affordability of the end-users, especially the low income group. This was attributed to monopolies obtaining in the industry. Another reason was lack of coordination amongst actors in the housing sector. This, it was noted, has resulted in duplication, disjointed activities, and lack of trust between the public and private sectors. However, the Ministry concerned was working on transforming the National Housing Fund into an Urban Housing Fund which will, amongst other functions, provide loans to Urban Councils, registered housing co-operatives, approved non- governmental organisations and small scale private developers in order to enhance their capacity. Moreso, Urban Councils are envisaged to become lead agencies in providing housing and its basic infrastructure. Delegates were thus told that programmes are going to be put in place to enhance their (Urban Councils) capacity. 0 I Conference Special

Jndigenisafion nof an easy #ask The new year should see more action on indigenisation - Cde. C. Msipa P resenting the Central Committee Report to the Third National People's Conference in Mutare, the President and First Secretary of the Party, Cde. Robert Mugabe said the ZANU PF government was firmly committed to the indigenisation of the economy. In addition, he said, ZANU PF was keen on democrating the economic system which would make it possible for the government to further promote such basic rights as the right to life, the right to development and, the right to own property. He stated that for these rights to be realised, it was imperative for the people to have equal opportunities to both land and other resources. To achieve the above, the Party and government has agreed that multinational companies operating in the country should allow some of their equity to be acquired by Indigenous blacks; government should ensure blacks do participate in the privatised state enterprism through the ware-housing of shares via the National Investment Trust, and that government should establish an Indigenous Agency by statute to facilitate and monitor the process of indigenisation of the national economy. And in a bid to strengthen the on-going efforts to realise effective and meaningful black economic empowerment that covers all, the Party endorsed an equity acquisition committee which has the task of negotiating with targeted multinational companies. The committee comprises comrades Emmerson Mnangagwa, Sydney Sekeramayl, Oppah Rushesha, Richard Hove and Dumiso Dabengwa - all members of the politburo. Addressing the same conference, the Minister of State for State Enterprise and indignsation in the Office of the President, Cde. Cephas Ma, sald that in the process of consmatobm a rnam- ber of factors have been ldsntilb to be miitating agal st the conept of indigenisatlon. They are macro-economic Instability, resulting in high lntest rates and high Inflation levels; inadequate medium and long-term finance; lack of production skis; inhibitive legislation in the various sectors of the economy; absence .of decentralised information centres at local authority level; and lack of collateral security. He however said that efforts were un derway to address these militating factors which would in turn, quicken the process of black economic empowerment. Cde. Msipa also told delegates to the conference that generally, blacks have made inroads into the various economic sectors - financial, construction, in' ing and tourism. He promised delegates that 1998 shall Indeed see more action from his department In liaison with 1IN ministries and all interestmd pniuft ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 28 NO.9 4k1j

TAKES note of the Resolutions passed by e Second National People's Conference held in Bulawayo in December 1996, APPRECIATIVE of the continued polilical stability prevailing throughout th4 country under the leadership of the Party, AWARE of the pressing demands by the people for urgent equitable land redistribution, economic empowerment of the indigenous majority, infra- structural development and institutional support to facilitate a viable economy, COGNISANT of the economic hardships the country is presently facing. IDETERMINED to maintain sustainable economic and social progress for the people. CONFERENCE resolves; -1. LAND 1.1 Congratulates the government for taking bold steps to resolve the land question so conclusively. 1.2 Upholds Government's endeavours to achieve equitable land distribution; 1.3 Urges Government to undertake the land distribution exercise in a transparent and fair manner. 1.4 Calls upon Government to provide land to the indigenous population for resettlement and commercial farming schemes with adequate infra-structural institutional support in order to maintain and sustain a sound agricultural economy. Submitted by: All 10 Provinces 2. INDIGENISATION OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY 2.1 Urges government to formulate and thereafter adopt a comprehensive policy on increasing participation of the indigenous population in all sectors of the national economy; 2.2 That the indigenisation of the National economy iS carried out within a poll- cy framework and in a transparent fair and equitable manner. 2.3 Calls upon government to provide institutional support to empower the indigenous population through various schemes including collective investment schemes. Submitted by: Bulawayo Province Matebeleland South Province Harare Province Manicaland Province Matebeleland North Midlands Province Mashonaland Central Province 3. WATER 3.1 Urges government to formulate and implement with urgency a water development policy to give equitable access to that resource to the people; 3.2 Calls upon government to devote more financial resources towards water harvesting such as dam/resevoir construction and borehall drilling. 3.3 Cognisant of the dire water situation affecting the city of Bulawayo and Mateleleland North Province calls upon government to hasten the implementation of the Matebeleland Zambezi Water Project. Submitted by: Matebeleland South Province Manicaland Province Bulawayo Province Matebeleland North Province Mashonaland Central Province Masvingo Province Mashonaland West Province Mashonaland East Province 4. HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC 4.1 Urges government to allocate adequate resources towards health care; 4.2 Calls upon government to devise an effective AIDS policy in conjuction with Non-governmental Organisations to pre- vent, reduce and treat the HIV AIDS scourge. Submitted by: Matebeleland South Province Matebeleland North Province Masvingo Province Mashonaland West Province 4.3 Grieved by alarming rates of death from malaria, Calls upon government to take urgent preventive measures to combat the scourge of malaria. 5. EDUCATION 5.1 Calls upon government to devise a comprehensive education curriculum appropriate and relevant to the development needs of the country, Submitted by: Mashonaland West Province Masvingo Province Mateleleland North Province Bulawayo Province Matebeleland South Province Midlands Province 6. WAR VETERANS 6.1 Congratulates government on its decision to pay War veterans compensation Submitted by: Mashonaland Central Province Bulawayo Province Harare Province 7. PARTY 7.1 Calls upon the Party to complete the reorganisation and restructuring of Party organs, and the registration and computerisation of the membership of the Party. 7.2 Calls upon the Party to redouble its efforts in mobilising and rallying the people to its Political programmes. *Continued on next page ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 28 NO. 9 Resolutions adopted by the 10 Party provinces and presented before the Muatare Conference (5-6 December 1997)

Mutare Conference (5-6 December 1997) *Continuedfrom previous page 9. STATE OF THE ECONOMY 7.3 Urges the Party to re-organise its Information Department so as to enhance its capacity to inform and educate the public about the policies of the Party and to counter negative reporting about the Party; 7.4 Further urges the Presidency to review the appointments of Heads of Departments in the Politburo with a view to making the Departments more efficient; 7.5 Applaunds the Party and Government for declaring 22nd December a Public Holiday in commemoration of the Unity achieved by the people in the historic "Unity Accord" of 22nd December 1987. 7.6 Urges the party, in the spirit of the Unity accord, to remove from ZANU PF Party Headquarters Building the Jongwe symbol. 7.7 Concerned about lack of transparency and imposition of candidates in Party, local governmental and parliamentary primary elections, Calls upon the party to formulate comprehensive electoral procedures for the fair and transparent conduct of party primary elections. Submitted by: Midlands Province Matebeleland Province Harare Province Bulawayo Province Mashonaland West Province Masvingo Province Mashonaland Central Province Matebeleland Province 8. RENAMING OF PROVINCES 8.1 Approves the decision by government to rename the country's provinces but urges that the renaming exerccise be initiated from the grass roots, more specifically at the Provincial level. Submitted by: Mateleleland South Province Bulawayo Province Manicaland Province Matebeleland North Province 9.1 Gravely concerned about the lack of macro-economic stability, characterised by high inflation levels, depreciation of our currency, high interest rates, a high budget deficit, low foreign -rrency reserves, an unfavourable balance of payments position, unacceptably high unemployment rates, escalating high unemployment rates, escalating prices of goods and poor export performance, Calls upon government to take adequate and sustained measures to deal and address fundamental weaknesses in our economy so as to place the country on a path of sustained economic growth and prosperity. 9.2 Alarmed at the rampant curruption which has permeated all levels of our society and aware of the cancerous nature of the scourge of corruption, Calls upon government to take drastic measures to eradicate the menace. Submitted by: Encouraging delegates to speak frankly - President Mugabe Midlands Province Manicaland Province Harare Province Bulawayo Province Mashonaland West Province Masvingo Province Mashonaland Central Province tatebeleland North Province 10. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW REVIEW 10.1 Aware that the Lancaster House constitution was a compromise document and that it has serious shortcomings, Calls upon government to carry out a comprehensive constitutional review and to that end to consult widely. Submitted by: Mashonaland East Province Masvingo Province Mateleleland North Province Bulawayo Province Annual national people's conferences have significantly boosted the strengths of both the Party and government since the first one in Harare, three years ago. National issues are tabled before the mill thousands of delegates from the country's 10 political provinces and debated frankly and constructively charting the way forward. Before, issues and problems affecting the Party and its government could only be discussed at Congress, held once every five years. The introduction of annual conferences offers answers to pressing issues within a short period of time. However some sections of our society have not taken kindly to this develop*Continued on next page ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL..28 NO. 9 l Conferences vital: by Zvenyika Kambizi

Party Conferences vital *Continued from previous page ment. They take the ability of Party members to speak their minds without fear-as a challenge to the Party leadership. Such views should be dismissed with the contempt they deserve. ZANU PF is a people's Party. It cannot stiffle debate or suppress constructive ideas aimed at improving the lives of -the people. Addressing delegates to the just ended Mutare Conference, the President and First Secretary of the Party, Cde. Robert Gabriel Mugabe, said: "The 1996 National People's Conference was successful because of the large attendance. It was also successful because of the array of issues raised by delegates fearlessly and frankly. Our wish was to give delegates much time to discuss matters of concern to our people with the hope of finding lasting solutions. we hope you will find the same atmosphere at this conference." How then could the leadership be said to have been "taken by surprise" or "stunned" by the candid debate when it is the same leadership that is encouraging this development. Some sections of our press are anti-ZANU PF for the simple reason that the ruling Pirty and its leadership successfully led the masses to a resounding victory over the colonialists. They will obviously be serving the interests of their masters. For, it need not be repeated that the real ownership of some sections of our media lies in the hands of our former colonisers. They have not forgiven ZANU PF for liberating Zimbabwe. ZANU PF, Cde. Mugabe told delegates to the conference, is guided by the principfe of unity. People have to fight for unity, guard it jealously for the realisation of peace and prosperity. Fundamentally vital in the preservation of unity is unlimited dialogue on all issues relating to the nationhood and statehood of Zimbabwe. It is therefore frivolous, for anyone to imply or insinuate that the ZANU PF leadership, least of all Cde. Mugabe, would be "stunned" by frank contributions from Party members. In pursuant of the need to give delegates more time "to discuss matters of concern", all accreditation for the Mutare Conference was done at respective provincial head-quarters. -This decision was taken after realising that during the 1996 Bulawayo Conference, delegates spent more time on accreditation rather than on debating issues of concern. Hence, this time .delegates had more time to discuss and debate the Central Committee report presented by Cde. Mugabe. It has been suggested by some delegates to the Third National People's Conference that instead of the provincial chairmen speaking on behalf of their provinces, all delegates should, in future, be accorded every opportunity to air their views. This line of thought is carried in an article elsewhere in this issue when the President states: "ZANU PF came into existence a long time ago and has gone through stages of development to its present state. As expected in any dynamic institution, people come and go and so does the style of doing things but the Party goes on. It is this change and continuity, which has brought us to the present state of our Party." It is important to note that the, Party, unlike colonial and imperial structures which remain static and as rigid as ever, is dynamic. Again this is because ZANU PF is a people's party run by the people, for the people and, is destined to fulfill the wishes of the people. True national leaders, fighting genuinely for the wishes of the people will find *Continued on next page ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 28 NO. 9 Happy Anniversary The Editor and staff of Zimbabwe News would like to take this opportunity to join our progressive nation in wishing ZANU PF, a HAPPY TENTH ANNIVERSARY and a prosperous future as Zimbabwe marches into the next millenium. May the December 22 Unity Accord Live Forever for our peace, harmony and prosperity. The struggle continues!!

The State of the Party Below is the presentation of the supreme governing body - the Central Committee on the general state of the ruling ZANU PF to the 3rd National People's Conference in Mutare. We publish the report in full for the benefit of our general readership and members of the Party in particular. ZANU PF came into existence a long .time ago and has gone through stages of development to its present state. As expected in any dynamic institution, people come and go and so does the style of doing things but the party goes on. It is this change and continuity, which has brought us to the present state of our party. We shall describe some of the chkiges that have contributed to our present situation. Our national People's Resolutions call uportus to set up an Ideological college. We have done nothing towards that end and nothing to give political education to members of the party. This can be done through seminars and workshops prior to establishment of the college. Article two of the constitution of ZANU PF states that "the aims and objectives of the party shall be... (a) to establish and sustain a socialist society based on our historical, cultural and social experiences..." As we are a party one of whose aims is to establish and sustain a socialist society, all members of the party are, therefore, expected to have some idea of the theory and practice of socialism and to be guided by its principles. It would then be easier to lead our people in a common direction. Currently, due to lack of an Ideology, we seem to be leading them in different directions in small groups called factions. In the past these small groups were confined to Masvngo and Manicaland. They seem to be spreading, like an infectious disease, throughout the party. Prnary Elecos It was suggested that these small groups surface during primary elections when some members of the party want a particular candidate to win. report offers solutions to numerous complaints that were brought to their attention and. thyy recommended that; - for a ward candidate to be sponsored by the party he/she should have been voted for by a simple majority on a primary election attended by not less than half of the electoral college for that ward must comprise of Central Committee members, National Consultative and Provincial Executive members residing in that Ward including District and Branch Executive members within that ward. - for a constituency candidate to be sponsored by the Party he/she should also have been voted for by a simple majority in a primary election attended by not less than half the constituency voters (electoral college) who should comprise of Central Committee members, National Consultative and Provin*Continued on next page Party Conferences vital Continued from previous page it much easier to unite because they are not engaged in an individual but a people's war. Thus 22 December 1997 marks the tenth anniversary of the precious and irrevocable Unity Accord between (PF) ZAPU and ZANU (PF) to form the new ZANU PF. Delegates to the annual conference in Mutare paid tribute to this bold fact. In acknowledgement, Cde. Mugabe said: "We started this political Party together, went our different ways and came together in 1987. We have worked well since then, In looking for the way forward we should emphasise on our strengths and try to eliminate all that divides us." Given the above, it is not surprising that those who harbour ill intentions, who themselves belong to undemocratic institutions, saw in the denial of the proposed War Veterans levy by the delegates, defeat of the leadership by their followers. Absolute nonsense! ZANU PF decisions are the people's de- We set up a committee to review the were consulted on the proposed levy; desirability of primary elections. It up- the very reason why the position taken held the principle of primary election but by delegates was endorsed. Is this dehad not presented their final report at, velopment any difficult to interpret: That the time of last National People's Con- when the people speak, ZANU PF has inference. They have since done so. Their deed spoken. Annual People's Conferences revitalise individual members and as a result, the whole Party. From the Harare Conference emerged the decision to effectively deal with the issue of poverty amongst War Veterans. The decision to settle resolutely, the land question was given an impetus by the Bulawayo Conference the following year (1996) and; there should be no reason why the question of indigenisation of the economy should not be answered with vigorous practical programmes that ensure that the means of production are placed in the hands of the majority. These decisions from the conferences strengthen the Party and government. The latter is a beneficiary of the sound decisions adopted by the former. This underlines the supremacy of the Party over government. For, there appeared a period when the Party had its own programmes different from those being pursued by the government and there was a general outcry from various Party heads of department. But as things now stand, that is history. As Zimbabwe marches into the next millenium with ZANU PF at the helm, the nation cannot help but feel confident of the bright prospects that lie ahead. When land is firmly in our hands, we will once again be our very own masters ready to shape our destiny to our advantage. The struggle continues! 0 ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 28 NO. 9

The State of the Party *Continued from previous page mended by the National Disciplinary cial Executive Members, District, Branch and Cell Executive Members within the constituency. Vetng Of Candldates The committee proposed that all aspiring candidates have to present their CVs to the respective District Executive of the party for an initial vetting whose proceedings should be recorded. CVs of the vetted candidates should be forwarded to the Provincial Executive for further vetting. The Primary Elections Committee must be applauded for coming up with these bold proposals and recommendations but their usefulness has not yet been realised as they will take some time to dissipate to all party structures. Thus it is too ambitious to expect these regulations to have been applied during the primary elections for the Rural District Councils. Be that as it may, it is encouraging to note that our party is cognisant of the need to correct some of those negative aspects of our systems with the overall goal of fostering stronger unity within the party. Computeuisation The party has made an undertaking to computerise its operations with the purchase of some computers which will be used in the ongoing registration exercise. Though the programme has not been officially launched, it is pleasing to note that a lot of progress has been made in this regard. Re-admission of Expelled Party Members The Politburo and Central Committee meetings of the 17th and 19th of September 1997, respectively, were informed that the National Disciplinary Committee had sat to review cases of former party members who had been expelled for contesting local government and particularly elections as independents. This followed letters of appeal .submitted by the affected members. The Politburo resolved that: members whose cases were reviewed should be re-admitted into the party as recom- Committee. Those who had won, when they contested in local government and parliamentary elections, as independents were barred from holding party posts for a year during which they are expected to work in accordance with the party's rules and regulations; Al the admitted members were to make an undertaking to confess and publicly denounce their decision to contest as independents and the National Chairman was tasked to ensure that this point was complied with. The Central Committee ratified these recommendations. The setting up of the National People's Conference seemed to have usurped some of the functions of the Central Committee though this was not the intention. However, the decision of the Central Committee to re-admit the expelled members should have been subject to ratification by the National Peopie's Conference. We are of the opinion however, that the Central Committee should retain its powers. Matters of discipline like those that led to the expulsion of members of the party should be attended to immediately andnipped in the bud before they become public issues. Some of them, like the re-admission of the Mayor of Mutare into the party cause embarrassment. It is urged that- in voting an independent candidate into office the residents of Mutare wanted an independent mayor. Now, that he has become a member of the ZANU PF, he had deprived them of the desired mayor. He should go back to the residents of Mutare to seek their fresh acceptance. This is a reasonable argument- that falls in line with democratic practices. Restructuring Exercise The party's restructuring exercise is way behind schedule and this calls for concerted efforts to ensure the completion of the ongoing exercise. We have to provide sufficient funds for the registration exercise and the leadership has to involve itself in exercises of such Importance to the party. were dermacated without actually ascer-. taining the authenticity of our cadreship and as such we are faced with a dilemma that the grassroots are not well organised. It is the successful mobilisation and organisation of the grassroots that guaranteed the success of the war of liberation and will, today, determine the future of our party. With this in mind we should all be ruled by the same conviction that we all have roles to play. Then we say that we are all ing in the same direction with the same zeal and enthusiasm. in line with that it was proposed to establish District Co-ordinating committee to: - monitor and recommend any political or developmental programmes and initiatives in the Local Government District; to act as'the Elections Directorate of the district. - to foster an integrated approach to district issues between the party, government and non-governmental organisations. This issue and the alignment of party districts to local government's wards have not been finalised. We should do so as soon as possible. Party Finances The party has continued to fund its operations through the government grant provided under the Political Parties Finance Act which was challenged in the Supreme Court by the opposition United Parties. it is heartenlig to note that the Supreme Court applaudel the funding of political parties though it declared as unconstitutional a section of the Act, which refers to the matter of the minimum threshold. The Act has since been amended to reflect the ruling of the Supreme Court. However, it should be stressed that our party was never envisaged to be a nonself-sustaining unit in terms of finance. The total income has averaged $135463 per province per annum. At a time when each province is allocated a grant of upwards of half a million dollars (± $500 000) per annum, provinces It-is no secret that some of our districts *Continued on next page ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL 28 NO. 9

The State of the Party 0Continued from previous page should make an effort to generate more funds. There are no meaningful fund raising activities in the party. This could not have come at a worse time because today we are facing an opposition that is well funded by foreign forces and the need to raise our own funds is apparent. The Party's Propagnda Machinery The party's propaganda machinery is very weak and at times inactive. It is not dear whether this is due to insufficient staffing or the under-funding of the Information and Publicity Department. If the current slumber afflicting the department is due to ineptitude then it needs urgent redress. The party and its leadership have been subjected to unjustified widespread citicism fom the so-called opposition independent press. We need a groomed cadreship that is prepared to defend the Party at all times. The Party has a tendency of not responding to criticism, however, damaging. This has given rise to a situation where allegations against the party are made to stay. The party should be cast in the best light possible and those tasked with disseminating information on the party should conduct weekly follow-ups on issues featuring in the independent press. Women's Issues As mentioned earlier the Party agreed to adopt a quota system for women and the Politburo agreed on 25 percent quota. Though this has faced teething problems; we are proud to say that this issue has received support from all of us and is already bearing fruits. A number of women have been promoted to cabinet posts and, in this regard, a Minister has been appointed to specifically deal with gender issues. The Women's League .was involved in solidarity work with other women's organisations locally and internationally. 'This reached a crescendo when the country hosted the 8th Pan African Women's Organisation Congress in July. The party took the initiative to ensure the successful hosting of this congress and will always support women in their endeavours. The Women's League has expressed concern over the increasing cases of violence against women and children and -has called for deterrent legislation to be put. in place to tackle this problem. To show their concern they staged a demonstration in May of this year. The Women's League called for steps to be taken to deter child abuse and encourage the public to report on such cases. The party and government view child abuse and any other form of abuse with the contempt it deserves and will take appropriate action to punish ship is an effective recipe for the ultimate fall of the Youth League and this calls for ways and means to be found to bolster the youth membership. It is true that the party leadership has been the same faces, but has worked well, and, when these faces go we wonder who will step into their shoes. That is the problem of democracy and the principle of elections. " The Youth League, like the other structures of the party, has been affected by the lack of adequate transport and funds, a problem that has seen many a programme falter. This is a blunt manifestation of the overall problem of resources that the party is facing today. offenders. The problem of resources has led to Lega Affairs youths that are disenchanted and feel The party has been reckoned by disregarded. The party and government challenges in court by opposition ele- should thrive to promote youth projects ments. This resulted in the nullification by channelling required resources of the results of the Chitungwiza towards such projects. This is one way Mayoral Pols. The recent holding of the of easing the unemployment problem, Legal Affairs Department seminar in which has led to a situation where youth Gweru should have come ealier but, as structures are never stable as youths they say, better late than never. The move from one area to another seeking seminar covered matters pertaining to employment. Perhaps we need to emthe party constitution, the Zimbabwe ploy so e'affirmative' action in recruitconstitution and the issue of human ing people to work in party companies right n abut it has to be understood that all such rights. * employment has to be based on merit, We hope such seminars enlighten mem- as companies have to operate bers and will lead to a sense of vigilance competitively. among us: a vigilance that will enable us to guard against the tricks of the op- Poverty Eradication position and to avoid the loopholes in We must state that one of the trouble. the regulations guiding elections, some problems within the party is poverty. The Department seeks authorisation to It i .. ...nnthe..the is dfcult to say when we shall be able tinn nf 7imhahwe in rnllabhnrtion with to uproot it, in view of the current eco- the Ministry of Justice, Parliamentary and Legal Affairs. During the 1996 General Elections our youths clashed with the 'beer-motivated' youths of Margaret Dongo in the Harare South Constituency. We managed to release some funds for the legal defence of our youths that were arrested after. the clashes. They were however slapped with 24-month jail terms. The party, through lawyers, has appealed against this sentence and the matter is still pending. Youth Issues A stagnant or declining youth member- nomic reforms and the ever-increasing cost of living. we must address poverty seriously and find ways of alleviating it amongst those of us who are adversely affected by it. Poverty is oppressive. Let us liberate ourselves from it. Then we can organise ourselves with the knowledge that we all have access to bus fares, food, clothes and shelter away from and at home. The Way Forward From the state of the party we can have a better view of the way forward. Although we have concentrated our at*Continued on next page ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 28 NO. 9

Genocide haunts survivors By a correspondent Witnesses to the genocide committed in Rwarida in 1994 reWmain on the fringes of.society and accuse their compatriots of refusing to acknowledge the trauma they experienced. More than three years since between 500 000 and 800 000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred and executed in Rwanda, most of the survivors find themselves today, in appalling living conditions. Many lost their homes and now live in plastic tents, while those with no surviving relatives are especially fearful of being forgotten. They have a particularly heavy burden in coming to terms with the past, says Josueh Kayijaho, vice president of the 0 Continued from previous page tention on those areas, within the party, that are not absolutely good much of what we are doing is very good. we should keep it so and make better areas that' are not good. A call was made at the beginning of the year to all heads of departments to submit their targets for the current year. None was submitted. We should submit them for next year.. We shall continue to ensure the lbuja Association, a leading support group. Kayijaho, a doctor who also heads an umbrella human rights organisation here, said the problems of those who witnessed and survived the genocide should not be "lumped together with all the other problems of this country." The lbuja Association, the largest and most influential support group for survivors of Rwanda's genocide, was formed in 1955 to protect sites commemorating the genocide, to work to see that justice is done, and to help survivors with their problems. Brutial sites have been set aside all over Rwanda, and memorials have been built on many of them. So far more than 230 trials have been party is, and should be, canled out by full time party workers. During the course of the year a review of the performance of the party civil service was carried out and proposals made to merge the functionaries who work in the departments of the Commissariat and Culture, with those who work in the departments of Publicity and Information, Women Affairs and Youth Affairs. it was further accepted that an audit pf the party civil service should be carried out in order to remove the dead wood. dominance and primary of the party at As we are only two years towards the all times and follow up on all the deci- next'National People's Congress all efsions we made and the resolutions that forts must be made to implement the we adopted and sent to government for resolutions adopted at the last Nationimplementation, housing for all and al People's Congress in 1994. other issues. Heads of departments who supervise T registration of party members is an the issues covered by the resolutions exercise on the basis of which the res- should follow them up with the Ministructuring of the party echelons may be tries to ensure that all the resolutions carried out completely. The supply of are implemented. We should leave no data forms and other equipment Is es- stone unturned. 1998 should be a year sential. This exercise must be completed. of hard work to accomplish everything Much of the preliminary work of the' that the party has set for itself to do. 0 held, but only a few survivors have been compensated. "We're trying to convince survivors to bring suit. But fear and lack of faith in the judicial system have discouraged them," one activist said. Kayijaho spoke of one woman, now in Congo, who denies that any genocide took place in the belief that she is protecting her imprisoned husband. A psychiatrist from an international organisation said that many "suffer from the guilt of the survivor. They ask themselves: 'Why am I alive after they kiled all the others?" Kayijaho said: "The problem with this genocide is that it wasn't committed by a foreign enemy but by Rwandans themselves. As a result, society itself Is In denial and cannot admit that the irrepairable has happened." Rwanda two The bloodbath, which was carried out by a large number of Rwandan Hutus, was conceived and organised by the regime of former president Juvenal Habyarimana. The current government, dominated by the Trust minority - many leading members of which spent some 30 years in exile and therefore were not present during the civil war - "accepts the (fact of the) genocide but is slow to take action and need -constant pressure," Kayijaho said. Rwanda's new government, currently battling (with) former soldiers and Hutu rebels known as Interahamwe in an ongoing insurgency, is hard pressed to develop a policy to aid survivors of the 1994 genocide. Late last November, the transitional parliament passed a law earmarking five percent of the federal budget to aid the survivors. "Five percent is a lot. But it's five percent of so little," acknowledged Gerald Gahima; a top justice ministry official. Ibuka, which has been espeaally active in the judicial arena, had been accused, *Continued on next page ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 28 NO. 9 The State of the Party

Disarmament talks in Freetown By a Correspondent ilitiamen loyal to ousted Sierra Leonean President Ahmend Tejan Kabbah have joined a committee aimed at organising the disarmament of combatants in the west African country. Eight Kamajors, hunter-militiamen who have allegedly staged several attacks on Sierra Leonean junta forces since a ceasefire was agreed in Conakry last October, joined the Technical Committee on Disarmament early December. The Committee was set up under the Genocide haunts a-. survivors *Continued from previous page including by survivors, of favouring political action over material aid. Some observers have said that Ibuka manipulates survivors and that it was behind recent demonstrations in central Rwanda against the release of elderly and ailing as well as very young detainees accused of acts of genocide. Ten of those released were returned to prison after one of the protests. Foreign observers have said that Ibuka is putting undue pressure on emotional rather than national terms. "We have to face up to groups that exploit people's legitimate pain for political ends," one diplomat said. But Ibuka's Kayijaho argued: "We don't need to manipulate anyone. The genocide took place in broad daylight, and people saw it. They want justice." He added: "We have the right to organise demonstrations. But if a woman saw her family massacred by someone who goes to trial, she will go to the hearings herself, and she will need to express herself," he said. AFP 0 Conakry accord, a source dose to the talks told AFP. Across the table from the junta in the talks (which began the first week of December), at lui, near Freetown, were delegates from ECOMOG, the Nigerianled intervention force which has led efforts to unseat the junta since it came to power in a May 25 coup. The Kamajor delegation was led by the former head of the Special Security Division (SSD), a paramilitary wing of the police, Sam Dumbuya. Other members included a university lecturer and two students. Under the Conakry accord, disarmament was due to begin on December 1, but at the time of going to press, no guns had been collected because it had not been agreed who exactly should disarm. Meanwhile, church leaders in Freetown have urged early action to disarm children. "Children should not be involved in warfare," the clerics said during a meeting. "As arrangements are being made for other children to go to school, let us also make provision for our child combatants to be fully and properly Integrated into our society," they said. The disarmament talks have shown "positive signals", committee chairman Lieutenant Colonel Bashiru Conteh told ,AFP. "We have reached a decision to visit all bases in Freetown and the interior of all combatants involved in the country's political crisis," he said. The visits were planned from December 10 to 22 to assess the task ahead. "We are on course as we've agreed to incude civil defence forces in all talks relating to the peace process," said Colonel Bashiru Conteh. Asked who should be disarmed, Conteh said: "That's not for me or the Committee to decide. It will be looked into and decided by higher authorities." Other militia groups, such as the Kaprahs and Tamborrahs, based in the north, as well as former rebels now albed with the ruling junta, were also expected to join the disarmament committee. The process of disarming children has hindered by commanders of the former rebel group, the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), according to an official of the Department of Social Welfare, Children and Gender Affairs. The official said a commander of the People's Army, as the RUF now calls itself, "ordered child fighters not to cooperate on the grounds that he was not informed of the exercise by the RUF hierachy." The registration of child combatants has only been "30 percent successl" according to the same official -. AFP.[- ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 28 NO. .9

Highlights of 1997 1997 saw some of the most far reaching decisions with respect to the burning issue of land. This and other developments that include the privatisation of parastatals, the increase in opportunities for University education, the ZANU PF Third Annual Party (Mutare) Conference, 33rd Harare Summit, the fall from Power of the Zairean Dictator, Marshall Mobutu Sese Seko, the compassionate to the plight of War Veterans and Community Service among other issues will be examined in this article. In a nationwide consultative tour of Provinces the Head of State, First Secretary and President of the popular party, ZANU PF His Excellency the President Cde R.G. Mugabe shared his, the party's and Government vision on land redistribution with the provincial party and Government leaders and masses who came to listen to him. In his tour conducted in the period 13th to the 17th October, 1997, the President was not politicking on the land issue. Far from it. The statistic, facts and arguments he offered were to leave no doubt in all Zimbabweans and its well wishers that 1997 would when history is written, go down in the annals of the nation's records of achievement as the year resolute measures were taken by the ZANU PF Government to translate rhetoric into action and to truly deliver the land to the people-most of whom are landless peasants. The masses had been dispossessed of their rightful inheritance due to the seizure of land through military force, deceit and/or other devious means that were openly applied by the settler community under the guidance and facilitation of Cecil John Rhodes, Britsh Colonial Adventurer. Giving figures prepared by the National Land Committee chaired by Cde Joseph Msika, the ZANU PF National Chairman and Minister Without Portfolio, the President assured his audience that as of that time 333 farms had been identified for ressetlement nationwide. Cde Mugabe further explained that to satisfy the need for hunger, five (5) million hectares of land would be required nationwide to resettle the landless or deprived citizens. He, was optimis.tic this target would be met with only a further 230 000 hectares needed to hit the 5 000 000 hectare mark. ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 28 NO. 9 In his lightening tour Cde Mugabe must have been moraly strengthened in this essential and fundamental right to self sustenance to discover as he did that wharever he went the traditional (chiefs), Veterans. political and civic local leadership were The First Week of June, 1997, saw the also of the same mind as he. To emphasise the seriousness with which the election of President Mugabe Chairman eadsi atheseriousns oth Lanh Ise of the 54 Member Organisation of Afrileadership attaches to the Land Issue, can Unity at its 33rd Summit held in Hathe Government with the full backingof rare that week. important decisions of the party has given a. public notice toa all those with more than their fair share continentwide African Economic Coinof the land resource as well as Britain (former colonial authority) and other munity in order to promote intra Afriwould be concerned countries that land can trade as per the Abuja Treaty as the acquisition is a morally justifiable polit- European Union (EU) Association of ical exercise protected by the nation's South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and sovereignty and would not be subject the Organisation of American States to compensation from the perspective (OAS) do among others. The instant of the usurped soil although improve- recognition of the Laurent Kabila's ments on these lands (forms) such as Government in the Democratic Repubbuildings would be eligible for lic of the Congo, (DRC) following the fall compensation. of Mobutu Seso Seko's Zairean regime in May, 1997 demonstrated the progresAs expected a lot of manoevering has sive outlook of the Summit in particubeen set into motion by those who had lar and the international Community in never expected that the Government General. Ther estoration of the rule of would implement an equitable agrain re- law in the DRC against the dictarship of form programme. This has taken the Mobutu was effected without the parform of ill conceived criticism of the ticipation of Western and other major egalitarian policy coupled with equally powers prompting many observers to ill fated Attempts to distance the mass- rightly credit the Continent with an Afries who put the ZANU PF Government can Renaissance outlook. The Harare into power from the Government they Summit sent the correct signal on its elected. What is likely to happen is that support for Democracy when it conon this issue the Zimbabwean masses demned the military Coup dietat in Sierand their Government will see eye to eye ra Leonne and urged the restoration of and dance the same tune. It already as the Kabbah elected civilian government the makings of a strong broad consen- and urged the International Communisus. Even Ms Madeline Albright, the ty not to recognise the military junta in United States Secretary of the state who Free Town. The Summit urged the Eco'met a government delegation in Harare nomic Community of Western African on the 15th December, 1997, found it States (ECOWAS) to apply diplomatic proper to wish the land Acquisition and other means through ECOWAS's Programme well because it is the expect- military organ (ECOWAG) to restore the ed function of a sovereign Government elected civilian government of Mr. Kaband people to perform. bah in Sierra Leonne. As of December, Subject to generous rainfal, the in- 1997, a programme of action to restore digenous farmers already producing at the Kabbah Gol.rnment in April, 1988 least 60% of the national maize and cot- was on course.fHowever, pressure was ton crops respectively are in a position still being applied on Nigeria to return to increase the national output much to political power to an elected governthe stimulation of th eindustrial and ment. General Sani Abacha had since other sectors that benefit from the spin promised to allow Civilian Prsidential off effect of a strong agricultural per- Elections on 1 st August, 1998 and the fomance. Access to fertile land is consi- inaguration of the Government that dered as one of the long term solution to the plight uf Zimbabwe's War *Continued on next page

Hwighlights ofI 1997 *Continuedfrom previous page by ZANU PF party-delegates at the 3rd: . Annual Conference in Mutare on t&e 5th would emerge from those elections on December, 1997 against the proposed 1st October, 1998 thereafter, levies and fuel increase, Government The Summit considered the effects of United. Nations (UN) sanctions against Libya for the alleged bombimg of a PANAM Airliner by two Ubyan suspects in Lockerbe Scotland in 1998 and felt that the ordinary Libyan people were the actual sufferers affected by the sanctions. Consequently,, the Summit endorsed Libya's proposal that the UN should either lift the sanctions immediately without pre-conditions or agree to the trial of the Libyan suspects in a neutral country other than France, Scotland or the United States. The African leaders told the United Nations that if the issue remained unresolved and sanctions remained in force after a further year, the OAU would unilaterally decide not ot observe the UN sanctions against Tripoli anymore. The Israeli Netanyahu Government was criticised by the Summit for its insensitive Middle EastPolicies which were endangering regional peace due to coritinued Israeli construction of Jewish settelements in occupied Arab/Palestinian WestBank and other territories. Pressure on Israeli from elsewhere notably the United States of American -could result ina halt of these confrontational settlements if Washington insists since it is Israeli's main economic and political ally. Back home the Nation's First Family of Cde R.G. Mugabe and the first Lady Cde Grace'Mugabe were blessed with a baby boy in May, 1997. For much of the year the First Lady, Cde Grace Mugabe was kept busy with her progamme to provide a more humane and brighter shelter and future for street kids. The City of Harare provided land for a National Children's Rehabilitation Centre. Many Sectors of the Civic Society includ ing Bankers and Executive Mayors and others have participated in the resource mobilisation for this worthy cause. Folowing Government's decision to award $50 000,00 once off gratuity payments in December,- 1997 to the estimated 53 000 War Veterans and 2 000,00 monthly pensions the State once thought of raising the necessary funds by among other measures a 5 % levy on income tax, electricity, fuel and increase in sales tax. However, as a result of the spontaneous representation listened and took the decision to scrap these intended measures. The Conference agreed that War Veterans deserved both 2zratuities each and $2 000,00 monthly pensions but left it to Goernment to find other areas of raising the funds in addition to the privatisation of parastatals as one identified source. The packages of ex-combatants which include access to free health care service and educational skills training is intended to show the nation's gratitude to these men and women of valour and to ensure that some of those living in destitution should also have the means to an improved quality of life. The labour movement, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), nonetheless, called for a nationwide work stoppage on the Tuesday the 9th December, 1997, in order to support the ZANU PF party delegates stand on taxation of individuals mainly although the Minister of Home Affairs had thought the area of concern had been amicably resolved ahead of the demonstration. There was a substantial turn out to the demonstration which were largely peaceful else-' where in the country except in Harare which saw police battling to contain looting and damage to property in the outskirts of the city and being unable to distinguish would be law breakers from would be peaceful protestors. The result was that Harare could claim to have experienced a peaceful dembnstration as elsewhere because that is not what happened. Whereas of late people have not been turning out in such large numbers to political party rallies, when asked to come to say - "No increase to taxes" - the desire to keep more money in the pocket was evidently much more persuasive than attending. a party meeting to plan projects etc should be the case since ZANU PF is a party of development and needs the ardent support of its cadres particularly. when such serious national issues are' under scrutiny. However the statement by Gibson Sibanda, the President of ZCTU at his Press Confefence on the 16th December 1997 revealed that by giving the Government ultimatum to call a Con- stitutional Review Conference among other demands, the labour movement is not only interested in Workers's Welfare and humatarian needs but in the policies of governing this country also just as any political lparty. The cwrmit thrust of Government commerciallsation and privatisation of parastatals has been vindicated by developments at such state holdings as Dairiboard, Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (COTCO) and Commercial Bank of.Zimbabwe (CBZ) where these entities have been writing divinded cheques to the National Treasury instead of drawing from it. Some citizens who have been retrenched from employment for various reasons ranging from cutting costs in particular to restructure in general have emerged creators of own self employment when the same is not the case with their fellow retrenchees. This disputes the blanket rationale that retrenchments per se are always bad and suggests that more focus should be turned to. prepare employees to sustain themselves adequately by using retrenchment resources. to create long term employment for themsleves. Looking for a new job as the only solution could not be a safe guarantee as other organisations may also be soon embarking on a similar retrenchment exercise. However, the-peaceful conditions and general infrastructure of the country can sustain individual and/or cooperative employment creation ventures. Even people pursuing University educational career, have now a wider choice ranging from University of Zimbabwe (UZ), National University of Science and Technology (NUST), African Unicersity (Mutare), Solusi College (Bulawayo) to Bindura, Gweru and other University Colleges recently upgraded to University leve education by Government. Finally, everbody enjoyed the latest Public Holiday of the 22nd December, 1997, being the Unity Accord Day between the former two political parties of PF-ZAPU and Old ZANO PF which emerged into the new ZANU PF Party. The community Service concept introduced for lesser convicted nationals eased the congestion in the country's overcrowded prisons and gave some service to the Community as such petty offenders Were assigned court sanctioned duties in various communities. The state did not have to meet the upkeep of such offenders. 0' ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 28 NO. 9

Calls to reform the house of Windsor By Dennis Hiault Princess Di - her death has shaken the Monarch down to its size f Queen Elizabeth considered 1992 her 'annus borribilis' with the Windsor Castle fire and the breakdown of her two sons' marriages, then 1997 will be remembered as her 'annus traumaticue maked by the death of Princess Diana which shook the world's oldest monarchy to its foundaions al experts, recalling the huge crowds in tears who escorted the 'people's princess' to her grave on September 6. The same crowds, to honour the memory of their sainted Diana, called for the reform of the House of Windsor from which Diana had been ousted after her divorce from Prince Charles. "It was a revolt, not a revolution," say The Queen made her mea culpa and in most royal observers and constitution- response to calls to cut protocol and move closer to the people, promised changes. Diana may therefore have taken with her to the grave a monarchy, rigid and remote from the people, encapsulated in tradition. "The monarchy is dead, long live the monprchy," said some members of the royal entourage.The warning had been taken seriously by Buckinham Palace to judge by the media counter- offensive which followed Diana's funeral. It culminated on November 20 with the golden wedding celebrations for the Queen and Prince Phillip which took place with subdued pomp, without carriages but with a walkabout outside Westminister Abbey and a policewoman and an engineer at the top table at the "people's banquet" which followed. The Queen recognised in her toast that the monarchy only existed with the consent of the people. She hhd already promised in an address to the nation the night before Diana's funeral that "lessons would be learned" from the public response to her death and the royals perceived indifference to it. To conserve and win over the hearts of her subjects, the Queen, in 1992, reduced the civil list - the money paid to other members of the royal family and agreed to pay income tax. Other initiatives followed. The royal yacht Britannia will not be replaced, the costly royal train might also be abandoned and the budget for 1998/99 will be held to 42 million pounds (about Z$1 billion), a cut of 39 percent compared with 1990-91. An ex-palace adviser, Simon Gimson, said the Queen was also thinking of slimming down on the royal family which for official purposes comprises 1 t people. Some minor royals have been urged to find "suitable" employment and several of the seven castles and palaces might *Continued on next page ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 28 NO. 9

[itratoa0 ew.__ Calls to reform the house of Windsor *Continued from previous page be partially opened to the public, accordig to carefully orchestrated leaks. On the other hand Gimson qualified as "absurd" the possibility of the Qum abdicating - she will celebrate her golden jubilee in 2002 at the age of 76 or of Prlne of Wales stepping aside for his son WS=. "It's an extraordinary Idea, abdication, generation sdpping. It isn't going to hap.pen," he said. The monarchy is modernising to keep in step with a country which has just handed back to China one of the last vestiges of its empire, Hong Kong, and which put into Downing Street Tony Blair, the youngest prime minister this century. Blair has made the monarchy seem older by granting autonomy to Scotland and Wales, playing down England's traditional beefeater image, and even playing God Save the Queen through synthesisers at the Commonwealth Summit in Edinburgh. But Blair insists that a strong and flourishing monarchy can play the s role it has in the past in a new, modeM, Britain. Suddenly the press is again praising the monarch, congratulating her on her restoration of Windsor Castle five years after it almost burned down, has come under Spell of a charm offensive by Prince Charles and at the same time respected a total blackout on his relationship with Camilla Parker-Bowles. John Barnes, a constitutional expert at the London School of Economics said: "It's a remarkable thing that Diana's death in a sense has helped the monarchy consolidate.As we move toward more self government for the nations that make the United Kingdom the crown, as a unifying symbol, becomes more important rather than less." But the press, notably that of Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch, is always on the lookout for royal gaffes. On a recent visit to television studios where she met actors of one of Britain's most popular soap operas, Eastenders, which has run for 10 years, the Queen .said "How do you do. Who are you?" - an illustration of how out of touch the monarchy can be. AFP 0 Ioo NorthenM Ireland peace process 0tk a giant step forward in 1997 aos ceasefire by both Protestant and Catholic paramilitarles coincided with round table negotiations between the divided communities. (But) no one in Belfast, London or Dublin is fooled into thinking success is guaranteed. There have been no bombs in London and Ireland, which has given some ground for optimism. But Northern Ireland continues to suffer its woeful share of violence, explosions and beatings. Dissidents of both Loyalist and Republican factions do not recognise the ceasefires - observed by Loyalists since 1994 and by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) since last July - and have not renounced violence. Although they have only limited means, their capacity to provoke and destabilise the peace process is real, like those of the handful of politicians from either side who refuse to seek compromise. The future of Northern Ireland's institutions is likely to be the most difficult issue on the negotiations for both the Ulster Unionists and loyalist militants on the one hand and moderate nationalists of Sinn Fein, the political wing of IRA, on the other. The objective is to find before May 1998 some sort of compromise between the Loyalists' aim of keeping Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom and the Republicans' objective of the reunification of Ireland. "No party can realistically expect to get everything they want. At the same time, everyone will gain," says Irish Premier Bertie Ahem. The moment is historic since, for the first time since the beginning of the 'troubles' - which have left more than 3 000 dead in 28 years - all the parties involved have shown the desire for some form of progress. In London the May general election brought to power a Labour Party which was determined to build on the impetus given to the Northern Ireland search for peace by the Conservative government. Prime Minister Tony Blair opened the doorto negotiations to Sinn Fein without preconditions other than an IRA ceasefire. He shook the hand of Sin Fein's leader Gerry Adams and invited him for the ultimate political acccolade to Downing Street. Northern Ireland Minister Mo Mowam has accepted police and intelligence reports which say the IRA ceasefire has been scrupulously observed and reduced British troop presence in the province. The IRA and Sinn Fein, despite some individual disagreements in public, for the time being are united behind Gerry Adams in opting negotiations and renouncing terrorism. In Dublin, the election in June of a more pro-nationalist government led to-more dynamic cooperation with London. Ahem has stepped up his contacts with parties in Northern Ireland and has developed contacts with Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble which both sides have described as "constructive". Ireland plans to harmonise its antiterrorist legislation with those of Britain to allow the transfer to the south of IRA detainees held in the north - a longstanding demand of the Republicans. In a gesture of reciprocity-to London and the Unionists, Dublin plans to begin extradition proceedings against convicted IRA militants who have taken refuge in Ireland. These gestures, considered 'confidence, building' in the peace process terminology, aim to lay the foundations for an historic agreement between the rival communities in Northern Ireland which could nevertheless be overturned any moment by a sudden outpouring of frus tration or anger. - AFP 10 ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 28 NO.9 V is

Intifada disillusioned but not dead A decade after they launched their' uprising against Israeli occupation, the generation of the Intifada are disillusioned with a peace process which they hoped would complete their struggle for a state. After the unity born in the seven-year popular revolt, intfada veterans stand divided between backers of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and his negotiation with Israel and Islamic radicals who see no solution except in stepped-up violence. Two men in the West Bank town of Nablus typify the dision: a member of Arafat's Fatah faction of the PLO who spent the Inftada as a fugitive, and a member of the Islamic group HAMAS who was among the "children of the stones". Zaher Khalil was 12 years old when the Intifada erupted on December 9, 1987. He Joined HAMAS and was soon on the front lines of the uprising among the teenager who confronted Israeli soldiers with stones and molotov cocktails. "All Palenian groups were together then, and we all saw this as our chance to free our homeland and gain our rights," he told AFP. xhaNl was arrested at the age of 16 and spent two years in Israeli prison, during which he was tortured in interrogation. "Before, I had hated Israel because it had taken my country. But that was an abstract thing. It was the torture In prison that made my hatred real," he said. Hussein Zahran, meanwhile, was in hiding in the hills around Nablus, part of a cell of Fatah "Hawks" who conducted armed attacks on Israelis, punished and killed Palestinian "collaborators" and eluded the Israeli army. "It was a type of guerrilla warfare - hit and disappear. We moved only at night and suvived using the local network, which provided us food and money in secret," said Zahran - a pseudonym since he did not want his real name revealed. By Lee Keath Armed attacks were done directly on order from Tunis, the base in exile from which the PLO directed the Intfada. PLO strategy ,was that armed attacks were a warning to Israel of greater conflict If it did not respond to us political. ly," he said. "The' strategy was all politically focussed. And we on the ground knew that we were fighting for a partial independence: freedom in the West Bank and Gaza Strip," Zahran said. :That dream seemed on the way to realisation when Israel and the PLO signed the first of their "Osl1o" autonomy accords in 1994, creating Arafat's self-rule authority in parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and promising final negotiations on a Palestinian entity. The agreements ended the Intifada and put the PLO on a track of dialogue with Israel. But three years later, the negotiations are interminably deadlocked and Palestinian" resentment is again boiling. "The Intifada generation feels it has not gained its rights either from the peace process or the Palestinian Authority," said Marwan Barghuti, a Fatah officialwho helped direct the Intifada from exile in Tunis. Barghuti, now head of Fatah in the West Bank and a deputy in the Palestinian Legislative Council, has been a vocal critic of Arafat's policies in negotiations, but hopes reform from the inside can still achieve the dream. "The duty of my generation is now to create a democratic regime in the Authority so there is no opportunity to gain our rights. The problem is that it is difficult for the Authority to lead a struggle in the Intifada sense," he said. Zahran took a similar track. while many of his colleagues took up positions in the Palestinian security forces, he returned to Nablus' Najah University to work as a student activist for Fatah. "There are many holes in the agreements and Israel has exploited them. The result is not what we fought the intifada for," he said. "But we must stand steadfast. l1rough steadfastness we can get what we want from negotiations even if Israel is. the stronger party," he said. Khalil, now a HAMAS activist at Najah University, slammed Arafat's peace deals as "the biggest disaster ever to hit the Palestinian people". The Islamic Resistance Movement, known by its pseudonym HAMAS, insists armed "jihad" (holy war) is the only means to reach a Palestinian state and has led a campaign of anti-Israel bombings and attacks since 1994. "HAMAS is the inheritor of the Intifada. The people know we did not sell out and sign agreements that can never win us our land," he said. "we do not want violence or bloodshed, but the world must understand that we will attain our rights. The Intifada is over, but there is a new phase coming. We are not asleep," he said. - AFP El ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 28 NO. 9 Zimbabwe News Magazine is printed at Jongwe Printing and Publishing Company, 14 Austin Road, Workington, Harare

Obtis M utoko businessman and rormer Member of Parliament of the same, Cde. Richard Katsande passed away at Parirenyatwa Hospital. Harare, on December 3, 1997 after a long illness. He was diabetic. He was born on June 1, 1934 at Al Soub Mission in Mutoko in a family of 10. He attended school at the same mission from 1946 to 1954 when he completed Standard Six. He however, studied for the Junior Certifate (RIC) by correspon, dence, from 1957 to 1958. A very determined man bxnd, he started off as a storekeeper, worked as such for 14 years and was a bus driver for the next seven years. During the next six years, he worked as manager of stores and buses. Cde. Katsande's political career began in 1957 with the ANC, then he was active in the NDP before he became ZAPU District chairman In ?961 following the Cit. LKatanude bu. ig oINDP. In 1964, he was reubcd to Gonakdhuznwa to 1965. In 1967, he joined ZANU and by 1968, he was very active in the recruitment of youths for the -armed Liberation struggle. In 1976, he was condemned to doeth by the court but he escaped to kotswana where he remained active in the programmes of ZANU. Cde. Katsande vas a Parliamentary representative for Mutoko from 1985 to 1990. When the constituency was split into two, he was elected to represent the southern part of Mutoko from 1990 to 1995. A lIrdworking Member of the Central omnittee, Cde, Katsande was commit. tedto rural developmeft He Is survived by his wife, 12 dildren, and eight grandchildren. ZANU PF leadership declared Cde. Richard Katsande a liberation hero. 0 Chief Edgar Musikavanhu (1932-1997) Staff Writer Non-Constituency Member of Pariament, Chief Edgar Tiveni Musikavanhu died at his communal home in Chipinge in the Manicaland Province. Chief Musikavanhu died on November 29, 1997. He had been ill for quite some time. Born on April 14, 1932, he attended Tuzuka Primary School from 1939 to 1945 before moving to Chikore Mission (1946-1997) and, Mt. Selinda in 1949. He went to Goromonzi for secondary education, from 1950 to 1952. Then, he went to Morgenster College the following year for Primary teacher's higher certificate. Chief Musikavanhu, who became a Senator Chief from 1975 to 1984, started Staff wier his political career in the then ZAPU ...... while stationed at Jersey School. He joined ZANU in 1968. -ie actively, WO ex- ftdoro fighters, comrades supported freedom fighters both materi- hock S and Fred Mayo died ally and morally. At one time, his aearly December, 1997. homestead was demolished by the colonial army during which raid he lost Cde. Sibanda died in Bulawayo followthree members of his family. I Ing a short illness. He was born on April ~4, 1952, and attended Mblzo Primary Deeply interested in conservation and 4, 1 nd aee agricultural activities_ Chief Musikavan-. hu was at one moment a deputy presi- Cde. Sibanda joined ZAPUs Military dent of the Senate and was chairman Wig, ZPRA, In Zambia In 1974. He of committees in 1984. 1 Mlved *ft t at Morogoro He is survived by three wives and sever- ...... al children. * *Continuea on next page ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 28 NO. 9 An

Amos John Chirunda (1949-1997) Staff Writer He-received his primary education at St. Patrick's Mission in Gweru (1963) before moving to Fletcher High (1964-1969) again in Gweru. He was at the local university from 1970 to 1973 where he was studying law. He was admitted as an Attorney and Advocate of the High Court in 1976. On April 1, 1979, Cde. Chirunda formed the first professional indigenous legal firm ini nartn~yhin and fiI lQRO beame a Srenowned lawyer and nonConstituency Member of ParliaA7 mentCde. Amos I. Chirunda died in Harare on December 8, 1997. Enock Sibanda, Fred Moyo OContinued from previouspage to the then Soviet Union for further training in security services. He was demobilised at independence (1980), and joined the Ministry of National Affairs in 1990. In 1994, he was employed by the Party as a senior promotions officer for security, a position he held until the time of his untimely death. He is survived by two daughters Nathacia (12), and Privilege (1). The late Fred Moyo died in a road accident in South Africa where he was running a plumbing company of his own. He was born in Plumtree in August 1959. Cde. Moyo joined ZIPRA in Zambia, in 1977. He received military training in Ethiopia and was integrated into the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), now Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) at independence. He left the army two years later, in 1982. Cde. Fred Moyo is survived by his daughter, Sibonikhuhle, aged 13. The two were declared liberation war heroes by the ruling ZANU PF Party.0F- He joined the Zimbabwe Banking Corporation as deputy chairman (1980- 1986); was appointed vice chairman of Industrial Development Corporation (1981-1987); vice chairman of Agricultural Finance Corporation (1981-1982) and; to a notable number of other boards. At the time of his death, Cde. Amos John Chirunda was chairman of Syfrets Corporation Trustee Company. He was also member of the European Management a member ot the Parlamentary Legid Association and was awarded several Committee. certificates for attendance in manage- - He is survived by his wife and four chilment and directorship in 1980. dren. 0 December 1996-December 1997 Below is a list of cadres who have been declared heroes since December 1997 by the Party leadership. The list was presented to delegates attending the 3rd ZANU PF National People's Conference in Mutare National Heroes Cde. S.K.S. Vuma (Midlands) Cde. G.R. Marange (Manicaland) Liberation Heroes Harare Province Cde. Peter Nyahwata Cde. John Chirisa Cde. Andrew Jiri Mashonaland East Province Cde. Edmund Garwe Cde. Stanlake Marwodzi Cde. Peter Musende Mashonaland Central Province Cde. Joshua Masilela Masvingo Province Cde. Solomon Mativisi Nkomo Liberation War Heroes BDaWyo Provic Cde. Charles Nkomo Cde. David Nyathl Cde. Sizani J. Tshuma Cde. 'Paul Ndebele Cde. Sandra Malaba cde. Leonard Ncube Cde. David Moyo Cde. Baker Moyo Cde. Earnest Mlilo Cde. James Ngulube Cde. Makaradi Ngwenva Cde. Robert Zimu Ndlovu Cde. Maphungeni Sibanda Cde. Nothile V. Ndlovu Cde. Moses Ndlovu Harae Provice Cde.. Paul Huni Cde. Edson Marezu Cde. B. Mapuranga Cde. Ronald Kavhiza Manicaland Province Cde. S.M. Senderayi Cde. Nesbert T. Makotsi Cde. T.G. Hlatswayo Mashonaland Central Province Cde. J.E. Kandeya Mawema Cde. Shingirai Makamba Cde. Petros Chiumba Mashonaland East Province Cde. Kid Marongorongo Bote Matabeleland South Province Cde. Solomon Dlodlo Cde. Abraham Masuku Cde. Pilate Hlabangana Matabeleland North Province Cde. Sydney |9seph Cde. Rodger Nkomo Masvingo Province Cde. Davison Mberi Midlands Province Cde. Robson Mantiziba ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 28 NO. 9

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