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Zimbabwe News, Vol. 27, No. 11 http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.SFF.DOCUMENT.nuzn199610 Use of the Aluka digital library is subject to Aluka’s Terms and Conditions, available at http://www.aluka.org/page/about/termsConditions.jsp. By using Aluka, you agree that you have read and will abide by the Terms and Conditions. Among other things, the Terms and Conditions provide that the content in the Aluka digital library is only for personal, non-commercial use by authorized users of Aluka in connection with research, scholarship, and education. The content in the Aluka digital library is subject to copyright, with the exception of certain governmental works and very old materials that may be in the public domain under applicable law. Permission must be sought from Aluka and/or the applicable copyright holder in connection with any duplication or distribution of these materials where required by applicable law. Aluka is a not-for-profit initiative dedicated to creating and preserving a digital archive of materials about and from the developing world. For more information about Aluka, please see http://www.aluka.org Zimbabwe News, Vol. 27, No. 11 Alternative title Zimbabwe News Author/Creator Zimbabwe African National Union Publisher Zimbabwe African National Union (Harare, Zimbabwe) Date 1996-10-00 Resource type Magazines (Periodicals) Language English Subject Coverage (spatial) Zimbabwe, Southern Africa (region), China, Mozambique Coverage (temporal) 1996 Source Northwestern University Libraries, L968.91005 Z711 v.27 Rights By kind permission of ZANU, the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front. Description Editorial. Cover Story: Zimbabwe's hour of darkness. Special Report: Samora the greatest. National News: Home-grown economic reforms welcome. Business News: Is the World Bank changing? A future without Lome. Viewpoint: Rich club losing interest in Africa. Talking Point: Is pregnancy a hinderance to equality? Environmental Issues: Who controls Africa's natural resources? Nations urged to guard against toxic waste dumping. I Write As I Like Let us all support the solar programme. Health: Adequate policies on AIDS needed. Features: No death penalty in new SA constitution. Affirmative Action: The theory and the practice. International News: New China at 47. The Labour Party. Consumer File: Abusive language not welcome. Books: Children in the New Southern Africa. Sport: 1996 soccer review. Format extent 28 page(s) (length/size) http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.SFF.DOCUMENT.nuzn199610 http://www.aluka.org Zimbabwe News Zimbabwe News Official Organ of ZANU PF Department of Information and Publicitv, 144 Union Avenue, Harare Tel: 790148 Volume 27, No. 11 1996, Registeredat the G.RO as a Newspaper OCTOBER 1996 $2.50 (incl. sales tax) Machel was murdered Page 5 Pregnancy and equality Page 11 Affirmative Action: The theory and practice Page 16 Zimbabwe News Official Organ of ZANU PF Contents Editorial Cover Story Special Report National News Business News Viewpoint Talking Point Environment.-] Issues I Write As I Like Health Features International News Consumer File Books Sport Zimbabwe's hour of darkness .................................................................................................. 3 Samora the greatest .................................................................................................................... 5 Home-grown economic reforms welcome .............................................................................. 7 Is the W orld Bank changing? ................................................................................................. 8 A future without Lome ................................................................................................................ 8 Rich club losing interest in Africa ............ ............................................ 9 Is pregnancy a hinderance to equality? ........................................................................................ I I W ho controls Africa's natural resources? ............ i..; ............................................................... 12 Nations urged to guard against toxic waste dumping ............................................................ 12 Let us all support the solar programme ................................................................................... 14 Adequate policies on AIDS needed ......................................................................................... 14 No death penalty in new SA constitution ................................................................................ 15 Affirmative Action: The theory and the practice ...................................................................... 16 New China at 47 .............................................................................................................................. 18 The Labour Party ....................................................................................................................... 19 Abusive language not welcome ............................................................................................... 21 Children in the New Southern Africa .................................................................................... 22 1996 soccer review ....... ................................................ 22 Zimbabwe News is the official organ of the Zimbabwe African National Union ZANU PF and is produced on the authority of the Central Committee by the Department of Information and Publicirty, Jongwe Printing and Publishing Co., No. 14 Austin Road, Worldngton, Harare World Copyright, Central Committee (ZANU PF) Editorial Council: Cde. N.M. Shamuyarira, Cde. C.C. Chimulengwende, Cde;-C. Ndhlovu, Cde. S. Kachingwe, Cde. A. Sikhosana. ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 27 NO. 11 Editorial Never say die GARY Magadzire is no more. The people of Zimbabwe accept that reality. They also uphold the fact that his selfless contributions towards the promotion of the stafus of communal farmers and the rural population in general has transformed him from being a mortal into an immortal being. A natural hero. The ZANU PF culture of sincerely evaluating a person's contributions to the country and honouring them accordingly has taught the people of Zimbabwe to know themselves. They now know that for them, there is no human master. Nature is our servant. It is up to us to use nature for our economic benefit. It we want to be real men in control of all things common to man, we can do so and be truly our own masters. Gary Magadzire proved it in real life and left us a legacy that teaches us that if we fail to hold onto the right to rule ourselves, we will be reduced to the level of the lower animals. If we are not in a position to determine our own destiny then someone else will do that for us. It will be as if we are lower animals and that which the 'real man" bids us do, we shall obey like a donkey, a horse, acow or a dog. If its master says "Go", it goes; if he says "Come", it comes. Up until the year 1980, the people of Zimbabwe had been in the position of being commanded just like the lower animals. Were it not for people like Gary Magadzire, a man of character who understood the evil nature of the age we were living in and took steps to correct it, who quickly realised that the African people in Zimbabwe had no will, no purpose of their own and worked tirelessly for our people to regain their human dignity, we would still be slaves. During the colonial era, there were many who professed to be leaders of the Africans in this country. When the test came they were found to be slaves of the colonialists. They were there to perform the will of their masters without questions. Not so with Gary Magadzire. He was clear that the people of Zimbabwe were colonised and must be liberated. He was confident that no matter how difficult the task was, or how long it took, the people were going to succeed. He had faith in the future of a liberated Zimbabwe and left no stone unturned in his efforts to bring that about. It is through reading the life histories of men such as Gary Magadzire that we learn the reality that a man has no master but God. That man in his own authority, is his own master. That from the individual man is born a nation which also carries the same characteristics of sovereignty. This feeling makes man so courageous, so bold as to make it impossible for anyone to temper with his human ights. It takes people like Gary Magadzire to understand what it takes to make a man who will never say die, a man who will never give up, a man who will never depend upon others to do for him what he ought to do for himself. A man who will not blame nature or fate for his condition, but a man who will take bold steps to make conditions suit himself and the people. That was Gary Magadzire's life, an illustrious son of Zimbabwe. May he rest in peace. ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 27 NO.11 Bo Zvrzzk Story Cde Magadzire - a reputable leader, farmer and politician o ne of Africa's most illustrous sons is no more. Garikayi Magadzire, Zimbabwe's own testimon' of the intellectually, economical* and politically able Africans, pased away after a short stay at Hasre's Parirenyatwa Hospital on Tuesday. 22 October 1996 at the aRe of 59. But like all those great men who have fallen before him, his works will certalniy live on to tell the rest of the world a story that shall survive the test of time. He was buried at the national shrine on Saturday, 26 October 1996 before thousands of
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