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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. 2 Alternative title Zimbabwe News Author/Creator Zimbabwe African National Union Publisher Zimbabwe African National Union (Harare, Zimbabwe) Date 1996-02-00 Resource type Magazines (Periodicals) Language English Subject Coverage (spatial) Zimbabwe, South Africa, China 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: Opposition for the sake of opposition non-starter. Human Rights parameters. Cover Story: Presidential Election campaign. Talking Point: Flowers, Zebras, squatters and you. Church News: Male and Female He created them. Special Feature: President Cde. R.G. Mugabe at 72. Reconciliation on the crossroads in South Africa. The decrease in government revenue. Health Line: Traditional healers have made great strides. Hope for the partially sighted. AIDS: 1.8 million HIV positive in SA. Women's Forum: Women towards equality with men. News Update: Court rules on public order. Iraq—five years after the Gulf War. There is but one China. The world's hot spots. Viewpoint: The President's shocking statement. Sports: Africa Cup of Nations Draw. Format extent 28 page(s) (length/size) http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.SFF.DOCUMENT.nuzn199602 http://www.aluka.org ZANU P ZANU P Unity, Peace and Dae 1-met Zimbabwe News Official Organ of ZANU PF Department of Information and Publicity, 144 Union Avenue, Harare, Tel: 790148 Volume 27, No. 2 1996, Registered at the G.P.O as a Newspaper $2.50(incl. sales tax) 'resident marches taowards victory Robert I Gabriel Mugabe turns 72 ,omosexuality itnd the right :o choose equality with men Zimbabwe News Official Organ of ZANU PF Contents EDITORIAL (I) (H) COVER STORY: TALKING POINT: CHURCH NEWS: SPECIAL FEATURE: HEALTH LINE: WOMEN'S FORUM: NEWS UPDATE: VIEWPOINT:. SPORT. Opposition for the sake of opposition non-starter .............................................. Human Rights parameters ......................................... Presidential Election cam paign .............................................................................. Flowers, Zebras, squatters and you ...................................................................... M ale and Fem ale He created them ...................................................................... President Cde. R.G . M ugabe at 72 ...................................................................... Reconciliation on the crossroads in South Africa ................................................. The decrease in government revenue ................................................................... Traditional healers have made great strides .......................................................... Hope for the partially sighted ............................................................................... AIDS: 1.8 m illion HIV positive in SA .................................................................. W omen towards equality with men ...................................................................... Court rules on public order ................................................................................. Iraq- five years after the Gulf W ar ...................................................................... There is but one China ......................................................................................... The worlds' hot spots ..................................................................................... The President's shocking statement ................................... Africa Cup of Nations Draw ................................................................................ I £ 0u- Zimbabwe News is 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. 14 Austin 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, Cde. M. Munyati. ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL 27 NO. 2 EDITORIAL I Opposition for the sake of opposition non-starter The campaign is on for the March 16-17 Presidential elections. The outcome, however, is already being reflected in the campaign styles and methods of the three candidates: ZANU PF's Cde. Robert Gabriel Mugabe, retired Bishop Abel Muzorewa of United Parties and Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole of ZANU (Ndonga). Cde. Robert Mugabe kicked off his campaign by addressing a series of rallies in the rural areas. At the time of writing, he had covered Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West Midlands Provinces. At the same time, three of his lieutenants - Second ZANU Pf Secretaries Dr. Joshua Nkomo and Cde. Simon Muzenda as well as the national Party Chairman, Cde. Joseph Msika, were covering other parts of the country. ZANU PF's rallies are characterised by high attendance figures and uproarious enthusiasm for the speakers. Central to the ruling Party's campaign message is the issue of land restitution - the acquisition of derelict and or, underutilised farms for resettlement purposes. Cde. Mugabe has made it clear at his rallies that ZANU PF is willing to negotiate with those whose farms are identified for acquisition and resettlement purposes through the-soon-to-be established Provincial Land Commissions but could be forced to simply designate them if thA farmers were not forthcoming. That a few occupied vast tracts of land while millions were either landless or squeezed on tiny unproductive acres of land was a situation that could not be allowed to continue. It is unfortunate, however, that some Cabinet Ministers are reluctant to commit themselves on the land issue, according to Cde. Mugabe's rally in Muzarabani, but it is more than gratifying for the electorate to note that the rulling Party's First Secretary has promised to personally involve himself in seeing to it that land was equitably redistributed amongst the people of this country. In a conspicuous contrast to the lively ZANU PF programme, Bishop Muzorewa started off his campaign with a tired rally in Harare's suburb of Glen Norah. There he addressed a crowd of about 700 people transported from all over the country - the majority of whom were from Manicaland, his home province. Bishop Muzorewa spent all his time at the rally trying in vain to exonerate himself from the many atrocities he committed together with Rhodesia's rebel prime minister, ]an Smith. As for Ndonga's Ndabaningi Sithole, he had not addressed any rally at all - two weeks after registeiing his candidature. Muzorewa and Sithole's half-hearted approach to the presidential election is significant for three reasons. First, the opposition Parties they lead lack definitional authenticity. Their Parties were formed in the interest of furthering the agenda of Western capitalism. Their Western mentors provide funds and because the two have to justify expenditure of the money provided, they have to be seen to exist by making some virulent anti- ZANU PF statements in the media. The second reason is that they have a tiny group of gullible supporters who hardly form a credible audience in any given locality. This is why they have to transport these supporters from around the country to their rallies. The third reason is that both leaders present no credible arguments for their abandoning religious vocation in favour of politicaPgambling. Their only argument, it appears, is to oppose ZANU PF for the sake of opposing. This scenario is too comical to constitute a serious challenge to the hegemonic leadership of the ruling Party led by the examplary revolutionary leadership of President Robert Gabrial Mugabe. Aluta continua! ZIMBABWE NEWS VOL. 27 NO. 2 EDITORIAL II Human Rights Parameters In this isssue, we are publishing a pastoral statement by the Catholic Bishops' Conference. Apart from the statement's importance on the ethical issues it raises, the statement is important in its affirmation that human rights are not man-made because: "They are given to us by God." Human rights are God-given. They are therefore inalienable. The perspective over the basic substance of human rights is now being blurred by the irrelevant inclusion of such abnormal novelties