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BY PAUL THEMBA NYATHI
HARARE - MDC (Mutambara) expresses its gratitude to the people of Zimbabwe for coming out to vote during the just ended rural district council elections. MDC is conscious of the immense economic burden associated with hunger and starvation which the people of Zimbabwe are enduring as a result of a crisis of mis-governance and corruption in the country caused by Zanu (PF) and the Mugabe government.
We are also mindful of the threats of violence, threats of denials of state supplied agricultural inputs and threats of denials of food assistance that the people of Zimbabwe were subjected to by the ruling party during the election campaign. In spite of all these pressures the people of Zimbabwe were still able to come out in numbers to vote for their preferred candidates. For this we salute them for their courage and resilience.
Not withstanding the uneven electoral playing field, which favours the ruling party, MDC (Mutambara) is pleased with the party’s performance in which it won in 45 contested wards. We note the Tsvangirai group won in 35 contested wards. We congratulate them for their efforts and victories. We hope that these results will demonstrate once and for all that we are a definitely not a splinter group with no grassroots support. The truth of the matter is that in this national election we won more contested seats than the Tsvangirai-led MDC.
(According to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Zanu (PF) garnered 765 wards, while the Tsvangirai-led MDC polled 54 and the Mutambara-led faction won 42.)
We are also pleased with our improved performance in light of the statistics which show that in the 2003 rural district council elections the united MDC only managed to win no more than 15 wards throughout the whole country.
We as the MDC strongly believe that our concern should be to come up with strategies of dislodging the Zanu (PF) regime and rescuing the people of Zimbabwe from hunger and dehumanizing abuses by the regime.
We recognize that there is still a lot of work ahead in removing the corrupt and dictatorial regime of ZANU PF and to that extent we as a party are prepared to go the extra mile in our struggle against the regime. – Nyathi is Director of Elections for the MDC led by Arthur Mutambara
Friday, November 10, 2006
Media forum launched
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PRETORIA - The Friends of Zimbabwe Coalition has set up a media forum that will act as a media watch for all socio-economic and political developments taking place in Zimbabwe.
The Media Forum’s Organizing Secretary, Nowell Marufu, a Zimbabwean journalist living in exile in South Africa, said the new body had been necessitated by the need to create a space where all concerned friends of Zimbabwe could air their views with respect to redressing the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe.
“We have set up the forum to facilitate public discourse on all matters that are affecting Zimbabwe, and it is our sincere hope that all Zimbabweans at home and in the Diaspora will make use of this platform on how best we can help Zimbabwe out of the many crises that are bedeviling the country,” said Marufu.
The Organizing Secretary indicated that they would liaise strongly with partners in the print media and some Zimbabwean websites.
“Zimbabweans have to make use of this forum if they intend to have their concerns heard, and we encourage all those who have some positive comments to help re-build the image of Zimbabwe to come forward and utilize this space,” said Marufu. - CAJ News
Tel/Fax: 02380 879675
General: 07714736382
P O Box 248, Hythe, SO45 4WX, United Kingdom
PRETORIA - The Friends of Zimbabwe Coalition has set up a media forum that will act as a media watch for all socio-economic and political developments taking place in Zimbabwe.
The Media Forum’s Organizing Secretary, Nowell Marufu, a Zimbabwean journalist living in exile in South Africa, said the new body had been necessitated by the need to create a space where all concerned friends of Zimbabwe could air their views with respect to redressing the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe.
“We have set up the forum to facilitate public discourse on all matters that are affecting Zimbabwe, and it is our sincere hope that all Zimbabweans at home and in the Diaspora will make use of this platform on how best we can help Zimbabwe out of the many crises that are bedeviling the country,” said Marufu.
The Organizing Secretary indicated that they would liaise strongly with partners in the print media and some Zimbabwean websites.
“Zimbabweans have to make use of this forum if they intend to have their concerns heard, and we encourage all those who have some positive comments to help re-build the image of Zimbabwe to come forward and utilize this space,” said Marufu. - CAJ News
Saving a stranger
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LONDON – A new Community Channel documentary appealing for Asian and Black minority groups to save lives by joining the bone marrow register will broadcast in the UK during November.
Saving a Stranger is a powerful, heart-wrenching documentary that highlights the suffering of the thousands of people waiting for bone marrow transplants in the UK.
The film introduces the12-year-old Yvette Gate from Bristol, whose only chance of survival is a bone marrow transplant. Yvette suffers from aplastic anaemia. Her bone marrow has stopped functioning, which means she cannot produce her own blood, and has to rely on transfusions to say alive. Yvette originates from the Gambia and is more likely to find a match from someone of the same ethnic origin. But there is a desperate shortage of all bone marrow donors and a particular shortage of donors from black and ethnic minority groups.
The film also concentrates on the inspiring Asma Meer, who lost her three-month old son Ibrahim because they couldn’t find a match for a bone marrow transplant. Asma is now a dedicated campaigner, raising awareness and trying to recruit more donors onto the bone marrow register. The register is administered by the Anthony Nolan Trust. Participating individuals need to be 18-40 years old in good health and fully committed to undergo the donation procedure if required. The Anthony Nolan Trust specifically needs to recruit more young male donors. - www.anthonynolan.org.uk or visit www.communitychannel.org
Tel/Fax: 02380 879675
General: 07714736382
P O Box 248, Hythe, SO45 4WX, United Kingdom
LONDON – A new Community Channel documentary appealing for Asian and Black minority groups to save lives by joining the bone marrow register will broadcast in the UK during November.
Saving a Stranger is a powerful, heart-wrenching documentary that highlights the suffering of the thousands of people waiting for bone marrow transplants in the UK.
The film introduces the12-year-old Yvette Gate from Bristol, whose only chance of survival is a bone marrow transplant. Yvette suffers from aplastic anaemia. Her bone marrow has stopped functioning, which means she cannot produce her own blood, and has to rely on transfusions to say alive. Yvette originates from the Gambia and is more likely to find a match from someone of the same ethnic origin. But there is a desperate shortage of all bone marrow donors and a particular shortage of donors from black and ethnic minority groups.
The film also concentrates on the inspiring Asma Meer, who lost her three-month old son Ibrahim because they couldn’t find a match for a bone marrow transplant. Asma is now a dedicated campaigner, raising awareness and trying to recruit more donors onto the bone marrow register. The register is administered by the Anthony Nolan Trust. Participating individuals need to be 18-40 years old in good health and fully committed to undergo the donation procedure if required. The Anthony Nolan Trust specifically needs to recruit more young male donors. - www.anthonynolan.org.uk or visit www.communitychannel.org
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