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AFRICA IN BRIEF October 5 to 11 2022 Weekly Digest 2

Burkina Faso coup: Ousted
military leader Damiba ‘resigns’

4 Burkina Faso’s over- the military, “a guarantee of his se-
thrown military chief curity and rights”, and assurance that
agreed to step down those taking power will respect the
two days after army offic- pledge he gave to West Africa’s re-
ers announced his deposition in the gional bloc for a return to civilian rule
country’s second coup in a year. within two years.
Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
“offered his resignation in order to Traore officially was named head
avoid confrontations with serious of state after he accepted the con-
human and material consequences”, ditions given by Damiba, calling on
according to a statement on Sunday “the population to exercise calm, re-
by mediators. Influential religious straint and prayer”. A statement is-
and community leaders held medi- sued on Sunday by the pro-Traore
ation talks between Damiba and the military said he would remain in
new self-proclaimed leader, Captain charge “until the swearing-in of the
Ibrahim Traore, to resolve the crisis. president of Burkina Faso desig-
“President Paul-Henri Sandaogo nated by the nation’s active forces”
Damiba proposed his own resigna- at an unspecified date. The second
tion in order to avoid clashes,” said change of leadership in a year start-
Hamidou Yameogo, a spokesman ed on Friday when military officers
for the mediation efforts. announced the deposition of Dami-
Damiba set “seven conditions” ba, the dissolution of the transitional
for stepping down. They included a government and the suspension of
guarantee of security for his allies in the constitution.

— Aljazeera

Nigeria to award flared gas
contracts by end of 2022
1 Nigeria will award con-
tracts for its flared gas Four years later, the government streamlined to enable an acceler-
by the end of December approved 200 bidders but the pro- ated delivery schedule for this ex-
under an accelerated pro- cess was stalled due to the out- ercise with the announcement of
gramme to harness gas that is re- break of the coronavirus pandem- winners planned for December
leased as a byproduct of oil pro- ic. On Sunday, Nigerian Upstream 2022,” Komolafe said in a state-
duction, its petroleum regulator Petroleum Regulatory Commission ment. The government has said
has said. President Muhammadu chief executive Gbenga Komolafe flaring costs it roughly $1bn a year
Buhari first launched the pro- said the auction was being restart- in lost revenue. The gas can be used
gramme to auction rights to cap- ed and would be open to previous in power plants, in industry or ex-
ture and sell flared gas in 2016. applicants and new bidders. ported.

“The auction process has been — Aljazeera

Capt Ibrahim Traoré: Burkina Faso’s new military ruler

Said to have been a shy but Henri Damiba on 30 Septem- leaders — Guinea's charismatic
ber, after accusing him of fail- Col Mamady Doumbouya, born
2 intelligent boy in ing to fulfil his promise of quell- in 1981, and Mali's bearded Col
school, Burkina Faso's ing the Islamist insurgency that Assimi Goïta, born in 1983. "I
Capt Ibrahim Traoré has gripped Burkina Faso since know I'm younger than most of
has become the lat- 2015. you here. We didn't want what
est military officer to happened but we didn't have a
seize power in a coup in one Born in 1988, this makes the choice," Capt Traoré told gov-
of France's former colonies in 34-year-old captain the young- ernment officials.
West Africa. He overthrew his est head of state in Africa, join-
former comrade, Lt Col Paul- ing the ranks of two other coup — BBC

King Charles to host SA’s Ramaphosa President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in his first term, in London,
February 4, 2013
in first state visit of reign
Somali government says it has
3 King Charles III will killed al-Shabab co-founder
welcome South Af-
rican President Cyr- 5 Somalia’s govern- least five. Since 2006, the group has
il Ramaphosa to the United King- ment says it has killed killed tens of thousands of people in
dom for three days of high-lev- Abdullahi Nadir, one of bombings in its fight to overthrow
el talks next month, the first such the co-founders of the Somalia’s Western-backed central
visit since the monarch succeed- armed group al-Shabab, in an op- government and implement its in-
ed his late mother Queen Eliza- eration with international partners. terpretation of Islamic law. Soma-
beth II last month. In a statement The country’s information minis- lia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mo-
on Monday, Buckingham Palace try said in a statement late on Sun- hamud, elected by lawmakers in
announced that Ramaphosa has day that the operation that killed May, has promised to take the fight
accepted Charles’s invitation for Nadir happened on Saturday. It to the rebels after three years in
a state visit from November 22 to said he was al-Shabab’s chief pros- which his predecessor, consumed
24. The South African leader will be ecutor and was in line to replace the by political infighting, took little ac-
accompanied by First Lady Tshepo group’s leader, Ahmed Diriye, who tion against al-Shabab. In August,
Motsepe. South Africa is a mem- is sick. Mohamud appointed a former al-
ber of the Commonwealth, a po- “His death is a thorn removed Shabab spokesman Muktar Robow
litical association of 56 countries, from the Somali nation,” the state- into his new cabinet.
mostly former British colonies. ment said. “The government is
Ramaphosa’s predecessors Nel- grateful to the Somali people and Somalia’s military is supported by
son Mandela, Thabo Mbeki and South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the State of the Nation Ad- international friends whose coop- US troops and drones and an Afri-
Jacob Zuma, the other presidents dress to a joint sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council of eration facilitated the killing of this can Union peacekeeping mission. It
the country has had since its first Provinces in Cape Town, South Africa, February 10, 2022 leader who was an enemy of the was not immediately clear which in-
multi-ethnic elections in April 1994, Somali nation.” ternational partners participated in
have also previously made state In recent weeks, Somali securi- the operation that killed Nadir.
visits to the UK. ited South Africa on several occasions es a huge scandal back at home. Arthur ty forces have touted gains made
While still the prince of Wales since 1997. At Mandela’s funeral in 2013, Fraser, the former head of the country’s against the al-Qaeda-linked group In al-Shabab’s attack on Monday,
and the duchess of Cornwall, he said the world would be a “poorer spy agency has accused the president while fighting alongside local self- two car bombs in the central city of
Charles and Camilla, the queen place” without the man who led South of kidnapping, bribery, money launder- defence groups. But al-Shabab has Beledweyne killed at least five peo-
consort, welcomed former South Africa’s transition from apartheid to ing, and “concealing a crime” in rela- continued to conduct deadly raids, ple including soldiers and local of-
African President Jacob Zuma to multi-ethnic democracy, adding that tion to the alleged theft of $4m in cash including two last Friday that killed ficials, a police officer told Reuters,
the UK at the start of a state visit Mandela was owed “an enormous found at his Phala Phala game ranch in at least 16 people and another on adding that more than a dozen oth-
in 2010. The new monarch has vis- debt of gratitude” for his achievements. northern South Africa. Monday that police said killed at ers had been injured and the death
toll could rise.
The visit comes as Ramaphosa fac- — Aljazeera
— Aljazeera

THE DIGEST VIEW October 5 to 11 2022 Weekly Digest 3

Zanu PF now
a serious
danger
to itself

ties that were the instigators of vi- ED erasing Mugabe legacy
olence, while some individuals and THE November 2017 coup was structures for supporting economic
organisations were being paid to beyond mere replacement of empowerment of citizens.
tarnish the country and the party’s Robert Mugabe from office. It The principles will repeal the
good name. is now emerging, the executors Indigenisation and Economic
were not happy about Mugabe's Empowerment Act [Chapter 14:33]
What makes some of us dou- legacy projects — land reform and and pave the way for the enactment
ble curious is the fact that despite indigenisation policies — and true of the new Economic Empowerment
these repeated worrying incidents to form they are erasing them one Act.
of people purporting to be acting by one. Mugabe started off as a
with the blessing of the ruling party Marxist-Leninist, implementing “The Second Republic attaches
to incite hate and violence, the par- what he termed scientific socialism. special importance to opening
ty has hardly lifted a finger to have Laid bare, Mugabe was about up the nation for business, hence
them arrested for tarnishing its very socialism in the form of empowering the promulgation of the Finance
good and unblemished image. Zimbabweans. He was about Act No 1 of 2018, which amended
land reform, indigenisation of the the Indigenisation and Economic
If truth be told, it is really dis- economy, good public health and Empowerment Act. It will be recalled
Alfonce Mbizwo turbing some of us that at this education system and a fair labour that the amendment removed the
Editor rate the party is actually increas- market with benchmarked minimum 51/49 indigenisation shareholding Paidamoyo Muzulu
ingly becoming a serious danger wages for the working class. cap.” It is important to note that
REPORTS that hordes to itself because there is no way it It is very easy to see all this when the proposed Bill has hived off an changes to the land reform
of Zanu PF youths be- can hope to spruce up its image looked at in the prism of his first two important word — indigenisation. programme. Beneficiaries of land
sieged Mbare Magis- by supporting violence and hate decades in power — 1980 to 2000. reform are now legally allowed to
trates Court environs on against those opposed to it. Education was relatively accessible This deletion of the word get into partnership with former
Monday threatening to to the majority of the people up to indigenisation is deliberate and in commercial farmers or any other
burn vehicles belonging to lawyers That it is unconstitutional for an- tertiary education and health was line with Mnangagwa’s thrust to woo investors. This is a disguise for
representing opposition Citizens yone or any party to take the law heavily subsidised. foreign or international capital as phoney black farmers who are
Coalition for Change (CCC) sup- into their own hands as well as Workers had decent salaries and espoused in his mantra “Zimbabwe politically inclined to charge rent
porters accused of threatening to spread hate speech and incite vio- job security. He was reluctant to is open for business”. on a national asset. This is the same
kill a Zanu PF activist if the accused lence seems lost to many in the rul- privatise State-owned enterprises parasitic political elites who received
were granted bail, is more than dis- ing party. and was convinced land should be in It remains my safe bet that farm implements for free and the
concerting. the hands of the majority indigenous Mnangagwa has never read Frantz debt was nationalised through the
All we are saying is, if all those blacks. It is Mugabe’s legacy that Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth. Reserve Bank Debt Assumption Act
The youths’ behaviour rais- violence-inclined people are pur- he fought for the black man and If he did, then he failed to grasp the a few years ago.
es many questions, chief among porting to belong to the ruling par- woman. He was Pan-Africanist and important point about creating a
them being: What kind of a nation ty why is the party not pressing had no apologies to racists. In saying national bourgeoisie. He seems bent One last point, the proposed
are we turning into? charges against them for ruining its this, I do not mean he was a saint. on creating a nation of middle-men. principles did not mention how
good reputation? By hardly raising I simply draw attention to the fact black people should benefit from
Honestly, a country that believes a whimper over the very damaging how Mugabe was an ideologue. A national bourgeoisie will never the procurement chain for large
in the rule of law and sanctity of utterances and behaviour of these It is interesting to point to run away from their country of birth corporations like mining.
our judiciary and its processes can- zealots, it leaves some of us with no Mugabe’s reaction to the infamous or disinvest, neither will they cause
not allow anyone to appear to be doubt that the party is complicit. Supreme Court Zuva judgment capital flight. For argument’s sake, This in itself can be a game
above the law. The obviously un- on termination of employment what happens when foreign capital changer in indigenisation. Poor me, I
necessary and unwarranted dem- At Mbare Magistrates Court, the contracts. disinvest for political or economic literally forgot that in Mnangagwa’s
onstration of hooliganism at its riot police merely came to main- Mugabe quickly enacted a reasons — Zimbabwe’s foreign lingo, there is no word called
worst by the Zanu PF youths comes tain peace and order and we feel statutory instrument to protect the controlled economy will crumble indigenous, it’s all about capital.
as a major concern, especially giv- this was an opportune time for the workers by putting in a minimum instantly. The proposed law further
en that there are many document- ruling party to order the arrest of all package an employee should get introduces some sweeteners, but it It is not surprising that under
ed cases of ruling party activists those misguided youths for bring- when retrenched. should be remembered the issues Mnangagwa, we have noticed
who have publicly threatened to ing the party’s good name into dis- I can’t fathom what would have were always on the table since an accelerated privatisation of
literally murder all those who want repute. happened if President Emmerson Mugabe days. education and health services.
to challenge its rule. Mnangagwa was at the helm with
The party should have also or- his mantra “Zimbabwe is open for “The new law will provide for It is all about money and not the
For example, in July this year dered the immediate arrest of peo- business”. It is in this light that I wish to the establishment of the National people. These are the issues that
one supposedly church leader and ple like Mashayanyika for spreading scrutinise Cabinet’s announcement Economic Empowerment Fund, made Mugabe and slowly they are
self-confessed staunch ruling par- alarm and despondency. Mashay- that the administration is going mainlythrough Treasury funding. The being wiped off the slate.
ty activist Abton Mashayanyika anyika and all those with the same to repeal the Indigenisation and Act will also establish a Corporate
said CCC leader Nelson Chamisa murderous mentality should be in Economic Empowerment Act and Social Responsibility Framework; In conclusion, it is indeed a new
and his family should be killed. He jail as we speak for his genocidal replace it with a new Economic and training will be operationalised dispensation. A dispensation that
was never arrested and he actually attitude that has the potential to Empowerment Act. under the National Entrepreneurship worships capital and the people are
boasted about being untouchable. destroy the peace in our country. On Thursday, Cabinet had Training Framework of the Manpower just numbers that should help get
considered and approved Industry Planning and Development Act,” Zimbabwe into the upper-middle
Others have also publicly incit- But no, he and his ilk currently and Commerce minister Sekai Cabinet said. The National Economic income status (the fictional GDP per
ed hate and violence against those haughtily walk our land and Zanu Nzenza’s principles of the Economic Empowerment Fund is a good idea, capita).
opposed to the ruling party, and PF is unfazed. Unfortunately, this is Empowerment Bill. but there is very little detail to make a
nothing has happened to them. suicidal for the ruling party. We are The Cabinet statement read: “The necessary interrogation of the same. Probably, it’s high time
just saying, lest we are accused of nation is being informed that the Mnangagwa be reminded that
Last week, Zanu PF information not having warned them. principles are intended to create It is worrisome that the he is not “restoring the legacy”,
director Tafadzwa Mugwadi told us a resource and administrative administration wants to create new but actually creating a new order
that the ruling party was a peace- In fact, Zanu PF and its govern- funds despite failing to implement divorced from Mugabe legacy.
loving organisation and it was ac- ment should be ashamed that they funds that are on the shelves, for Paidamoyo Muzulu is a journalist
tually the opposition political par- are supporting the incarceration of example, the Sovereign Wealth based in Zimbabwe. He writes in
opposition legislators Job Sikhala, Fund. his personal capacity.
Godfrey Sithole and the 14 Nyat-
sime CCC activists for allegedly in- It is important to further note
citing violence when the ruling par- that Mnangagwa has since made
ty supporters are openly and daily
committing the very same crime.

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ECONOMY October 5 to 11 2022 Weekly Digest 4

TNF getting a
new lease of life
TKUDZAI KUWAZA
HE Tripartite Negotiating Forum that the economy must run with the local currency with a proviso that the authorities will commit to local cur-
(TNF), which was legislated in June
2019 amid pomp and fanfare, is fi-
nally gaining traction after hitting
turbulence characterised by dis-
putes, finger –pointing and walkouts.

The TNF is a social dialogue platform that
brings together government, business and
labour to negotiate key socioeconomic mat-
ters. It has been in existence since 1998 ini-
tially as a voluntary and unlegislated cham-
ber in which socioeconomic matters were
discussed and negotiated by the partners.

This was evidenced by the three social
partners finally finding common ground last
month and agreeing to a threshold minimum
wage across all sectors of US$150 in either
hard currency or in local currency at the in-
terbank rate. This breakthrough came after a
long impasse between government and la-
bour on the one hand and business on the
other.

Business had for a long time disagreed with
its TNF partners over having a national mini-
mum wage by indexing a portion of the Au-
gust 2018 poverty datum line to the exchange
rate.

"This approach threatens a re-dollarisation
of the economy because the US dollar be-
comes the point of reference for all pricing,
including wages. The TNF has already agreed

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rency stabilisation and contain money
SAC/ 03775 supply to targeted levels," organised busi-
ness representative Employers' Confeder-
NOTICE TO ation of Zimbabwe (Emcoz) said in its ar-
SHAREHOLDERS gument against the proposal. "The ghost
of the US dollar which continues to influ-
www.starafricacorporation.com ence our pricing, including wages, needs
to be exorcised from our minds if the tran-
Notice is hereby given that the 88th Annual General Meeting of starafricacorporation limited will be held as a virtual meeting via sition to local currency is to become a re-
Microsoft Teams on 27 October 2022 at 10am for the following purposes: ality."

ORDINARY BUSINESS Business also shot down the propos-
al of the TNF being involved in the collec-
1. Virtual Annual General Meeting tive bargaining process pointing out that
To consider and, if deemed fit, approve the holding of the Annual General Meeting electronically (Virtually). the responsibility of collective bargaining
lies with the national employment coun-
2. Financial Statements cil (NEC).
To receive and approve the Audited Financial Statements and the Reports of the Directors and Auditors for the year ended 31
March 2022. The demand for wages in forex was
prompted by the rapid depreciation of
3. Re-election of Directors the Zimbabwe dollar introduced in 2019.
The decline in the value of the local unit
3.1 To elect Directors who retire by rotation in terms of Article 100 of the Articles of Association. Messrs. C. Matorera and M. against the greenback precipitated high
Sibanda retire by rotation and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. inflationary levels severely eroding in-
comes of most workers who are paid in
3.2 The following directors were appointed to the Board as follows; the local unit amid skyrocketing prices of
goods indexed against the United States
Ms. R. Magundani, on 3 November 2021 dollar.
Ms. Rudo Magundani holds an LLB (Hons) Degree from the University of Zimbabwe and a Master of Law from the University
of Cambridge, United Kingdom. She is a Partner with Scanlen & Holderness. The standoff in the legislative body
came to a head when labour at times boy-
Mr. G. T. Nyamayi, on 16 December 2021 cotted the TNF meetings citing the lack
Mr. Gaylord T. Nyamayi is a Partner and Investment Executive at Takura Capital Partners (Private) Limited. He is a Chartered of seriousness by both government and
Accountant with vast experience in origination, negotiation, execution, monitoring and exiting of investment transactions in business in addressing the issue of erod-
the region. ed wages.

Mr. F. M. Myambuki, on 1 February 2022 “We members of organised labour made
Mr. Formai M. Myambuki is a Chartered Accountant (Zimbabwe) with more than 14 years’ experience. He holds a Bachelor of up of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade
Accounting Sciences, Postgraduate Diplomas in Accounting Sciences and Applied Accounting Sciences from the University Unions, the Zimbabwe Federation of Trade
of South Africa (UNISA). Unions and Apex Council would like to ex-
press our displeasure with the proceedings
Mr. M. E. Chiremba, on 15 March 2022 at the Tripartite Negotiating Forum and in
Mr. Mirirai E. Chiremba holds a BSc. Economics degree from the University of Zimbabwe, and a Masters degree in Anti- particular, the lack of seriousness by both
money laundering/Counter-Financing of Terrorism/Counter-Financing of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction government and business when it comes
studies from the University of Charles Sturt, Australia. He consults for entities in the financial sector as a financial crime to the issue of addressing eroded wages
specialist. and salaries crisis, hence our decision not
to participate in the TNF of 17 December
Details of their curriculum vitae are available on the company’s website. In terms of Article 107 of the Articles of Association,they 2020," Labour wrote in a letter signed by
retire at the Annual General Meeting and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. Separate resolutions for their re- all three labour unions to justify the boy-
election will be tabled at the Annual General Meeting. cott of one meeting.

4. Resignation of Director "We note that the working people of
To note the resignation of Mr. R.V. Mutyiri from the Board with effect from 31 January 2022. Zimbabwe have suffered immensely as
wages and salaries have failed to keep
5. Directors’ Remuneration pace with the inflationary trends. The situ-
To approve fees accrued to directors for the year ended 31 March 2022. ation has worsened rendering it practically
impossible for workers across all sectors to
6. Auditors earn the current salaries and sustain their
To approve the remuneration of the independent auditors for the year ended 31 March 2022 and to appoint auditors for the families or be able to go to work. In spite
ensuing year. PwC Zimbabwe, who have been the company’s independent auditors for one year, have indicated their willingness of this, the TNF has failed to address the
to continue as independent auditors for the ensuing year. matter and it is our collective position that
the TNF must find a permanent solution
7. Secondary Scheme of Arrangement on the issue of eroded wages and salaries."
To update members on the Secondary Scheme of Arrangement.
However, there is hope after the agree-
By Order Of The Board ment on the minimum wage that partners
in the TNF will find each other.
A.J Musemburi
COMPANY SECRETARY “We have started getting some traction
at TNF. We would like the momentum to
49 Douglas Road , Workington continue and have discipline among so-
P O Box ST396, Southerton, Harare cial partners,” Emcoz president Demos
Mbauya said in an interview.
3 October 2022
“There is a genuine desire among so-
Every member entitled to attend and vote at this Meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote and speak cial partners to continue driving social di-
instead of him. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. A member wishing to appoint a proxy must lodge the completed proxy alogue.”
form at the Registered Office of the Company at least 48 hours before the meeting.
However, headwinds remain that threat-
Directors: Dr. R.J. Mbire (Chairman), *R. Nyabadza (Chief Executive), R. Magundani, C. Matorera, M.E. Chiremba, *A.J. Musemburi, en the uneasy truce among the social
G.T. Nyamayi, Dr. M. Sibanda, *F. Myambuki. - (*Executive), partners.

At the Emcoz annual congress held in
Victoria Falls last week, both labour and
business spoke strongly against govern-
ment’s failure to consult them before im-
posing damaging policies.

Mbauya pointed out that there was a
need for fiscal and monetary authorities
to engage social partners through the Tri-
partite Negotiation Forum (TNF), before
promulgation and implementation of ma-
jor policy initiatives.

Both Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Un-
ions (ZCTU) president Florence Taruvinga
and Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Un-
ions (ZFTU) secretary general Kenias Sha-
muyarira concurred with Mbauya on con-
cerns over the government's failure to
consult before putting in place policies
that had an adverse impact on both work-
ers and business.

"It is hypocritical for the government
to unilaterally force down the policies on
people without TNF engagement. We are
being undermined. It is on record that we
pointed out that the government has been
trivialising the TNF and taking people for
granted for some time by undermining so-
cial dialogue," Taruvinga said.

Shamuyarira added that it took busi-
ness and labour to ask for the intervention
of Mnangagwa to get the government
representatives to attend last week's TNF
meeting.

Although the TNF has finally gained trac-
tion, there is still a long uneasy road ahead.

COVER October 5 to 11 2022 Weekly Digest 6

MPs want Zimbabwe to
quit Cites, govt unsure

LBY TATIRA ZWINOIRA aging us from afar?” sembly, with the former being the upper tional Assembly consists of 270.
EGISLATORS are calling on the Zimbabwe’s parliament is split into two house and latter being the lower. The Sen- The reason why legislators are seeking to
government to quit CITES in order ate consists of 80 members while the Na-
for the trading and eating of wild- bodies, the Senate and the National As- abandon CITES is based on the commer-
life animals to go on unencum-
bered, owing to increased human
wildlife conflict.

This comes as the country’s elephant
population stands at over 100 000, against
a capacity of 45 000, according to sta-
tistics from Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife
Management Authority.

During a recent senate session, senator
Morgen Komichi of the Harare East que-
ried the Environment, Climate Change,
Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister,
Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndhlovu, on why
the government couldn’t abandon CITES.

CITES or the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fau-
na and Flora, was enforced on July 1, 1975
to protect endangered wildlife animals
globally.

“My question is directed to the Minister
of Environment, Climate Change, Tourism
and Hospitality Industry. In Zimbabwe, hu-
man-wildlife conflict is escalating mainly
due to overpopulation of animals in the re-
spective areas,” Komichi asked.

“It has been the desire and wish of Zim-
babweans to beneficiate from these ani-
mals in ivory trade and meat consumption
so as to control the herds. We are aware
that there is an organisation called CITES
which does not allow us to do so. Why do
we not quit from CITES so that we can
manage our animals without anyone man-

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world elephant population,” Ndlovu said.

“We have an option to walk out of CITES
but it is a position which we have to clear-
ly consider with its merits and demerits
whether it will solve the problems we have
or not. The potential buyers of our prod-
ucts are members of CITES. They will not
be in a position to purchase any if they are
still within CITES. If moving out of CITES is
a solution to our problems, we would have
left the solution within CITES.”

In light of this, he said efforts needed to
become regional in influencing CITES to
make considerations in allowing countries
dealing with rising human/wildlife conflict
to benefit from the resources from these
animals.

“Beyond that, as Government, we are
working on a policy which we are almost
concluding and awaiting Cabinet approv-
al. We believe that it is important as a gov-
ernment to consider options to compen-
sate communities that are bearing the
brunt of human-wildlife conflict,” Ndlovu
said.

“We are at the moment perhaps the
only country in the region that still has not
brought that as a policy and that policy as
I said, is awaiting Cabinet approval. We be-
lieve it will go a long way because it also
utilises proceeds from wildlife, particular-
ly from hunting so that we are able to re-
spond to the increasing human-wildlife
conflict.”

At the 19th meeting of the Conference of
the Parties in Panama City, Panama, slated
to take place next month from November
14 to 25, the government is preparing to
be more aggressive in pushing for certain
CITES considerations.

“We will take a very strong position to
advocate for CITES to consider strongly
our position because the situation keeps
getting worse from CITES to CITES and we
know that sometimes some Government,
because of funding from certain so-called
animal rights groups, fail to consider rea-
son and science,” Ndlovu said.

“We are in the process of engaging them
so that when we go there, we will speak
with one voice.”

He, however, admitted that although
the country has benefitted from CITES, as
CITES had also benefited from Zimbabwe,
mostly through sharing best practices in
conservation of different natural resourc-
es and best practices in terms of interna-
tional trade.

FEATURE October 5 to 11 2022 Weekly Digest 8

Why problem
solvers,

and not just
qualifications,

are driving
today’s

corporate
leadership

RBY NGONI MAKAHA corporate functions including ity and convert numbers into words. we have a lot of non-finance professionals
alph Mupita, just an- strategy and finance. So, how does Ralph an engineer by train- excelling so well in financial and business
other normal lad from strategy roles?
Mutare, is a kingmak- An engineer at the helm of ing, end up being a Chief Finance Officer
er in the corporate corporate finance issues is ab- and ultimately the President and Chief Ex- Perhaps the answer lies in a constant
universe sitting at errant to the conservative and ecutive of the MTN Group? Why is there an called “change”.
the helm of Africa’s largest mo- conventional business statutes. increasing number of CFOs who have basi-
bile network operator, the MTN In conservative dictates, finan- cally “engineered” their way into a finance Referring to bankers, the author Dileep
Group. An Engineer by train- cial issues are the preserve of career? Why is Sim Tshabalala, a lawyer and Rao articulated his point very well when he
ing, Ralph has traversed several the number-crunching Char- the current Chief Executive of Standard opined that old school bankers will become
tered Accountants who can Bank Group, leading in the financial ser- new age dinosaurs. Business models across
aptly interpret earnings volatil- vices sector, yet “hard-nosed” conservative various industries have changed such that
bankers are scattered everywhere? Why do old school conservatism, where roles are
defined only by training and qualifications,

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no longer applies. CONGRATULATIONS
The world has changed, and busi-
The Board, Management and Staff of Alpha Media Holdings
ness processes have significantly al- are delighted to be associated with our board member
tered. Most businesses are facing con- Mr Sternford Moyo, Senior Partner
stant threats at every turn. The climate of Scanlen and Holderness on being accorded
is changing, consumer behaviours are Freedom of the City of London.
becoming unpredictable, competition We feel deeply honoured.
as a result of globalisation has grown,
technology has fuelled unpredictability,
pandemics have left a devastating ef-
fect and labour markets are changing.
All these challenges put problem-solv-
ing, strategy and decision-making at the
heart of corporate leadership.

What the modern investor wants
On the other hand, the modern inves-
tor is no longer interested in earnings
calls peppered only with financial hy-
perbole, but now takes a significant in-
terest in value preservation. Value pres-
ervation can only be attained when a
business navigates problems and chal-
lenges in a low-cost and strategic man-
ner.
As a result, problem solvers and stra-
tegic thinkers hold the key skills the wid-
er industry is seeking and rewarding to
occupy the upper echelons of the cor-
porate ladder. With the current trend,
it seems the corporate world is much
more interested in one’s problem-solv-
ing skills before forte and training
Whether problem solving is innate or
acquired is just as complex as distinct-
ly defining it as an art or a science. One
acclaimed phenomenon, though, is
that problem solving is an iterative pro-
cess that requires innovative thinking, a
structural approach, consultation, hy-
pothesis and prewiring.
Albert Einstein once said: “If I were giv-
en one hour to save the planet, I would
spend 59 minutes defining the problem
and one minute resolving it”. Most busi-
ness executives are dealing with prob-
lems all the time – “How does the busi-
ness grow? How do we respond to unfa-
vourable legislation?”
The genesis of any problem-solving
process is articulating the statement of
the problem. This seemingly looks easy
but corporate leaders will confess to the
hospital visits they make when this task
gets overwhelming.
The problem solver’s mind
The following hypothetical problem
question is illustrative of the immense
power of problem-solving in business-
es today. Faced with investor unrest and
changing demand, a CFO can conclu-
sively come up with the following prob-
lem question:
What percentage of sales growth is re-
quired to reach the earnings target con-
sidering changing demand as a result of
changing consumer tastes?
Just like a family set-up or political
system, any approach to problem-solv-
ing within a business setting will always
be a field of contestation. Great skill is
required in the problem-solving process
including hypothesis testing and pre-
dictive analysis.
To put this into perspective by looking
at the sales growth question, imagine a
company that would wrongfully diag-
nose low incomes as the primary deter-
minant of falling demand – the oppor-
tunity to change the product offering
to meet changing consumer tastes is
missed and the ultimate target of im-
proving earnings may never be reached.
The challenges of this day require a
lot of creativity, analysis and predic-
tive thinking. To succeed in the corpo-
rate world, given the dynamic challeng-
es the world is facing, problem-solving
is a fundamental skill now essential to
any business function.
According to McKinsey, problem solv-
ers are not defined by training or title
but have six mutually reinforcing mind-
sets that define them. They are curious,
tolerant and humble, pursuant to occur-
rent behaviour, tap into collective intel-
ligence, drive action and always widen
the aperture.
Maybe the world needs lots of Ralphs
and Sims who do not define themselves
according to their specialties but cast
themselves into uncharted woods with
one goal in mind – problem-solving.
Ngonidzaishe is a finance profession-
al with a keen interest in Alternative In-
vestments and Corporate Finance. This
article was inspired by his participation
in the McKinsey Forward program.

— newZWire

FEATURE October 5 to 11 2022 Weekly Digest 10

Learning in a
pandemic:
real-time
research on
COVID-19 in
rural
Zimbabwe

Press release IIAN SCOONES
n March 2020, when COVID-19 first
Thursday, 29 September 2022 arrived in Zimbabwe, we decided to
switch our research focus to study the
Together we make a difference unfolding implications of the pandem-
ic in our rural sites across the country.
Cimas attains ISO information security management certification We did not expect to continue for over two
years. It required us to reinvent a way of do-
Cimas Health Group has attained ZWS ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification. This means that it ing research so that we got to understand
has a world-class Information Security Management System in place that ensures the security how the pandemic affected lives and liveli-
and confidentiality of clients’ information. hoods as well as emotions, social relations
and politics.
The Information Security Management System (ISMS) not only addresses how Cimas’s
technology handles information but also how the people and processes within Cimas handle its The pandemic was not one event: there
members’ and patients’ information securely. were different phases, with intermittent
lockdowns and fluctuating incident. At some
Crucial in complying with ZWS ISO/IEC 27001:2013 are confidentiality, with information only points, particularly at the beginning, people
being disclosed when appropriate to authorised parties, integrity, meaning that stored were scared, fearful of what was to come. At
information is accurate, and the availability of information so that it is available when needed to other points, people were angry, frustrated
help deliver services. that they could not get on with their daily
lives, prevented from doing so by strictly im-
To become certified Cimas made improvements to its information technology structure and posed movement restrictions, curfews and
various other aspects of its security, including training and risk assessment, before going bans on trading. At still other points, peo-
through the rigorous audit and certification process with the Standards Association of ple felt relatively relaxed, confident in their
Zimbabwe at its head office at Borrowdale Office Park in Harare. own treatments and abilities to survive, dis-
missing the impositions from outside as ir-
It passed the audit and certification process carried out by the Standards Association of relevant and politically motivated.
Zimbabwe, which is an ISO certification body.
Too often studies of the pandemic are
Cimas has created a security culture among all its employees and providers of services so that based on snapshots, at best a series of them.
they prioritise information security and live that culture in practice. These studies were often done at a distance
through phone interviews and recall. Such
“We have taken measures to minimise the risk of our customers’ information falling into approaches have their worth, but they do not
get at the experiences of living in a pandem-
unwanted hands,” the Cimas Chief Operating Officer, Thando Kembo said at the certificate ic, and how strategies changed over time.
handover ceremony held at the Cimas Head Office on the 28th of September 2022. Responses were quite contingent, reflecting
a diversity of factors impinging at particular
“We care about our clients’ private, confidential and privileged information and have therefore moments. And it was not only what people
taken appropriate control measures to protect that information,” she said, adding that Cimas did, what they earned, how they responded,
was continuously improving on its Information Security Management System. but also how they felt about it that framed
the response.
“Cimas is following international best practices to mitigate the possibility of cyber threats. We
have in place cyber incident response and management processes to monitor and respond to Over nearly 20 years, our work in Zimba-
any cyber-attacks,” she said. bwe has focused on a number of sites across
the country where land reform took place
“Our ZWS ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification should reassure our members and other (see map). The research team largely lives
stakeholders that their confidential information is safe with us and that we are compliant with and works in these places, stretching from
the international standard for ensuring the security of any information we hold related to them,” Chikombedzi in the far south lowveld, to the
she added. sugar estates of Hippo Valley and Triangle,
to Matobo in Matabeleland South where
Contacts Tapfumaneyi Mugari tmugari@cimas.co.zw livestock are especially important to other
Media and PR mixed farming sites in Masvingo, both near
the main town (Wondedzo) and further north
in Gutu. Our final site in Mvurwi, a tobacco
growing area not far from Harare, the capital,
is a high potential area, where commercial
farming dominates. Although no set of sites
can be truly representative, our seven areas
cover a wide range of contexts.

Our field team are all farmers and some
earn other money from extension work-
er jobs with government, well-digging and
other activities – including research. They
know their areas well and the people there.
Their contacts are excellent, both in the land
reform sites and the small towns in the are-
as. They have their fingers on the pulse and
are not external researchers separated from
the pandemic. They had to experience it as
everyone else did in their areas, experiencing
the uncertainties, worrying about the lack of
health facilities and dealing with illness and
sometimes death over the past years.

At the beginning of the pandemic, we de-
cided to write occasional blogs on what we
found. The process involved the team docu-
menting experiences, identifying themes, in-
terviewing people and writing down quotes
and case studies. The information was then
relayed to the research team lead, Felix
Murimbarimba in WhatsApp conversations.

FEATURE October 5 to 11 2022 Weekly Digest 11

Photos from the field sites were sent too. constructed the social and political re- hoods and local innovation contributed The research team are Iyleen Judy
Felix then compiled the reports and relayed action to the pandemic in rural Zimba- to the ability to survive in the face of an Bwerinofa, Jacob Mahenehene, Mak-
them to Ian Scoones who was in the UK, pre- bwe. The other paper published in BMJ uncertain, unknown disease across our iwa Manaka, Bulisiwe Mulotshwa, Fe-
vented from travel due to the pandemic. He Global Health looks at local resilience- research areas. These two papers will lix Murimbarimba, Moses Mutoko,
the put together a blog. In the end, 20 were building, and how adaptable liveli- be featured in the following two blogs. Vincent Sarayi and Ian Scoones.
produced starting in March 2020.

We did not have any prior questions, be-
yond finding out what was happening in
each of the sites. We left each team member
to probe and explore what was happening in
each place: the stories, the gossip, the scan-
dals, the innovations, the tragedies. This al-
lowed an open-ended approach to the re-
search without assumptions or biases. We
were interested of course in how rural life
changed, so themes of agriculture, land and
livelihoods were central, and reflected our
own professional foci and our past research.
But as we went along there were particular
themes that emerged.

The way people had to diversify was cen-
tral, with small-scale mining for example be-
ing important in many areas, with important
gender and age dimensions. Issues of poli-
tics emerged at different points in different
sites, and everyone had a view resulting in
much debate about the role of lockdowns,
the value of vaccines and the influence of
corrupt officials and more. As the pandem-
ic progressed, we noticed innovations of dif-
ferent sorts – in some cases to get around
the regulations, in others to develop local
treatments for the symptoms of the disease.
A rich picture emerged, one that would have
been impossible through any other research
approach.

As a real-time reflection on a pandem-
ic from the standpoint of local participants,
it is a unique record. The blogs have now
been compiled in a short 160-page book, il-
lustrated with colour photos from the sites.
You can buy the book on Amazon (£12.72 for
a paper copy, £1.25 for a Kindle version) or
download it in high- or low-resolution ver-
sions here and here).

We have also produced two more analyt-
ical papers from the material, reflecting on
cross-cutting themes. These include a pa-
per on ‘narratives’ around the pandemic and
how across three periods these narratives

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE
CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FOR THE LATE NATIONAL HERO, CDE HIGHTEN NKOMO

The Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, In honour of the late liberation hero, the Ministry shall continue to
Honourable Professor Amon Murwira, the Deputy Minister of Foreign safeguard the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, protect its
Affairs and International Trade, Honourable Dr. David Musabayana, the prestige and image; the principles that Cde Nkomo and others fought
Acting Permanent Secretary, Mr Eria Phiri, and all members of staff for.
wish to express heartfelt condolences to His Excellency the President, We shall continue his legacy as we implement the New Dispensation’s
Cde Dr E.D. Mnangagwa and the Nkomo family for the passing on of new foreign policy thrust of a robust economic diplomacy premised on
the National Hero, Cde Highten Nkomo. rapprochement and re-engagement, image building, consolidation of
The late liberation stalwart was a pioneer liberation ghter who old friendships, and the opening of new frontiers of mutually benecial
contributed immensely to the liberation of the country in the high cooperation.
command of the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) May the family take comfort from the knowledge that their loss is
forces. He joined the liberation struggle in Zambia and fought bravely shared by the whole nation in whose service he sacriced immensely.
against white colonial rule. The country will always remember him as a May His Soul Rest In Eternal Peace!
man who dedicated his life to our freedom.

The Ministry cerebrates the illustrious life and contribution made by Go well Son of the Soil!
Cde Nkomo at Mkushi Women Training Camp where he uplifted A Gallant Soldier!
women ghters, setting
the stage for women empowerment in independent Zimbabwe.

FEATURE October 5 to 11 2022 Weekly Digest 12

The Zim scribbling notes on her clipboard. “In these animals,” she says. “But be- poaching and the reduction of habitat, we do need
wildlife an ideal world, we wouldn’t touch cause of the challenges we have with to know what’s going on so we can manage them
sanctuary in the best way possible.” The more the park knows
bringing about its rhinos, the better its can protect them, she
rhinos back says.
from the brink
Sarah, who has been studying black rhinos for 25
There’s no delicate way to bore a hole in years, says the data these GPS units beam back will
the horn of a 2-tonne white rhino still have “huge implications for helping us understand
twitching under the effects of an immo- how rhino use the landscape throughout the day.” It
bilisation dart to the rump. So Colin Wen- will show how far they roam and where they cluster
ham goes at it with a yellow battery- in the park. It’s invaluable information as Malilang-
powered drill, each plunge of the whirring drill bit we now looks to find suitable homes for its rhinos
sending shavings of white keratin – the stuff finger- in other parts of Zimbabwe where they have been
nails are made of — curling through the air. They virtually wiped out. “That helps us to choose areas
pile up at our feet, like snow in the red African dirt. that are going to meet their needs,” she says.

On the black market, rhino horn can sell for more Across Africa, there’s a dire need to rebuild rhi-
than its weight in gold. While it has no proven med- no populations after decades of habitat loss and
ical benefits, some believe its powdered form has poaching. At the turn of the 20th century, it’s esti-
near mythical powers of healing, curing ailments mated half-a-million rhinos roamed Africa and Asia.
from hangovers to cancer. Soaring demand in Chi- Today that number stands at just 27,000, with most
na and Vietnam has fuelled a thriving business for behind protective fences in private reserves, or in a
ruthless poaching syndicates across southern Af- select number of national parks with the resources
rica. After trophy hunting in the 19th century and to resist poachers. Few now can survive in the wild,
rampant poaching in recent decades, one of Af- where they are easy prey.
rica’s most iconic animals – the black rhino – has
been driven to near extinction. Cruel econom- Africa’s poaching problem has come in a series of
ics make them more valuable dead and dehorned waves over the past four decades, with the most re-
than alive. cent crisis kicking off in 2008. In South Africa, home
to the world’s largest rhino population, just 13 rhi-
But this rhino will keep its horn. Colin, Malilang- nos were killed by poachers in 2007. In the seven
we’s deft and experienced wildlife manager, is years that followed, the annual toll rose a stagger-
carefully fashioning a neat cavity to insert a GPS
tracker, roughly the size of a box of matches, at the
horn’s base. The process looks brutal but if done
above the growth plate is as painless for the rhino
as clipping your fingernails. When the job is com-
plete it will better enable the scientists here at the
Malilangwe Trust, a 50,000-hectare private nature
sanctuary in south-eastern Zimbabwe, to track this
animal’s every move.

It’s conservation techniques like this that have
helped Malilangwe become one of Africa’s most
successful rhino sanctuaries. Over the past two-
and-a-half decades, it’s played an outsized role in
bringing the black rhino, one of the world’s most
endangered animals, back from the brink. It’s also
had remarkable success boosting white rhino num-
bers.

Starting with a few dozen rhinos in 1998, the
park’s black rhino herd has increased by more than
600 per cent and its white rhinos by 900 per cent,
even as waves of poaching across Africa decimated
rhino populations elsewhere. Over 400 rhinos now
roam the park. In fact, Malilangwe has a startling
new problem – it could soon have too many rhi-
nos. Like a modern-day Noah’s Ark, it is now repop-
ulating other corners of Zimbabwe, returning rhi-
nos to natural habitat where they haven’t set foot
for decades.

Colin screws the tracking device into the rhino’s
horn and seals up the gash with a wodge of epoxy.
The immense 17-year-old bull is lying awkward-
ly on his side, legs protruding outward. Each snort
of breath kicks up plumes of dust. It took a team
of handlers to roll him into this position so he can
breathe more easily.

The pulsing blip of an oxygen monitor fades in
and out as a helicopter thunders in circles overhead.
A dozen people crowd around, vets, scientists, eve-
ryone moving quickly. They’re trying to keep the
rhino comfortable in the baking afternoon sun as
they work. The drug used to immobilise the animal
– delivered via dart from a helicopter-mounted vet-
erinarian – can interfere with its heat regulation, so
a handler mists the rhino’s leathery skin with water
to keep it cool.

The rhino has been sedated with a drug so pow-
erful it can be fatal to humans. His tech upgrade
complete, he’s injected with another drug to re-
verse the sedation. From a safe distance, we wait
for him to stir back to life. Within minutes he lum-
bers to his feet, casting a baleful glance in our di-
rection before turning and disappearing into the
bush.

It’s day three of what they call “rhino ops” at Mal-
ilangwe, a frenetic week-long mission to check on
the health of the park’s rhinos and gather vital data
about the state of the herd. Over the next four days
they’ll take blood and DNA samples from a dozen
more rhinos and notch calves’ ears with a unique
ID pattern.

Sarah Clegg, an ecologist with an encyclopedic
knowledge of rhinos, is overseeing the operation,

FEATURE October 5 to 11 2022 Weekly Digest 13

ing 9,246 per cent, peaking in 2014 when 1,215 rhi- her shoulder blades. These “notchings” are a kind of code used away when they are around two years old, when cows typically
nos were killed. Conservationists’ hopes that the to identify the rhinos at Malilangwe. Each notch corresponds to give birth again. “So we need to notch this calf while it’s with its
poaching problem had been brought under con- a number, depending on where it’s positioned on the ear. Add mother,” she says, “so we can record which calf belongs to which
trol were shattered. them up and you get that rhino’s unique ID. mother.”

Across the African continent, 11,000 rhinos have Conducting this procedure while rhinos are so young is a nec-  TO PAGE 14
been killed by poachers since 2008. While poach- essary evil, Sarah explains, because mothers cast their calves
ing has gradually declined in more recent years, it’s
never returned to the low levels seen in the early
2000s. Last year, poachers killed more than a rhino
a day. “The demand for rhino horn is so high there’s
no shortage of people who are prepared to poach,”
says Sarah. “The need in Africa is so great there are
people willing to take those risks.”

When the not-for-profit Malilangwe conservancy
was founded in 1994, Zimbabwe’s white and black
rhinos had already been decimated. Black rhinos
in particular had been hard hit by poachers. By
1998, the conservancy had imported 28 black and
28 white rhinos from South Africa and set out on a
what might have seemed a quixotic bid to turn a
vast tract of land degraded by cattle ranching into
a sanctuary where native wildlife could flourish.

The conservancy began an intensive monitor-
ing and protection program, mostly funded by pri-
vate donors as well as tourism ventures in the re-
serve. “Protecting rhinos is difficult, it costs a lot of
money,” says Malilangwe’s executive director Mark
Saunders. “It takes experience. It takes a lot of time,
it takes a lot of patience and energy.”

Back out in the field, the scale of a modern-day
rhino conservation operation is on full display. The
helicopter lurches back into the sky. The ground
team piles into four-wheel drives. The rhino ops
caravan moves to the next location. There are three
more rhinos to check today.

Family ties
Under the shade of a frayed green tarpaulin, her
moistened skin has the dark sheen of new bitumen.
She’s just a calf, a 17-month-old black rhino, power-
ful and yet delicate too. A vet is feeding her oxygen
through a clear plastic tube, conscious that the im-
mobilising drug could suppress her respiratory sys-
tem. The calf’s mother is likely lurking somewhere
close by, says Sarah. They flee the clamour of the
helicopter but the maternal bond is strong with a
calf this young.
The vets clamp her ears with two pairs of for-
ceps in the figure of a V, then uses surgical scis-
sors to remove a triangular slice of the ear. A hairy
wedge tumbles onto the rippled fold of skin above

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE CONDOLENCE MESSAGE
FOR THE LATE NATIONAL HERO CDE HIGHTEN NKOMO

The Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Honourable Professor Amon Murwira, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International
Trade, Honourable Dr. David Musabayana, the Acting Permanent Secretary, Mr Eria Phiri, and all members of staff wish to express heartfelt condolences to His
Excellency the President, Cde Dr E.D. Mnangagwa and the Nkomo family for the passing on of the National Hero, Cde Highten Nkomo.
The late liberation stalwart was a pioneer liberation fighter who contributed immensely to the liberation of the country in the high command of the Zimbabwe
People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) forces. He joined the liberation struggle in Zambia and fought bravely against white colonial rule. The country will always
remember him as a man who dedicated his life to our freedom.
The Ministry cerebrates the illustrious life and contribution made by Cde Nkomo at Mkushi Women Training Camp where he uplifted women fighters, setting the
stage for women empowerment in independent Zimbabwe. In honour of the late liberation hero, the Ministry shall continue to safeguard the country’s
sovereignty and territorial integrity, protect its prestige and image; the principles that Cde Nkomo and others fought for.
We shall continue his legacy as we implement the New Dispensation’s new foreign policy thrust of a robust economic diplomacy premised on rapprochement
and re-engagement, image building, consolidation of old friendships, and the opening of new frontiers of mutually beneficial cooperation.
May the family take comfort from the knowledge that their loss is shared by the whole nation in whose service he sacrificed immensely.
May His Soul Rest In Eternal Peace!
Go well Son of the Soil!
A Gallant Soldier!

FEATURE October 5 to 11 2022 Weekly Digest 14

Tenders are invited from registered suppliers for the supply of goods and services below. l FROM PAGE 13
Tender documents are available upon written request to procurement@petratrade.co.zw Sarah is actively mapping the maternal lineage of all the rhinos in the
citing the full description for the tender and its tender reference number. The document is
free of charge. Petrotrade will not allow walk in customers for the purpose of acquiring park. Tracking them so closely has already revealed some surprises, like
tender documents. the fact black rhinos – often thought of as solitary and ill-tempered crea-
Tenders are invited for the following: tures – maintain close family bonds with their mothers into later life. Some
bulls as old as eight have been observed visiting their mothers from time
Tenders must be submitted to The Head of Procurement Management Unit, Petrotrade, to time, she says. “They’ve got this reputation of being bad tempered and
7th Floor Noczim House, 100 Leopold Takawira Street, Harare and must be enclosed in dangerous, and they are. But I think it’s mostly that they’re just such emo-
sealed envelopes endorsed on the outside, with the advertised tender number, closing date tional creatures. They’re just insecure, you know?”
and the nature of supply.
Tenders must be posted in time to be sorted into Post Office Box CY 223, Causeway, before Notching the rhinos' ears allows the park to identify the animal in future
10:00am on the closing date. to track their health and observe their social bonds. Foreign Correspond-
ent: Kyle Jira

It’s more than mere scientific curiosity driving Sarah’s focus on the rhi-
nos’ emotional lives. Understanding their social bonds will be the key to
successfully moving rhinos to another park in the future, she says, a pro-
cess known as “translocation”. These big beasts are sensitive souls. Ignor-
ing it can end in catastrophe if they’re moved to an unfamiliar location
without their close companions. “In the past we’ve made it convenient for
ourselves not to consider the emotional attachments that animals have
and their feelings,” she says. “But it’s a truth we need to face.”

Last year, Sarah’s theories were put to the test when 10 of Malilang-
we’s black rhinos were translocated to neighbouring Gonarezhou Nation-
al Park. In the early 1980s, Gonarezhou was ground zero for poachers. The
jewel in Zimbabwe’s wildlife crown had its rhinos completely wiped out.

It took Sarah years to carefully select the best possible group of rhinos
to be translocated together. Their social bonds were one of the key con-
siderations to help ease the transition into their new home. “Happy ani-
mals can produce more babies,” she says. “That can grow more popula-
tions. And that’s what we need with rhinos.”

Elephants wander through Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe,
where rhinos were recently re-introduced for the first time in nearly 30
years. Foreign Correspondent: Kyle Jira

In May 2021, the big move began. Malilangwe was one of three pri-
vate parks who together translocated 29 rhinos to Gonarezhou. At 5,000
square kilometres, Gonarezhou is 10 times as big as Malilangwe and has
the infrastructure and resources to handle an influx of rhinos.

After a few weeks in fenced “bomas” to monitor their condition, the rhi-
nos were released – the first to set foot in Gonarezhou National Park in
nearly 30 years. Reintroducing rhinos to the park was an historic moment
for Zimbabwe. “It’s extremely rewarding,” says Sarah, thinking back to that
day. “Being able to put a rhino back into that park is like waking it up
again.”

You can’t help but feel Patrick Mangondo is being modest when he says
he was “a little bit tiny” at school. The shortest in his class, he says. These
days the burly 42-year-old cuts an imposing figure as he emerges from
the African scrub at the head of a small column of black booted, khaki-
clad men, each with an automatic rifle slung over his strapping frame.

Patrick is a sergeant in the Malilangwe Scouts, an elite anti-poaching
unit and private security force tasked with protecting all the animals – and
people – within the Malilangwe conservancy. “Most people see rhinos as
money left on the ground,” Patrick says. But rhinos have the right to live,
“the right to be protected,” he says.

Malilangwe hasn’t been immune from the scourge of poaching over
the years. It’s “always a threat,” says Sarah Clegg. “We still do have in-
cursions. It’s something you have to stay on your toes with.” Poachers

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GO LF D AY  FROM PAGE 14
have breached the park’s boundary 10 times since
! 1998, killing and dehorning three adult rhinos dur-
ing three of those incursions. A fourth rhino – a calf
! "!"!#$$! ! ! ! ! ! – died after its mother was killed in one of those at-
'()*$+!,! '()*$+!-! '()*$+!.! tacks. On seven other occasions, Scouts foiled the
! #%&$!! '()*$+!"! ! attack before any rhinos could be killed.
6!78%9$4:$4%! ;!<!=>8$+! ?!<$49@A! !
! "/0"1!)&! '!2%3)45)! Each day the Scouts break into groups to patrol
the park’s 120km fence-line on foot, monitoring for
! "/0,"!)&! 2!B)45$4:C)! 2!DA>$48)! #!78%&$59)! ;!B)9)E$F%G8! ! rhinos and searching for signs of poachers. Extreme
dedication to fitness and physical strength is one of
! "/0,H!)&! ;!DA+C%+)! '!DA:)+%! I!78%4:@4@! #!DA4*)C%+%! ! the demands of the job. Confronting poachers is a
dangerous business. Patrick speaks of it as a war. “If
! "/0--!)&! #!JC)EA+)! D!D@*@! K!D()&3@! ;!2)45$+L@4! ! they come, they’ll bring war to us,” he says.

! "/0-M!)&! N!78%O)4:A+)! 7!<9%+)59$&8AE)! ;!D)4$4P%! K!D)4:C%9)! ! It’s a war that’s playing out in private wildlife sanc-
tuaries and national parks across Africa. A record 92
! "/0.1!)&! Q!D@*@! Q!B)59@&3$! J+%:!K$4!R!78%4:@4@! #!K)&3$! ! rangers died in 2021, half of them in homicides. In
July, the lead ranger at South Africa’s Timbavati re-
! "/01"!)&!! S!D)G8%F)! B!78%>)45@! 7!TL)*)! I!DA>A4:)! ! serve, Anton Mzimba, was fatally shot outside his
home in circumstances akin to a hit job. His brazen
! ""0/1!)&! U!<*)&A>)&3)! Q!D)59%C@! #!78%&)4*)! D!!DL@49)! ! killing has stoked fears organised poaching syndi-
cates are actively targeting wildlife protectors.
! ""0",!)&! B!<*$&3)! D!V)>$&)4! I!JA4:)+$! D!78)A+AE)! !
Patrick’s wife Tari worries for her husband. She
! ""0"W!)&! U!78%+%+@! 2!78)A+A+)! R!D)+AXA! #!DA9@+$C)! ! prays daily for his safety. But “it’s very important to
have a job, and they’re not easy to find,” she says.
! ""0,.!)&!! K!2&%>8! R!DA9@45%C)! ;!78%+)%+@! <!78)*)&3AE)! ! “So once you have a job, thank you Jesus.”

! ""0-/!)&! U!DAO)9F%+%3C@! #!D)EA4%E$! ?!K+$*F$4L>$%4! 2!J$9)! ! Many of the Scouts were once small-game
poachers themselves. A young man named Exo-
! ""0-Y!)&! B!DAEA*A! 2!78%+)8C%! D!D)&8)+$! #!<8%59)! ! dus tells how he started poaching after his broth-
er taught him how to hunt. “Most traditional peo-
! ""0.,!)&! K!#L@4:@+$+)! 7!D)O8@L)! B!B)&AO%+)! #!B)59%&)! ! ple, they like to hunt,” he says. “Like, culturally,” he
clarifies. Many turn to poaching simply to put food
! ""0.W!)&! '!<58(@FA! 7!DA&3%+$! K!D8@45$! ?!DFA5A5A! ! on the table, targeting small wildlife species like Im-
pala. But their tracking and bushcraft skills can be
! ""0!1.!)&! =!D)+AXA! Q!DA+A&3%! D!R)>$45%! ;!<!=>8$+! ! turned into assets for conservation.

! !! ! ! !! Providing well-paid jobs in the surrounding vil-
lages is itself an anti-poaching strategy, says Mark
! "/"#!#$$!! ! ! ! !! Saunders. “It’s one of the most often discussed phe-
nomena in conservation circles, how to integrate
! "/0"1!)&! ;!2A(%C)! J!7)($3!! #!?AF%4:@! K!KC)>%59@! ! communities, how to mitigate against human-wild-
life conflict,” he says. “We feel that education is very
! "/0,"!)&! ?!J%E@E@! I!B)98)4P$! Z!<)E$5)+! D!2)45$+L@4! ! important and we have a bespoke conservation
education camp here.” As human populations en-
! "/0,H!)&! R!?A9F%59@! T!78%3FA4*$! 7!DO)&3$()! ;!#)5$+$+)! ! croach further on protected areas, the potential for
conflict with wild animals is only increasing. “If [lo-
! "/0--!)&! '!K)LA+)! 2!B@45@4:C$! Q!D)>L)%+$! 2!<P@F@! ! cal people] see an elephant in the fields, this means
their crops are going to be devastated,” says Sarah
! "/0-M!)&! J!2%*)EA+%&)! N!D):$F)! #!78%&$59)! '+@X!Q!D)L)&)! ! Clegg. “If there’s a lion, there’s a chance their live-
stock is going to be taken.” She says teaching the
! "/0.1!)&! 2!Z%4*$&3)! D!<GA3$! N+!#!78@+A&)! =!D8)+)O)+)! ! inherent value of preserving Zimbabwe’s wildlife
heritage is essential for safeguarding conservation
! "/01"!)&!! U!B)4*AG8%! ;!DAL)59%+A&)! #![$+$4:)! 7!B)&C$45@! ! AFCCOM421 efforts. “I would say maybe 90 per cent of Zimba-
bweans haven’t seen a rhino,” says Patrick. “Only on
! ""0/1!)&! 6!D)G8$E)! K!KC)%45)! N+!2%&3%! Q!S%45)! ! television. We want them to help us and preach that
word — These animals are not for being poached
! ""0",!)&! J!D3)4@! #!#L)8)! <!ZF)+$F)! K!#!Z%&@45%! ! for money, everyone needs to know the rhino is
special.” To that end, Patrick helps lead the Junior
! ""0"W!)&! 7!DA9@45@! 2!D@*@LF%! <!D)59%EC)! N!<5(@FA! ! Rangers program, a community outreach initiative
that brings underprivileged teens to Malilangwe to
! ""0,.!)&!! #!BA>)A+)! '!B):C$+$! ;!D)>%45%E$! Q4:!S!DAL@E@! ! study physical fitness, bushcraft and ecology.

! ""0-/!)&! U!D)AC)! B!7!DAG8$4P$! 6!K)3)! <!B)9%4:)G8%+$! ! He’s also taken an active role in training the rang-
ers at Gonarezhou National Park in how to track,
! ""0-Y!)&! #!2)EAOC)4*)! T!D)5*$&3A59%! Q!7!78%+@4:)! #!DA>LC%>%! ! monitor and care for its new rhino population. “In-
dividually you can’t win against poaching,” he says.
! ""0.,!)&! J!DA+)59%EC)! '!D):)+)%! 2!DA>$OX)! J!D)X)+)G8%L%! ! “We need to be like brothers. You have to be a team,
a strong one, to win this fight.”
! ""0.W!)&! D!DA4:%4:)! <!D)>@45)! B!<GA3$! 2!D)E@&3$+)! !
Return of the rhinos
! !! ! ! !! It’s been a year and a half since the black rhinos
were translocated to Gonarezhou National Park and
BORROWDALE Patrick has come back to meet Richard, one of the
BROOKE rangers he trained to care for Gonarezhou’s new res-
idents. “They taught me everything, including how
30 SEPTEMBER 2022 to tell the difference between a black and white rhi-
no spoor,” Richard says. “I’m grateful for the knowl-
edge they gave me.”
A rhino in Malilangwe conservancy.
Despite a decline in the annual poaching toll
over recent years, the global rhino population
still fell a further 3.7 per cent last year. Foreign
Correspondent: Kyle Jira
Together they head into the park’s 700 square
kilometre “intensive protection zone”, or IPZ, a
fenced area within Gonarezhou where the rhinos
are being kept. After a few hours spent tracking,
we catch a glimpse of a rhino calf born inside the
park, one of five new births since the rhinos were
moved here. It’s an encouraging sign the rhinos
are comfortable in their new home. “It makes me
feel good and happy because I now know that
these guys are taking care of the rhinos,” Patrick
says. “They’re not abandoning them, they’re do-
ing a great job.”
It’s wondrous, but fragile. Everyone involved in
getting rhinos back into Gonarezhou knows the
years, indeed decades, of work could be swiftly
wiped out by poachers. “So far it’s been a suc-
cess,” says Sarah. “It’s a sign we’re winning the
war on poaching. It’s scary though, you can say
that today and tomorrow it’s something else.”
Sarah knows it’s only through continued vigi-
lance and hard conservation work that rhinos will
still be here for her grandkids to enjoy. “It would
be a great tragedy that something like this was
lost over time,” she says. “I’m certainly going to
make every effort we can to make sure that it’s
not lost.”

— Abc

INTERVIEW October 5 to 11 2022 Weekly Digest 16

Dr Chaii: I’m living agine Zimbabweans with their dancehall.
my dream in LA I remember just watching him and then I
Zimbabwe-born song writer
and producer Dr Chaii has spo- You know a lot of the lyrics didn’t have, dream and this and that, and so that one is was talking to my brother saying wow, you
ken of his joy after realising his there’s no profanity in the lyrics, it was just very special because even for us growing up, know one day it would be great to work
dream to produce a hit song for you know about dancing and there’s a part at least to my age we didn’t really see a Spi- with these people and he looked at me
Jamaican mega dancehall star in the song that goes hey mama, hey mama der-Man that looked like us or a superhero and he said you know one day you will work
Sean Paul. and so when we wrote it we wrote it kind of that looked like us so to even be a part of with these people.
you know, what we do back home with the that narrative or even be in that conversa-
Dr Chaii, a Los Angeles-based Grammy chanting or something, but when the Latin tion, or help in your little way to push some- You know, you look at each other and
Awards nominee, told Alpha Media Hold- people heard it they thought this is ours too thing like that forward, was really special so you’re just dreaming, you’re fantasising
ings chairman Trevor Ncube on the plat- because we also say, hey mama. that one was a really great moment. about things, and maybe less than a year
form In Conversation with Trevor, a year later I managed to produce this song for
after he told his brother during a Sean It ended up becoming by mistake some- TN: Well done, very proud of you. Sean Paul.
Paul concert in Harare that he wanted to thing that a lot of people managed to re- DC: Thank you.
do a song for him, he was already working late to. TN: Some of your credits Dr Chaii include I remember when I heard the news just
with the artist. Jason Derulo, I mean I love Jason Derulo. breaking down in tears because I just re-
Africans said this is ours, and Latin peo- Trumpets. membered that moment and I remember
He spoke at length about how he made ple said this is ours and it just took on a life DC: You do? how special that one was to me and so you
it from Zimbabwe and continues living his of its own. TN: My favourite from Chris Brown is know every single song is special for dif-
dream in America. Back to Sleep. ferent reasons in its own ways and every
TN: Tell me about when you heard the My favourite from Pitbull is Pitbull and morning you wake up and you don’t take
TN: Dr Chaii welcome to welcome to In news that it had been nominated for a Neyo. Then Sean Paul, Nicki Minaj, Maroon it for granted to have these opportunities.
Conversation With Trevor. Grammy what was your response like? 5.
I love Maroon 5, particularly Moves Like So it has been incredible.
DC: Thank you for having me, I am very DC: Trevor it’s one of those things where Jagger. Talk to me about all those guys TN: So how did you actually get the
happy to be here. I think as a child you have all these dreams and what it means like to be working with Sean Paul deal? Describe to us how these
of you know. them Dr Chaii? things happen?
TN: Tell me how long have you been DC: It is one of those things that it doesn’t DC: So you know with music it is inter-
away from Zimbabwe? That’s one of the things that goes on your really get old. esting because every single situation hap-
vision board if you desire to be a musician I think everyday you wake up and you pens differently, but for that one it was a
DC: Too long! Everyday feels like a day too or producer you say one day I really love to pinch yourself and you say wow, is this real- beat that I had made.
long, but I left in...I think I finished my high be nominated for a Grammy and I think you ly happening? So a beat is where it would be everything
school in 2009 at St George’s College. work so hard and you do all these things TN: Let me remind you, you are a young without to anyone who doesn’t really know
and you never make something with the in- man from Zimbabwe and you’re working how it works.
Then I went over to university in Eng- tention of being nominated. with that you’re working with these guys, Imagine the song without the vocals or
land for three to four years, but I would be Nicki Minaj, Sean Paul… the singing, so it’s just the beat and so I had
coming home you know like you do for the So when it eventually does happen it’s Come on man talk to me about this been working on beats, it was early in my
summers and for the holidays and that sort such an emotional moment because it’s stuff ? time in LA and you just be putting togeth-
of thing. also one of those things you can call home DC: I love that you said let’s just go back er beats.
to mummy and daddy and say we got again! So what you do is you’d send them
Then I made the move to LA in 2014. So nominated! TN: I think you’re not getting something around speculatively to people and you
yeah it’s been some time now. here hahahaha. just hope something sticks, maybe some-
TN: Hahahahaha. DC: I love that! It is shocking every time, thing happens and nine times out of 10
TN: I’m very excited to be talking to you. DC: You know when you’re making mu- and it is one of those things that never get maybe you don’t get an email back, but
I mean you are making waves and mak- sic you know it’s such an elusive intangible old. you just know you’re trying to operate in
ing us very proud in LA as far as music is thing that you don’t always get those mo- So every time something happens it is faith as much as you can just cold email-
concerned. ments to call home and say I know this is just like you wake up and it feels like the first ing people.
So first of all, you have been nominated happening like this, or this is going on. time and every time because these are a lot I remember something funny happened
twice for Grammy Awards, producer and It is very intangible, so when you get of artists that I grew up listening to and grew when I was just on the couch working and
writer? nominated for a Grammy it’s so emotion- up looking up to. it was the Twitter days and this producer
That must be amazing? Congratula- al because it feels like an award not just for I remember my first song I ever produced that I really looked up to and I still do called
tions, that must be amazing. you, but it’s for the parents that support- for an artist was a song called No Lie for Sunstar just tweeted his email address and
So talk to me about the first Grammy ed you, especially my parents have always Sean Paul and Dua Lipa. I happened to see within maybe 10-15 sec-
nomination. What was that for? been incredibly supportive and so it feels Funny story, just a few months prior to onds of him tweeting and I said let me just
DC: The first Grammy nomination was like a massive milestone. that I had gone to a Sean Paul concert with send this guy some music.
for a song called Hey Ma that I produced It is emotional and you’re excited but it my brother actually, and it was the concert So I sent him some beats and 10 minutes
with fellow Zimbabwean Mashy Bantu, does give you a sense of you know you’re when Sean Paul came to Zimbabwe. later he responded “I love these, these are
and it was a song for The Fast and Furious here to achieve something greater and you I can’t remember, which stadium he went brilliant!” I said this is wonderful and he said
soundtrack with J Balvin, Camila Cabell and have an opportunity and a special oppor- to and I just remember it was Sean Paul and just keep sending me things.
Pitbull. tunity to push culture forward and to be a Akon. And me and my brother went and my  “In Conversation With Trevor” is
It was a song that we had originally made, representative and so it’s something that’s parents were saying you guys it is going to a weekly show broadcast on YouTube.
actually it was inspired by an Afrobeat song exciting but it’s also something that I don’t be late so do not be late and it was a whole com//InConversationWithTrevor. Please
and we thought, you know, it would be cool take very lightly. thing. get your free YouTube subscription to this
now that Afro has started to come in to do So it was a very emotional experience for I just remember saying to my brother we channel. The conversations are sponsored
something with some marimba and some me and very blessed to be able to have that. have to go to watch Sean Paul and eventu- by Nyaradzo Group.
v-runs and something like that. TN: I am blessed to be talking to you. ally we made it, we bought our tickets we
So as music tends to go the people that I mean a young man who’s done a song went there and we were just sitting there.
liked the song that we wrote were these that has featured, that has been that is We had the best time just as you can im-
massive artists in the Latin community, so excited people.
the song went from being this Afro idea to I mean am I blessed or what? We are so
sort of evolving and going through the cre- proud of you.
ative process and becoming a reggaeton Then the second Grammy nomination?
song and you know when we made it we Talk to me about that Dr Chaii?
just thought okay we’re making a song that DC: The second one was for a song called
we love and it’s a song that we’re excited Familia.
about, but we had no idea that it would end This one was for the Spider-Man
up getting nominated for a Latin Grammy soundtrack, and I also did this one with
or you know going on becoming a radio Bantu who I grew up with back home too.
song or that sort of thing. This one is interesting because, again it
So that one is a really special one, be- was a song that ended up having a massive
cause it kind of really showed me that even Latin artist on it, and I just said I don’t know
your smallest of ideas or even those small what it is about Africans and Latinos, may-
dreams or the small kind of moments can be we get along maybe, we like the same
really turn into something magical you things, we just can’t escape these guys.
know if it’s wooded the right way. That one is a really special one because it
TN: Tell me, what is it about that song do was for the Spider-Man movie, but the Spi-
you think made it so popular with so many der-Man movie that it ended up in was the
people? new animation Spider-Man and it was the
As you were making it, and when you first black Latino Spider-Man.
look back now what is it about that song? So culturally speaking it was a really spe-
What did you put in there that made cial one to be a part of because it was the
everybody love it? That special sauce? first time a lot of people of culture were able
DC: Hahahaha. A special sauce? The truth to have a superhero portrayed in their im-
is I think I’m really big on the message of age, and the song was used in like a scene
joy and having a good time and enjoyment where the kid is growing up and he has his
and I think that a lot of music either you
know there have its purposes.
Maybe you feel sad, maybe you’re going
through a breakup or maybe it’s mellow.
That one we managed to successfully
capture the essence of joy in the beat, it’s
upbeat, it has Afro-influences, it has Latin
influences, and I think it was one of the few
songs at the time that managed to just be
a song about a really good time and also
feel that way.

OPINION October 5 to 11 2022 Weekly Digest 17

Zim’s treasure trove of lost
radical art on display in Harare

Alost treasure trove of paintings from the
1940s are being exhibited in Zimbabwe
for the first time in 70 years.
The exhibition features the works of stu-
dents at Cyrene Mission near Bulawayo,
including the one above by Barnabus Chiponza, en-
titled How Beautiful Is Night.

It was the first mission school to offer art as a sub-
ject to young black students at a time when the
country was divided along racial lines under coloni-
al rule.

Untitled artwork by Moses Johuma, date un-
knownImage source, The Curtain Foundation

The paintings toured Europe and the US from 1947
until 1953 and were then lost in storage at a church
in London. In 1978 they were discovered and later
bought by a private collector in the UK.

Now Zimbabweans are able to see The Stars Are
Bright exhibition for themselves at the National Gal-
lery in the capital, Harare.

Tree Flowers by William Nyati (1945)Image source,
The Curtain Foundation

Students were encouraged to paint through their
own eyes, rather than to imitate European art, and
to connect with their landscapes and reimagine lo-
cal myths and Biblical narratives as they saw them.

It was a revolutionary concept at the time - when
the country was called Southern Rhodesia, after Brit-
ish colonialist Cecil Rhodes, and was under the con-
trol of a white minority, with laws that discriminated
against black people.

"These pictures speak of hope, they speak of life,
they even speak of the future," said Voti Thebe, an ex-
pert in Cyrene Mission art.

"This was 40 years before the country's independ-
ence, and there was no segregation at Cyrene Mis-
sion."

The Death Of Ananias & Sapphira by Samuel Son-
go (1947)Image source, The Curtain Foundation

The students were encouraged to fill the whole
canvas with broad brushwork and translate Western
Christian themes into distinctive African imagery.

The painting above by Samuel Songo interprets
the Bible story of Ananias and Saphira - a couple
who died after lying to God when they claimed to
have given all the money from the sale of some land
to the church, when they had kept some of it for
themselves.

Samuel Songo (R) and Canon Ned Paterson (M)
at Cyrene Mission SchoolImage source, The Curtain
Foundation

Scottish clergyman Canon Ned Paterson estab-
lished the Mission School at Cyrene in 1939.

He had studied art in London thanks to an army
scholarship - and went on to include art in the curric-
ulum at Cyrene from its inception.

Many of the students had disabilities - above Pat-
erson is pictured with Songo, a quadriplegic who
went on to teach art for many years.

The Stars Are Bright by Stanley Musa Nyahwa
(1945)Image source, The Curtain Foundation

Cyrene Mission went on to produce many black
artists, scholars, teachers and practitioners.

Students outside at the Cyrene Mission in Zimba-
bwe - archive shotImage source, The Curtain Foun-
dation

These included Adomech Moyo, who became
the first African teacher of occupational therapy in
southern Africa.

While William Mariwi became a highly praised art-
ist of religious iconography and Richard Rachidi the
first qualified black art teacher in his home country,
Malawi.

Livingstone Sango painting the chapel murals at
Cyrene Mission in the 1940sImage source, The Cur-
tain Foundation

Livingstone Sango, seen above painting a mural
at Cyrene Mission in the 1940s, became a prominent
taxidermist with the National Museum in Bulawayo.

The chapel at Cyrene Mission near Bulawayo is still
open, but undergoing some restoration.

Broadcaster Leander Kandiero, the son of artist
Caxton Kandiero, said it was amazing to see the ex-
hibition and explained how Cyrene Mission changed
his father's life when he started there aged nine.

"He would get into trouble with his teacher be-
cause he liked to draw rather than write, so his par-
ents sent him to Cyrene Mission, and he learnt taxi-
dermy there as well as painting."

The outside wall of the chapel has images of black
angels. "It's a very special place to go, you could
spend the whole day there admiring the creativity of
those young artists," said Mr Thebe.

Murals above the altar at the Cyrene Mission
Chapel, 2022Image source, The Curtain Foundation

— BBC

COLUMN October 5 to 11 2022 Weekly Digest 18

They keep scoring The circus goes
own goals to America
AMy Dear People
fter a week of living large in New So shamed Duggish has been drawing As the nation this week once again celebrated This week saw the arrest of Mike Chimombe,
York, Launchmore and his big thousands of litres of fuel from government massive power cuts, the result of growing eco- whose entrepreneurship is so widely respect-
delegation returned home last departments in order for him to do Zanu PF nomic activity, Muckraker went back to read ed that nobody knows what he actually does.
week aboard the luxurious Boe- work. the Zanu PF manifesto from the last alleged He and a few fellow hard workers are ac-
ing 767 -2 DX that is operated by election. cused of selling a residential stand to Bri-
a Swiss company. A Local Government ministry memo that The country would be producing over 2 an Marungamise, even though the land be-
was obviously leaked by members of one 500MW by the time the next supposed elec- longed to someone else.
We are told it costs US$30 000 of taxpay- of the many Zanu PF factions showed that tion happens, we were promised. This includ- “It is alleged that Marungamise paid US$16
ers’ money per hour to fly in that plane. Duggish was given 6 200 litres of fuel to at- ed solar projects and so forth. This must be go- 900 to the trio, but when he wanted to devel-
tend activities that included the installation ing well, since we also saw this week our finest op the property, someone came and claimed
Ironically on the day, Launchmore and Dr of chiefs. solar investor, Wicknell Chivayo, bragging after ownership ofthe land. In a bid to give Marunga-
Amai II landed back home Zimbabwe had buying himself another luxury car. mise a stand worth what he had paid, the ac-
suffered an hour-long electricity blackout This is the same Kembo who resigned Zanu PF also told us that investors would cused allegedly allocated him another resi-
because Zesa did not have enough money in shame in March 2020 after a huge sex- come in to produce “solar, hydro, wind and bi- dential stand in Waterfalls before it was again
for power imports. scandal. ogas”. Well claimed
, in terms Tidbits by another
Talk of misplaced priorities. It is now apparent that the resignation of wind en- person.”
Launchmore and his wife were accom- was just a show to deflect attention from ergy, so far
panied by tens of security aides and hang- the scandal as he still enjoys the benefits he so good. A Why
ers on, who we are told included one Jus- had while he was VP. lot of hot anyone
tice Mayor Wadyajena, a Zanu PF MP cur- would be
rently on trial for allegedly pilfering millions Launchmore even sent him to Japan for arrest-
of money from Cottco to finance his expen- the burial of that country’s former Prime air contin- ed for this
sive lifestyle. Minister Shinzo Abe. ues to be standard
That Launchmore had no problems flying churned Twitter: @MuckrakerZim working
all the way to New York with a man facing The whole episode shows that the so- out from
such serious charges must tell you some- called new dispensation is a gigantic fraud. govern- procedure
thing about the calibre of your leaders. ment offices. As for biogas, which is creating is beyond us
The trip of shame further exposed the lie I was happy though to read that the Jap- energy from compost, there is a lot of rotting Selling stands to multiple people and
that Gushungo was put under house arrest anese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was material at Zanu PF headquarters that can be spending the money at the club is what is
that November because Generari Khedah candid about the problems afflicting Zim- useful. known as entrepreneurship in Zanu PF. No
and his boys wanted to deal with criminals babwe today. Zanu PF also promised that it “will ensure the wonder he quickly got bail.
around the president. provision of electricity to all rural areas in order Chimombe may have recently fallen out with
The real criminals are those that stole Kishida told Duggish that he “expect- to bring development to all corners of Zimba- his mentor, the “flamboyant businessman”, but
millions of dollars meant for poor cotton ed presidential elections scheduled for bwe”. Well, clearly that was a typo in the man- no doubt he learnt a lot from the master.
farmers, not my hardworking G40 boys as next year will be concluded peacefully and ifesto. What our revolutionary party meant to Meeting of sleepers
you were made to believe. that democratisation will make further pro- say was that we would bring rural areas to all Muckraker was left puzzled this week af-
While her husband was delivering a dour gress.” corners of Zimbabwe. ter Cabinet Secretary Misheck Sibanda wrote
speech at the 77th session of UNGA, which a letter to ministers telling them of the post-
never came close to those rousing address- That was a diplomatic way of telling the More investors
es that you now fondly remember Baba for, Lacoste gangsters that not everyone be- Following a successful annual retreat in New ponement of their weekly snooze-fest, the
Dr Amai II was busy trying to build her own lieves their lies that there is a new dispensa- York, where African leaders fly on luxury jets Cabinet meeting.
profile as a philanthropist. tion in Zimbabwe. to go plead poverty, the country’s owner re- He wrote: “The Chief Secretary to the Presi-
Poor journalists from the Horrid ran out turned with good news this week. dent and Cabinet would like to advise Cabinet
of superlatives in trying to describe her ex- Under Launchmore, Zimbabwe is increas- The country will soon be overrun by Ameri- members that the next Cabinet meeting will
ploits there and it was clear they were un- ingly becoming an old fashioned dictator- can investors, he told the nation. be held on Thursday, 29th September 2022
der strict instructions on how to package ship. “The group of investors, they were really big at the same venue. All members are required
the stories. boys in the American economy, most of them to undertake the necessary preparatory pro-
We are told she has a dedicated team of The conviction of internationally ac- are very anxious to come to Zimbabwe and in- cesses ahead of the Meeting and be seated by
journalists, drivers and photographers em- claimed author Tsitsi Dangarembga and vest. They run various funds and the biggest 13.45 hours.”
ployed by the Horrid whose job is to follow activist Julie Barnes for merely calling for an fund was a Mr Davies who runs a US$222 bil- The nation will not be surprised if, next time,
her all over the place. end to corruption and persecution of jour- lion fund at his disposal which he wants to he uses other methods of sending messag-
Despite her limited knowledge of jour- nalists showed the regime’s propensity to come to Zimbabwe with and invest,” President es, such as beating drums, sending courier
nalism, she is the one who chooses pic- score own goals. Mnangagwa told reporters in his traditional pigeons, or even sending out smoke signals
tures that accompany her stories and airport interview. from the top of Munhumutapa Building.
crafts the headlines. Dangarembga’s persecution in particular The news was met with massive celebra- No wonder why archeologists are rushing to
She has made the page two of the Prav- drew world attention to the sorry state of tions across the land. Zimbabwe from all around the world to find
da her own. You may say whatever you Zimbabwe’s judiciary system. Finally, after many similar promises of billions fossils.
want, but I never scaled those heights dur- in investment over the past five years, we will Troubled party
ing my hey days. Organisations such as Pen Internation- now have billions in investment. Talking of fossils from prehistoric times,
In fact, it would be tragic if she believes al and Amnesty International issued state- Didymus Mutasa was in the news this week,
that propaganda. ments expressing shock at the outcome of
Zimbabweans are an enlightened lot the court case.
and they see through the street theatre.
After that fiasco, you will still find the La-
coste gangsters dolling out millions of dol-
lars to international PR companies to clean
up the image of the country.

It is painful to imagine that tanks had to
be rolled out on the streets and people lost
their lives in order for Lacoste to give us
such leadership. What a shame!

Munopengaaaaa!
Gushungo Chete Chete!
Dr Amai Stop it! PhD (Fake)

This time it's for real.
More importantly, all along, in fact as far obviously much to his delight. The man was
back as just last week, we were told that we once untouchable, before thankfully he was
were under sanctions. sent out to waste away far from the feeding
Now that American companies are jamming trough. He has now emerged to warn his party
our borders rushing in to invest, it is clear that that it risks losing elections.
sanctions have finally been lifted. We didn’t “I am not talking about Manicaland prov-
pay those American lobbyists for nothing af- ince, but the whole country. The party is in
ter all. trouble, leaders in the party should work hard
— hear me correctly, I am saying all the lead-
Show time
Meanwhile, still in New York, the nation was ers,” Mutasa said.
informed this week that the entire American Given his record, what Mutasa means by
city had come to a standstill in honour of our “working hard” means a lot different from
owner’s owner, the First Lady. what it does to ordinary plebeians. To him, it
According to the Herald, which we all know may or not mean a few disappearances here
only reports the truth: “Lady Dr Auxillia Mnan- and there, and more than a few burnt huts,
gagwa on Thursday shone like a beacon as the preferably with children in them.
only First Lady to be invited to the exclusive CCC, Zanu PF = 6 and 9
Met Gala Cocktail by the Mayor of New York, At the weekend, a senior member of the
Eric Adams, in recognition of her philanthrop- opposition Citizens Coalition for Change par-
ic works that have captured the world’s imag- ty posted pictures of himself and other party
ination.” members busy at work in a pfumvudza plot.
The Herald explained further, saying: “The “We continue to help underprivileged mem-
invitation was a great honour and a first-of-its- bers of our village communities in Mhondoro
kind for Zimbabwe, as no First Lady had ever Mubaira and Mhondoro Ngezi. We are also of-
been invited to the exclusive event since the fering technical assistance to increase the yield
attainment of Independence in 1980.” per ha from the average 0,5 tonnes per ha to
Well, detractors will be quick to mention to 10 tonnes per ha,” the post said.
the excited Herald reporter that this was not Of course, keyboard cyber warriors howled
the Met Gala. The real Met Gala – held each in protest, accusing CCC officials of acting
year at the Metropolitan Museum in Manhat- like Zanu PF. Zanu PF supporters mocked the
tan – was in fact held in May. But this means move, saying it validates their policies. Well, let
that the Herald is right to describe it as a “first us be fair. Opposition councilors and MPs al-
of its kind” invitation. As far as we know, this ready share a love for stands and fat allowanc-
is the first time a First Lady has attended an es with Zanu PF colleagues.
event that already happened. What’s new about stealing ideas from each
other?
Catch and release

AFRICA October 5 to 11 2022 Weekly Digest 19

Cost of living: Choosing between
bread and phone data in S Africa

It is cold and dark when 53-year-old factory 7.4 percent in June to 7.8 percent in July, can control” such as the price of house- ‘By the grace of God’
worker Letta Nkabinde leaves her home in Ivo- the highest rise in 13 years according to hold electricity. Letta had a difficult childhood. She was
ry Park at 5am to begin her hour-long com- Stats SA, the government’s department of born during apartheid in what is now Mpu-
mute to work. statistics. The largest contributors to food In South Africa, government municipali- malanga province, to the east of Johannes-
She tucks her handbag beneath her coat to inflation, according to the report, are “oils ties are largely responsible for distributing burg. Raised by a working single mother, she
keep it hidden from the thieves who are known to and fats, electricity, fuel, and bread and electricity to households after acquiring remembers moving from one home to an-
lurk in this working-class Johannesburg neighbour- cereals”. it from Eskom, the country’s power utili- other, staying with “many families” until her
hood, waiting for targets, before walking 10-15 min- ty. The tariffs Eskom charges municipali- mother got a house in an informal settlement
utes to the nearby taxi stand to catch a 16-seater In June, South African President Cyr- ties are a significant factor in the cost of in Johannesburg, but then being forced back
minibus to the wealthy area where she works in a il Ramaphosa acknowledged the unbear- electricity, according to the most recent to the rural areas when they lost that home.
factory that manufactures cosmetics. able cost of living in his newsletter, stating, research conducted by Stats SA. “I’d say that I grew up like an orphan. I did
“the most basic foodstuffs cost more now not have a proper family so really I grew by
“The morning shift starts at 6am sharp, so I have than a year ago.” The report also claims that since the in- the grace of God,” says Letta.
to get up very early,” says Letta who is wearing a for- troduction of rolling national blackouts in She dropped out of school after the 12th
mal red jacket and crimson lipstick. “I know work- He further attributed the price increas- 2007, which resulted in a “loss of economic grade and started working the same year
ers that wake up at 3am every day to get to work on es, particularly those for fuel and food, to output” of roughly 500 million rand (about at just 18 years old. The idea that “when you
time because they have to walk a longer distance to the continuing conflict between Russia $28m) per blackout every day in 2020 and are a woman, you must fend for yourself be-
reach taxis. It’s very difficult.” and Ukraine and claimed that these devel- is thought to be a contributing factor in cause no one will fend for you,” has always
opments “are the result of circumstances the loss of more than one million job op- been ingrained in her, which forced her to
South Africa is the most unequal country in the over which we have little control.” portunities, electricity rates have risen dra- mature quickly. “I struggled to find a job af-
world, according to the World Bank, which in a re- matically. ter I left high school, so I started a small busi-
cent report highlighted how the historically unequal Since South Africa trades with both Rus- ness. I would sell potatoes, oranges, mielies,
distribution of land “undermines rural development sia and Ukraine, the human cost of the “I now spend about 500 rand ($28) on on some days and then find piece jobs like
and entrepreneurship” and leaves Black South Af- conflict is being felt by the general popu- electricity every month, half of that used to babysitting, at the same time,” she says.
ricans, women-headed households, and unem- lace. The deputy minister of finance, David be enough for me and my family,” says Let- It wasn’t until she was 28 years old that she
ployed people with the highest rates of poverty and Masondo, told a parliamentary commit- ta. “They tell you to save electricity consump- managed to get a steady job – working in the
income inequality. tee in March that, “much of what has been tion, but as much as we can try to lessen the factory where she still works today, after al-
affected is wheat, maize, and oil supplies. amount of electricity we use in our homes, it most a decade of experiencing income inse-
Letta’s community in Ivory Park, a densely pop- The increase in [the] price of these house- doesn’t work,” she emphatically explains. “We curity as an informal worker.
ulated area where nearly 98 percent of the resi- hold staples has added to inflation and re- turn off the television when we go to sleep,
dents are Black, is one of the poorest in South Afri- duced the disposal income of consumers”. we even turn off the fridge when we go to — Aljazeera
ca. Nearly 30 years after the end of apartheid, poor- sleep to try and save but you’ll wake up the
er communities continue to live with the harsh re- But Letta believes the government next morning and find less units.”
ality of segregated spatial dynamics, which began could be “doing more on issues that they
when apartheid-era laws forced different races to
live in different areas, relegating people of colour –
especially Black people – to those furthest from the
urban centres where they could find employment.

The roads surrounding Ivory Park’s modest
homes and corrugated informal dwellings are un-
paved; some of them have potholes that have filled
with water and sewage, and taxis refuse to pick up
commuters from their streets to avoid tire damage.

But Letta does not mind the daily walk from home
to reach a minibus taxi, she says, despite the threat
of bad weather and crime. “That’s not the worst of it
for me, the bigger problem is that public transport
has become unaffordable.”

In previous years, the single mother of three used
to budget about 900 rand ($51) for transportation
every month; she now spends 1,200 rand ($68) per
month and worries that the cost will only rise.

“Taxis are always increasing because of the rising
cost of fuel. Towards month-end, you are struggling
to go to work because you don’t have money for
transport,” she explains.

Letta Nkabinde
Letta attended a nationwide demonstration
against the rising cost of living in August [Courtesy
of Letta Nkabinde]
‘Rising cost of living’
Letta works as a production line operator for a
global cosmetics manufacturing brand based in
the affluent area of Midrand, about 10km (6.2 miles)
from Ivory Park. She has spent 25 years working dai-
ly eight-hour shifts at the same factory and earns
70.83 rand ($4) per hour. Her net monthly income
is 17,000 rand ($959) but she takes home approxi-
mately 13,000 rand ($733) per month after tax de-
ductions. Although this is better than the minimum
wage in South Africa (23.19 rand or just more than
$1 per hour), she says it “is barely enough to get by”.
The rising cost of goods and services has had
a particularly harsh impact on workers like Letta,
whose salary has remained stagnant for years.
“Companies don’t want to talk about wage in-
creases any more, they just tell you about COVID
and its impact,” she says, “As a worker, especially as
a single parent, and a woman, it makes life very dif-
ficult.” Letta supports her thee children – aged 30,
21 and 12 – as the family’s main breadwinner. Her
two adult children live at home with her while they
study and look for employment in South Africa’s
dwindling job market. Her youngest daughter, she
says with beaming pride, “is smart, she is not like
children her age who demand ridiculous things be-
cause of what their friends have, she understands
that as a single parent, I give them my best, and
what I don’t offer them is beyond control”.
“It is difficult to take care of yourself and your chil-
dren these days. We really can’t afford comfort any
more, we are down to basics, and you must make
tough choices,” says Letta, with a concerned expres-
sion. “Think about the current food inflation price,
these days you have to choose between bread and
things like [mobile phone] data or entertainment.”
The annual rate of consumer inflation grew from

AFRICA October 5 to 11 2022 Weekly Digest 20

The real encouraged to “pro- ing station must post toral officials refused to ing party began to panic as the scale of their defeat
winners tect their vote”. “Vote and the voting summaries on post the results as re- was made clear in the hours after the vote. In a bizarre,
sit”, the UNITA leader ex- their door. This rule hadn’t quired and, in some cas- hastily arranged press conference held in front of a vir-
of plained. “Make sure that been enforced in the pre- es, destroyed voting tually empty room, the National Electoral Commission
Angola’s your vote is counted in vious elections, but this summaries. president announced the first preliminary results: with
election each polling station.” By time, the youth insisted. 33% of the vote counted, MPLA held a 30-point lead
law in Angola, each poll- Nonetheless, many elec- In Luanda, where the over UNITA. No other details were given. Social media
As the National Electoral Commission pro- MPLA lost heavily, the rul- erupted. A couple of days later, perhaps owing to pub-
claimed the incumbent MPLA the winners lic pressure, the count was amended: suddenly, MPLA’s
of the 24 August elections, the streets of the majority was much slimmer, leading with 51% to UNI-
capital Luanda were quiet. The ruling par- TA’s 44%. These results were eventually made official.
ty leaders posed for awkward photos and
flashed victory signs, seemingly aware of how deeply UNITA contested the results. But as expected, the
unpopular they are. But around Angola, no one really Constitutional Court, packed with MPLA loyalists, dis-
cheered. Half the country seethed. missed their concerns. The judges proved once again
that Angola’s institutions are weak and unreliable,
These were by far the closest elections in Angola’s prone to political manoeuvrings. To a generation that
history – the MPLA officially winning 51% to the oppo- had harboured even faint hopes that Angola’s judicial
sition UNITA’s 44% – but they were also the most con- system could put itself above party politics, this was a
sequential for another reason. Although the MPLA was devastating blow.
declared the winner by the partisan institutions they
themselves control – namely the Electoral Commission On 15 September, President Lourenço will be sworn
and the Constitutional Court (which bizarrely doubles in as Angola’s president once again, but he will do so
as the Electoral Court) – the real victors were Angola’s as an unpopular head of state presiding over an elec-
civil society and their youth. Never have I witnessed torate that, for the most part, see him as illegitimate.
such vigour, sense of history, and organisation among About half the country voted against him, as shown
Angola’s electorate. Many started participating in the by parallel counts done by both UNITA and Movimen-
election months before a single vote had been cast to Cívico Mudei. Lourenço may stay as president, but
and continued to do so weeks after the results were nothing will be as it was. Civil society will be even more
made official. engaged than before. Many are even forcefully calling
for UNITA not to take their seats in parliament.
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graphic change accelerated. People moved from the
countryside to the cities in search of work and better
living conditions, and found neither. At the same time,
a generation saw transformational oil wealth evaporate
before their eyes into offshore bank accounts, yachts,
and houses in Portugal. The MPLA’s legendary corrup-
tion, among the worst in the world, showed itself to be
boundless. And instead of addressing pressing issues
like providing half-decent healthcare or basic educa-
tion, the government used repression indiscriminately
as the state securitised itself more and more.

By the time the 2017 elections rolled around, the
electorate had had enough. Even the MPLA sensed this
and removed President José Eduardo dos Santos from
the ballot after 38 years in power. In his place came his
comrade João Lourenço, who, after starting brightly
and gaining notable approval from civil society, failed
to keep any of his promises. He reverted to the same
undemocratic, authoritarian habits of his predecessor.

By the August 2022 elections, the electorate was
vastly different from a decade earlier. Over 70% of the
population was less than 30 years old had no mem-
ory of Angola’s destructive civil war. MPLA’s rhetoric,
steeped in revanchism and Cold War-speak, had lit-
tle resonance. Although discouraged officially, political
debate was rife in the streets and homes, and citizens
were engaged with the unfair electoral laws hastily ap-
proved in parliament. Discontent was at an all-time
high. The youth seized their moment. This February,
a civil society group called Movimento Cívico Mudei
began conducting monthly polls that showed UNITA
holding a ten-point lead. It made for such unsettling
reading that the government banned polls by decree
in July. But the damage had been done.

Weeks before the election, a movement began to
take shape: spearheaded by Costa Júnior, citizens were

OPINION October 5 to 11 2022 Weekly Digest 21

Nigeria dle East, has clamoured for the imple-
partnership mentation of the much talked about
reforms in African aviation by African
with governments over the past decades.
Ethiopian Air,
possibilities According to Alawadi: “The industry
does not require state bailouts. Relief
EBEN MABUNDA from rising statutory charges and taxes
on fuel and aviation would be far more
A FRICA'S most profitable air- effective. The release of blocked funds
line Ethiopian Air is set to is crucial, as is the guarantee of secure,
take up a controlling stake reliable, and efficient fuel supplies. Lift-
in Nigeria’s new flag carri- ing caps on foreign investment and eq-
er “Nigeria Air.” This as the uity in African airlines would also bring
new airline seeks to leverage the ex- much-needed liquidity.”
pertise and experience of Ethiopian
Airlines. “At an intra-Africa level, the biggest
and most achievable wins require all
Information released by Nigerian au- African governments to demonstrate
thorities reveals Ethiopian Airlines will their political will by removing the bar-
own a 49% stake in the new airline, riers to market entry and ensuring fair
while the Nigerian Sovereign Fund will and equal treatment for all carriers in
take 46%, and the Nigerian govern- each market. This is the basis for the Af-
ment the remaining 5%. rican Union’s Single Africa Air Transport
Market (SAATM).”
According to aviation minister Hadi
Sirikas; the airline will be launched Meanwhile, Kamil Alawadhi, IATA’s Regional Vice President, Africa & Mid- Eben Mabunda is an analyst and
with three Boeing 737-800 planes with TV anchor at Equity Axis, a leading
plans to own 30 jets and operate in- financial research firm in Zimbabwe.
ternational flights in two years. Backed — ebenm@equityaxis.net
by an initial investment of US$30 mil-
lion, Nigeria Air will commence flights ZIMBABWE Official Sponsor
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operations. Ethiopian Airlines, is the Oct
flag carrier of Ethiopia and is whol- 2022
ly owned by the country's govern-
ment. EAL was founded on December 0730 - 1100hrs
21 1945 and commenced operations
on April 8 1946, expanding to inter-
national flights in 1951. Stats released
by Ethiopian Investment Holdings this
September reveal that Ethiopian Air
posted $5 billion in revenue this fi-
nancial year, a 79% growth compared
to last year. Similarly, profit grew by
90%, reaching $937 million despite
the headwinds of the worsening glob-
al economic outlook, rising fuel costs,
and the global pandemic.

Meanwhile, four years ago, Zambia’s
Industrial Development Corporation
(IDC) and Ethiopian Airlines signed a
shareholder agreement that saw Ethi-
opia Airlines acquiring a 45% stake in
Zambia Airlines.

Ethiopian Airlines also owns 49% of
Guinea Airways, 100% of Ethiopia-Mo-
zambique Airlines, 49% of Chad Air-
lines and 49% of Air Malawi.

Notably, start-up Nigerian airlines
barely last 10 years due to a multitude
of factors that contribute to their col-
lapse within a short period, but chief
among these factors is a lack of corpo-
rate governance, and failure to com-
pete with international operators in
the domestic market. The Ethiopian
Airlines-led consortium could change
the bad precedence.

Elsewhere on the continent, Kenya
Airways, Egypt Air, Air Zimbabwe, and
others continue to swim in perennial
losses. This necessitates a shift in pol-
icy and approach; beckoning even the
adoption of the modus operandi of
Ethiopian Airlines.

The airline has traditionally been un-
shackled by government intervention,
even during times of much turbulence
and local conflict. It has remained
professionally run and managed. The
Ethiopian government reorganised the
airline as a fully owned aviation hold-
ing group in July 2017 to maximise ef-
ficiency, enhance customer service to
a global standard, and guarantee ease
of long-term planning.

RecoveryOPINION October 5 to 11 2022 Weekly Digest 22

eludes tourism
ATAFARA Mtutu
frican Sun Limited expensive for cross-border a travel warning for its Zim- as the US and eurozone have With the above in mind, we
released interim travellers. In addition, the re- babwe-bound citizens at the hinted that more rate hikes believe that the local tour-
results that were sumption of economic activity first whiff of election-related will be announced in the fu- ism sector’s recovery will falter
marked by a 17-per- in Zimbabwe and abroad also violence that will drive percep- ture until inflation is tamed, in the face of the mounting
centage point in- supported the improvement tions and, subsequently, traffic and this has fanned the fears headwinds in 2023. Despite
crease in the occupancy rate in disposable incomes and, in into the country even by non- of another global recession in the government’s effort to
to 41% compared to the first turn, leisure spend. In global US tourists. the coming months. support the sector, we opine
six months of 2021. The uptick markets, this has been associ- that a recovery back to pre-
also gives insight into the re- ated with revenge spending, Recession fears continue to The subsequent nega- Covid-19 levels will continue
covery of the tourism and hos- but no concrete evidence of grow after the US increased tive impact on global aggre- to elude the sector for at least
pitality sector of Zimbabwe this phenomenon has been interest rates for the fifth time gate demand will likely affect another two years. For inves-
considering that the sector documented in Zimbabwe. this year to a 3% - 3,25% range tourist arrivals. According to tors and investment managers
felt the brunt of the Covid-19 in a bid to contain inflation. Nguyen (2022), tourism in the who are mandated to maintain
pandemic globally. Howev- That said, we opine that the This has resulted in the US ASEAN region was found to be exposure in the sector, we rec-
er, whether the recovery will sector’s upbeat recovery will dollar’s strong appreciation very income elastic, such that ommend a switch from RTG to
maintain its pace is a question contend with the upcoming against many currencies and a $1 decline in disposable in- African Sun as the latter has
that continues to linger. elections and global recession many of the US trade partners come can result in as much as more upside potential than
fears. We reiterate that tour- such as China have bemoaned a $1,76 decline in tourism and the former.
In order to understand the ist arrivals into the country the choking import bill. Sev- leisure spend. Given Zimba-
state of the tourism and hos- slumped during several elec- eral economies have also in- bwe’s relatively lower attrac- Tafara Mtutu is a research an-
pitality sector we look back tion years between 2000 and creased interest rates, and this tiveness to ASEAN, we opine alyst at Morgan & Co Research.
four decades. When Zimba- 2020, and 2023 will likely be has slowed down the global that this income elasticity fac- — tafara@morganzim.com or
bwe achieved independence no exception to the trend. We economy’s post-Covid-19 re- tor will be much higher for the +263 774 795 854.
in 1980, the sector had been are likely to see the US issuing covery. Major economies such southern African country.
receiving roughly 260 000 ar-
rivals annually.

Traffic improved between
1985 and 2000, as numbers
increased from about 260,000
to about 2,2 million per year.
The numbers plateaued at
2,5 million arrivals shortly af-
ter the land reform in 2001
and became quite sensi-
tive to election runs between
2000 and 2011. The sector was
primed for yet another peri-
od of strong growth after the
GNU and move to the stable
US dollar between 2012 and
2018, but post-election vio-
lence and Covid-19 took the
sector back to 1987 levels by
the end of 2021.

In the last two decades,
tourist arrivals into Zimbabwe
have increasingly come from
the African continent. In 2001,
73% of tourist arrivals came
from different countries with-
in Africa and this has steadily
increased to 89% in 2021 in a
worrying revelation about the
withering allure of Zimbabwe
as a leisure destination to
overseas tourists.

However, with the worst of
Covid-19 behind Zimbabwe
and several countries, we have
seen the national hotel occu-
pancy rate bounce back. We
did a statistical inference ex-
ercise to ascertain the level of
tourist arrival in 2022 using
the very strong relationships
between national hotel oc-
cupancy levels, African Sun’s
occupancies and tourist arriv-
als. These relationships were
quantified using regression
analysis, and the results served
as the basis for our year-end
tourist arrivals forecast of 1,5
million. The forecast indicates
a recovery of 304% compared
to 2021 albeit below the coun-
try’s record of 2,6 million arriv-
als recorded in 2018.

We identify the ease in entry
requirements in Zimbabwe’s
ports of entry as well as a re-
covery of several economies
post-Covid-19 as support-
ing evidence for the forecast.
In March 2022, Zimbabwe
scrapped the mandatory PCR
requirement of a negative PCR
Covid-19 test certificate which
was more onerous than it was

SPORT October 5 to 11 2022 Weekly Digest 23

The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council joins the world in John Mikel
celebratingWorldTeachers day. Obi: Choosing
Teaching, a most noble profession, is a seless, sacricial job of great Chelsea over
importance. Teachers have produced leaders, scientists, artists,
linguists,artisans contributing towards the building of our economy United was
and nation. 'best decision
As ZIMSEC, we assess students after they have been taught by
teachers. Teachers are an integral part of our system as Zimsec and, of my life'
today we celebrate them and say
Former Nigeria captain John Mikel Obi says
Thank you, Siyabonga, Tinotenda. picking Chelsea over Manchester United in a
highly controversial transfer in 2006 was the
ZIMSEC Head Ofce: 1 Upper East Road, Mount Pleasant, Harare "best decision" of his career.
www.zimsec.co.zw | pr.infor@zimsec.co.zw The midfielder, who retired last week at the
age of 35, was the subject of a bitter dispute between
| 0242 302623/4 | WhatsApp: 0772148786 | 0773503858 the Red Devils and the Blues in 2005, before signing for
the latter the following year.

His decision to move to London, having initially
signed for the Manchester side from Norwegian club
Lyn Oslo, ultimately proved rewarding.

Mikel became one of the club's most decorat-
ed players, winning the Champions League, Europa
League, two Premier Leagues, two League Cups and
four FA Cups in an 11-year spell which ended when he
left Stamford Bridge in 2017.

"I don't regret any decision I made because I enjoyed
everything I achieved at Chelsea - it's the best decision
I have ever made in my life," Mikel told BBC Sport Africa.

"I signed a pre-contract for Manchester United when
I was 17. If you are a kid and you see Sir Alex Ferguson
right in front of you with the contract, of course you will
be tempted."

Having made plenty of previous running, Chelsea
were shocked when he signed for their rivals. His agent
John Shittu immediately travelled to Oslo to take the
player to London, while Lyn swiftly declared him miss-
ing.

The news was all over Norwegian TV, with erroneous
reports Mikel had been kidnapped.

"I acted as a young kid and as soon as Chelsea heard
the news, they came and got me out of Norway," re-
called the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations winner.

"That's when people started saying that I was kid-
napped. It wasn't a great moment for me then. I just
wanted to play football because I was so young."

The 35-year-old started his career as an attacking
midfielder and was undoubtedly one of the best in that
role at youth level.

He shot to limelight as a traditional number 10 be-
hind the strikers with Nigeria's Under-17 and Under-20
sides, helping the latter reach the final of the 2005 U20
World Cup.

Switching roles
After winning the Silver Ball at that tournament in the
Netherlands, Mikel completed his protracted switch to
Chelsea a year later. Blues Boss Jose Mourinho con-
verted the Nigerian into a holding midfielder - a role
he played throughout his stay at the West London club
but one which much to the disdain of football fans at
home. They watched Mikel thrive as an attacking mid-
fielder, with many critical of his new role at Chelsea, but
Mikel insists he had no issues with the switch to be-
coming a defensive player. "Mourinho decided that he
wanted me to play the defensive midfield position. At
the end of the day, he is the coach and made the deci-
sion," Mikel recalled.
"We discussed and he felt that because of the big
midfield players he had in his squad at Chelsea that I
should play the defensive midfield role.
"[Claude] Makelele was just finishing his career at
Chelsea, so Mourinho wanted me to take over from
Makelele."
Accomplished footballer
Mikel won 89 caps for Nigeria, played in two World
Cups and helped the West Africans win the 2013 Na-
tions Cup, before announcing his retirement from inter-
national football three years ago.
Winning the biggest trophies for club and country is
something that gives him satisfaction in a career that
started in Jos and took him to Norway and China via
England, Turkey and Kuwait.
"I always wanted to win the Champions League be-
cause it is the best football tournament in the world
apart from the World Cup," he added.
"To then win something with the national team was
great. As a kid watching the likes of Jay-Jay Okocha and
Kanu, I said I want to win something with the national
team."I am so happy to have managed to do that. I will
rank both of them top as my most cherished trophies."
Mikel was also one of Nigeria's three over-age play-
ers as the African side he was captaining won a bronze
medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

— BBC

October 5 to 11 2022 Weekly Digest 24

Rusere to officiateLangtonRusere
at T20 World Cup

ZBY MUNYARADZI MADZOKERE selected as last year’s tournament which was held in the Rusere made his own piece of history in 2018 when he
imbabwean cricket umpire Langton Rusere is set United Arab Emirates and Oman. became the first Zimbabwean cricket umpire to offici-
to officiate at his second consecutive ICC men’s ate in a final of a major international cricket tournament at
T20 World Cup after he was named among the “Chief Referee of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match the ICC Women’s World T20. In April last year, the 37-year-
20 match officials for the event to be hosted in Referees, Ranjan Madugalle, is part of a quartet of former in- old also became the first black African umpire to stand in a
Australia. ternational cricketers who make up the match referees for Test, alongside South Africa's Marais Erasmus,of the on-field
The 2022 Men’s T20 World Cup is scheduled to run from the eighth edition of the T20 World Cup. Sri Lankan Ma- when Zimbabwe hosted Pakistan in a red ball series at Ha-
October 16 to November 13 across five cities namely Ade- dugalle is joined by Andrew Pycroft of Zimbabwe, England’s rare Sports Club. The Masvingo-born official was named as
laide, Brisbane, Geelong, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Syd- Christopher Broad and Australian David Boon. one of the seventeen on-field umpires for the 2018 Under-19
ney. Cricket World Cup in 2018.
“Pycroft will take charge of the tournament opener in
It will be the sixth time that Rusere will be officiating at a Geelong on 16 October when Sri Lanka takes on Namibia in His career began in 2006 when he officiated in local na-
senior global T20 competition having been part of the ICC the First round with Joel Wilson and Rodney Tucker the um- tional league club competition before making his profes-
Women’s World T20 in 2018, and the Women’s T20 World pires in the middle. Paul Reiffel will act as the TV umpire with sional umpiring debut in the match between Northerns and
Cup in 2017, 2020 and 2022. Erasmus, occupying the role of the fourth umpire. Centrals in a provincial one-day competition in 2009.

Rusere was one of the as one of the 16 umpires to officiate “Erasmus, Tucker and Aleem Dar are all set to appear in Rusere’s first senior international assignment came during
at the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Oman and UAE last their seventh ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, with Langton Rusere India's visit to Zimbabwe in 2015 and since then he has been
year. ICC announced a list of 20 officials, 16 of them umpires umpiring in his second World Cup of the year having stood part of the ICC's International Panel.
and four match referees. in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022, including act-
ing as reserve umpire for the final. To date the Zimbabwean umpire has three Tests, 22 ODIs
Another Zimbabwean official Andy Pycroft is among the and 36 T20is under his belt.
officials and will be one of the four match referees. “Rusere will be the TV umpire in place when Australia
and New Zealand kick off the Super 12 round on 22 Octo- Match Officials at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022
“In total, 16 umpires will officiate across the tournament ber in Sydney. The match is a replay of the 2021 final and Match Referees: Andrew Pycroft, Christopher Broad,
with Richard Kettleborough, Nitin Menon, Kumara Dhar- Rusere will be joined by Adrian Holdstock and Dharmase- David Boon, Ranjan Madugalle
masena and Marais Erasmus having been the umpires in na (on-field) and Richard Illingworth (fourth umpire),” read Umpires: Adrian Holdstock, Aleem Dar, Ahsan Raza,
charge of the 2021 final which saw this year's hosts claim the statement. Christopher Brown, Christopher Gaffaney, Joel Wilson, Ku-
their first ICC Men’s T20 World Cup title,” ICC said in a state- mara Dharmasena, Langton Rusere, Marais Erasmus, Mi-
ment on Tuesday. Officials have been named for the entirety of the First chael Gough, Nitin Menon, Paul Reiffel, Paul Wilson, Rich-
Round and Super 12s, with the selections for the semi-finals ard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Rodney Tucker.
“It is an experienced group of umpires, with the same 16 and final of the tournament to be named in due course.