Tsvangirai attacked (Mugabe thugs attack opposition)

OPPOSITION Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, and other top party officials narrowly escaped serious injury in Mvurwi on Friday when about 200 Zanu PF militia attacked an MDC Mashonaland Central provincial assembly meeting.

Other top MDC officials who fled for their lives include the party’s national chairman, Isaac Matongo, deputy secretary-general Gift Chimanikire, national women’s organising secretary, Anna Chimanikire and legislator Fidelis Mhashu.

Tsvangirai and the other senior officials were not injured but several party supporters, who tried to protect them, were hurt.

Some are nursing broken arms and legs from the attack and have been admitted to a private hospital in Harare.

MDC secretary-general, Welshman Ncube, said the attack by Zanu PF militia was so vicious that it was designed to “injure, maim or kill someone”.

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Government secretly pleads with World Bank
By Savious Kwinika

BULAWAYO — Financially-crippled Zimbabwe, which is failing to service its US$280 million foreign debt to the World Bank, on Friday unsuccessfully begged the bank to resume assistance to Zimbabwe, especially in the agricultural sector where new farmers complain of lack of money and resources, The Standard has established.

Official sources said Joseph Made, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, unsuccessfully pleaded with the World Bank country director for Central Africa, Hartwig Schafer, for financial assistance to buy farm equipment and inputs for the new farmers.

Schafer was in Zimbabwe as a follow-up to a visit by the RBZ Governor Gideon Gono to the World Bank offices in Washington where he appraised the bank of his efforts to sort out the current financial crisis.

“He (Made) was begging the World Bank to assist the new farmers. Made said agriculture was the backbone of the economy of the country and without support from the World Bank it would not succeed,” said a source familiar with proceedings at the meeting.

...Made said agriculture was the backbone of the economy of the country and without support from the World Bank it would not succeed,” said a source familiar with proceedings at the meeting.

Gee, it seemed to do okay w/o WB money when the eevviill Rhodesian government was in power.

According to some reports the people have been told that food stocks are high and there is no need for loans from the World Bank or foreign aid or something... Cathy Buckle mentioned the radio ads every half-hour with new jingles from the electric company saying its all fine when nobody has power.

It sounds like a nightmare.

" Made said agriculture was the backbone of the economy of the country and without support from the World Bank it would not succeed,” said a source familiar with proceedings at the meeting."

I wonder how much 'aid' the white farmers got from the World Bank? (None, I expect.)

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