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Pupils around Bourne celebratede some fantastic GCSE results with particularly strong showings in English and maths.
Every pupil at Bourne Grammar passed both subjects while Bourne Academy saw a record 85 per cent of their students achieve grades A-C in English.
Bourne Grammar boasted its second best ever results, coming slightly below their record-breaking efforts from last year.
Across the 1,481 GCSE results from their 148 students, 25 per cent were awarded A* grades, 58 per cent A*-As and 83% A*-Bs.
And overall, 49 per cent of the pupils recorded five or more A*-As.
Among those to be celebrating their impressive results was Caleb Carver from Deeping, who earned 8A*s and 3As.
"I'm really happy with my results," he said. "It's nice to see all your hard work pay off.
"I don't know how I was feeling this morning, I was kind of like 'how have I done?'
"I definitely want to go to uni and would quite like to study law."
Amber Banerjee from Deeping achieved 9 A*s and 2 As.
"I was expecting a lot worse, I was very nervous," she said. "Now I'm ecstatic and I'm off to Cornwall this week as well."
James Bailey from Bourne had 3 A*s and 6 As when he opened up his results. He admitted that he was not expecting an A* in English.
"I'm going to go to sixth form here and then go on to uni but I have not thought far ahead," he said.
"I'm going to do as little as possible now before I have to do tons of work next year."
Emma Mizen had A*s in Maths, English Literature, Biology, Chemistry and Physics, on top of 4 As. She will now take on the sciences to A-Level as well as pyschology.
"I did quite well I think," she said. "I was really nervous this morning, but I'm quite relieved now. This is big. I'm going to go away and relax now."
Four pupils achieved an impressive clean sweep of 11 A* grades. They were: Anjuli Banerjee from Market Deeping, George Cooper of Deeping St James and Sarah Hill and Amber Oliver-Robinson from Bourne.
Over 85 per cent of the grades for both English language and literature were A*, A or B.
And in maths, the students performed so well that 97 per cent of all grades were A*-B.
Pupils also achieved a 100 per cent pass rate in biology, chemistry and physics.
Bourne Grammar School's headteacher Jonathan Maddox said: "It must have been difficult for the students awaiting their results when they heard in the news that results might go down this year, but any concerns vanished as they opened their envelopes.
"I congratulate all the students on their fantastic success."
Bourne Academy was also celebrating its results with 65 per cent achieving five or more GCSEs at grade C or above.
There was a double celebration for identical twins Shannan and Chelsey Tibbings who both got A*s in sociology. Shannan wants to do physiotherapy and Chelsey wants to be a paramedic.
"We are very pleased with our results, they are better than expected," said Chelsey.
Bourne resident Archie Gray said he was looking forward to going back to bed after finding out that he had an A in history as well as 6 Bs and a C.
"That was better than I expected," he said. "I don't know what I'll do yet but hopefully I'll go to uni."
Joe Roberts from Rippingale earned As in maths, geography and Spanish as well as 4 Bs and a C.
"I'm over the moon, I did not think I would get these results," he said.
"I hope to get into uni and study something business-wise and see where that takes me.
"I'm just going to relax now and be happy with what I've done."
Headteacher Laurence Reilly said he was delighted with the academy's results. "A record number of applicants for entry into our sixth form have achieved the entrance criteria of six GCSEs at grade C or above, which means that we will have more than 200 studying A-Levels and Btec Level 3 courses from September."
Charles Read Academy also had one of its best sets of exam results in recent history.
Results improved by 12 per cent on last year with 44 per cent of pupils achieving five A*-C grades, including in maths and English.
Acting principal Robert Sloan said: "We are delighted. What is particularly pleasing is that English and maths results have rocketed."
Among those celebrating were Ralph Shilcock and Sophie Garlick, who between them secured 5 A*s, 11 As and 6 Bs.
Sophie said: "I am so delighted. My results were better than I expected and I cannot wait to go on and study A-levels in maths, psychology and ICT next year."


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SABB wins "Best Private Banking Services" Award from Euromoney
SABB was named the winner of "Best Private Banking Services" award for the year 2014, which was offered by Euromoney magazine. The award was offered to SABB for the third consecutive year by the prestigious magazine.
Euromoney magazine's private banking awards are considered the most prominent recognition in the area of wealth management and it covers over 60 countries each year. Winning the award indicated a high degree of excellence achieved in a competitive environment that can only be attained through a well-thought strategy and meticulous execution that positions the client to be the sole focus of overall business operations.
Commenting on winning the Euromoney awards, Naif Alabdulkareem, General Manager of Branches and Wealth Management at SABB, said "We are delighted to be selected for this prestigious acknowledgment. SABB will continue to be a pioneer in the private banking field, as we continue to seek all means possible to secure the highest client satisfaction levels."
- Hussein Al Sayed
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|The ZIMBABWE Situation
thoughts and prayers are with Zimbabwe
- may peace, truth and justice prevail.
Eric Bloch
Friday, 5 July 2002
Paranoid dementia accelerates decline
THIS column has previously addressed the very extensive, negative impact of government paranoia on the economy. However, recent events demonstrate that that paranoia has intensified and those in authority in Zimbabwe (or, in any event, a majority of them) are now suffering from manic paranoia in extremis.
Compounding the appalling symptoms associated with that severe mental condition is that many who are afflicted by it also suffer from pronounced delusions indicative of dementia and an inability to distinguish between reality and the imaginary, invariably alleging that the latter is actually the former. Regrettably, these mental ailments are also selectively contagious, for almost all in the employ of the state-controlled media are very evidently victims suffering the same complaints.
That this is so has been evidenced by innumerable statements and actions of many government ministers, their permanent secretaries and their spokesman, and by the specious and spurious media reports devoid of any credibility which fill the airwaves and the newspapers which are the blatant mouthpieces of the chronically mentally distressed. This condition has persisted for a long time, but the extent to which it has intensified was very clearly apparent from a vast array of statements and reports last week which defy all logic, only being believable by the naïve, the gullible and those with inadequate IQ. Space constraints preclude reference to all of them, for to do so would fill volumes. However, a few examples will suffice.
The alleged "hoarding" of many tonnes of salt by a leading Zimbabwean quoted company was the lead story for days on radio, television and the government press. Castigating that company for deliberately depriving the populace of their essential need, they alleged that the company's motivation was one of malice and as protest against price controls and to alienate any goodwill the populace may have for government.
In further substantiation of their allegations, they criticised the company for engaging in repackaging salt from half and one kg packs into 2 and 5 kg packs so as to circumvent price controls. In fairness to them, it must be acknowledged that some of the allegations emanated from the Zimbabwe Republic Police who intimated an intent to prosecute the company. However, the media saw fit to expand upon and embroider the accusations against the company. Diverse motives were ascribed to the company's alleged misdeeds, including that it was determined to undermine price controls, that it was bent upon "profiteering", which term is defined by the Concise Oxford Dictionary as "seeking to make excessive profits out of others' needs", and that it was endeavouring to worsen the lot of the man on the street so that he would blame government for his suffering.
In doing so, the authorities and the media were wholly dismissive of the company's representations that its sale of the salt at the prices permitted by the price control legislation would result in substantial losses, for those prices were, it claimed, less than landed costs. Not only would sales at less than cost be business imprudency in the extreme, but it would be attempted business suicide. No enterprise can survive if it sells its products at prices below their cost (and attempted suicide is an offence in law!).
Moreover, when businesses collapse, whether because of non-viable pricing or for other reasons, their employees become unemployed, the fiscus is deprived of revenues (both by way of taxes on profits that could have been realised if the products were correctly priced, and on the profits of others from, and the indirect taxes on, employee spending of earnings), and downstream enterprises interacting with the collapsed business are severely prejudiced and their survival jeopardised. The authorities and the media also disregarded that the company had apparently made representations to the Ministry of Industry and International Trade for a realistic review of salt prices, whereafter it intended, the company states, to resume sales. (Of course, one must also ponder upon how it was possible that confidential communications from the company to the ministry fell into the media's hands, and upon the professionalism and ethics of the media for disclosing the contents of those communications.)
Most of all, one must wonder how a temporary holding of stocks, pending a response to representations to restore operational viability, can be considered to be hoarding, which is stated by the dictionary to be an act of "overstocking", and which the authorities and the media suggest is done with machiavellian intent.
Another prime example of the inability of the media and of government to recognise the fundamental facts of commercial life and of its ability to reject realities was the statement by the Minister of Land, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement, Joseph Made, that the banks should support the new farmers. He remains blissfully unaware that it is he and his government that render it impossible for the banks to do so. A key purpose of banks is to provide loan funding and working capital.
However, as the monies they advance are, in the main, not their own but those of their depositors, there is a strong onus upon them to ensure that recovery of the advances is assured by the holding of adequate collateral security. And yet government obdurately repels all representations that new farmers be given title to the land to be farmed by them. Without title they have no collateral to offer to the banks, without collateral the advances by the banks would be unsecured, and to make farming advances to those possessed of no meaningful collateral would be irresponsibility in the extreme, doing a gross disservice to depositors and to the economy as a whole. But clearly this is either of no concern to Made, or he is incapable of recognition of the realities of the situation.
A further heavily repeated story in the media last week was government contentions that Zimbabwe respects human rights! It is difficult to reconcile these claims with the many instances of condoned violations of property rights of farmers, and of attacks upon farmers. It is similarly difficult to align those contentions with the numerous attempts to suppress free speech and failure to comply with the fundamental tenets of democracy. It is even more difficult to accord veracity to government claims when it or, in any event, many of those in government, are foremost in the perpetuation of racism and discrimination. The consequence of the disregard for human rights is a most tarnished international image, resulting in minimal, much needed, foreign direct investment and in sharply diminished international aid and economic support.
Yet another example of total failure to face up to facts and realities is government's determined refusal to recognise the extent that the real value of the Zimbabwe dollar has declined, and to react to that decline by a realistic devaluation. Instead, yet again, government obstinately refuses to do that which is desperately necessary if existing export performance is to be maintained and enhanced. According to the media that are the lackeys of the Minister of Fiction, Fable and Myth, a special meeting of the cabinet committee on financial and economic affairs, which normally only meets once a year, was held last week, under the chairmanship of the president.
The media reports claim that proposals of the Reserve Bank and of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development were "thrown out", and the officials of that ministry and the Reserve Bank were instructed "to come up with other measures, to address the foreign currency situation, which do not involve devaluation". The reports also cited the meeting as having accused the Reserve Bank and ministry officials of conniving with commercial banks to fuel the parallel market along with banks and bureaux de change.
The truth of the matter is that the parallel market exists, first and foremost, because government's disastrously ill-conceived economic policies, and its destructive, equally ill-conceived and unjust land programme, together with its contemptuous disregard for law and order and for harmonious international relations, have caused immense foreign exchange shortages. Moreover, it is government's determined rejection of devaluation which assures the continuance of the parallel market. And government should know, but refuses to recognise, that intensified controls to contain or eliminate the parallel market can only bring to an end the already much shrunken export ability of Zimbabwe and, therefore, will worsen the foreign currency shortages.
It is also devoid of foundation to ascribe the foreign exchange shortages to the bureaux de change. Yes, they do buy foreign exchange but that which they buy they also sell. So their operations recycle the foreign exchange within the market. If they ceased operating, there would be no increase in available foreign exchange. It would merely pass through other hands, be they the commercial and merchant banks, or the Reserve Bank, but there would be no increase in quantity. However, the government's paranoia necessitates blaming any and all other than itself, and its inability to recognise realities and its tendency to delude itself precludes it from facing up to the facts. The result is a continuing decimation of an already severely emaciated economy.
Nkomo must be turning in his grave
MANY column inches were devoted this week to the third anniversary of Joshua Nkomo's death. There was a lot said about what he did for his country and how much he was loved by all. But the coverage in the state media ignored the hypocrisy of those who actually hated his big heart and national appeal.
Speaking at Nkomo's graveside on Monday, President Robert Mugabe said: "We remember him as the father of Zimbabwe, as the one who pioneered the struggle and one who was committed to the very end to liberate his people and, after liberation, wanted the people to get land. What is important now is that we should follow his steps on those things that he showed us as virtues and that he wanted done."
Great words those if they did not come from the mouth of one who at one point wanted Nkomo dead as part of his campaign to eliminate PF-Zapu and establish a one-party state in Zimbabwe. Great because Nkomo genuinely wanted to liberate his people, not just himself. Virtuous because Nkomo would not have advocated violence and racial hatred to achieve equitable redistribution of national resources.
Writing from his Gonakudzingwa detention camp in 1966, Nkomo said of the system he was fighting: "If we have to be sacrificed on the altar for our people's freedom and independence for demanding what is right, just and proper we take it in our stride and we accept it without any malice towards anybody."
And lack of malice is what vastly distinguishes Nkomo from the dictator who has reduced this country to near starvation and raised racial division to a new religion. Speaking on the need for peace in Zimbabwe in his last years he said: "I pray and hope that it will be achieved so that Zimbabwe can become one country for one nation, with opportunities, rights and privileges for everybody - white, yellow, black, Zezuru, Ndebele, Karanga, Manyika, Venda, Kalanga, Tonga, coloured and all."
He must be turning in his grave at the blight that has consumed his dream of a united and peaceful nation. But he did leave those who have abused his legacy a salient message: "If we are to create a society where we can live as men, we cannot create it by repressive laws," he said in 1960, the year in which the Law and Order (Maintenance) Act was introduced. "If anybody thinks he can assure his future and the future of his children by repressive laws, it is very sad."
Police commissioner Augustine Chihuri says the private media in Zimbabwe does not appreciate police efforts to curb crime in the country. In a speech read at the OK Zimbabwe-sponsored function to reward police officers who excel in their duties, Chihuri claimed the media "distort the picture on the ground" to discredit the force.
"At other times they conjure and print images which are not on the ground to please their integrationist (sic) masters for political reasons," he said.
Unfortunately Chihuri was unable to provide any examples of a case where the private media had "conjured up images" of something that didn't happen. If there were such images they would probably have come from ZBC which recently showed us a picture of their reporter being brutally beaten by soldiers.
Another one would have been that of MDC supporters who were assaulted in Harare two weeks ago when they gathered to commemorate Soweto Day. At that event, three journalists from the Daily News were brutally assaulted while they were lawfully going about their duty. One of them had his arm fractured and is still carrying a plaster.
We believe Chihuri, despite all his arrogance, still has eyes to look on the ground. Last week he told a delegation of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights that it was not the role of the police to evict people who had illegally settled on commercial farms. That was the role of the Master of the High Court, said Chihuri.
At least he is no longer trotting out the excuse about insufficient manpower. After all, we know that whenever non-Zanu PF groups attempt to demonstrate the riot police descend on them in large numbers. And their approach is anything but professional. Every time people gather and expect the police to come and maintain order, they instead see the riot police rioting all over town. What sort of public order is that?
A police report published in the Herald on Wednesday provided further evidence of partisanship. It said the underlying cause of the current shortages of certain commodities was "economic sabotage maliciously intended to discredit the lawfully elected government of Zimbabwe". It said the MDC was hoping to gain political mileage "by orchestrating artificial shortages".
Nothing better illustrates the extent to which the police force has been suborned by political manipulation. Not only does the statement show crude political bias, it reveals an extraordinary ignorance of economic realities. How can businessmen falsely accused of "hoarding" expect fair treatment from a police force parroting Zanu PF's mantra that President Mugabe was lawfully elected and that shortages are all part of an opposition plot?
Sorry Comrade Chihuri. What the police are doing is "appreciated" only too well and it leaves a lot to be desired! By the way, any progress yet in your court-ordered investigation of the abduction and torture of two Standard journalists in 1999? OK Zimbabwe should meanwhile be careful not to have its functions tarnished by partisan police officers who abuse the platform provided to launch diatribes against the private media. That sort of association is far from OK.
A senior minister in Kenya's ruling Kanu government has accused ruling parties in Africa of delaying the democratisation process on the continent. Raila Odinga told a meeting on good governance in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: "Relations between government and opposition parties in Africa are often characterised by rancour, acrimony and outright hostility."
This is very revealing, coming as it does from an insider and a top party official appointed partly because of his illustrious parentage. Odinga is Kenya's energy minister and secretary-general of Kanu and his words reflect succinctly the hostility the MDC has experienced with Zanu PF here in Zimbabwe. They are not even allowed to hold meetings without police permission, which is invariably denied anyway. In fact the opposition has been called all sorts of things in an attempt by Zanu PF to establish a one-party state. Even after the MDC won a substantial proportion of the votes cast in both the parliamentary and presidential elections, it is still viewed by the ruling party as the enemy of the people. The "people" being Zanu PF spokesmen of course.
In this connection we were intrigued by Elliot Manyika's remarks about the dismissal of the Zanu PF Harare executive. Asked whether it had anything to do with the ruling party's defeat in the capital, Manyika said the executive was fired for being inactive and not conducting audits of the party structures.
"It is the culture in the party that you do not stay in a position indefinitely," he declared. "If the time comes to go you must go."
Has this new policy line been relayed to the party's first secretary? Is he aware of the culture of political obsolescence? And wasn't "Ambassador" Amos Midzi, the evicted provincial executive's chair, the same person Zanu PF was trying to foist on the voters of Harare only last March as mayor? When did they first see signs of "inactivity" or unaudited accounts and what are the implications for the City of Harare of Zanu PF's failure to notice these trends earlier in candidates it nominates for high office?
Which leads us to the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority which Midzi also heads. This useless organisation milks millions of dollars monthly from the tourism sector and then issues delusional and politically-coloured statements about how tourism is headed for a miraculous recovery which the state media gullibly reproduces. Needless to say, the recovery never materialises because "Ambassador" Midzi's political associates are busy sabotaging the economy.
Joseph Chinotimba, who was also fired last week in the same purge, still
believes that the ruling party has the right to rule forever. He told the Herald
at the weekend that war veterans should work together "to defeat the MDC" which
was the "common enemy for all Zimbabweans".
What does that make the 1,2 million Zimbabweans who voted for the opposition? All of them traitors? Besides buffoons like Chinotimba there are mandarins in Zanu PF who still believe that only liberation movements should rule the country in perpetuity even if they are destroying the economy and the country. And these are the same people who, like Minister of Agriculture Joseph Made, believe all whites in this country are "racists and fascists". But the situation on the ground shows that government has in fact enacted racist and fascist laws which seek to criminalise commercial farmers by stopping them from producing food when the nation is faced with famine.
Last week a Mt Hampden commercial farmer had his house gutted by fire. We have not yet been told the cause of the fire. Instead the politics of sabotage have clouded the investigations, with claims that the farmer delayed calling the fire brigade who would have saved the property, worth millions of dollars.
Mt Hampden is about 20km outside Harare. But we have not been told why the same Fire Brigade failed to save millions of dollars' worth of property gutted by fire the same week at Shamrock Court in Eastlea, only five kilometres from their station. Could it be that the tenants of the flats were involved in acts of sabotage?
As it turned out the councillor for the area says the Fire Brigade arrived at the scene of the fire on time but didn't know what to do. Benjamin Maimba told the Daily News: "They arrived in time, but they seemed not to know even where the nearest water was. The Fire Brigade staff that attended to the scene comprised young people who seemed overwhelmed by the situation."
Would their reaction have been different if they had been sent to Mt Hampden, we wonder? And what does all this tell us about the brigade's emergency preparedness?
Just a few weeks after his counterpart in the Ministry of Education Aeneas Chigwedere beat a hasty retreat on North Korean-style school uniforms, Minister of Higher Education Samuel Mumbengegwi has come up with his own version of the same: from next year all youths will be compelled to undergo uniform national-service training to instill a sense of "patriotism and national consciousness". This covers everyone from college students to university graduates.
This "national consciousness" training was of such a high priority that vacancies in hospitals, schools and industry might remain unfilled, said Mumbengegwi. Those vacancies would be filled later, he said. We are left wondering where the government's priorities lie in the face of the current brain drain. We fear most of the youths will again be forced to skip the border to trade their skills where they are more urgently needed.
In any case, why does government think patriotism is something that can be purchased from some training course? And how is it hoped that this training will suddenly staunch the brain drain when there are no employment opportunities at home? Sorry Comrade Mumbengegwi, you have your priorities completely upside down on national issues. It makes us doubt government's "patriotism and national consciousness". Given the calibre of Mugabe's ministers and their petty projects amidst starvation, do we really need a government at all? Parents should give this latest imposition another firm thumbs down.
Few will deny the Women in Law Centre together with the Legal Resources
Foundation, the Musasa Project, WAG and the Legal Aid Directorate the credit
they deserve for ensuring women are appraised of their rights when dealing with
deceased estates. But who took the decision to use Herald cartoonist
IM Mpofu to illustrate their campaign?
Mpofu is best known for his puerile cartoons in the Herald which attempt to deride the opposition and civil society on behalf of the Herald's political masters. Readers will immediately identify the women's legal campaign with those crude cartoons and ignore its message. That would be a pity but they have only themselves to blame for such poor judgement in the choice of illustrators.
President Mugabe appears resentful that one of his titles has been hijacked
by South African conglomerate Anglo-American. Referring to the salt shortage
which has been blamed on Anglo subsidiary National Foods, Mugabe declared: "We
will not allow Anglo-American to become the principal saboteur of our
Evidently that job is already taken!
As the African Union's inauguration looms it is about time questions were raised about Col Muammar Gaddafi's role. The OAU failed because it tolerated undemocratic rulers. While the AU proclaims its support for good governance, Gaddafi is bankrolling Mugabe and other rogue regimes. Gaddafi is himself a ruler-for-life. What sort of example is that for Africa?
While the AU and Nepad will be hoping to stimulate trade across the continent, Gaddafi's regime outlaws trade unions as well as civic organisations. It was also responsible for the death and deportation of black Africans last year in a brutal purge of foreigners.
Libya meanwhile is encouraging the Sudan in its war against Christian and animist minorities in the south.
Arab rulers in North Africa are as much "colonisers and racists" as the whites they help Mugabe to demonise in the south. What has been the fate of indigenous Berbers, Dinkas and Copts in much of North Africa? Why are the victims of forced Arabisation ignored as Gaddafi pontificates on African rights?
If the AU wants to be taken seriously it will have to address the emblematic problem posed by Africa's Gaddafis and Mugabes who linger on with the potential to sabotage any new beginning envisaged by Thabo Mbeki and others.
Let's hope the AU is not characterised by the same hypocrisy and double standards as its predecessor. With Gaddafi and Mugabe plotting to assert their anti-imperialist credentials in Durban next week we should be on the lookout for rotten apples in the barrel.
Inflation Blamed For Ballooning Production Costs
The Herald (Harare)- Govt controlled paper
July 4, 2002
Posted to the web July 5, 2002
George Chisoko, Business
Galloping inflation, put at over 122 percent by the Central Statistical Office, has pushed up the cost of production in various sectors of the economy, with agriculture now needing a huge injection of almost $230 billion to finance cropping in the coming season.
Communal and resettlement farmers' alone need to invest $150 billion in summer crops while indigenous commercial farmers have put their investment at $78 billion.
The Zimbabwe Farmers Union, the representative body of communal and resettlement farmers, blamed the high inflationary environment for the ballooning cost of agricultural production.
Inflation has not only impacted negatively on agriculture but various sectors of the economy have received some battering.
ZFU director, Mr Sylvester Tsikisayi said their active membership, estimated at over 500 000 countrywide would have to invest $150 billion in cropping, up from $35 billion last season.
"This huge financial investment has been brought largely by inflation, which has seen prices of agricultural inputs escalating beyond the reach of many communal farmers."
A financial analyst with a local merchant bank said the high inflationary environment would certainly affect funding for farmers.
"The consequences of high inflation in the agriculture sector are very dire as input costs will go up. One can only expect that farmers get higher prices for their produce."
Mr Tsikisayi, an accomplished agricultural economist said the $150 billion required in the communal and resettlement sector excluded the cost of labour but was money that would take care of seed, fertilisers, chemicals and tillage.
At least $40 billion was needed to finance maize production and with many farmers emerging from a drought, the injection of external funds has become more important than before.
In the absence of support from commercial banks, the drought has meant that farmers would find it difficult to mobilise own resources to buy farming inputs.
Prices for the provision of tillage have increased to $10 000 a hectare while a 50 kg bag of fertiliser now cost around $3 000 from $1 500.
A 25 kg bag of the most expensive maize seed costs $3 283 while the cheapest is almost $2 000 and for 10 kg bags, the cheapest is selling for $748 while the most expensive is going for $1 329.
Most communal farmers have between two to three acres of land, which translates to a hectare. A 25-kg bag of maize seed would be enough for a hectare.
Farmers resettled under model A2 have between 25 hectares and 250 ha of land and these would require much more seed, which also means a big cost.
The Government is providing inputs through its multi-billion inputs scheme but cannot, on its own, meet the full requirements of the several thousands of new farmers that land reform has created.
"There is need for other players, such as commercial banks to come in to support farmers. Commercial banks should, in fact come in a big way although it is unfortunate that they have indicated a reluctance to lend to farmers without the traditional collateral.
"While we are still engaged in talks with the banks, we call on them to consider treating livestock as collateral. If banks cannot support farming, then productivity will be severely affected," said Mr Tsikisayi.
The Bankers Association of Zimbabwe last week said it was putting together a draft on how best to support resettled farmers.
Although funding remains an integral component of agricultural production, there is need to have input suppliers adequately equipped for the season.
Fertiliser companies, Windmill and ZFC have already assured the nation of adequate stocks to meet the needs of farmers despite the shortage of foreign currency.
Farmers resettled under model A2 scheme fall under the ICFU while the ZFU represent those under model A1 and others.
Twenty-Two Years Needed to Clear IMF Arrears
Financial Gazette (Harare)
July 4, 2002
Posted to the web July 5, 2002
Staff Reporter
ZIMBABWE has paid US$3 million ($165 million) since the beginning of the year or just two percent of the outstanding payments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) but analysts say it will take more than 22 years to clear the country's arrears with the Bretton Woods institution.
According to a report released last week, Zimbabwe - which was last month suspended from accessing IMF technical assistance over its failure to settle arrears to the Bretton Woods institution - had made two quarterly payments of US$1.5 million to the Fund since January 2002.
Another payment of US$1.5 million was made in the last quarter of 2001.
"It should be noted that government made an interim commitment to pay US$1.5 million quarterly payments to the Fund," the report said.
"The payments for the last quarter of 2001 as well as the first and second quarters of 2002 have been made."
But the payments failed to save Zimbabwe from being suspended by the IMF over non-payment of scheduled amounts, estimated at more than US$132 million at the end of May this year.
The report said the government was committed to reducing its arrears with the IMF to 2001 levels but noted that this required additional measures to generate foreign exchange through increased exports and stabilising macroeconomic fundamentals.
Privatisation proceeds would be used to support increased hard cash availability and create additional capacity for meeting Zimbabwe's external arrears.
Finance Minister Simba Makoni projected in the 2002 national budget that the government would raise $40.9 billion this year from the sale of public enterprises.
Financial analysts this week said it would take Zimbabwe about 22 years to clear its IMF arrears if it maintains the US$1.5 million quarterly payments.
"US$6 million a year is rather small but that is an indication that the country is unable to afford to pay more than that," said an analyst with Sagit Stockbrokers.
Business Professor Anthony Hawkins of the University of Zimbabwe added: "This is just the tip of the iceberg because the country also owes other multilateral institutions like the World Bank and African Development Bank."
Zim Loses $55 Billion
The Herald (Harare) Govt paper
July 5, 2002
Posted to the web July 5, 2002
ZIMBABWE has lost close to US$1 billion (Z$55 billion) in money laundering in the last six years triggering the National Economic Consultative Forum to call for the tightening of laws that deal with corruption.
NECF said after a meeting yesterday that existing laws were fragmented and cumbersome when it came to effectively dealing with the growing problems of money laundering, hoarding of basic foodstuffs and illegal foreign currency dealing.
"We met to come up with a programme of action," Mr Nhlanhla Masuku told journalists after the meeting.
"We also discussed the Money Laundering Bill and progress made in the creation of an independent Anti-Corruption Commission."
The Money Laundering Bill was now ready to be presented to Parliament for debate.
"Money laundering has become one of the biggest crimes. It is estimated that over the past 6 years, up to US$1 billion has been laundered," he said.
"It (Bill) will greatly assist law enforcement agents in arresting the criminals," said Mr Masuku.
The present laws, he said, had many loopholes and were failing to deter crimes related to these problems.
Money laundering involves converting illegally obtained funds into legal ones.
"Enforcement of our existing laws could be better. We are requesting the police to proceed with arrests of culprits in the private and public sector to make them accountable."
An anti-corruption taskforce of the forum met yesterday to discuss what Mr Masuku described as the "foreign currency mayhem".
He said the taskforce discussed issues related to gold leakage, hoarding of basic foodstuffs, export funds leakage, corruption, money laundering and law enforcement to curb the crimes.
The Anti-Corruption Commission, said Mr Masuku, has to be supported by appropriate legislation to make it effective in fighting graft.
The taskforce also recommended that a meeting be held to discuss legislative grey areas in the management of foreign currency.
"These loopholes must be closed," he said.
"A report will be given to this taskforce when we meet on July 18."
However, Mr Masuku acknowledged that the slapping of punitive measures to curb illegal foreign currency trading was not enough on its own.
"We did recommend certain policy interventions in order to deal with it from all relevant angles," he said.
The Government is accusing the private sector of hoarding basic foodstuffs in what it believes is a well-calculated move to undermine it.
"A war of words has been traded," he said.
"But, it's really a question of good faith, whether all stakeholders are carrying out their duties in good faith."
Some existing laws like the Serious Offences Act were cumbersome and complicated when it came to dealing with crimes related to illegal foreign currency dealing and money laundering.
This, said Mr Masuku, had prompted the taskforce to push for a Money Laundering Bill and the creation of the Anti-Corruption Commission.
Mr Masuku said fines were not acting as a deterrent to crime.
"We need adequate deterrent sanctions to deal with money laundering. Fines are too low and less punitive."
He cited Botswana's case where if a criminal steals a car worth $4 million, the law in that country requires him to pay bail equivalent to the value of the car he would have stolen.
This, he said, acted as deterrent to car thefts.
He blamed the International Monetary Fund policies for economic problems which Zimbabwe is now facing.
"Esap policies have brought these problems," he said.
"The results we were promised of more export growth, more jobs, never happened.
"The policies were badly researched and lacking elementary research. Where is IMF now? We are suffering here and they are in Washington."
Zimbabwe is facing a shortage of foreign currency and basic commodities, a situation the Government says is largely due to hoarding by the private sector for speculative purposes.


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During the, sometimes quiet, summer months in the seaside theatres a number of unusual events have started to be announced and just about the cleverest, and most imaginative, of them all will be taking place in the Theatre Royal Brighton.
Under the umbrella title of Open All Hours, the first events to be publicised are Stage Whispers and Apparitions and they both offer a chance to experience the, usually unseen, parts of this beautifully historic theatre.
Stage Whispers (minimum age 18 years) takes place on 10 August at 7.30pm and 9.30pm and, for this particular experience, the guests will be greeted at the stage door and will enter the building the way countless theatrical stars have done before. The theme is a 1950's cocktail party and, to start the evening, drinks will be served centre stage. The host will impart their knowledge of the theatre's history whilst guests also enjoy some light music and a tour of the Stage Whispers installation.
The second of the events, Apparitions (minimum age 16) will happen on 17 and 18 August at 8.30pm and 10.00pm and, this time, the guests will enter through the Theatre Royal's brand new coffee shop, The Parlour. Once the guests are all assembled they will be taken through into the empty theatre for an atmospheric experience of stories and suggestions that will bring them out in goosebumps.
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When Kansans vote Tuesday they will deal with different districts, a new requirement to provide photo identification and the smoke from Republican Party warfare.
Officials are predicting a low turnout at the polls, which will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
In the Republican Party primary, Gov. Sam Brownback, the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, the billionaire Koch brothers, and Kansans for Life have been working to defeat a group of Republican senators who they say have been obstacles to their agenda.
Brownback said he got involved "because of the alliance in the state Senate between Democrats and some Republicans that join together to promote a Democrat agenda."
House Minority Leader Paul Davis of Lawrence said when he read that statement from Brownback he thought it was peculiar. "Do the people of Kansas want their representatives to work with each other or not? I believe the answer is a clear yes."
Meanwhile, those Republican incumbents were battling back with the support of teachers, bi-partisan union PACs and gaming interests.
"The moderates have really fought back in a more aggressive fashion than I think some of us who have been watching Kansas politics had anticipated," said Burdett Loomis, a political science professor at Kansas University.
"The moderates aren't going down without a fight," said Washburn University political science professor Bob Beatty. "It's a true battle. It's not like the U.S. men playing Nigeria in basketball."
While GOP state legislative races have dominated politics in much of Kansas, Douglas County is part of a Democratic primary for the 2nd Congressional District.
Lawrence and Douglas County had been split the previous 10 years between the 2nd and 3rd Districts, but redistricting brought the county entirely into the 2nd.
Scott Barnhart, Robert Eye and Tobias Schlingensiepen are vying for the Democratic nomination to face U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Topeka, who is seeking her third two-year term.
Barnhart is a farmer from Ottawa; Eye, an attorney from Lawrence; and Schlingensiepen, a pastor from Topeka.
Eye and Schlingensiepen have had the most active campaigns.
Back on the legislative side, two Republicans are vying for their party's nod in the 3rd Senate District. James C. "J.C." Tellefson, a former Leavenworth County commissioner, faces Anthony Brown, a state representative from Eudora. The winner will go against incumbent state Sen. Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City, in the November general election.
The newly drawn 3rd Senate District covers parts of Leavenworth and Douglas counties, including Basehor, Tonganoxie, Eudora, Baldwin City and about one-third of Lawrence's population.
In the GOP primary in Senate District 19, two newcomers face off: Matthew Windheuser of Lawrence and Casey Moore of Topeka. The winner will face state Sen. Anthony Hensley, D-Topeka, in the district that covers western Douglas County, east Topeka and all of Osage County.
In Senate District 2, Ronald Ellis of Meriden faces Jeremy Pierce of Lawrence, but Pierce ended his campaign and threw his support behind Ellis, who is expected to challenge state Sen. Marci Francisco, D-Lawrence.
Lawrence state Reps. Barbara Ballard and Paul Davis, both Democrats, and Tom Sloan, a Republican, face no primary opponents.
Republican primaries are being held in two House districts that include portions of Douglas County.
State Rep. Connie O'Brien, of Tonganoxie, faces Sandra Bohne of Leavenworth in the 42nd House District; and Debra "Debbi" Childers of Auburn, Ken Corbet of Topeka, and Dana Webber of Scranton are running in the 54th House District. The winner in that race will face state Rep. Ann Mah, D-Topeka.
The newly aligned districts were ordered by a panel of three federal judges in June, producing massive changes in voters' political representation. The primary also will be the first statewide test of the Kansas law that requires photo ID to vote.
Critics of the law say it will suppress voting rights and cause confusion. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a national proponent of voter ID laws, predicted it won't cause any problems.
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Michigan made Havoc look helpless.
Now Trey Burke, Tim Hardaway Jr. and the rest of the cool-headed Wolverines are part of the school's longest NCAA Tournament run in nearly two decades.
Mitch McGary had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and fourth-seeded Michigan breezed through Virginia Commonwealth's vaunted pressure with a clinical performance Saturday, beating the fifth-seeded Rams 78-53 to advance to the regional semifinals for the first time since 1994. VCU couldn't create many easy baskets with its press, even though the Wolverines didn't have much time to prepare for it.
"This is a very high-IQ team that can pick up things very quickly," Michigan coach John Beilein said. "Everybody that played in the game, even the guys that did not play, just responded beautifully in the way we want Michigan to respond in these situations."
McGary, a 6-foot-10 freshman, set season highs in scoring and rebounding. VCU had no answer for him around the basket, and that pressure defense — the Rams call it "Havoc" — wasn't much of a factor.
VCU was relentless in a 46-point rout of Akron on Thursday night, but the Rams met their match against Michigan's backcourt. Burke and Hardaway rarely looked rattled, and Michigan (28-7) committed only 12 turnovers.
The 71-point swing by VCU — from a 46-point win to a 25-point loss — was the largest in NCAA Tournament history, according to STATS. In 1968, Houston beat Texas Christian 103-68 to reach the Final Four, then lost to UCLA 101-69 for a 67-point swing.
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Ericsson has shown off a modular All in One Outdoor Enclosure that houses and powers mobile broadband sites. Built to complement its RBS 6000 portfolio, the maximum high capacity configuration houses up to 8 digital units, 18 radios and 4 MINI LINK hops in a footprint of less than 0.5 square meters (70 x 70 cm).
The All-in-One Outdoor Enclosure encapsulates multi-standard radio, transmission, power and climate equipment with savings potential for areas with mild to warm climates.
When configured as a high-capacity outdoor radio base station, the All-in-One Outdoor Enclosure can provide capacity for up to 8 digital and up to 12 radio units for all relevant radio standards and frequency bands. It can also be used as a main unit in a main remote configuration using up to 16 internally installed digital units and up to 18 remote radio units, or a combination of macro and main-remote.
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Boom Goes the Dynamite with the Boom Brothers Video Slot Machine
|Slot Type:
|Multi-Coin, Multiline, Multidenominations, Free Spin Bonus Round, Scatter Symbols, Wild Symbols, Railtrack Bonus feature, 2nd Chance gaming feature, Boom Brothers Bonus feature, Video Slot Machine
|Net Entertainment
|Instant Play – No App to Download
|Max Coins Per Line:
|Coin Value
|0.01 – 1.00
|Bet Line Jackpot:
|7,500 coins, 2nd Highest payout 2,000 coins.
Net Entertainment (creators of Robin Hood slot) will never get weary of releasing the most entertaining video slot machine games. The Boom Brothers video slot machine is no exception. The game begins with an intro that shows just how much the Boom Brothers are dynamite throwing, treasure chasing dwarves. The laughter and comical sound effects can keep you smiling even when you have spun a losing game. The Boom Brothers video slot machine is a 5-reel, 20-payline game that offers you 5 levels or maximum number of coins per payline, making the maximum bet about 100. You are able to enjoy the railtrack feature, the free spin bonus feature, the boom brothers feature, the 2nd chance feature, wild symbols, scatter symbols and amazing 3D graphics whereby the Boom Brothers can visit you anytime in your game with either bombs or complaints and sometimes to show off their treasures.
How to play:
After enjoying the little movie before the game begins, you are able to interact with the game to get the most wins out of it. You get to select your game coin value which is between 0.01 and 1.00, your bet level or coins per payline which is between 1 and 5, as well as the number of paylines to activate, with 20 being the maximum. You then get to spin and get winning combinations. What makes this game interesting is that in between the game you can get a 2nd chance where one of the Boom Brothers blow up or swap a symbol to enhance your winning chances. In between the game, the Boom brothers can pop out of a symbol to blow up some symbols or to show you some of their jewels. You are also able to make a maximum bet using the max bet line that selects the maximum parameters to play and then spins. You will see scatter, wild and regular symbols in the game.
Boom Brothers Symbols:
The regular symbols seen in this game are the 3 brothers – Jack, Oliver and Austin- as well as a mechanical robot, mining lamp, mining pick, mining pail or bucket and a mining helmet (because these brothers are reckless enough to need those). There are 2 scatter and one wild symbols in addition to the regular ones.
Wild and Scatter Symbols
The 2 scatter symbols are characterized by the word Free Spins and Railtrack. Both the scatter symbols have the ability to activate the Free Spin Bonus round if you spin 3 or more of them.. the Railtrack symbol must appear in a consecutive fashion to release the railtrack feature which sees one of the brothers seeking your help to build the track that leads to the bonus game. These symbols do not grant you any wins but they can get you to the free spin bonus game where you can score some points.
The Wild symbol is symbolized by the word Wild that explodes once a winning payline is made with it. This symbol does not substitute the 2 scatter symbols or activate the bonus games.
2nd Chance Win Feature
The 2nd Chance feature shows you that the Boom Brothers are rather generous. After a number of non-winning spins, the 2nd Chance feature can be activated where one of the boom brothers uses explosives to change one symbol, 2 symbols or attempt to re-spin 2 reels in a bid to get you a winning combination. The 2nd Chance option does not guarantee that you will win. It is also viable during the free spin bonus round.
Free Spin Bonus round
When you spin 3 or more Free Spin symbols, you get a chance to play the free spin game where you get 5 spins. With each spin, a number will be revealed and this represents the number of additional spins you get in the free spin round. In this round, the railtrack, Boom Brothers bonus or 2nd chance win feature are active and can help get you even more winnings. All winnings in this round are tripled, but this is not the case if you get a free bonus round in the railtrack feature or Boom Brothers bonus game. Once all free spins are exhausted, you get back to the normal game.
Railtrack Feature
The Railtrack symbol is one of the scatter symbols. When you score 3 of these symbols consecutively, you activate the Rail Track Feature where one of the brothers needs your help to build a rail track that leads to the Boom Brothers Bonus game. He has 3 tracks and needs you to spin to get the other 2. Should you get all 5 and get to the bonus game, you win with a 4X multiplier. If one track misses, then it's down to a 3X multiplier and if it's 2, it's further down to 2X multiplier. This feature is available during the free spin round and if you use the autoplay feature. If you are a fun of other NetEnt games, then this feature will certainly appeal.
Boom Brothers Bonus Feature
This game is activated once the rail track feature challenge is won. You will see the 3 brothers each on their own track and a different jewel or mineral representing them. 3 mining carts per round come out and you must select one. It will reveal a jewel and the corresponding brother will move closer to their treasure. You have a 3X multiplier opportunity in this game to get the brothers to their treasure. The brother who reaches the treasure first will blow up their mine and give you bonus points which are added to your total.
Autoplay and Skill Stop Features
The Skill Stop feature is when you manually control the length of a spin using the Spin button which can also automatically stop when it is done spinning. In addition, there is the autoplay feature which has 2 button options on the video slot. You get to choose a number of autospins between 10 and 100. It gives you a stop option using a button or advanced settings that let you decide when autoplay stops. It can be after a win or after you have a maximum or minimum number of coins.
When it comes to your winnings, the highest amount of coins you can get is 7,500 coins which you can get by spinning 5 bombs. Please note that payouts are only valid on activated paylines. To enjoy the above experience, you can try it for free without downloading any application or bet real money in multiple denominations. Let the Boom Brothers get you to your treasure through their video slot machine.


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Red Tinker bell peppers have a deep red flesh color, offering a sweeter, fruitier flavor than mature red bell peppers. The texture is firm, crisp and juicy. (Scoville units: 0-100).
Red Tinker bell peppers are typically available spring through early winter. Intermittent gaps occur during the season due to shipment scheduling from the European growers.
Nutritional Value
An excellent source of vitamin C, four ounces of raw red bell pepper has about 30 calories. Having a higher sugar content and nutritional value when red and ripe, unripe green bell peppers have 5 calories fewer than their ripe counterparts and less nutrients.
Red Tinker bell peppers are most often used for display. Their uniform shape, size, color and attached stem are ideal for centerpieces or as vessels. They may also be used in lightly cooked or fresh preparations such as salads and appetizer recipes. Pair with Green and Yellow Tinker bell peppers, fresh parsley and cilantro, cucumbers, jicama, soft cheeses, meats and grains. To prepare, cut off tops; remove seeds and veins; rinse well. For optimum flavor and texture, use within one week. Peppers may be frozen, but crispness will be lost.
In recent years many more varieties of bell peppers have become available. Originating in Holland, these small-sized, hot house-grown bell peppers are a relatively new variety. This very early, miniature bell pepper is produced on vigorous and spreading high bushes.
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Houston, TX (PRWEB) October 03, 2012
At the age of 11, Jonathan Dobyns started his very own candy vending business. "It generated a fair amount of cash for a kid," Dobyns reflects, "but as I began thinking about my future and going off to college, I realized that this type of "hands on" business just wouldn't work. That's when I began to brainstorm about alternative business opportunities, particularly seasonal ones."
So, three years ago, at the age of 14, with the help of his father, Jon Dobyns began Regalia Fireworks, north of Houston, Texas by turning an abandoned semi-trailer into his first stand. This past year, he added a second stand to his business. Now he is trying to tackle the issues of expansion and maintenance of his thriving fireworks business, with plans for a third stand. "I'm learning a lot about doing business in the "real world", Dobyns declares, "not just in a hypothetical classroom setting. The world is my classroom!"
Dobyns seeks to use his growing business to pay for his college tuition and other necessary schooling expenses. He intends to major in Business and Computer Science.
His plan is to operate the fireworks stands during school breaks so that he can stay on top of the expenditures related to his higher education and not have to rely on student loans.
"This is how I'm going to pay for my college," he continues, thinking about the future. "It's not just that though. It's also about job creation. Other college students can get jobs in the stands over the semester break to help them with their financial needs. And I'm mentoring a younger entrepreneur that has an interest in what I'm doing. The 21st century is the era of entrepreneurship. If I can help propel others forward with their goals, I can't say that I would mind."
Now Dobyns is seeking funding to establish a 3rd fireworks stand.
"Access to capital is the key to growth", Dobyns replies, "but a teenager with a small business doesn't have that access to conventional funding methods. It's why I'm doing this."
"This", as he refers to it, "is crowdfunding."
Dobyns recently posted his crowd funding project - the establishment of a 3rd fireworks stand - on CrowdfundingKids.com
"I know a lot about crowdfunding and it has been successful in the past for lots of businesses," explains Dobyns, "and I firmly believe it to be the funding venue of the future for small businesses. I want in on it now, and I'm sure that the crowd is willing to help me."
While equity-based crowdfunding, selling stock in a company via crowdfunding, is currently not an option, Dobyns has chosen a different path to reach his goals: reward-based crowdfunding.
"My dad always taught me that if you give people what they want, they will give you what you want. So I have devised some creative "gift vouchers" for those who fund my project that will help extend their purchasing dollars during the upcoming fireworks season", Dobyns disclosed, "and for those willing to help who are not in my immediate area, I am making donations of fireworks to a local charity in their honor."
To help Jonathan with his crowdfunding project or to learn more about crowdfunding teen projects, visit CrowdfundingKids.com


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Rhone / Lindeman connection
I'm researching a Dorothy Mae Rhone who was born about 1908, married Clarence Lindeman in 1931, and resided in Canton, Ohio, until her death in 1965. Am curious if any researchers can verify that Clarence's wife Dorothy may be the Dorothy M. Rhone who was a daughter of Margaret Neyland and Eugene Rhone of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. The family appears in Bloomsburg in the 1910, 1920, and 1930 censuses, though Dorothy was not with them in 1930. Other siblings for this Dorothy include Harold, Hazel, and Lois. Can provide info on the Lindeman family in exchange. Thanks,