The countdown to 2009 has begun and we've got the usual line-up of
programmes for you over this weekend. On Hot Seat, Violet's guests are
liberation war veteran Wilf Mhanda and political analyst Brian Kagoro,
who discuss the avalanche of crises facing Zimbabwe. They say the power
sharing deal is a poisoned chalice,' and Tsvangirai would be better
off drinking a bucket of cholera infested water' rather than enter a
unity government. The analysts add that the power share deal is not in
the interest of Zimbabweans, but has been created to save the egos of
irresponsible regional powers that have fiddled while Zimbabwe burns.'
Friday's Callback features Kasi who says there is zero agricultural
production taking place so people are suffering; Flash describes
Mugabe's legacy of death, destruction, destitution, and disease, and
says that although there is food available in shops in Shurugwi, it is
being sold only to those with forex, so most people cannot buy it. In
Cathy Buckle's Letter from Zimbabwe she talks about the eight years
since Zanu PF put us into a perpetual state of jambanja and now
Zimbabwe is completely stricken,' with a lethal cocktail of hunger,
disease, super hyper inflation, infrastructural collapse, brain drain
and emigration … decimating our population and crippling our country.'
Please note that Cathy will be away for the rest of December so her
letter will not be featured until next year.
Saturday we have HEALTHbeat, which takes a holistic view of issues of
health and well-being. Sifelani, who is an HIV therapist and
counsellor talks about the critical lack of health services for people.
Government hospitals are closed, and the only available services being
provided are for cholera cases, so other ailments are going untreated.
Dr Farai Madzimbamuto talks about their urgent medical appeal for
assistance for the few individuals and organisations providing medical
services in Zimbabwe. For more information on this appeal go to
www.zhts.org.uk. Join us for The Heart of the Matter where well-known
journalist and broadcaster Tanonoka Whande shares his unique thoughts
and insights on current events. This week Tanonoka focuses on the
tragedy that is Zimbabwe today, a tragedy caused by Mugabe that could
have been avoided had SADC been willing to intervene. Now that it is
spilling over into neighbouring countries in the form of refugees and
disease, and finally they are starting to be concerned. On Callback
Mlungisi complains that his money is losing value in the bank,
meanwhile he will not be able to afford a Xmas celebration for his
family; Nyasa says that the declaration of a national disaster over the
cholera epidemic was long overdue, and Rev Mutete says that Zimbabweans
badly need guidance and leadership in order to attain justice and
freedom. On Reporters Forum Lance Guma is joined by broadcast
journalist Brilliant Pongo and political commentator Msekiwa Makwanya.
Stories under the microscope include the reported signing of the draft
constitutional amendment between the negotiating teams from ZANU PF and
the MDC. What does this mean if the leaders from the parties still have
to approve the draft? The panel also looks at the ramifications of a
regional SADC ruling, allowing 78 dispossessed white farmers back on
their land.
This Sunday on Through the Valley, Richard discusses the Archbishop of
Cape Town’s statement in which he said that SADC has failed and is
morally bankrupt and that Mugabe is not fit to rule. Richard asks,
should more church leaders in the region get involved in Zimbabwe and
speak out more clearly? Tichaona presents the programme Rebuilding
Zimbabwe where the guest is Harare businessman and MDC MP for
Kambuzuma, Willas Madzimure. The legislator said that when there is a
new government in the country Zimbabweans must learn to move towards
self-reliance and stand on their own feet to rebuild the shattered
country. He said it will be important for Zimbabwe to lose it's
dependency on international aid. Democracy 101 is the programme that
gives a beginners guide to democracy and the democratic process. Willy
and Dominic focus on the arts and how they impact on democracy. When
people are suffering they turn to the arts to help alleviate what they
are feeling. Musicians like Oliver Mtukudzi and Thomas Mapfumo speak
about this suffering through their music.
Every weekday we bring you a Newsreel bulletin at both the opening and
the closing of our weekday broadcasts with all the latest news
concerning Zimbabwe, and on Saturday we have a News Roundup of the
week's events.
SW RADIO AFRICA – on line 24 hours a day at www.swradioafrica.com and
daily broadcasts on 11745kHz in the 25m band; and 4880 kHz in the 60m
band
between 7 – 9 pm Zimbabwe time.
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