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2005-12-23 Africa Subsaharan

Mugabe Ally Van Hoogstraten 'behind killing' of rival

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Posted by Pappy 2005-12-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Van Hoogstraten has courted controversy internationally by describing President Mugabe as "100% decent and incorruptible".

Certainly the minority view.

From the lovely Zanu PF Home Page
http://www.zanupfpub.co.zw/

Donât interfere, Imperialist told

Zimbabwean have commended President Robert Mugabe for the two great speeches he gave recently, in which he made it clear that nothing, even the British, would stop the government from completing its programme to redress the vestiges of colonialism by equitably redistributing land to the previously marginalized blacks.
In the two speeches, the first given on the 12th of August, 2002, on the occasion of the burial of Dr Bernard Chidzero and Heroes Day Commemoration and the second one at the Earth Summit in South Africa, he explained that the land reform programme was now almost complete and what was left was to ensure that the resettled farmers are provided with inputs in time for the upcoming rainy season.
He added that the government has decided to do the only right and right and just thing by taking back land and giving it to its rightful indigenous, black owners who lost it in circumstances of colonial pilage. This he said was being done in accordance with the rule of law as enshrined in the countryâs national Constitution and laws.
He, however, made it clear that no one white farmer would be left without land. The programme is being undertaken under the basis of one man, one farm and loyalty. Most of the white commercial farmers were clinging to more than five farms each, which they grabbed from blacks during the colonial days. Those who do not want to share the land are free to leave the country. The President also dismissed the threats by Britain and its European allies.
âWe have won our independence and we are prepared to shed our blood in defence of that independence, sustenance and protection.
âThis is the one asset that not only defines the Zimbabwean personality and demarcates sovereignty but also an asset that has a direct bearing on the fortunes of the poor and prospects for their immediate empowerment and sustainable development. Indeed, ours is an agrarian economy, an imperative that renders the issue of access to land paramount,â the President said.
Below are the full texts of the two speeches.

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, CDE R.G. MUGABE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE HEROES BURIAL OF DR B.T.G. CHIDZERO AND HEROES DAY COMMEMORATION, NATIONAL HEROES ACRE, HARARE: 12TH AUGUST, 2002.

Vice Presidents Simon Muzenda and Joseph Msika,
Mai Muzenda and Mai Msika,
Speaker of Parliament, Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa,
Chief Justice and Mai Chidyausiku,
Honourable Ministers,
Leadership of the Zimbabwe War Veterans Association, It ain't the same as the VFWSpouses and Families of our National Heroes,
Members of the Diplomatic Corps,
Members of Parliament,
Party Representatives,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Comrades and Friends.

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