Given that 31 July date for the Zimbabwe Election is illegal, will your party be nominating candidates tomorrow?

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Administrator/Bookkeeper/ Logistician: Institute of Creative Art for Progress in Africa
Deadline: 3 July 2013

The Institute of Creative Art for Progress in Africa (incorporating Women Filmmakers of Zimbabwe and Nyerai Films) is looking for a qualified and experienced candidate to fill in the post of Office Administrator/Bookkeeper/Logistician.

Location: Harare

Key Result Areas
-General office administration
-Bookkeeping to trial balance
-Office management
-Event coordination
-Writing financial reports
-Reporting to the Board

Send your CVs to: wfoz [at] icapatrust [dot] org or call 04-862355/0775553273

Information Officer: Institute for Young Women Development
Deadline: 6 July 2013

The Institute for Young Women Development is a young-women development oriented organization working in the fields of advocacy and lobbying on young women’s issues and rights, capacity development and livelihoods. The organisation which is headquartered in Bindura and operating in Mashonaland Central Province is looking for a young, dynamic and creative person for the post of Information Officer.

The Officer will report directly to the Director.

Key responsibilities

The incumbent will be expected to support the organisation’s information management and internal and external communications functions through:
-Developing the organisation’s communications strategy
-Development of communication materials and coordination of organisational publications, dissemination of information to members, partners and stakeholders
-Writing and editing reports, newsletters, generation of website content, etc
-Managing and updating the organisation’s social media sites
-Coordination of the organisation’s projects information on implementation and impact
-Handling of external information requests
-Assist in development of project proposals, organising projects activities, facilitating meetings and workshops, monitoring of activities and effective communication of updates from the meetings
-Perform any other duties as assigned by the Director

Qualifications and skills
-A degree in journalism, media and mass communications or any other social sciences/related fields
-Experience in young women/youth development issues in Zimbabwe and ability to work with rural communities
-Good communication and report writing skills
-Strong organizing, planning and management skills
-Computer proficiency
-Excellent oral and written communication skills
-Ability to work under pressure

To apply
If you meet the above criteria, please forward your current CV and relevant certificates via email to: hr.iywd2011 [at] gmail [dot] com

From a Kubatana subscriber:

Are schools Zanu PF polling bases? There were worrying developments across the country yesterday when school lessons were halted due to Zanu PF’s abuse of classrooms to conduct its primaries & forcing teachers to partake in the voting exercise.What’s so special about their primaries which caused this national impact? They must stop depriving students’ rights. Appropriate action by the Ministry of Education must be taken. Also security sector needs reform before election to avoid its details to take political sides as witnessed yesterday.

Reading Marko’s blog on Gukurahundi reminded me of a quote I saw yesterday:

If there is a God, He will have to beg my forgiveness.
- A phrase that was carved on the walls of a concentration camp cell during WWII by a Jewish prisoner

So last Sunday morning the plane due to depart for Johannesburg was delayed. I looked for the SAA plane that was meant to be on the tarmac but saw instead two really shiny black Mercedes with a couple of support vehicles. Remember Morgan’s claim that he drives a second hand Benz? Well it doesn’t look like it, unless second hand means 5 minutes in the hands of some other pompous official. The head honchos of Zimbabwe’s other elite political party, the MDC, slipped into their cars care of some VIP treatment and sped off. Of course they couldn’t get to the airport on time in Joburg – they’re Puffed Up Politicians who keep other people waiting.

Reading Lenard’s blog on recent protests around the world made me think of our Zimbabwean context. I was out running over the weekend and besides seeing an increased presence and movement of police across Harare, I also noticed that the 2 of the 3 water canons that the Zimbabwe government has in its armory were zipping along the streets. And I thought that water canons in Zimbabwe are For Display Purposes Only. Because as Lenard points out, we’ve endured a lot of unemployment, corruption, and abuse of power but we limit our uprisings to grumbling into our lagers in the pub.