Three (3) Consultant vacancies with UNDP
Deadline: 1 June 2011

The United Nations Development Programme would like to invite suitably qualified candidates to fill the below positions financed through a grant from The Global Fund, to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM)

1. 7010: Consultant for the development of Phase 2 of Capacity Development Plan (Global Fund R8)

2. 7011: Consultant for the Development of Human Resources strategy and plans for the National TB Program

3. 7012: Consultant for facilitation of workshops for Health Services Board

The programme is implemented by UNDP Zimbabwe Office in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare in Zimbabwe.

Interested candidates should visit and download the detailed Terms of Reference here for their further action and submission of application letters.

Mass Public Opinion Institute Public Seminar

Topic: Elections Roadmap: Hopes and Fears
Venue: New Ambassador Hotel, Harare
Date: Thursday, 26 May 2011
Time: 17:30 to 20:00 hours

Speakers:
1. Hon Douglas Mwonzora: MDC-T National Spokesperson and House of Assembly Member for Nyanga North
2. Hon David Coltart: Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture and MDC Senator for Khumalo Constituency
3. Pastor Trevor Maisiri: Executive Director, Africa Reform Institute
4. Mavambo/Khusile/Dawn Representative (To Confirm)

Chairperson: Mr. Herbert Ndoma
Admission: Free – All Are Welcome!

For further enquiries please contact Mass Public Opinion Institute: 771358/758700 Cell: +263 772 100 409

Police clearance has been granted

‘Could it be that public opinion is “the missing link” in the democracy debate in Zimbabwe, and indeed, in Africa today?’

2012 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program: Call for Applications
Deadline: 5 June 2011

The American Embassy is pleased to announce the 2012 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program.  This one-year, full-scholarship program is offered to mid-career professionals working at policy-level who have a record of leadership, a commitment to public service, and the initiative to take full advantage of a self-defined program of independent study at a leading American university.

The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program brings accomplished professionals from developing countries to the United States at a midpoint in their careers for a one-year program of non-degree study and related professional activities. The program seeks to foster an exchange of knowledge and mutual understanding between American citizens and professional counterparts from Zimbabwe. Successful applicants will be placed at participating universities in the United States for the August 2012-June 2013 period.

Fellowships are available in the following fields:

-    Communications/Journalism;
-    Natural Resources and Environmental Management;
-    Public Policy Analysis and Public Administration;
-    Economic Development;
-    Agricultural Development/Agricultural Economics;
-    Finance and Banking;
-    Teaching of English as a Foreign Language;
-    Law and Human Rights;
-    Urban and Regional Planning;
-    Education, including planning, administration, and curriculum development;
-    Public Health Policy and Management; and
-    HIV/AIDS policy and prevention.

To be eligible for a Humphrey Fellowship, applicants must have:

-    A first university degree
-    Five years of substantial professional experience
-    Demonstrated leadership qualities and a record of public service
-    Fluency in English
-    Zimbabwean citizens working & living in Zimbabwe at the time of application

Application/Selection Process: Interested applicants must apply to the U.S. Embassy on official application forms which can be downloaded from http://harare.usembassy.gov

Forms and copies of degree transcripts should be received no later than June 5, 2011.

The Hubert Humphrey Fellowship provides:

-    Round-trip economy international travel for the grantee.
-    Tuition and university fees.
-    Limited accident and sickness insurance for the grantee only. The Humphrey Program does not provide financial support for accompanying dependents.

Applications must be sent to the:
Program Officer (H.H. Program)
U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section
P.O.  Box 4010
HARARE

Email: HararePAS [at] state [dot] gov

150 WOZA members in Pumula, Bulawayo today marched to their local Electricity company office carrying a mock coffin to symbolise the burial of Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC). They began their march from a nearby shopping centre, intending to march past the police station to the ZETDC office but a vehicle drove out and dispersed them.
Police officers on bicycles then chased the activists but many managed to double back to the door of ZETDC to deliver the yellow cards and coffin. A drama ensured with residents shouting at police officers to stop chasing people as they do not have electricity themselves. All the police officers seem to come out to pick up and read the yellow cards, flyers and placards. As the protest dispersed, six members, Simangaliso Msimanga, Grace Moyo, Pretty Chivunge, and Sikhangezile Sibanda and Memory Matandare with her 3month old baby and another have been arrested and handcuffed. Lawyers have been deployed.
WOZA Press Statement

This is what a Kubatana subscriber thinks of Africa Day:

Africa Day, 25 May To Celebrate The Exploits Of The Union Of Dictators. No Lets Make It A Day Of Plotting And Planning Their Removal. These Social Gangsters, Drones And Salauds Who Have Surpassed Colonialists In Sheer Brutality And They Cry Imperialism, Illegal Sanctions When Others Intervene. SHAME ON U BRIGANDS, THIEVES AND MURDERERS.
S.M., Harare