PAN-AFRICAN CAMPAIGN OF SOLIDARITY FOR ZIMBABWE



On Saturday 12 July 2008, following a call by CIVICUS: World Alliance For Citizen Participation, Amnesty International and the Global Call for Action Against Poverty (GCAP), citizens of Africa will unite to express their solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe who are suffering persistent violations of their rights. Saturday represents the launch of a Pan-African Campaign of Solidarity for Zimbabwe, and will be followed by events conti2nent-wide.
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GRAEME SCHLACHTER'S CHANNEL SWIM

"Hi guys my name is Graeme Schlachter and  I met you at the zimfest about 3 or 4 years ago when I did the hole in one for you. Anyway, my reason for writing is to ask if it may be possible to help raise awareness of the fact that I will be swimming the English channel later this year and as far as I can see, I will be the first Zimabwean to do it"...... errr go ahead mate (anyone got a rescue boat!!!??? :-) - but seriously people find out how to support Graeme
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 WEZIMBABWE 2008 VICTIMS OF ZIMBABWE VIOLENCE URGENT APPEAL

We have been receiving increasingly disturbing news from Zimbabwe of an upsurge in violent attacks and torture in the post election period. This has resulted in horrendous injuries being sustained by innocent people. WEZIM is launching an urgent appeal to all friends of Zimbabwe to demonstrate their support for the victims of the ongoing violence
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"During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die" - Nelson Mandela
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