It has been revealed that the food aid from South Africa that is being held up is not the only consignment waiting for clearance from Zimbabwe officials. Thousands of tonnes of other emergency aid are reported to be held up by Zimbabwean red tape. Tony Hall, the United States food ambassador who visited Zimbabwe, told reporters at the weekend that 10 000 tons of food were waiting for an import licence in Durban, while 15 000 tonnes, already inside Zimbabwe, needed permission before it could be distributed....
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JOHANNESBURG -- Relief supplies organised by South African churches for victims of a government clean-up operation in Zimbabwe are expected to arrive in the country this week after the Harare authorities finally allowed in the aid.
The Zimbabwean authorities were refusing to allow the aid into the country arguing they needed certificates indicating the food was not genetically modified. Zimbabwe has banned genetically modified food over safety fears.
The South African Council of Churches (SACC) which organised the aid said the trucks finally left Johannesburg where they had been held up for Harare at the weekend.....
The stuff about genetically modified food is another "green" worry that kills poor people...
We already have thousands of poor Africans dying after the greens worried about DDT...well, genetically modified food, which is commonly eaten in the USA, is another PC issue...
Of course, it is probably just a lame excuse to "punish" the donors...
The Harare authorities had refused to allow in the aid throwing hurdles in the church's way. State Security Minister Didymus Mutasa last month accused the churches of “pushing a political agenda.”
The SA clergymen have criticised the Zimbabwe government for demolishing people's homes in a controversial clean-up exercise two months ago.
Makes me happy that I live in a country where a hundred peso bribe would settle the whole thing...Gloria, have your son call his office...his juteng bribe check is waiting for him...
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