ACDP Motion on Zimbabwe

Kent Durr MP – ACDP (NCOP)

Friday, 16 November 2001

In the National Council of Provinces today, ACDP MP Kent Durr gave the following Motion with Notice:

The House notes that hundreds of Libyan troops have entered Zimbabwe to prop up the security of President Mugabe, as President Robert Mugabe increasingly cannot rely in his own people.
The House notes that 60 tourism companies have closed down in Zimbabwe this year alone as well as the three main Zimbabwean bakeries with 10,000 standing to lose their jobs.
The House notes that state sponsored violence is being waged by ZANU (PF) militants and so-called war vets against schools, newspapers, businesses and farmers.
The House notes the courageous recent statement on Zimbabwe by the President of Botswana that draws attention to the excesses of this rogue state that is lurching on to disaster.
The House calls upon the government of South Africa to take urgent steps to protect South African nationals and our national interest in that country.

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