16 October 2013 No 10 - Zimbabwe Parliament

Question proposed: That this House:
CONCERNED by the high rate of de-industrialisation in Zimbabwe’s major cities and towns
continuously in the last 12 years;
FURTHER CONCERNED by the levels of unemployment currently experienced in Zimbabwe;
DEEPLY WORRIED by the sanctions induced poverty levels that have blighted Zimbabweans
for the past 12 years;
PERTURBED by the alarming brain and skills drain experienced by Zimbabwe’s economy in
the last decade;
ALARMED by the arrogant unilateralism of the West which imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe
without engaging in exhaustive dialogue;
NOW, THEREFORE:
Calls on the European Union, Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America to lift
all forms of sanctions they imposed on Zimbabwe.
Resolves to submit this motion, together with a covering letter to the European Parliament, the
European External Action Service, the United States Congress, the Australian Parliament, New
Zealand Parliament and the House of Commons, encouraging them to urge their governments to
lift all forms of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe – Hon. Hlongwane
6. Adjourn debate on the motion on food shortages in Zimbabwe (Adjourned 15 th October – The
Minister of State for Provincial Affairs - Harare)
That this House-
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Question proposed
NOTING that Zimbabwe was once the breadbasket of Southern Africa and has now been
reduced to a basket case;
DISTURBED by the Government’s lack of precautionary programmes to avert hunger in the
face of poor rainy season;
CONCERNED by the acute shortage of food which has resulted in more than two million
people facing starvation particularly in Masvingo, Midlands, Matebeleland and Manicaland
Provinces;
MINDFUL of the fact that in Zimbabwe more than 2.2 million people are in need of food to
avert starvation;