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 * CSVR**

=ZIMBABWE and SOUTH AFRICA=

When FOREIGN POLICY becomes DOMESTIC POLICY
The Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum (ZSF) invites you to attend the public seminar hosted by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR). The forum aims to collectively analyse and inform organisations and South Africans on progressive intervention strategies in Zimbabwe and explore ways of building solidarity with Zimbabweans through an action programme.

Session 1- Internal Zimbabwean policies - Operation Murambatsvina, fear, repression and the effects on migration This session will look at issues of Zimbabwean refugees and asylum seekers in SA and assess the impact Zimbabwean policies have had on Zimbabwean youth (including the youth militia), women, and those affected by the HIV/ AIDS epidemic. Speakers: Thoko Matshe (a Zimbabwean female activist); Philani Zamchiya (President- Zimbabwe National Students’ Union)

Session 2 – Between quiet diplomacy and war, what are the options?

This session will explore the policy of the South African government in relation to Zimbabwe over last 5 years. It will highlight any changes in policy and attempt to explore policy options as we move forward. It will also deal with the political and economic effects of a collapsed Zimbabwe on South Africa and explore the implications of the current proposed loan to Zimbabwe. Speakers: Dr Chris Landsberg (Centre for Policy Studies); Wilf Mhanda (Zimbabwe War Veteran); ANC; SACP; Department of Home Affairs (SA)

This particular public seminar will lay the basis for a programme of action for the Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum.

The meeting will be held as follows: Venue			Seminar Room Graduate School for the Humanities and Social Sciences South West Engineering Building University of Witwatersrand

Date			Friday, 30 September 2005

Time			09h30- 13h00	Input and discussion 14h00-15h30	Mapping the way forward

Please RSVP your attendance to Pamela Masiko via e-mail or telephone.

Best Regards

pmasiko@csvr.org.za 011 403 5650 (T) 082 355 6888**
 * Pamela Masiko

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED