Under the direction and authority of Matebeleland Liberation
Organisation Supreme Council, The President of M.L.O. Paul Siwela served the
British government under the leadership of David Cameron and Zimbabwe
government under the leadership of Robert Gabriel Mugabe with Notices of Demand
for The Restoration of Matebeleland State on 5 December 2015 and 7 December
2015 respectively.Both addressees acknowledged receipt of The Notices by
signing for them and the other positively responding by letter subsequently. If
anyone has doubt they can verify this with the President of Zimbabwe Robert
Gabriel Mugabe or the British Prime Minister Theresa May.
All foreign governments and multi-national organizations, the public and
the business community that has invested in Matebeleland territory must
exercise extreme caution as their licenses shall be subject to cancellation in
due course and their operations affected by this Notice in one way or the
other. After all , the constitution of Zimbabwe would soon be null and void and
unenforceable within the borders of the territory of Matebeleland .With this
Notice, everyone has been warned to exercise due diligence when engaging the
Zimbabwe government on anything offered that resides or domiciled within the
boundaries of the territory of Matebeleleland as defined by the Jameson Line of
June 1891 that formalized and legalized the boundary between Matebeleland
territory and Zimbabwe territory to avoid future disappointments and no further
warnings shall be issued by M.L.O.
Regrettably, those who will buy the lies and assurances or guarantees
from the Zimbabwe government contrary to this Notice shall run the risk of
losing their investments or properties without compensation when the new
government of The Republic of Matebeleland takes effect under the leadership of
Matebeleland Liberation Organisation i.e. M.L.O. in due course.
1.0 The Name of Country
Matebeleland State existed as a free, independent and sovereign Kingdom,
with inviolable and indivisible territory and unit of power and authority
vested in the King and his Indunas, who together composed the cabinet, that
governed the State.
Matebeleland has maintained its name and identity against all its
adversaries up to date. It has more than 13 diverse ethnic and racial groups
all collectively known or called Matebele or AmaNdebele or Ndebele and include
but not limited to the following inter-alia:
Asians, Chewa Khoi Sani, Khalanga, Ndebele, Nambia, Shangaan, Swati,
Sotho, Shona, Tswana, Tonga, Venda, Whites, Xhosa and Zulu.
The population of Matebeleland State is about 5million people.
1.1 Geography of Matebeleland
Matebeleland State has a geographic area which measures 45 749
680 acres.
1.2 Recognition of Matebeleland State
Matebeleland state enjoyed international recognition from other states
that include but not limited to
i Botswana under Seretse Khama through the Matebele -Ngwato Treaty of
1875 that established the boundaries between the two states that exist up to
date.
ii South Africa ( Transvaal ) through the Matebele -Transvaal Treaty of
Friendship of 1853 and the Grobler Treaty of 1887 that established the boundary
between the two states that exist up to date.
iii Zambia (Barotseland ) under Lewanika through the Matebele - Barotse
Treaty of 1888 that established the boundaries between the two states and exist
up to date.
iv Mashonaland (Zimbabwe) under numerous and independent chiefs prior to
British colonization and later colonized on 13 September 1890, by British
imperial agents, the British South Africa Company led by Staar Leander Jameson
who confirmed the boundary that existed between the two states and later signed
the Matebele - Jameson Line Agreement in June 1891 and is subject of this
Notice.
v Swaziland under King Mswati
vi Lesotho under King Moshoeshoe
vii Britain under Queen Victoria through the British - Matebele Treaties
of 1836 and 1888.
1.3 Colonization of Matebeleland
The Kingdom of Matebeleland was invaded by British imperial agents, the
British South African Company, under Cecil John Rhodes on 3 November 1893,
three years later after Mashonaland aka Zimbabwe had been colonized. The
heavily armed British imperial agents carrying the latest military weapons
manufactured in Britain and assisted by Shona mercenaries destroyed the Kingdom
of Matebeleland amid the following promises in The Victoria Agreement of 12
August 1893;
i Each man being offered a farm of 6000 acres in any part of
Matebeleland . without obligation to occupy it.
ii 15 gold reefs and 5 gold deposits for each man
iii Sharing the loot of more 600 000 cattle from the Royal herd with
half going to the British South Africa Company and the other half to the Shona
mercenaries.
iv Royal Treasure stored in the Royal Exchequer, at the Royal Palace in
Bulawayo worth more than 10 million sovereign pounds made up of uncut diamonds
and gold bullion produced by Kingdom of Matebeleland Royal Group of Mines.
1.4 British Queen Victoria Opposed to the Invasion of Matebeleland
The British Monarch Queen Victoria was vehemently opposed to the
unprovoked and criminal invasion of The Kingdom of Matebeleland while her
government of Lord Salisbury found pleasure to give support to Cecil John
Rhodes to invade and colonize The Kingdom of Matebeleland.The position of Queen
Victoria confirms that the invasion was illegal, criminal and violated the
British - Matebele Treaties.
On 26 March 1889, King Lobengula sent his two envoys to meet Queen
Victoria to submit his repudiation of the dishonourable Rudd Concession, which
gave Cecil John Rhodes exclusive mineral rights in The Kingdom of
Matebeleland.After the meeting, Queen Victoria, wrote a letter to King
Lobengula stating that " the Queen has heard the words of King
Lobengula.She was glad to receive these messengers. King Lobengula is the ruler
of his country and the Queen does not interfere with the government".
In August 1893, when King Lobengula protested to Queen Victoria about
the killing of the people of Matebeleland by the British South Africa Company
mercenaries, she replied through the British High Commissioner in Cape Town,
South Africa, Sir Henry Loch that " you can tell the King from me that I
have no intention of invading his country or drag him to war".
The Colonial Secretary Lord Rippon was also instructed to cable The
British High Commission in Cape Town, South Africa, Sir Henry Loch, instructing
him to tell Staar Leander Jameson that the British South Africa Company
Commandants, that " their duty is to defend the occupied territory
(Mashonaland and her Majesty Government cannot support them in any aggression
" against The Kingdom of Matebeleland.
On 11 November 1893, Queen Victoria sent Major Good-Adams, Commander of
Bechuanaland Police with orders ' To prevent Staar Leander Jameson from
distributing land, gold and loot to his mercenaries and ordered to re-instate
the sovereignty of The Kingdom of Matebelend." This was disobeyed through
the declaration that " King Lobengula died in July 1894 and Staar Leander
Jameson has succeeded him as the new King of Matebeleland".
On 19 December 1893, Cecil John Rhodes declared that The Kingdom of
Matebeleland had become " A Principality under The Rule of Right of
Conquest “, while the government of Lord Salisbury recognised the conquest and
promulgated The Matebeleland Order-In-Council on 18 July 1894 which had the net
effect of legalizing and formalizing the Victoria Agreement of 12 August 1893,
which provided for the following,
i Legalising and giving recognition and effect to the conquest and the
Victoria Agreement.
ii To over-ride Queen Victoria s orders to the British South Africa
Company " not to distribute land, gold and loot and re-instate the
sovereignty of The Kingdom of Matebeleland ".
iii To install Staar Leander Jameson as the new King of the Kingdom of
Matebeleland.
iv the legal basis of replacing the Sovereignty of Matebeleland with
Matebeleland Order-In-Council and Cecil Rhodes proclamation of Rule by Conquest
and legalising the Victoria Agreement led to the involuntary amalgamation of
The Kingdom of Matebeleland and Mashonaland ( Zimbabwe ) in 1894 without the
consent of the nation of Matebeleland and the people of Mashonaland creating a
new country initially called Chaterland later briefly renamed Cecilialand and
subsequently renamed Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe-Rhodesia
and currently Zimbabwe.
There was never in history a country that existed before 18 April 1980
that was called Zimbabwe as currently constituted. Zimbabwe is a successor to
colonial construct called Rhodesia and was established on 18 April 1980.
1.5 Matebeleland is not part of Mashonaland (Zimbabwe)
It can be incontrovertibly established that
i History confirms beyond question the British criminal responsibility
of destroying Matebeleland Kingdom without provocation or justification and
violating The British - Matebele Treaties of 1836 and 1888
ii History proves that neither King Mzilikazi or King Lobengula violated
The British - Matebele Treaties of 1836 and 1888.
iii Matebeles did not willingly and consciously hand over their land,
independence and sovereignty to the British but was forcibly taken away from
them through military conquest.
iv Matebeleland and Mashonaland (Zimbabwe) were two separate and
independent states and at no time did they express the desire to unite and were
never asked if ever they wanted to be one country.
vii Had the colonialist not defeated the Matebele army, Matebeleland
would have remained independent and separate up to date.
1.6 Basis for Restoration of Independence and Sovereignty
i Incontrovertible historical facts and tribal segregation, inhuman and
unbearable treatment of the Matebele people by the majority Shona people of
Zimbabwe
ii The genocide suffered under the British colonial rule where over 12
000 Matebeles were savagely killed by the British colonial agents.
iii The genocide suffered under the Zimbabwe government where
a) Over 40 000 unarmed civilians were dastardly killed by the Zimbabwe
National Army 5th Brigade assisted by Zimbabwe s Central Intelligence Organisation,
Zimbabwe Republic Police Support Unit ,Zanu PF Youth Brigade and other
government quasi military agents all mainly composed of Shona personnel
b) Over 300 000 Matebeles were maimed
c) Over 100 000 Matebele women were raped
d) Over 100 000 Matebele homes were destroyed with property and
valuables looted.
e) Over 1 000 000 people displaced and dispersed
f) Remaining 3 500 000 people suffer marginalization and tribal
discrimination daily in the allocation of resources with the knowledge and blessing
of the Zimbabwe government.
iv) Corruption, wilful misrepresentations and theft which is accepted
and acknowledged as a culture among the Shona people, thus working against the
law of progression and thus has created US$11billion debt and missing
US$15billion in diamonds revenues and a loss of not less than US$60billion
between 1980 and 2016 and no one as is the norm and culture was or is held to
account or bothered about this loss and no investigations instituted. Shocking!
The desire in retaining a 93-year-old leader to facilitate theft of state
resources by displaying fake allegiance to the "dear leader" to avoid
being arrested or made to account. The abuse of power and state resources by
the "dear leader", who is accountable to no one in the country. He is
above the law. Zimbabwean s have accepted this abominable culture as a "
new normal " which would be adopted and used by future Zimbabwean
governments.
Any future government that would attempt to rein on corruption would not
last in office and thus there is no future in Zimbabwe while corruption remains
acceptable and practiced as a culture by the majority Shona people who will
always dominate the government. The culture is so entrenched that it has become
incorrigible.
v) No reparations paid for gross abuse of human rights and genocide and
no one held accountable thus giving no guarantee to the Matebeles that another
genocide shall not visit them in future and that tribal domination and
segregation shall ever end. The only guarantee to Matebele security and
economic empowerment will be achieved only after the Restoration of
Matebeleland Statehood.
vi) Selective application of the law in the country in favour of the
Shona people
1.7 Constitution of The Republic of Matebeleland
The Republic of Matebeleland shall be a constitutional democracy that
will be governed through a provincial system of government whereby the Republic
shall be divided into four semi-autonomous provinces. Each province shall have
its own constitution that will be subservient to the Republic s constitution.
1.8 The Central Government
The Central Government shall be composed of three tiers of government,
namely The Executive, The Legislature and The Judiciary. Each of the arm of the
government shall be independent of each other. There shall be vertical
separation of powers.
a) The Executive
The constitution of Republic shall limit the number of ministries or
government departments not to exceed 21 ministries or departments, the
government of The Republic of Matebeleland shall not have more than 21 cabinet
ministers with or without deputy ministers. In the absence of any Minister, the
President shall appoint any of the Ministers to act on behalf of the absent
Minister. The following executive structure is proposed as an illustration.
b) The Presidency
The President shall be the head of state and government and commander in
chief of Matebeleland Defence Forces. The President shall be elected through
direct universal suffrage and shall serve for not more than two 5 year terms
and shall appoint his deputy, who will act during his absence from office. The
President shall enjoy the sole prerogative to appoint all cabinet ministers and
deputy ministers from members of Parliament with the proviso to appoint not
more than 3 non-elected members of Parliament. The following executive
structure is proposed by the M.L.O as an illustration:
1) Ministry of Defence
2) Ministry of State Security
3) Ministry of Homeland Security
4) Ministry of Home Affairs
5) Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs
6) Ministry of Information and Public Affairs
7) Ministry of Justice, Constitutional Development and Correctional
Services
8) Ministry of Industry and Commerce and Public Enterprises
9) Ministry of Local Government, Housing, Urban and Rural Development
10) Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Systems
11) Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare
12) Ministry of Mines, Energy and Water Resources
13) Ministry of Education, Training, Science and Technology
14) Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry
15) Ministry of Public Works, Small and Medium Enterprises
16) Ministry of Environment and Tourism
17) Ministry of Foreign Affairs
18) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
19) Ministry of Sport, Culture, Religious and Traditional Affairs
20) Ministry of Youth, Women’s Affairs and Differently Able People.
The ministries shall be responsible for creating policies and see their
implementation. Most ministries would have no more than 300 personnel. The
chief accounting officers shall be called Permanent Secretaries. The
implementation of the policies of most ministries shall be done mainly at
provincial level except for ministries like Foreign Affairs, Defence, State
Security and Industry and Commerce.
c) The Legislature
The Legislature shall be called the House of Representatives and shall
have 100 members of parliament who shall be elected through Proportional
Representative system of election. The head of Parliament shall be The Speaker,
who shall be elected by all members of parliament after the elections.
There shall be a Senate made up of 30 members who shall all be elected
through Proportional Representative system of election simultaneously with the
members of the House of Representatives. The head of the Senate shall be The
Deputy President of the Republic.
The parliament shall have an oversight on the Executive and make it to
account besides making laws for the country.
d) The Judiciary
The Judiciary shall interpret the laws of the country and international
laws that affect the country. It shall be composed of Supreme Court, the High
Courts and the Magistrates courts. All members of the judiciary shall be
employed by the judicial services commission and headed by The Chief Justice
who shall be appointed by The President from three candidates submitted by the
Judicial Services Commission. All judges shall be appointed by the President.
e) Proposed Parastatals and State Owned Enterprises
The following parastatals and government owned enterprises are proposed
1) Matebeleland Timber Authority
2) Civil Aviation Department
3) Deeds, Births and Death Registry
4) Matebeleland Railways
5) Matebeleland Revenue Agency
6) Matebeleland Broadcasting Services
7) Matebeleland Television Services
8) Matebeleland Examinations Board
9) Matebeleland Electricity Commission
10) Matebeleland Meat Corporation
11) Matebeleland Iron and Steel Corporation
12) Matebeleland Investment Board
13) Matebeleland Reserve Bank
14) Matebeleland Roads Commission
15) Matebeleland Water Board
16) Matebeleland Telecommunications Corporation
17) Matebeleland Ports Agency
18) Matebeleland Bonded Warehouse
19) Matebeleland Post Office
20) Matebeleland Standard Association
21) Matebeleland Gas Corporation
22) Matebeleland Bus Corporation
23) Matebeleland Agricultural Authority
24) Medicines and Drugs Control Commission
25) Censorship Board
26) Matebeleland International Trade Fair
27) Matebeleland Tender Board
28) Land and Investment Bank
29) Science, Research and Industrial Board
30) Environmental Management Commission
31) Matebeleland Statistics Board
32) Matebeleland Tourism Board
33) Post Office Savings Bank
34) Competition and Tariff Commission
35) State Lotteries and Gaming Board
36) Sable Chemicals
37) Wankie Colliery
38) Mining Development and Exploration Corporation
39) Library and Documentation Services
40) National Galleries and Museums
41) Matebeleland Methane Gas Corporation
f) Capital City
Bulawayo shall become the capital city of The Republic of Matebeleland
1.9 Independent Commissions
There shall be independent commissions to promote accountability,
fairness, equality transparency and democracy and the following shall be
created viz,
a) Matebeleland Human Rights Commission
b) The Electoral Commission
c) The Public Protector
d) Auditor-General
e) The Anti-Corruption Commission
f) The Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Commission
2.0 Provincial Governments
The country shall have a provincial system of government and have four
provinces. Each province shall have its own constitution that shall always
remain subservient to the national constitution of The Republic of Matebeleland.
Almost all government polices shall be implemented at provincial level and
bring the government closer to the people. The provinces envisaged shall be;
i) Mhlanhlandlela province with the capital being 40km away from
Bulawayo and may be located along Victoria Falls road. The name of the
provincial capital shall be called Umvutsha. The boundaries for Mhlanhlandlela
province shall be 60kms radius from Bulawayo main Post Office.
ii) Lalaphansi province shall have Gwelo as its provincial capital
iii) Matopo province shall have Gwanda as its provincial capital
iv) Gwayi province shall have its capital as Lupane
a) Provincial Executive
The provincial executive shall be head by an elected Governor whose term
of office shall be limited to two 5 year terms. The Governor shall appoint not
more than 10 executive members from the provincial assembly who shall be
referred to as Commissioners and would hold portfolios relevant to that
particular province.
b) Provincial Legislature
The provincial legislature shall have a single chamber made up of 30
members who shall create legislation for the province and have an oversight on
the provincial executive. The Legislature shall be headed by the Speaker
elected from the members of the provincial legislature.
c) Provincial Judiciary
Each province shall have its own provincial judiciary head by the Judge
President who shall be appointed by the President from three candidates
submitted by the Judicial Services Commission. Each province shall have its own
High Court.
2.1 The Reserve Bank of Matebeleland
There shall be The Reserve Bank of Matebeleland whose functions shall be
amongst others
i) responsible for monetary policy
ii) manage the fixed exchange rate of Matebeleland Dollar
iii) supervise all commercial and merchant banks, financial houses and
building societies
iv) issue bank notes and coins and destroy bank notes
v) financial surveillance and exchange controls
vI) payment and settlements systems
vi) provide economic information and statistics
2.2 The Currency
The national currency of the country shall be Matebeleland Dollar
abbreviated as Mad. There shall be dollars and cents:
i) The currency shall be fixed at US$1.00 = Ma$10.00
ii) The currency shall have the following coins
1c 5c 10c 20c 50c Ma$1.00
iii) There shall be the following notes denominations
$2 $5 $10 $20 $50 $100 $200
iv) The currency shall be backed by gold bullion and other resources.
Matebeleland has 10,4million tonnes of gold reserves and produces 80% of the
gold output in Zimbabwe as currently constituted with 60% of that output being
produced by 3 mines namely How Mine, Turk Mine and Blanket Mine all situated in
Matebeleland.
v) Matebeleland has significant diamond reserves that are yet to be
exploited
vi) Matebeleland has large deposits of Platinum.
2.3 Taxation
i) There shall exist dual taxation exercised by the central government
and provincial governments
ii) Each province may have particular tax that shall be used exclusively
in that province
iii) Corporate tax shall be fixed at 30%
iv) Vat shall be fixed at 15%
v) Import duties shall be fixed between 5% to 25% depending on the
product being imported into the country. Import substitution shall be
encouraged and punitive tax imposed where profligacy is detected.
vi) Income tax shall be fixed between 15% to 35%
vii Excise duties
vii) Carbon tax and pollution tax
viii) Other taxes i.e. estate duty, fuel levy, toll-gates, national
parks fees, etc.
2.4 Mining
The M.L.O government shall issue new licences to all mining houses
operating in The Republic of Matebeleland. All licences issued by the Zimbabwe
government shall be null and void after 2018 when the statehood of Matebeleland
had been restored. All mining houses will have to apply for new licences by a
prescribed date that shall be advertised and after the expiry of that date all
licences issued by the Zimbabwe government shall be illegal in The Republic of
Matebeleland.
i) The shareholding structure in all mining houses shall provide 30%
equity to be reserved for the government of The Republic of Matebeleland
ii) Procurement s by all mining houses shall provide for 60% to domestic
registered and citizen owned companies
iii) Mining companies shall be encouraged to build refineries to process
their minerals or pay taxes in lieu of local refinery
iv) The following minerals and valuable resources are found in
Matebeleland territory ie asbestos, coal, chrome, clay, guano, gold, diamonds,
iron ore, nickel, tin, platinum, emerald, methane gas, with prospects for oil
and uranium and other minerals which are known to exist but to be mined or
discovered.
v) huge export opportunities for iron and steel products to Zimbabwe
market
vi) A highly combustible mineral with capacity to power spacecraft twice
as fast but lasting twice as long as the current spacecraft fuel has been
discovered in Ntalale area of Gwanda, which would be extracted by a NASA linked
company. Many more minerals of such strategic value exist and are yet to be discovered
in the Matebeleland territory.
2.5 Land Tenure
The land tenure shall be based on the following policies. All Zimbabwean
licences within Matebeleland territory shall become illegal on a prescribed
date that shall be advertised by the M.L.O. government to allow a smooth hand
over of properties that were illegally forfeited by the Zimbabwe government to
their original owners.
i) Prescribed economic maximum holding guaranteed by Title Deeds
ii) Compensation on market based value for land acquired by the
government
iii) Renewable 99 years lease to large corporates engaged in large scale
farming
iv) Punitive tax on land holding over and above economic prescribed
maximum holding
v) Punitive tax on land held for speculative purposes
vi) Punitive tax on unused land
vi) One man one farm with Title Deeds
vi) All land holding shall be protected under the Constitution that
would guarantee individual property rights
vii) Granting of Title Deeds to all landlords and resettled people
2.6 Farming
i) Promote and encourage cattle ranching, dairy farming, ostrich, pig,
goat, poultry and wild life farming.
ii) promote and support sugar cane, citrus fruits, cotton, maize,
tobacco and other drought resistant crops
iii) Huge prospects for beef and ostrich meat export opportunities into
Europe, Asia and possibly Zimbabwe.
iv) Growth of hides and leather industry with opportunities for exports
to Zimbabwe
iv) Growth of taxidermist and wild life trophies for export into Europe,
Americas, Zimbabwe and possible Asia
2.7 Forestry
i) The harvesting of hard timber shall be allowed in so far as logging
to saw mill and finally into the furniture production factory is done at local
level with employment preference given to local people.
ii) Only the finished product shall be allowed for export. Export
opportunities exist in Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, Swaziland, Lesotho, South
Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. There are also export prospects beyond SADC
countries.
2.8 Tourism
i) Recognizing and conscious that tourism is one of the fastest growing
industries in the world and that Matebeleland territory is blessed with many
tourist facilities, the M.L.O. government shall promote domestic and
international tourism into all tourism sites in the country.
ii) The government shall have the obligation to protect and support wild
life management, flora and fauna to attract tourist into the country and
maintain all facilities at the highest possible levels of international
standards.
iii) The M.L.O government shall support and encourage cultural tourism
2.9 The Government Tenders
i) All government tenders allocated to foreign and big companies must be
prescribed that 30% of the tender must be sub-contracted to small and medium
companies owned by citizens of the Republic.
3.0 Citizenship
i) Citizenship of The Republic of Matebeleland shall be granted to all
whose parents were born on or before 17th April 1980 in Matebeleland territory.
ii) Citizenship may also be granted through descent or naturalization
obtained through tests, local government interviews and payment of prescribed
fees after physically residing in the country uninterrupted for not less than
ten years without conviction for any serious crimes. . Persons convicted for
murder, corruption, tax evasion and drug peddling do not qualify for
citizenship.
iii) Dual citizenship may be permitted
3.1 Matebeleland Defence Force
i) Assemble 30 000 strong Matebeleland Defence Force made up of 25 000
Matebeleland Armed Forces and 5 000 Matebeleland Airforce.
ii) Provide and equip the defence force with modern and sophisticated
military arsenal to defend the territorial integrity.
iii) Trained in latest military technology and tactics through
cooperation with friendly countries
3.2 Matebeleland Police Services
i) Assemble 10 000 men and women for police services to maintain law and
order in the country
ii) provide homeland security to people and property
3.3 Intelligence community
i) The Central Intelligence Bureau shall provide intelligence services
and protect the state against domestic and foreign enemies using all known
intelligence methods.
3.4 Correctional Services
i) Assemble 6 000 correctional services officers
ii) The correctional services shall provide for the rehabilitation of
convicted offenders.
iii) Offenders convicted for serious offenses and sentenced to hard
labour shall be deployed into governments services under the supervision of
officers from correctional services perhaps microchipped for easier control and
management.
3.5 Membership
i) The Republic of Matebeleland shall apply and join the following
international bodies upon the restoration of Statehood.
a) United Nations
b) African Union
c) Commonwealth
d) South African Development Community
e) The World Bank
f) The International Monetary Fund
g) The African Development Bank
h) World Trade Organization
I) The International Communications Union
j) The Southern African Customs Union
k) The Southern African Monetary Union
l) World Health Organization
o) United Nations Development Programs
p) United Nations World Tourism Organization
q) Others to be determined in future
3.5 Education
i) The M.L.O. government shall provide free education to all children
from poor families.ie those
whose parents shall have a combined annual salary of United States Dollars Six
thousand i.e. US$6 000 which shall be equivalent to Sixty thousand Matebeleland
Dollars I.e. Ma$60 000.
ii) Compulsory education from pre-school up to tertiary level.
iii) It shall be compulsory for all students to learn three languages
from pre-school up to equivalent to Form Four with the following proviso that
English and Ndebele shall be mandatory and the following shall be elective,
Tonga, Nambia, Sotho, Khalanga, Shona, Xhosa and Zulu.
iv) There shall be two streams of education from Form One coded E1 for
academically gifted children and coded E2 for children who are vocational
oriented.
v) Matebeleland Examinations Board shall be responsible for the
curricula up to Form Six.
3.6 Water
i) Recognizing and conscious that Matebeleland often would receive less
than normal rainfall and that there would be little rainfall in future, it
would be top priority in the budget of the M.L.O. government to build large
dams throughout the Republic in the rainfall catchment areas.
ii) provide a budget in each year for the Zambezi water project and
Gwayi-Shangani dam
iii) encourage private and public sector partnership in the building of
dams and irrigation schemes
iv) provide clean, safe and running water to both humans and animals
3.7 Energy
i) The M.L.O government shall refurbish the existing thermal power
stations that include Wankie Power Station, Bulawayo and Umniati Power Station.
ii) The M.L.O government shall encourage private public participation in
the building of new thermal power stations in places like Gwayi, Lupane and
Gokwe that would result with the growth of new and big urban towns thereat.
iii) Given the abundance of light in the country throughout the year,
M.L.O. government would open opportunities for the building of Solar Parks in
designated places throughout the country to generate solar energy.
iv) The M.L.O government would also consider building the Batoka
hydro-electricity with the collaboration of the government of the Republic of
Zambia.
vi) The bigger capacity to generate excess electricity shall meet
domestic needs and allow the M.L.O. government to export its excess power to
other SADC countries and the Republic of Zimbabwe which is likely to experience
a serious deficit in the generation and supply of electricity.
vii) Independent power producers shall be allowed
3.8 Coal
Conscious that many anthracite coal fields would be depleted in the
world in the next ten years and that the new technology of mining coal with
minimum damage to the environment is available and accessible, the price of
coal and its by-products shall increase significantly to contribute massively
to Matebeleland GDP and creating many employment opportunities for the
citizenry.
i) The export of coal to neighbouring countries like Malawi, DRC and
Zambia shall be actively revived and Zimbabwe would be one of the greatest
export market for the coal for their industries and treatment of their
flue-cured tobacco.
ii) Tarr export opportunities to Zimbabwe
iii) Export markets in Asia and Europe would also be considered and
explored
3.9 Infrastructure Development
i) The M.L.O government shall always be conscious that its recurrent
expenditure should be contained not to exceed 60% of its budget to cater for
capital and infrastructure developmental needs.
ii) Conscious that Matebeleland had been neglected by the government of
The Republic of Zimbabwe during its misrule and tyranny while exploiting her
resources, the government of The Republic of Matebeleland shall immediately
engaged in infrastructure development throughout the Republic. During the
process, the M.L.O government shall encourage the allocation of 30% work to
local companies in each area, in the building of roads, bridges, government
buildings, clinics, hospitals, schools, colleges, shopping malls, new towns and
cities. All these projects shall be done in collaboration with the private
sector. All employment opportunities shall be for citizens of the country in
that area.
iii) Conscious that Bulawayo is centrally located to serve not only its
towns, cities, farming and mining communities and new resettlement areas but
provide transport linkages to countries like South Africa, Botswana, Zambia,
Malawi and Zimbabwe through the train and bus transport systems. The government
would also encourage private sector participation in the provision and the
building railway systems and introduce tram city transport and railways to link
towns and cities.
iv) There shall be new toll-gates to be built to raise money for roads
development network and rehabilitation of existing networks.
4.0 Border Controls and Management
i) The M.L.O. government shall create new border control management
systems to prevent illegal immigrants into the country but allow smooth flow of
goods and people and well documented immigrants into the country.
ii) The Republic of Matebeleland government shall open 2 new border post
one in Qwe Qwe border post to be called Eguqeni Border Post to allow smooth
flow of goods and people from and to Zimbabwe.
iii) Considering that The Republic of Matebeleland shall share a long
border post with Zimbabwe, the M.L.O led government shall open another border
post near Masvingo town in Zimbabwe which shall be called Umgandani Border
Post.
4.1 Labour and Social Welfare
i) All employment opportunities in the country shall be available to all
its citizens who qualify for the open vacancies.
ii) There shall be a prescribed minimum wage for all industries
iii) The unions shall be encouraged to be created in all industries to
cater for the welfare of their members.
iv) The M.L.O. government shall provide for the payment of a suitable
grant to all its unemployed citizens without pension who are above the age of
60 years and all its different able body and child headed families.
v) Expatriates shall be given special permits to last the duration of
employment with the proviso that there shall be a local to understudy such
expatriates during that period.
4.2 Media
i) The M.L.O. government shall provide both public and private print and
electronic media to co-exist
ii) Each province shall be encouraged to have its own radio station and
television services and newspapers.
4.3 Sport
i) The M.L.O. government shall promote all sports and provide sporting
facilities throughout the country
4.4 Foreign Relations
i) The M.L.O. government shall create and promote friendly relations
with all foreign governments and international organizations and open and
maintain diplomatic missions in designated countries around the world.
ii) shall observe and uphold the principle of non-interference in the
internal affairs of other countries
iii) promotes the rule of law and human rights, respect for
international law and support peaceful resolutions of conflicts.
iv) The Republic of Matebeleland shall establish diplomatic relations
with Zimbabwe government to promote friendly relations and peaceful
co-existence between the two states and promote trade thereof.
4.5 The Monarchy
i) Recognizing and conscious that the Matebeleland State evolved as a
kingdom prior to its destruction, its restoration shall assume the status of
The Republic.
ii) The status and powers of the Monarch shall be defined in the
Constitution of The Republic of Matebeleland.
4.6 Resettlement and Housing
i) Conscious of the loss of property and valuables that were looted by
the British imperial agents and by the Zimbabwe government and later forcibly
resettled in barren and tse tse fly infested areas, the people would need to be
resettled and allow the current land to be opened to wild life farming,
conservation's and other economic use. All resettled people shall be given
Title Deeds by the government for the land allocated to them to allow people to
develop their areas and can utilize their properties as collateral security
when the need arise.
ii) The resettlement would lead into new towns and cities and allow the
government to provide low cost housing, electricity, running water, sanitation,
tarred roads, trams or trains, schools, colleges, hospitals and modern shopping
malls and banking facilities
4.7 Industry and Commerce and Public Enterprises
i) provide friendly and viable economic policies to drive commerce and
give birth to new industries and sustain old industries that use and respect
science and technology
ii) encourage export oriented industries, joint ventures and direct
foreign investment
iii) promote buy Matebeleland and employ Matebeles
iv) Show case Matebeleland produce in international exhibitions around
the world
v) promote and create space for small and medium enterprises
vi) promote efficient and corrupt free public enterprises
vi) promote import substitution wherever possible and value addition
4.8 Aviation
i) provide, maintain and continually upgrade aviation facilities in the
country.
ii) Establish Matebeleland Airways
iii) Establish open skies policy and allow competition in the domestic
market.
4.9 Zimbabwe s Debt
i) Zimbabwe has a current debt of US$11,70billion and still growing
which has accumulated over the years and part of it attributable to brazen and
rampant corruption. The Zimbabwe government shall solely remain responsible for
the debt and The Republic of Matabeleland would not be responsible nor
participate in the amortisation of that debt as much as nation of Matebeleland
has not received any reparations for gross abuse of human rights and genocide
suffered all the years.
If the Zimbabwe government is ready and committed to pay its reparations
to The Republic of Matebeleland for gross abuses of human rights and genocide
perpetrated against the nation of Matebeles, then the government of The
Republic of Matebeleland would assume responsibility for the portion attributed
to the Wankie Thermal Power Station, whose cost would need to be verified by
some independent and reputable firm of Chartered Accountants. The nature and
character of reparations to be paid by the Zimbabwe government shall be
determined by the government of The Republic of Matebeleland.
5.0 Corruption
Transparency International has ranked Zimbabwe among the top 10 most
corrupt countries in the world for more than ten consecutive years amid
adoption and acceptance of corruption and theft from government, public
organizations and non-governmental organizations as a normal and acceptable
culture by the Shona people. There is no shame or remorse for stealing public
funds but celebrated as great achievement and shrewdness for economic
empowerment. Very disgraceful indeed.
i) The above ambitious state of the Republic of Matebeleland would be
able to realize its full potential and care for all its citizens and experience
exponential economic growth only if the government exercise zero tolerance to
corruption.
ii) The Matebeleland economy has the potential, everything being equal,
to grow up its GDP to over US$100billion dollars in 20 years’ time as long as
corruption does not have a breathing space.
iii) To enforce zero tolerance to corruption, the constitution of The
Republic of Matebeleland shall provide for the following
a) That corruption shall be prescribed as an offense that is considered
a serious crime and repugnant to the values of the nation of Matebeleland.
b) That anyone tried and convicted for corruption that involves a
monetary value of or exceeding One hundred thousand Matebeleland dollars ie
Ma$100 000 shall face a mandatory sentence of death by lethal injection.
c) That anyone tried and convicted for corruption involving the monetary
value between Ten thousand Matebeleland dollars to One hundred thousand
Matebeleland dollars ie Ma$10 000 to Ma$100 000 shall face a mandatory sentence
of life imprisonment with no consideration for parole.
d) That anyone tried and convicted for corruption involving the monetary
value of or less than Ten thousand Matebeleland dollars i.e. Ma$10 000 shall
face a mandatory sentence of ten years with hard labour and no consideration
for parole.
e) That anyone tried and convicted of drug peddling in dangerous drugs
that includes but not limited to cocaine, heroin, mandrax and other such drugs
that would harm the society shall be sentenced to death by lethal injection.
5.1 Religious and Traditional Affairs
i) All ethnic groups of The Republic of Matebeleland shall enjoy the
right to religious worship and observe and practice their religious beliefs as
long as it does not harm the nation and pose a threat to the Constitution of
the Republic.
ii) Every ethnic group shall enjoy the right to use, observe and
practice their traditional and cultural beliefs if it does not offend the
Constitution of the Republic.
5.2 Health and Family Affairs
i) The government shall provide affordable national health insurance for
all its citizens particularly the poor.
ii) Build provincial and district hospitals and health care facilities
in each province
iii) Equip all health facilities with modern medical paraphernalia
The nation of Matebeleland must be aware that they have no option but to
commit themselves in this noble agenda to restore Matebeleland Statehood to
access all the wealth and opportunities that are envisioned in this Manifesto.
Over 500 000 jobs shall be created in the first year of The Republic of
Matebeleland independence and all those jobs belong to all the bonafide
citizens of Matebeleland. No one would fail to secure a job as many would be
employed by the Central and Provincial governments while some would be absorbed
by the parastatals, while others shall be employed in the private sector while
those with entrepreneurial acumen and drive shall be assisted to form and run
their companies. All patriotic and willing retired chief executives and company
directors shall be engaged and deployed by government into small and medium
enterprises to transfer their skills for a prescribed period of time.
These are your jobs and these are your opportunities that demand you to
commit yourself to contribute to the liberation of Matebeleland territory from
Zimbabwe. Throw away your garments of fear and seize the shining armour of
patriotism and valour and demand your freedom and sovereignty from Zimbabwe and
use whatever means necessary to secure it. It is noble and the right thing to
do. No one would free us and no one would come from elsewhere to liberate us
but ourselves. Independence and sovereignty has never been donated or given
freely but must be demanded and sacrificed for by all. Traitors and sell-outs
will not be tolerated.
All the countries that gained their statehood were never given a licence
to do so nor authorized by anyone to do so. It was never easy nor given on a
silver platter. There were many challenges and pleasantries along the way and
ours cannot be an exception. They suffered some indignities and excruciating
pains but spurned on by patriotic desire to be free and independent, trudged on
to liberate themselves against all the odds staked against them and won.
You, Matebeles have a rich and proud history that stands unblemished in
the annals of history for standing against oppression and tyranny.
You can still do it today.
Why would you Matebeles not do the same and regain your independence and
sovereignty?
It is possible and it is doable. Why would you not emulate others
and enjoy your freedom and access to God given resources in your territory that
has been used to empower the "first class citizens" of Zimbabwe?
Why would you want to continue to be abused and treated as second class
citizens in Zimbabwe and governed against your will yet Matebeleland is there
for you to provide with all your needs and expectations once liberated from
Zimbabwe.
The world will not sympathize or entertain your pleas and cries for
being segregated and marginalised in Zimbabwe or being illegal immigrants in
foreign lands if you refuse and ignore this clarion call for you to stand up
and effect this Notice of Demand for the Restoration of Matebeleland Statehood.
Ask not what Matebeleland will do for you but what you can do to make
Matebeleland gain her independence and sovereignty once more.
We invite the Zimbabwe government to find courage to engage Matebeleland
Liberation Organisation Supreme Council to reciprocate and effect this Notice
through dialogue and peaceful means as the alternative would be very costly to both
sides and is unnecessary.
May the Almighty God grant Matebeleland independence and sovereignty and
bless the nation abundantly.
Thank You
Siyaphambili
Izenzo kungemazwi
Paul Siwela
President
Matebeleland Liberation Organisation
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Sikhalelani Sikhalela Izwe Lwethu
Elathathwa Elathathwa YiZimbabwe
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