Food aid from South Africa churches finally reaches Muramabtsvina victims

By Tererai Karimakwenda
13 September 2005

The consignment of donated food that was sent 7 weeks ago by South Africa’s Council of Churches to help victims of operation Murambatsvina is finally in the hands of distributors in Zimbabwe. It has taken almost a month and a half and much effort to get this vital shipment of blankets and food to the desperate displaced families just across the border, all because officials in Zimbabwe were deliberately slow in processing the paperwork needed to clear it at the border.

Densen Mafinyane, secretary general of The Zimbabwe Council of Churches, told us he visited the offices of Christian Care on Monday, and saw the 2 trucks which were preparing to leave for a warehouse in Bindura. Mafinyane said he had no doubt Christian Care would distribute the food without any further problems.