STOP PRESS:

JOHN MAKUMBE, Lecturer in Political & Administrative Studies, University of Zimbabwe, has agreed to speak at the BZS Research Day on Saturday 16 June

Please make sure to get your advance registrations to Emma Harambat EARLY - deadline for receipt: Tuesday 12 June.


BRITAIN ZIMBABWE SOCIETY RESEARCH DAY
ZIMBABWE - WHOSE DEVELOPMENT?

ST ANTONY'S COLLEGE, 66 WOODSTOCK ROAD, OXFORD, UK
SATURDAY 16 JUNE 2001, 9.30am-5.15pm

This year's BZS Research Day will focus on development policy and practice in Zimbabwe today. What does 'development' mean in the current economic, social and political climate? Are the objectives, concepts and assumptions underlying development programmes being questioned? All are welcome to attend this annual event, which brings researchers together with others interested and concerned about Zimbabwe.

Topics: Health; Land, Workers and Development; Sustainable land use; Development Strategies; Natural Resources Management.

Special guest: ZEPHANIAH PHIRI, founder of the Zvishavane Water Project and subject of the book, The Water Harvester Also EDDIE CROSS, Secretary for Economic Affairs, MDC, will be chairing the session on Land, Workers and Development.

Enquiries to convenor: Dr Diana Jeater, School of History, University of the West of England, St Matthias Campus, Bristol BS16 2JD Phone: 0117 937 4895 Email Diana.Jeater@uwe.ac.uk

Registration: Emmannuelle Harambat, 5 Chesterfield Grove, London SE22 8RP (Email emma_harambat@hotmail.com) (pds15 waged/pds6 unwaged, BZS members pds12 waged/pds5 unwaged).

Please note: registration does not include lunch; this is available at reasonable prices from the St Antony's College canteen.

9.30-10.15 Registration Book stall open

10.15-10.30 Welcome and Introduction
DIANA JEATER, University of the West of England, Bristol, and Research Day convenor

10.30-11.30 Health
Chair: FRANCES CHINEMANA, NHS Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Speakers include:
RAYAH FELDMAN, South Bank University, London, 'Positive Women: Voices and Choices'. A research and advocacy project on the reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV and AIDS

11.30-12.00 Coffee Break
Book stall open

12.00-1.00 Land, Workers and Development
Chair: EDDIE CROSS, Secretary for Economic Affairs, MDC.
Speakers include:
STEVE KIBBLE, Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR) and MILES LARMER, St Cross College, Oxford, 'Farm workers: From direct development to politicised advocacy'
SHONEBOY NEMBAWARE, South Bank University, London, 'Land reform in Zimbabwe: Can it provide a leverage for human and economic development?'
FREEK SCHIPHORST, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, 'The role of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions as cradle of the Movement for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe' (tbc)
THOMAS MUNJOMA, University of Aberdeen, tbc

1.00-2.00 Lunch Break Book stall open

2.00-2.45 Sustainable land use
Chair: Edgar Moyo, Vice-President, BZS.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: ZEPHANIAH PHIRI, founder of the Zvishavane Water Project Supported by slides and presentation from ROWLAND KEABLE on appropriate technology and earth building techniques

2.45-3.45 Development Strategies
Chair: BEACON MBIBA, Department of Town & Regional Planning, University of Sheffield (tbc)
B MIKE CHIVHANGA, City University, London, 'Internet access for development'
CHRIS MUZAVAZI, University of Liverpool Institution of Public Administration and Management, 'Zimbabwe - Surmounting uneven development: A multi-disciplinary approach'
EMMANNUELLE HARAMBAT, St Cross College, Oxford, 'Which development for which people? The example of the mid-Zambezi valley'.

3.45-4.00 Tea Break

4.00-5.00 Natural Resources Management
Chair: ROSALEEN DUFFY, Lancaster University
Speakers include:
WILL WOLMER, IDS, University of Sussex (tbc)
MUYARADZI MAJONGA, Nuffield College, Oxford, 'Natural resources and development in a globalising world: Mining and sustainable development in Mutoko communal lands'
STEPHEN FULLER, University of Kent, 'Implementation of natural resources management policy in Zimbabwe, 1980-1999'
NICK JAMES, Edge Hill College, 'Questioning Development in Nembudziya: Household food security and soil fertility in the fields'

5.00-5.15 Concluding Remarks