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MARCH 186, 2000
FLOOD AFTERMA.TH %
Mozambican farmers see food prices spiral
By Barry Hatton
Associated Press Writer
CHIAQUELARE, Mozumbiaue
At about 30 cents each, the dozen
red mangoes spread on the grass
for sale are far too expensive for
Zokwe, a 50-year-old farmer with
two wives and eight children to
feed.
Before & month of fierce floods
swept away his crops, food stores
and savings, Zokwe, who uses only
one name, would have laughed at
the display in derision. Now, he
Jooks at it and shakes his head in
despair.
~ “What can | do” he asked Fri
day. “Almost all my money 1s gone,
my goats have gone, my crops have
gone. And these prices are crazy.”
An acute food shortage caused
by a month of record rains and
floods have sent food prices in
Mozambique soaring up to 400
percent. Emergency food aid won't
offset the increase, leaving many
an this nation of subsistence farm
ers wondering where their next
swallow of food will come from.
Like many survivors, Zokwe can't
grow food because his fields are
under water. He can’t buy lit, ei
ther, because the current swept
away the small amount of money
that Le hid in his hut, the custom
ary place of safekeeping in this
farming community, 110 miles
north of the capital, Maputo.
Most of the 57,000 displaced
people camped here can't afford
even one mango, and the young
woman trying to sell the fruits said
trade was almost nonexistent
She 15 one of the few selling food
at the Chiaquelane camp. At Xai-
Xai, another hard-hit farming town
further downstream, a 110-pound
sack of corn now costs $43 — three
times more than before the floods.
Even if these subsistence farm
ers had money, they wouldn't be
able to buy much because the
shelves of markets in the area are
almost bare. The region has been
eut off by floodwaters for almost a
month, and efforts to restore road
links have been disrupted by more
downpours.
“Food prices in the flooded areas
are unusually high because the
Pro-Line sale
Cottrell's daughter, Renee
Cottrell-Brown, and her husband,
Eric V. Brown, will continue to
lead Pro-Line as an independent
subsidiary of Alberto-Culver.
« Cottrell said he had dreamed of
passing on the company to his
ehildren
< “I'lljust be leaving them a legacy
gs money,” Cottrell, 68, said
*Renee and Eric are making out
just fine. They both are getting a
Quge raise and are still in position
o lead the company
"l went with Alberto-Culver
Because they wanted to continue
building the company,” he said
«. Pro-Line was listed 29th na
@ivnally in a 1998 ranking of the
mation's 100 largest black-owned
wrdustrial and service companies,
decording to Black Enterprise
magazine.
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Residents cheer the arrival of a relief helicopter carrying food in the village of Canicado,
some 210 kilometers (130 miles) north of Maputo, Mozambique Sunday March 12, 2000. Aid
organizations working on the relief efforts to assist the affected during the fioods, said clear
weather on Saturday and Sunday helped them make up time lost during heavy downpours
ot the end of last week. (AP Photo/Ennc Mart:)
food situation 1s critical,” said Jose
Rodolfo, assistant national direc
tor of internal trade. “The poor
can't pay these prices.”
In areas unaffected by flooding,
food prices remained stable, offi
cials and aid workers said.
Whenthe Limpopoburst its banks,
floodwater spread 30 miles on each
side, ruining crops in one of the
country’s most fertile regions. As the
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planstogive seeds and tools to farm
ers so they can harvest some food
within three months.
The floods came as Mozambique
was making a comeback after a
devastating caivil war. Though the
per capita income of its 19.1 mil
lion people is ;ust $670 each year,
the southeast African nation had
been hatled as a model of promise
and recovery, with its economy
averaging 10 percent annual
growth and foreign investment
streaming in.
For Zokwe, having no money or
possessions added to the dejec
tion in the camp _ sodden after
two days of heavy downpours,
Zokwe said.
“It's a pretty sad situation,” he
said.
Brightharp to run for
District 3 Congressial seat
George Brightharp, a citizen of
Edgefield County, will offically
announce his candidacy for the
Third Congressional Seat of the
U.S. House of Representatives on
March 19, at 5 pm., at Bettis
Academy located in Trenton, S C
The 3™ District includes the
following counties: Abbeville,
Aiken, Anderson, Edgefield,
Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick,
Pickens, Oconee and Saluda.
Mr. Brightharp is a native of
Aiken County and has been a resi
dent of Edgefield County. Heisan
ordained minister, an educator
and a small business owner in the
Edgefield and Aiken County ar
eas.
He graduated from Edgefield
County High School in 1962. He
holds a bachelors and masters
degrees from the University of
South Carolina-Columbia and a
Ph.D.(A.B.D )in Political Science
from Atlanta University. He has
done further studies at Lander
University, Paine College,
Benedict College and the Univer
sity of South Carolina-
Spartanburg
The candidate has worked in
the fields of public and higher
education. He taught in the pub
lic school systems of North Caro
lina and Georgia. He held the
position of assistant professor of
History at Paine College in Au
gusta, Ga. He served as chairman
of the Social Science and Blisiness
Division and as coordinator of
History. Currently, he is director
of Guidance at Strom Thurmond
High School in Edgefield County
Mr. Brightharp has held posi
tions with the Edgefield Arts Com
mission, United Way Advisory
Board and the South Carolina Com
mission on Higher Education,
where he served on the Academic
Affairs Committee and chaired the
Facilities Committee (He was
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the first Commissioner of Higher
Education to serve from Edgefield
County.) He currently serves on
The Security Federal Bank Adw
sory Board in North Augusta
He has held membership with
the Edgefield County Chamber of
Commerce, Georgia Association
of Educators, Richmond County
Association of Educators, Augusta
Baptist Ministers Conference
Georgia Baptist Convention,
Aiken County Ministenal Alhance
and Eureka Masonic Order
Presently, he holds member
ship with Greater North Augusta
Chamber of Commerce, National
Education Association, South
Carolina Education Association,
Edgefield County Education Asso
ciation, South Carolina Mission
ary Baptist Convention, South
Carolina Morticians Association,
and National Morticians Associa
tion
Mr Brightharp is marned to
Dorothy Brightharp and 1s the
father of two sons
Directions to Bettis Academy
12 miles south of Edgefield, S C
off Highway 25. Turn east onto
Bettis Academy Road, go approxi
mately one mile, and turn left
onto Nicholson Road. Bettis Acad
emy 1s located en the right