Comments on: Zimbabwe Business Watch : Week 15 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/3933 This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:20:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Euan Nisbet http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/3933/comment-page-1#comment-273869 Euan Nisbet Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:31:54 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=3933#comment-273869 Update on UK Ministerial Cars in 2009 According to a report in the UK Independent newspaper, on March 20th, UK Government's car and dispatch agency (GCDA), which is responsible for ministerial cars and also dispatch of government documents, the GCDA mostly runs Toyata Prius cars. They run 84 Toyota Priuses, 33 Ford Mondeos and 19 Jaguar XJ saloons. I looked up the GCDA annual report, which gives the average engine size as 1770 cc. They are now buying Honda civics. I guess the UK-image Jaguars are for the PM and ministers on occasions when for political reasons they must travel in 'British' looking cars. In Zimbabwe, road safety is vital. Ministers are at risk. However, many smaller cars are very safe.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('273869','Euan Nisbet'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('273869','Euan Nisbet','Update on UK Ministerial Cars in 2009\r\n\r\nAccording to a report in the UK Independent newspaper, on March 20th, UK Government\'s car and dispatch agency (GCDA), which is responsible for ministerial cars and also dispatch of government documents, the GCDA mostly runs Toyata Prius cars. They run 84 Toyota Priuses, 33 Ford Mondeos and 19 Jaguar XJ saloons. \r\n\r\nI looked up the GCDA annual report, which gives the average engine size as 1770 cc. They are now buying Honda civics.\r\n\r\nI guess the UK-image Jaguars are for the PM and ministers on occasions when for political reasons they must travel in \'British\' looking cars. \r\n\r\nIn Zimbabwe, road safety is vital. Ministers are at risk. However, many smaller cars are very safe.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Update on UK Ministerial Cars in 2009

According to a report in the UK Independent newspaper, on March 20th, UK Government’s car and dispatch agency (GCDA), which is responsible for ministerial cars and also dispatch of government documents, the GCDA mostly runs Toyata Prius cars. They run 84 Toyota Priuses, 33 Ford Mondeos and 19 Jaguar XJ saloons.

I looked up the GCDA annual report, which gives the average engine size as 1770 cc. They are now buying Honda civics.

I guess the UK-image Jaguars are for the PM and ministers on occasions when for political reasons they must travel in ‘British’ looking cars.

In Zimbabwe, road safety is vital. Ministers are at risk. However, many smaller cars are very safe.

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]]> By: Joe http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/3933/comment-page-1#comment-273864 Joe Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:05:14 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=3933#comment-273864 I can tell you now , that NO-ONE is really excited about the thought of lending money to such a bunch of spendthrifts in their new 'E' class Mercedes's. If the second in charge of the UK can drive his own personal 4 Year OLd Vauxhall , then why can't the Zimbabwe ministers ?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('273864','Joe'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('273864','Joe','I can tell you now , that NO-ONE is really excited about the thought of lending money to such a bunch of spendthrifts in their new \'E\' class Mercedes\'s. If the second in charge of the UK can drive his own personal 4 Year OLd Vauxhall , then why can\'t the Zimbabwe ministers ?'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> I can tell you now , that NO-ONE is really excited about the thought of lending money to such a bunch of spendthrifts in their new ‘E’ class Mercedes’s. If the second in charge of the UK can drive his own personal 4 Year OLd Vauxhall , then why can’t the Zimbabwe ministers ?
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