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Zimbabwe Farmers Increasing Tobacco Production on Seized Land http://www.voanews.com/ Peta Thornycroft | Harare, Zimbabwe  May 24, 2011 Zimbabwe’s new farmers are growing massive amounts of tobacco, mainly on formerly white-owned farms, and some of them are earning more than they ever dreamed possible. Tens of thousands of new farmers are working land seized from whites by President Robert …

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SA joins SADC in protecting unlawful land reform http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell25 May 2011 South Africa has joined the rest of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in appearing to protect Robert Mugabe’s unlawful land grab campaign, in another blow for dispossessed farmers. South Africa’s Constitutional Court has this week dismissed a final attempt by a farmer who …

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White farmers under fresh siege http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Chengetai Zvauya, Staff WriterWednesday, 25 May 2011 16:09 HARARE – White commercial farmers have come under renewed siege from farm invaders following the disbandment of the Sadc Tribunal last week, according to representatives. Charles Taffs, the Commercial Farmers Union vice president said his organisation had received fresh invasions in Manicaland’s Chipinge …

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Statement by the SADC Lawyers’ Association THE SADC Lawyers’ Association SADC Lawyers Association Condemns the Harassment of Civil Society Representatives by Zimbabwean State Security Agents at the SADC Extraordinary Summit In Windhoek. The SADC Lawyers Association is appalled by the harassment of civil society organizations’ representatives at the SADC Extraordinary Summit in Windhoek on 20 May 2011 by Zimbabwean state security agents …

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SADC decision shameful It is indeed sad that the SADC extra-ordinary summit on the 20th of Maydecided to dissolve the SADC Tribunal.  SADC leaders have exposed their truenature.  They claim to uphold certain principles as seen by their signaturesto the commendable SADC Treaty.  All this it seems is to hoodwink the worldthat they are a …

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HARARE BUSINESSMAN IN FRESH FARM SEIZURE Veneranda Langa Senior Reporter Suspected war veterans yesterday stormed Fox farm at Pamona in Harare and forced the owner, Desmond Fox, to leave immediately to make way for a new owner, a beneficiary of the land reform programme. When NewsDay visited the farm in the afternoon yesterday, Fox, who …

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