Rights commission to look only at post-2009 abuses

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Rights commission to look only at post-2009 abuses http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Friday, 20 May 2011 09:15 By Paidamoyo Muzulu and Nqobile Bhebhe VICTIMS of state-sponsored organised violence and torture prior to and after Independence have to wait longer for justice because the proposed Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission will only deal with cases that happened after the formation of the coalition …

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South African Churches Send Food Aid to Zimbabwean White Ex-Farmers

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South African Churches Send Food Aid to Zimbabwean White Ex-Farmers http://www.voanews.com Commercial Farmers Union Agricultural Recovery and Compensation manager Ben Gilpin said his organization will channel the food packages to the farmers who are mostly over the age of 65, have no source of income and are no longer able to work Gibbs Dube | Washington  19 May …

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Battle for Zim report in final round

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Battle for Zim report in final round http://mg.co.za/ GLENDA DANIELS JOHANNESBURG – May 20 2011 00:00 The Mail & Guardian’s three-year battle to gain access to a report by two senior judges on Zimbabwe’s 2002 presidential election finally reached the Constitutional Court this week. The report was commissioned by former president Thabo Mbeki, who sent judges Dikgang Moseneke …

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Black commercial farmer wants SADC Tribunal reinstated

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Black commercial farmer wants SADC Tribunal reinstated   http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/6685 May 19th, 2011 On the eve of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State in Namibia (20/21 May), a dispossessed black commercial farmer from Zimbabwe who ran a successful agricultural enterprise is selling packets of sugar to feed his family. Luke …

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Elephants wreck havoc to police crops

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Elephants Wreck Havoc To Police Crops http://www.radiovop.com/ 18/05/2011 13:27:00 Bulawayo, May 18, 2011 – Elephants have invaded and destroyed about five hectares of planted maize crop that was awaiting harvest at a police owned farm in Inyathi, Matabeleland North province of Zimbabwe. The stray elephants, according to police officials, invaded the police owned Eland Farm in Matabeleland North …

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Winter wheat season flops in Manicaland

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Winter wheat season flops in Manicaland http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Tony SaxonTuesday, 17 May 2011 14:40 MUTARE – The incessant power cuts in farming areas of Manicaland have forced some farmers to abandon winter wheat, while others have scaled down the hectarage.Only a paltry 243 hectares out of the projected 5000 hectares have been planted. Wheat farmers said winter …

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Fresh wave of farm invasions

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Fresh wave of farm invasions http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ Written by Zwanai SitholeTuesday, 17 May 2011 15:54 BULAWAYO – The Zanu (PF) politburo’s recent decision to defy Sadc and push for an early poll has ignited a fresh wave of harassment of the few remaining white commercial farmers still on their land. According to the Southern African Commercial Farmers Alliance …

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Minister grounds AirZim

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Minister grounds AirZim http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Thelma Chikwanha and Kumbirai MafundaWednesday, 18 May 2011 14:13 HARARE – Crisis-ridden Air Zimbabwe plumbed new depths yesterday when damaging allegations surfaced that a cabinet minister was behind the controversial move by the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) to ground Air Zimbabwe planes. Air Zimbabwe officials, who requested anonymity for security reasons, …

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