AAG vows to force foreign firms to comply

AAG vows to force foreign firms to complyhttp://www.thezimbabwetimes.com/?p=27365 February 16, 2010 By Our Correspondent HARARE – The Affirmative Action Group (AAG) has issued an ominous warning to foreign companies opposed to the controversial indigenization law , saying that the organization will assist the government to ensure compliance with the new legislation. The law prescribes that …

Indigenisation bill threatens investment conference

Indigenisation bill threatens investment conferencehttp://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell16 February 2010 The controversial indigenisation bill which was published last week is threatening an investment conference currently underway in Harare, with sceptical delegates questioning Zimbabwe as a safe investment zone. The Pan-African Tourism and Infrastructure Investment conference which got under way on Tuesday, has been labelled as …

Chiriga Estates P/L & Ors vs Ministry of Lands & Ors HC 665/10

CHIRIGA ESTATES (PVT) LTD  AND  MILRITE FARMING (PVT) LTD  AND  SILVERTON ESTATES (PVT) LTD  VERSUS  MINISTRY OF LANDS AND RURAL RESETTLEMENT  AND  MR E. PORUSINGAZI  MR M. I. KAMBA  AND MR A. MUSONA  AND  MS A. CHITIMA  AND  S. ZUZE  AND  THE OFFICER COMMANDING Z R POLICE CHIPINGE  AND  THE OFFICER COMMANDING Z. R. POLICE …

Farmers to challenge High Court dismissal of SADC land ruling

Farmers to challenge High Court dismissal of SADC land ruling  http://www.swradioafrica.com  By Alex Bell  09 February 2010  Zimbabwe’s commercial farmers are once again set to approach the human  rights court of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to  challenge the dismissal of a landmark SADC ruling on the land ‘reform’ programme.  In a ruling that came …

We’re not here to punish Harare: CITES chief

We’re not here to punish Harare: CITES chiefhttp://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Own Correspondent Thursday 11 February 2010 HARARE – CITES secretary general Willem Wijnstekers on Wednesday said his visit to Zimbabwe is meant to help rather than punish Harare, as he began his official business in the southern African country. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered …

Farmers seek Tribunal ruling on compensation

Farmers seek Tribunal ruling on compensationhttp://www.zimonline.co.za by Clara Smith Thursday 11 February 2010 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s embattled white commercial farmers will ask the SADC Tribunal to set guidelines on calculation of compensation due to farmers for land lost under President Robert Mugabe’s farm redistribution programme that the regional court has ruled illegal. The Southern African …

Business wants empowerment laws shelved

Business wants empowerment laws shelvedhttp://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Own Correspondent Thursday 11 February 2010 HARARE – Zimbabwe business leaders say they will ask the government to shelve implementing new empowerment regulations compelling foreign-owned firms to cede controlling stake to locals to allow more consultations on the matter. The Indigenisation and Empowerment Ministry on Tuesday announced through state …

The Progressive Erosion of the Rule of Law in Independent Zimbabwe

1 THE PROGRESSIVE EROSION OF THE RULE OF LAW IN INDEPENDENT ZIMBABWE THIRD INTERNATIONAL RULE OF LAW LECTURE: BAR OF ENGLAND AND WALES INNER TEMPLE HALL, LONDON WEDNESDAY 9 DECEMBER 2009 THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE ANTHONY R. GUBBAY When several months ago I received an invitation to deliver the third annual International Rule of Law lecture, …