Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Woe to you Masvayamwando and Bhasikiti The Zimbabwean – 31 January 2010 Factionalism in the former ruling Zanu (PF) is not only threatening to “eat up” the party, as lamented by Robert Mugabe at its recent congress, but is also threatening to wipe out the resources of Mwenezi District Powerful politicians from the disintegrating party …
News release Immediate past President of the Commercial Farmers’ Union Mr Trevor Gifford and fellow Chipinge farmer Mr Dawie Joubert appeared in the Mutare Magistrate being charged with the following: Contempt of Court Obstruction of Court official Taking photographs in a public place When bail application was made the prosecutor proposed a USD 1000 deposit …
In Zimbabwe, Climate Change Brings Water Woes http://english.ohmynews.com Subsistence farmers struggle to reach water as more wells run dry Masimba Biriwasha Published 2010-01-27 17:37 (KST) At a public borehole in Zviyambe, a village in the backyard of Zimbabwe, approximately 250 kilometers away from Harare, the capital city, butterflies, goats, cattle and human beings mix and mingle in edenic …
SA under pressure to release report on Zim election violence http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell 27 January 2010 The South African government is set to come under renewed pressure to release a potentially explosive report on post election violence in Zimbabwe, which has been kept hidden from public scrutiny for well over a year. The South African History …
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High Court Hearing for Registration of SADC Tribunal Farms Judgment on 24 November 2009 SW Radio Africa Almost exactly a year after the SADC Tribunal made its landmark judgment in the Campbell case on 28 November 2008, the High Court of Zimbabwe finally set down a date for registering the Judgment in Zimbabwe. Mike Campbell* …
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SADC Tribunal Rights Watch: SADC Tribunal judgement registration – Zimbabwe High Court Yesterday Zimbabwe’s Justice Patel handed down judgement in the High Court regarding the registration of the SADC Tribunal judgment of 28 November 2008 (Campbell farm test case). Although Justice Patel accepted that the SADC Tribunal has got jurisdiction and was brought constituted properly, …
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Outrage as high court dismisses SADC land ruling http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell 27 January 2010 The shock decision this week by the High Court to dismiss a 2008 regional ruling on the unlawful land ‘reform’ programme has sparked an angry outcry, with some observers calling it a ‘travesty of justice’. Justice Barack Patel on Tuesday dismissed a …
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Arrested farmers remain behind barshttp://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell29 January 2010 Two farmers, who were arrested over an ongoing land battle in Chipinge, are set to remain behind bars until Saturday, when they will appear in court in Mutare. The pair was transferred to Mutare Prison on Friday after spending a night behind bars in Chipinge. …
Embattled Zimbabwe farmers up in arms over judiciary systemhttp://www.sabcnews.com/ January 29 2010 , 4:46:00 Embattled commercial farmers in Zimbabwe are up in arms over the country’s judiciary system. They are accusing some of the magistrate’s of playing referee and player at the same time. This in a case in which one magistrate who imprisoned two …
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Demand that Magistrate Dzuze respects the law! http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/ January 29th, 2010 Farmers in Chipinge have been having a terrible time in recent days. SW Radio Africa reported yesterday that two farmers, Dawie Joubert and the ex-President of the CFU, Trevor Gifford, were arrested yesterday forapparently being ‘in contempt of court’. SWRA reported that the men …