ICSID Annulment Committee Confirms Award Against Zimbabwe

ICSID Annulment Committee Confirms Award Against Zimbabwe   28.11.2018 I. OVERVIEW AND SHORT SUMMARY 1. On 21 November 2018, an Annulment Committee constituted under the ICSID Convention dismissed Zimbabwe’s application to annul the award of US$195 million issued against it on 28 July 2015 in the case of Bernhard von Pezold and Others v Zimbabwe, …

The case for continued legal action in Zimbabwe

20 March 2018   Dave Conolly, Zimbabwe   The case for continued legal action in Zimbabwe   I noted with interest that Zimbabwe’s new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, on a recent state visit to neighbouring Botswana, was asked that if the ruling ZANU-PF party lost the 2018 election, would they abide by the result.   The …

Ramaphosa to appeal court ruling on Zuma and SADC Tribunal

Ramaphosa to appeal court ruling on Zuma and SADC Tribunal March 23, 2018 deur Natasha Venter Photo: REUTERS/Ruvan Boshoff/Pool In a shocking twist the State Attorney today gave notice of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s intention to appeal the ruling of a full bench of judges of the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria that …

Dispossessed Zimbabwean farmers launch new international legal initiative ahead of SADC Summit of Heads of State

MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                                                                FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   SADC Tribunal Rights Watch, Zimbabwe                                 20 August 2017   Dispossessed Zimbabwean farmers launch new international legal initiative ahead of SADC Summit of Heads of State   Dispossessed Zimbabwean commercial farmers have launched a new international legal initiative to seek justice and compensation for the loss of …

The Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe v Fick and Others Date of Judgment: 27 June 2013

  CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA   The Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe v Fick and Others   Case CCT 101/12   Date of Hearing: 28 February 2013 Date of Judgment: 27 June 2013     MEDIA SUMMARY     The following explanatory note is provided to assist the media in reporting this case …