General Laws Bill ‘inimical to democracy’

General Laws Bill ‘inimical to democracy’ http://www.theindependent.co.zw Thursday, 25 November 2010 19:35 ZIMBABWEANS’ right to freely access and disseminate public information will be further curtailed if the proposed General Laws Amendment Bill goes through the Parliamentary Legal Committee without amendments.Justice minister Patrick Chinamasa steered the Bill through its first reading two weeks ago. The General …

Strange Bedfellows

Strange bedfellows Thursday, 25 November 2010 14:04 ZFTU, CFU plot renegade NEC Shame Makoshori, Chief Business Reporter A STRANGE marriage is shaping up in the agriculture sector where the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU)-backed Agricultural Labour Bureau (ALB) and a Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU), affiliate, the Horticultural General Agric-ultural and Plantation Workers’ Union (HGAPWUZ), …

Police arrest farm murder suspects

Police arrest farm murder suspects http://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Patricia Mpofu and Tobias Manyuchi     Wednesday 24 November 2010 HARARE – Zimbabwe police have arrested two suspects over the killing of a prominent white farmer last month, in a rare case when police have acted swiftly against crime on commercial farms. Former Zimbabwe Tobacco Association president Kobus Joubert …

Auctioning of Zimbabwe government property in Cape Town to proceed

MEDIA STATEMENT                                                                        FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Submitted by AfriForum 22 November 2010   Auctioning of Zimbabwe government property in Cape Town to proceed   The South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg today ruled that the Zimbabwe government-owned property situated at 28 Salisbury Road in Kenilworth, Cape Town, is of a commercial nature and may therefore be …

Mliswa exposes Zanu PF’s worst fear

Mliswa exposes Zanu PF’s worst fear http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 13 November 2010 19:46 WHEN Temba Mliswa was arrested earlier this year it was expected that his case would bring to the fore the massive looting of commercial farms by senior Zanu-PF members, but these expectations have all but crumbled in spectacular fashion. In his initial appearances …

Former Minister Matongo facing jail in farm case

Former Minister Matongo facing jail in farm case http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tererai Karimakwenda12 November, 2010 The former Deputy Minister of Information, Bright Matonga, is facing imprisonment in a court case in which he is accused of refusing to return farming equipment that he seized from a white commercial farmer in Chegutu.A warrant of arrest was issued …

SADC Leaders unlawfully undermining Regional Tribunal, say legal groups

NEWS RELEASE                                  8 November, 2010   SADC LEADERS UNLAWFULLY UNDERMINE REGIONAL TRIBUNAL, SAY LEGAL GROUPS   Johannesburg:  Heads of State from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have unlawfully sabotaged the SADC Tribunal and undermined the right of citizens to access justice, according to a legal opinion submitted on Friday by a group of …

Govt must not interfere with judiciary – Makarau

Govt must not interfere with judiciary: Makarau http://www.theindependent.co.zw Thursday, 04 November 2010 19:14 SUPREME Court judge, Justice Rita Makarau, has said government should make the judiciary more independent by involving parliament in the selection of judges. Justice Makarau, who was elevated in May to the Supreme Court bench from the post of Judge President, told …

Mugabe vows to defy regional court in land dispute with former white farmers

Mugabe Vows To Defy Regional Court In Land Dispute With Former White Farmers http://www.voanews.com President Mugabe vowed to defy rulings by a regional tribunal saying Harare was pressing ahead with its land reforms to correct colonial land imbalances Blessing Zulu & Ntungamili Nkomo | Washington 30 August 2010 President Robert Mugabe has vowed to defy …

Rule of law still lacks in Zim – civil society

Rule of law still lacks in Zim: civil society http://news.radiovop.com/ 30/10/2010 09:02:00 Harare, October 29, 2010 – A group of civil society organizations which is monitoring the implementation of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) which brought the unity government has said the government has failed to improve the respect for the rule of law by …