Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Council Discharges Sewage Into Water Sources, Court Told http://www.herald.co.zw/ 30 August 2010 Harare – Harare City Council is reportedly releasing 2,02 million litres (202 megalitres) of raw sewage daily into streams and rivers that feed into its main water source. This translates to 33 percent of water the council treats and pumps into its reticulation …
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President scoffs at land appeals By Sydney Kawadza FORMER commercial farmers can appeal to any court — regional or international — but they will never reverse land reform, President Mugabe said yesterday. Addressing hundreds of mourners at the burial of liberation war hero Cde Reward Marufu, the President said efforts by some white farmers to …
Ministers face US$22m lawsuit Court Reporter EIGHTEEN people — including a five-year-old boy — who were arrested on terror-related charges in 2008, have brought a US$22 million suit against four Cabinet ministers. The suit is for alleged torture, malicious prosecution, abduction and unlawful detention. The 18 were accused of plotting to bomb infrastructure and undergoing …
Sadc must implement protocols By JB Cronje The highest decision-making body, the Summit of Heads of State or Government of the Southern African Development Community met recently in Windhoek, Namibia to take stock among other things of the progress made in the implementation of various legal commitments. Sadc was established in terms of the Sadc …
Sundayview: What next after Tribunal suspension? http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 22 August 2010 18:43 QUITE often in my life I find myself caught by the words my grandfather said one day as we talked about how the world hates the truth. He told me how a boy who ate his guavas at night was disappointed to find …
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MP behind land seizure snubs High Court order http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell23 August 2010 An MP behind the illegal seizure of a farm in Somabuhla has snubbed a High Court order protecting the land from invasion, refusing to leave the property on Monday. Last week, Philip and Ellen Hapelt from Grasslands Farm successfully obtained a …
Update on land invasion of Grasslands Farm Somabhula http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Lauren NixonTuesday, 24 August 2010 11:36 On Sunday 22 August 2010, my sister Debbie, her husband Russell, myself and my husband Rob, arrived at the farm house to find my parents and their staff in a terrible state. My mum was sobbing uncontrollably and …
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SADC lawyers ask regional heads to warn Zim on land ruling http://www.busrep.co.za/ August 6, 2010 The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Lawyers Association urged regional heads of state to condemn Zimbabwe’s snubbing of a ruling ordering it to compensate farmers who had their land taken from them during Zimbabwe’s land redistribution programme. “Continued silence on …
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South Africa questions SADC’s legal reach http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell03 August 2010 Concern is being raised over the South African government’s intention to seek a legal opinion on the legal reach of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), over Zimbabwe’s refusal to honour the SADC Treaty. The SADC Tribunal in 2008 ordered the Zimbabwean government …
Zimbabwe – Germany shows what can be done in Zim http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk 02 Aug 2010 The Zimbabwe government ordered an armed gang off three agricultural plantations in the east of the country, belonging to German national Heinrich von Pezold, after Germany threatened to withdraw aid to Zimbabwe. On the same day in Chipinge, South African citizen …
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