Farmers move to recover legal costs

Farmers move to recover legal costs http://www.iol.co.za     August 03 2010 at 01:16AM Johannesburg – Three farmers whose farms were seized by the Zimbabwean government will apply for a special order to recover legal costs in the Pretoria High Court, their attorney said on Monday. The farmers would launch the application against the Zimbabwean government …

South Africa questions SADC’s legal reach

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 …

Teachers again targets of intimidation in Zimbabwe Constitutional revision process

Teachers Again Targets of Intimidation in Zimbabwe Constitutional Revision Process http://www1.voanews.com The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe charged that a new wave of violence is rising against teachers under ‘Operation Vharamuromo,’ Shona for ‘Operation Close Your Mouth’ intended to suppress non-ZANU-PF views Patience Rusere and Jonga Kandemiiri | Washington DC 02 August 2010 Zimbabwean teachers …

Zimbabwe – Germany shows what can be done in Zim

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 …

Dog-eating Chinese given warning for animal cruelty

Dog-eating Chinese given warning for animal cruelty http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell02 August 2010 Animal welfare activists have expressed their outrage after a Chinese national, accused of cruelly killing at least three dogs, was let off with nothing more than an official police warning. The Chinese man was taken into police custody last weekend after investigations …

Farmers take Zim government to court over legal costs

Farmers take Zim government to court over legal costs http://www.timeslive.co.za Aug 2, 2010 8:39 PM | By Sapa Three farmers whose farms were seized by the Zimbabwean government will apply for a special order to recover legal costs in the High Court in Pretoria, their attorney said on Monday. Photograph by: MICK TSIKASCredit: REUTERS The …

Zimbabwe judiciary remains precarious

Zimbabwe judiciary remains precarious http://www.afrik-news.com/article18057.html   Sunday 1 August 2010 / by Alice Chimora Zimbabwe’s judiciary system is being kept under President Mugabe’s wraps through financial inducements and threats of physical harm with the new coalition government doing nothing to re-establish the integrity of the compromised bench. An international lawyers’ group said because of a …

Oranges turn into lemons at Matonga’s Chegutu farm

Oranges turn into lemons at Matonga’s Chegutu farm http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 31 July 2010 20:45 EVERYONE loves oranges unless they have turned into lemons, as they seem to have done at a citrus farm a few kilometers outside Chegutu owned by former deputy Minister of Information Bright Matonga. Visitors to the farm will discover that oranges …

No EU farm aid … until land audit

No EU farm aid … until land audit http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Never ChandaFriday, 30 July 2010 19:41 HARARE – The European Union has ruled out supporting newly resettled farmers until the Zimbabwe government carries out a long-delayed audit to eliminate multiple farm owners. A senior EU official told The Zimbabwean On Sunday that the land …

Mliswa trail: More witnesses disown police reports

Mliswa trial: More witnesses disown police reports http://www.thezimbabwemail.com 31 July, 2010 01:35:00    By The trial of businessman Temba Mliswa continued yesterday with four more witnesses disowning reports made to police and medical examinations attributed to them in their testimonies.Two witnesses who testified before Karoi magistrate Mr Elisha Singano on Thursday confirmed making reports of assault …