Business Information Zimbabwe Bulletin – Indigenisation

BIZ Bulletin November 2009(1)    Suppl. Business Information Zimbabwe Prepared 12th November 2009   IndigenisationIn previous bulletins in this series, most recently on page 3 of the October 2009(1) bulletin sent to you on 5th October, we summarized the four limited circumstances in which the authorities might insist on 51% ‘indigenisation’.   For the record, indigenisation is …

Prosecution of white farmers lawful

THE HERALD – THURSDAY 2 APRIL 2009 PROSECUTION OF WHITE FARMERS LAWFUL  The prosecution of white commercial farmers refusing to vacate farms acquired by Government is lawful, the Supreme Court has ruled.  However, Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku ruled that refusal by a Chegutu magistrates’ court to refer to the case of one of the farmers, …

Banished Zimbabwean farmer to sue SA

Banished Zimbabwe farmer to sue SABusiness Day  05 May 2008 Chantelle Benjamin Chief Reporter TAXPAYERS may have to pay millions of rands in compensation for the government’s failure to act in Zimbabwe when hundreds of white-owned farms belonging to South Africans were confiscated in 2000. Free State farmer Crawford von Abo is taking President Thabo …

Army being used to invade farms

Army being used to invade farmshttp://nehandaradio.com Published on: 15th November, 2009 By Thulani Ncube Before the ink has dried on papers signed at the special 5 November 2009, Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit, held in Maputo , to salvage Zimbabwe ‘s troubled Global Political Agreement (GPA), farm invasions have escalated. Illustratively, Shurugwi farmer, Mr. …

341 white farmers to retain farms

Sunday Mail                                                                                      Sunday, 28 December, 2008 341 white farmers to retain farms Sunday Mail Reporter THE Government has recommended that 341 white farmers be allowed to continue farming throughout the country and is drafting their land offer letters and lease agreements to give them security of tenure as the Land Reform Programme nears conclusion. A further 97 white farmers …

Zim pulls out of Sadc Tribunal

The Herald – 2 September 2009  Zim pulls out of Sadc Tribunal By Mabasa SasaZIMBABWE has formally withdrawn from any legal proceedings involving the Sadc Tribunal until the establishment of the court is ratified by at least two-thirds of the bloc’s membership as per the requirements of rules and procedures governing the regional grouping. In a letter …

Minister defends police in Inogo saga

The Midlands Observer – Kwekwe – Friday 21 August 2009  Minister defends police in Inogo Farm saga By Flata Kavinga THE co-Minister of Home Affairs Giles Mutsekwa has denied that the police failed to uphold the rule of law at Inogo Farm in Kwekwe, where cases of assault and arson were reported recently.  Minister Mutsekwa was responding …