Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean murderers free to travel to EU http://euobserver.com/foreign/119621? TODAY @ 18:27 BY ANDREW RETTMAN BRUSSELS – Seventeen men and women accused of murder, torture, rape or kidnapping in Zimbabwe have been given the green light to travel to the EU. Mugabe’s men murdered up to 200 people in 2008 (Photo: The Mint Julep)The names feature on …
African Commission finds Zimbabwe responsible for torture of a human rights lawyer http://www.redress.org 22 March 2013 Banjul, The Gambia, 22 March 2013 -The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has found the Zimbabwe Government responsible for the torture and ill-treatment of Gabriel Shumba, a well-known human rights advocate and lawyer from Zimbabwe. …
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Not So Much A Surprise That The Sadc Tribunal Was Disbanded But That It Was Formed At All http://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org 11 March, 2013 Nicole Fritz On Friday, 1 March, Judge Ariranga Pillay, former Judge President of the SADC Tribunal, Professor Laurie Nathan of the Centre for Mediation in Africa at the University of Pretoria and I participated in …
Governor puts restrictions on 45 NGOs in Masvingo http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ 03.03.13 by Edgar Gweshe Masvingo Resident Minister and Governor Titus Maluleke on Friday summoned over 45 non-govermental organisations to a meeting at his offices during which he announced wideranging restrictions on their work, The Zimbabwean has learnt. A statement from Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition said that Maluleke was “flanked by …
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Zimbabwe: “Hope in a Desert” at the Royal Geographical Society, London The attachment has background information on the speakers – Click here MEDIA RELEASE The Mike Campbell Foundation 28 February 2013 Zimbabwe: “Hope in a Desert” at the Royal Geographical Society, London “Hope in a Desert” is the theme …
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When a white farmer in Zimbabwe gets shot in the face http://www.rnw.nl Published on : 26 February 2013 – 5:00am | By RNW Africa Desk Farmer Piet Zwanikken was shot in the face, while standing outside his home on the tobacco farm in Mashonaland West that he’s owned for the last 11 years. Although Zimbabwe’s remaining white …
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Zim farmer protests to the EU 21 February 2013 Peta Thornycroft Mercury Foreign Service Evicted Zimbabwe farmer Ben Freeth has protested to the EU after it lifted financial and travel sanctions on the leader of a gang of President Robert Mugabe’s loyalists, who fractured his skull nearly five years ago.Freeth, 43, says he is appalled that sanctions …
Violent Chegutu ‘war vet’ removed from sanctions list http://www.swradioafrica.com The EU has lifted sanctions on Chegutu ‘war vet’ Gilbert Moyo led the beating of Ben Freeth in 2008 By Alex Bell19 February 2013 Shock is being expressed over the European Union (EU) decision to remove a notoriously violent ‘war …
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Chiefs fronting for white farmers: Mugabe http://www.newzimbabwe.com 15/02/2013 00:00:00by Staff Reporter PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has threatened to take action against chiefs and senior government officials he accused of leasing their lands to white ex-farmers disposed under the country’s land reforms. Addressing a conference for the traditional leaders in Masvingo Friday, Mugabe said he was aware some chiefs were …
Land invasions haunting farm labourers http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/ EMCEE FEB 07, 2013 0 I live in the rural areas and I am trying to make a living from growing a small crop of tobacco. Walking around the farms that were invaded by war veterans, Robert Mugabe’s cronies and supporters, what one sees is unexpected, …