Category: The Courts (archives)

Zuma accused of ‘allowing’ destruction of human rights court http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell4 March 2013 South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has been accused of ‘allowing’ the destruction of the regional human rights Tribunal, by “selfishly” standing by while it was shut down. The former Chief Justice of the SADC Tribunal, Judge Ariranga Pillay, told a seminar in South …

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‘Selfish JZ allowed Mugabe to kill SADC Tribunal’ http://www.iol.co.za March 3 2013 at 02:22pmBy Peter Fabricius The former Chief Justice of the disbanded Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal has accused President Jacob Zuma of “selfishly” standing back and letting Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe kill the tribunal because it ruled against him on his anarchic land grabs. Judge …

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Chief Negomo resolves to attach Mattison’s property http://www.herald.co.zw/ Saturday, 02 March 2013 00:00 Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter Mashonaland Central traditional leader Chief Negomo, Mr Luscious Chitsinde, has resolved to attach property belonging to Tavydale Farm owner Mr Pip Mattison for failing to pay compensation to farmers who had their crops destroyed in a land dispute.The commercial farmer …

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Zimbabwe to ignore SA court rulings http://www.newzimbabwe.com 01/03/2013 00:00:00by Staff Reporter I SAPA ZIMBABWE will ignore the rulings of South African courts hearing challenges to the country’s reforms by some white former commercial farmers, President Robert Mugabe has said. More than 4,000 white commercial farmers have lost their farms since 2000 when Zimbabwe launched a land reform programme …

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SA Constitutional Court reserves judgment on Zim land grabs http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Violet Gonda28 February 2013 The South African Constitutional Court on Thursday reserved a ruling in a landmark case against the Zimbabwe government. Harare is appealing an earlier Supreme Court ruling in favour of white commercial farmers, who had challenged the country’s land reform program. The late Mike …

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ConCourt to hear Zimbabwe application http://www.iol.co.za/ February 27 2013 at 08:46pmBy SAPA Johannesburg – The Constitutional Court will on Thursday hear argument on whether South African courts can enforce rulings made by the SADC tribunal against Zimbabwe. The appeal came about after the Southern African Development Community Tribunal ruled in favour of Zimbabwean farmers who challenged that country’s land …

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Co-Home Affairs Minister defies year-long court order http://www.swradioafrica.com By Violet Gonda15 February 2013 Home Affairs co-Minister Kembo Mohadi, whose job is to enforce law and order in the country, is ignoring the rule of law himself.Lawyer Matshobana Ncube is representing five villagers in Beitbridge, who won a land ownership case in the High Court against Mohadi last …

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How Zimbabwean’s land case ended up in SA’s legal system http://www.bdlive.co.za BY TOM NEVIN, JANUARY 28 2013, 08:33 DISPOSSESSED Zimbabwean farmer Mike Campbell was able to take his case to the judiciary in South Africa because of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Tribunal decision, pronounced before it was dissolved, which found Zimbabwe to have been in violation …

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Court blasts Zanu PF land allocations http://www.thezimbabwemail.com Staff Reporter 21 hours 10 minutes ago HIGH Court judge, Justice Bharat Patel told the Lands Ministry Tuesday to come up with a “clear, transparent and accountable” land allocation system as he reversed the Minister’s decision to offer a Seke property to a Zanu PF legislatorFormer deputy minister Phineas Chihota was …

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Zim farmers file ‘historic’ case at African Commission http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell15 January 2013 Two Zimbabwean farmers, who both had their farms seized under the land grab campaign, will make history this week when a legal challenge against the suspension of the regional human rights Tribunal is filed at the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights. A …

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