Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Dutch farmers renew pressure on Zim http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ A group of Dutch farmers who were forced off their land during Zanu (PF)’s often violent and corrupt land “reform” programme have launched a campaign to force the government to pay them the $23 million compensation as ordered by the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes in 2009.30.10.12 by Tarisai …
Farmer resists eviction http://www.herald.co.zw Tuesday, 23 October 2012 09:02 Fidelis Munyoro Assistant News Editor A Beatrice farmer is resisting eviction from State land claiming that he was re-allocated the piece of land under the land reform programme. This has prompted A2 farmer Mr Aaron Madziva to approach the High Court seeking to evict Mr Gerald Douglas Davidson from …
Zim files ‘urgent’ appeal against landmark SA farm ruling http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell18 October 2012 Zimbabwe’s government has filed an urgent appeal, against a landmark legal decision in South Africa that upholds the regional ruling declaring Robert Mugabe’s land grab unlawful. Attorney General Johannes Tomana told the state ZBC that the government had filed an appeal to the …
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Anger over ‘unjust’ eviction of Chegutu farmer http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell03 October 2012 There is growing anger over the court ordered eviction of a farming family in Chegutu, with criticism being aimed at the courts for the unjust decision that forced the family to leave their home. Dirk and Heidi Visagie are said to be in a …
SADC Tribunal Rights Watch 2 October 2012 A white farmer’s crime in Zimbabwe I spent the night in the familiar chaos of a Zimbabwean family in the process of packing up. There were just two nights to go before the September 30 deadline. Everywhere were boxes and piles of things ready …
Judge slams attempts to evict new farmers http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/ Friday, 28 September 2012 08:40Njabulo Ncube, Assistant Editor A HIGH Court judge has slammed attempts by government officials to forcibly evict more than 30 black farmers from a prime farm without a court order to pave the way for the resettlement of a chief in President Robert Mugabe’s home area …
Economic impact of SA court ruling http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ September 28, 2012 in OpinionTHE Supreme Court of Appeal in South Africa last week ruled against Zimbabwe’s appeal against North Gauteng’s High Court registration and enforcement of a ruling by the Sadc Tribunal that Zimbabwe’s land reform laws and policies were racist in nature, and that displaced farmers were entitled to …
Tomana plots SA constitutional court appeal http://www.newzimbabwe.com 26/09/2012 00:00:00by Business Day ATTORNEY General, Johannes Tomana, says he is preparing to file an appeal at SA’s Constitutional Court, after a judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal last week cleared the way for an auction of Zimbabwean property in Cape Town to satisfy a debt owed to white former …
Zimbabwe asks ANC to block property auction http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 20/09/2012 00:00:00by Staff Reporter ZIMBABWE will ask South Africa’s ruling African National Congress to take a “political decision” to stop displaced white farmers from seizing its properties, a minister said on Thursday. South Africa’s Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by Zimbabwe against a decision of the Johannesburg High Court to …
A COURT TOO FAR ? Jeremy Gauntlett MIDDLE TEMPLE SOUTH AFRICA CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 2012 A COURT TOO FAR ? REGIONAL COURTS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AND EUROPE There are in fact three ways to view the advent of international courts -‘Community law’, as some style it – in Europe and Southern Africa. The first is …