Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SADC Tribunal Rights Watch 17 August 2012 Zimbabwe: Another SADC-protected farmer found guilty of farming and forced off his land on the eve of the SADC Summit On the eve of the official opening of the 32nd Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit in Maputo, Mozambique, with …
Archbishop Tutu pledges support for the “Save the SADC Tribunal” campaign MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE14 August 2012 Nobel peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu has added his highly respected voice to an international campaign to reinstate the regional court of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal, a vital institution for legal redress. The campaign is spearheaded in …
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SADC in bid to revive old tribunal http://www.iol.co.za August 11 2012 at 03:40pmBy Paul Fauvet Maputo – Justice ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), meeting in Maputo, are overwhelmingly in favour of reactivating the SADC Tribunal, which was suspended in 2010. Spokesperson Pedro Nhatitima (head of the Mozambican Legal Aid Institute), said yesterday the great majority …
Lawyers insist Zim land ruling still binding http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell08 August 2012 The 2008 ruling that Zimbabwe’s land grab campaign was unlawful is still binding, despite attempts both in and outside Zimbabwe to undermine the regional human rights court. This is according to top legal groups in Southern …
Chief kicked off farm by Minister’s sidekick http://www.thezimbabwemail.com By Staff Reporter 22 hours 3 minutes ago THE High Court has ordered the eviction of Chief Mashayamombe from Marsden Farm in Mhondoro to pave way for businessman Mr Christopher Goromonzi. Mr Goromonzi said he bought the farm from the white former farmer. Mr Michael Hughes Mino and …
Villagers accuse farmer of robbery http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ New farmers and villagers here have expressed concern at what they described as daylight robbery, by a debt collector working in cahoots with a local farmer, whose identities have been withheld pending investigations. Angry villagers told The Zimbabwean that they had been ordered by the debt collector to pay $886 each as restitution …
Does a Zimbabwe farm invader get refugee status? http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2012/07/05/from-zimbabwean-farm-invasions-to-refugee-status/ July 5, 2012 by Rosalind English SK (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Office 19 June 2012 – read judgment This case raises the interesting question whether someone who was involved as a member of the ruling Zimbabwe Zanu PF party with farm invasions …
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Justice system in the dock http://www.financialgazette.co.zw Thursday, 28 June 2012 09:45 What could be the solution to all the problems in the judiciary service? Chief Justice Chidyausiki is for a “carrot and stick” approach where an improvement in remuneration is seen as crucial to stemming systemic corruption, writes Tinashe Madava.IN April this year, Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku complained …
Court Watch 10/2012 of 22nd June [Prime Ministers Court Case Against President Not Yet Concluded] COURT WATCH 10/2012 [21st June 2012] Prime Minister’s Court Case Against President Not Yet Concluded This bulletin covers the case brought by Prime Minister Tsvangirai, against President Mugabe and the Provincial Governors, contesting thevalidity of the Governors’ re-appointments. It is a case with political implications – …
SADC urged to ‘safeguard’ regional human rights court http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell18 June 2012 Leading Southern African legal rights groups have called on regional governments to safeguard the still suspended SADC Tribunal, and to fully reinstate the court with a strengthened human rights mandate. The court was suspended more than a year ago for a 12 month …
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