Zimbabwe Weekly Update – week ending 8 Feb 2010

Posted by ZDN on February 9, 2010

Politics The three principals in the unity government reached a small breakthrough on Friday when they agreed to appoint the chairs of two of the Commissions - the Electoral and the Human Rights – who were named as Justice Simpson Mtambanengwe and Professor Reg Austin respectively. The South African mediation team is expected to meet negotiators from the thr...

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2 million homeless and unemployed blacks OK says Judge

Posted by ZDN on January 27, 2010

27 January 2010 ZIMBABWE TRIBUNAL RIGHTS WATCH SADC Tribunal Judgment of 28 November 2008 in favour of 78 Zim farmers Case in the Zimbabwe High Court – 26 January 2010 In the case in the Zimbabwe High Court, Justice Bharat Patel delivered judgment yesterday, 26 January.  In his judgment he was “more than satisfied” that the SADC Tribunal had been constituted properly and had juri...

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Summary of the Judgment in Gramara (Pvt) Ltd and another v The Government of Zimbabwe and Others

Posted by ZDN on January 27, 2010

PATEL, J Harare, 24 November, 2009 and 26 January 2010 Facts of the Case This case was an application for the Registration of the SADC Tribunal Judgement in the matter of Mike Campbell (Pvt) Ltd and others versus the Republic of Zimbabwe by 2 out of the 77 applicants in that case. This case found that the rights of white farmers to approach a court for redress and not be discriminated aga...

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Zimbabwe Weekly Update – week ending 13 Jan 2010

Posted by ZDN on January 14, 2010

This is the first update for the New Year and covers the period from December 16 to January 13. Politics Inter-party talks between the coalition partners will resume January 16.  The MDC on Friday Jan. 8 again announced it would not pull out of the unity government, saying any differences will be resolved. But on Tuesday Jan. 11, MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa said that any further farm invas...

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Zimbabwe Weekly Update – week ending 20 Oct 2009

Posted by ZDN on October 21, 2009

Government Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai announced on Friday that his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) would disengage from Robert Mugabe’s “dishonest and unreliable” Zanu-PF party until outstanding issues in the power sharing agreement are resolved. The pullout, from cabinet but not from government, poses the biggest threat to the fragile power sharing ag...

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Zimbabwe Weekly Update – week ending 13 Oct 2009:

Posted by ZDN on October 14, 2009

Business South Africa’s largest food retailer, Shoprite, said it is no longer pursuing investment opportunities in Zimbabwe, citing political and economic “uncertainty.” Shoprite/Checkers planned to buy OK Bazaars, Zimbabwe’s second largest supermarket chain, despite the recent designation of the Meikles/TM supermarkets Group by Zimbabwe government interests. The Reserve Bank of ...

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Mugabe shows SADC the finger

Posted by ZDN on September 2, 2009

Harare - Barely 24 hours after SADC Chairman Jacob Zuma left Harare after an official visit, Zimbabwean commercial farmer Ben Freeth's homestead was burned down, followed by the other farmhouse on the property - Mike Campbell's farmhouse. The Campbell homestead is also on Mt Carmel farm (bought in 1999 with a certificate of non-interest from the Government) where Ben Freeth's homestead, linen f...

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