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Zim faces censure for ignoring farm ruling
[Mail and Globe] The SADC tribunal will report to the next summit of SADC heads of state Zimbabwe's non-compliance with a ruling on its land reform policies, AfriForum said on Friday. "It is now time that SADC acted," said Mike Campbell, a farmer affected by the land grab. "They have burnt my house with all its contents, they have looted my crops and my tractors, they have tortured my workers, they have killed my animals, they have stripped my farm, they have beaten me to within an inch off my life -- from which I have never recovered," he said in a statement. Campbell's application to the tribunal in 2008 resulted in a ruling that Zimbabwe's land reform process was racist and contravened international law. At the time, the tribunal, which sits in Namibia, ruled that farmers be compensated for their losses, but the Zimbabwe government said it did not recognise the ruling. It was found in contempt by the tribunal in 2009 and was reported to the SADC summit "to take appropriate action", said Campbell's son-in law, Ben Freeth, who farmed with him. Posted by: Fred 2010-07-18 |
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