Ben Freeth

The farming community in Masvingo province has been shocked by attacks on black farmers by suspected war vets. One of the farmers, Mufaro Mukaro was struck with an axe to his head and is now in hospital where his condition is described as…
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What country in the world would want to evict an elderly double amputee commercial farmer from his only home and livelihood on the basis of the colour of his skin, after the Chief Justice says he could not hear the case because it would be…
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A week after President Mugabe ordered the removal of the last remaining white farmers from their properties the Constitutional Court has allowed the eviction of a disabled Masvingo commercial farmer under the government’s land grab…
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A ZANU PF government minister has been heavily criticised for ‘blatantly lying’ about the land grab campaign, after insisting that no South African citizens were affected.
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Just over a month ago a great wave of optimism was building and sweeping across Zimbabwe. People were furtively — then later even openly — daring to hope that they would ride in on the great wave that was forming. For some the mood was…
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SADC Tribunal Rights Watch is gravely concerned about the European Union (EU)’s suspension of travel and financial restrictions instituted in 2002 against 81 officials and eight firms in Zimbabwe in response to systematic human rights…
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SOUTH AFRICA - 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…
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On August 3, 2000 the Financial Gazette reported: “Mugabe has dismissed advice from his new cabinet to order independence war veterans off occupied white‐owned farms and instead has personally assured the ex‐fighter, leader Chenjerai…
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White farmers were subjected to sleep deprivation for nights on end and frequently had to barricade themselves, their families and sometimes their staff inside their homes. The onslaught also involved the complete looting of farm houses,…
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In October 2001, while Philip Chiyangwa, former ZANU PF MP for Chinhoyi, and Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo were addressing a meeting of farmers in Banket, Chiyangwa said: “… Anyone who supports the MDC will be eliminated.”
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