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Ghost of the SADC tribunal haunts Zimbabwe in South Africa’s Constitutional Court ArticlesSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsSouth AfricaZimbabwe

Ghost of the SADC tribunal haunts Zimbabwe in South Africa’s Constitutional Court

A group of Zimbabwean farmers dispossessed of their land in Zimbabwe’s controversial land redistribution policy will face off against the Zimbabwean government in the South African Constitutional Court today. This…
Staff Writer
28 February 2013
Zimbabwe: Police attempt to raid peace project offices at night ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights Democratic GovernanceCivic Rights Democratic Governance ArticlesSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsZimbabwe

Zimbabwe: Police attempt to raid peace project offices at night

SW Radio By Tichaona Sibanda On Monday night police in Harare tried to search the offices of the Zimbabwe Peace Project, six hours after they had earlier stormed the same…
Staff Writer
12 February 2013
How Zimbabwean’s land case ended up in South Africa’s legal system ArticlesSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsZimbabwe

How Zimbabwean’s land case ended up in South Africa’s legal system

The Business Day 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,…
Staff Writer
28 January 2013
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SADC leaders duplicitous in axing tribunal

Mail&Guardian By Nicole Fritz 7 September 2012 So often are the winds of change said to blow through the southern reaches of Africa that the uninformed might think there are…
Staff Writer
7 September 2012
Bid to revive SADC Tribunal to get hearing ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsSocio-Economic RightsSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsZimbabwe

Bid to revive SADC Tribunal to get hearing

Business Day THE African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has made a preliminary ruling that it will hear a complaint about the effective suspension of the Southern African Development…
Staff Writer
13 March 2012
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SADC Tribunal – Calls for reinstatement region in legal limbo

Financial Mail A host of legal organisations have started to ratchet up pressure on regional governments to restore the functioning of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) tribunal. Its work…
Staff Writer
2 February 2012
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SADC tribunal in limbo

The Namibian SADC heads of state have been accused of acting unconstitutionally by effectively suspending the work of the SADC Tribunal. The Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) in Johannesburg says…
Staff Writer
11 November 2010