AGRICULTURE NEWS - A group of former commercial farmers in Zimbabwe recently lodged a R1,9 billion compensation claim against the South African government and presidency for presiding over the dissolution of the South African Development Community’s [SADC] regional human rights court, the SADC Tribunal.
According to Willie Spies, legal representative for Afriforum, the organisation had been assisting Zimbabwean farmers who had lost their farms during the land invasions that started in Zimbabwe in 2000 for the past decade.
“We assisted the group of 25 farmers and farming businesses that suffered damages as a result of the dissolution of the SADC Tribunal. This followed a decision by the SADC heads of state, including then president, Jacob Zuma, to terminate the tribunal [in 2012],” Spies said.
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