ZIMBABWE: Supreme Court hears appeal
ZIMBABWE: Supreme Court hears appeal
Zimbabwe's Supreme Court began hearing an appeal on Monday by white farmers
challenging the constitutionality of President Robert Mugabe seizing their
land without compensation, Reuters reported.
The mainly white 4,500-member Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) filed an
application in September to contest the legality of Mugabe's land
redistribution programme, which he has vowed "will never be stopped by
anyone or any court". In the past week, Zimbabwe's official media have
carried articles questioning the ability of the judiciary to be impartial on
the land issue and advertisements praising Mugabe's stance.
Earlier this year Mugabe amended the constitution to give him power to seize
white-owned farms for blacks with no obligation to pay for the land if
former colonial power Britain does not provide funding.
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