The ZIMBABWE Situation

APRIL 2000 ARCHIVE


NEWS and Other Articles
  1. March 2000 Archive
  2. Norway Urges Zimbabwe to End Farm Invasions
    PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF TRAUMA IN ZIM .....
    .... posted 4 April 2000
  3. Personal Account of March/Riot in Harare
    BBC News - 4 April
    Farm Invasion Update from CFU - 3 April
    .... posted 5 April 2000
  4. Farm Invasion Update from CFU - 4 April
    BBC news - Zimbabwe's economic crisis - 4 April
    .... posted 5 April 2000 - evening
  5. Farm Standoff, Political Violence Continues in Zimbabwe - J J and Marge Hammond (this farm) are relatives of Jan van der Walt please pray for their deliverance. Thank you.
    SA Parties Denounce Lawlessness In Zimbabwe
    ZIMBABWE: Public Media Refuse Opposition Advertising
    Zimbabwe intimidation claim
    Eyewitness: Forced off the farm
    Arson Attacks Waged Over Farmland Claims in Zimbabwe
    Two Killed in Zimbabwean Political Violence
    State, Opposition Accuse Each Other Of Fomenting Violence
    ZIMBABWE'S Tourism Suffers 50 Percent Business Reduction
    .... posted 6 April 2000 - morning
  6. CFU - Farm Invasion - 5 APRIL 2000
    Farmers under Siege
    ......posted 6 April 2000 - afternoon
  7. CFU WEATHER AND FUEL....Friday, 7 April 2000 12:07
    CFU UPDATE ... 7 APRIL 2000
    CFU - Farm Invasion Update - 6 APRIL 2000
    NO to Mobe Rule & letters to the Financial Gazette
    ... posted 7 April 2000
  8. News of the Hammonds 9 April 2000 9:01:14 pm
  9. Police in Zim 9 April 2000 9:02:58 pm
  10. Mugabe in DRC 9 April 2000 9:03:48 pm
  11. More Zim news 9 April 2000 9:05:13 pm
  12. Letter from a Zim farm 10 April 7:21:36 pm
  13. CFU update 13 April 2000 5:21:47 pm
  14. CFU update 13 April 2000 5:26:03 pm
  15. Zimbabwe squatters remain defiant..BBC 13 April 2000 7:56:51 pm
  16. Meeting with Morgan Tsvangirai 13 April 2000 7:59:06 pm
  17. Zim news items 10th April posted 13 April 2000 8:01:33 pm
  18. Zimbabwe court rules police must evict black squatters from white-owned farms 13 April 2000 8:03:01 pm
  19. Zimbabwe squatters remain defiant 13 April 2000 8:05:48 pm
  20. Land seizures disrupt wheat production, tobacco production, various news items 13 April 2000 8:09:25 pm
  21. Zimbabwe farmers go for tobacco 'jugular' 13 April 2000 8:35:39 pm
  22. Zimbabwe to send delegation to UK 13 April 2000 8:41:48 pm
  23. Disturbing news from the Times 13 April 2000 9:52:57 pm
  24. ZIMBABWE NEWS: 13 April 2000.... posted 15 April
    Foreign Affairs Ministry Discourages Travel in Zimbabwe -CNN
    Zimbabwe squatters remain defiant - BBC
    White Zimbabweans back opposition party - CNN
    Is Mugabe's strategy working?- BBC
    Britain Welcomes Zimbabwe Court Ruling on Farms - CNN
    Update 5-Zimbabwe Minister Indicates Farm Tide Turning - Reuters
    ZIMBABWE'S Law Society Welcomes High Court Decision
    ZIMBABWE'S Court Orders Police to Evict Farm InvadersZimbabwe High Court Orders Government to End Farm Occupations
    Stay "Cool on Zimbabwe Crisis, Mugabe Says
    Embattled Mugabe confronted by rule of law- Observer
    More ZIMBABWE NEWS - 8 April 2000
    Zimbabwe Police Deployed, Farms Seizures Go On - Reuters
    Mugabe warns 'Boers' to leave - The Observer
    Opposition backlash in Zimbabwe - BBC
    Economic fears over Zimbabwe turmoil - BBC
    This is war, says Harare's Hitler - The Times
    Mugabe 'will not negotiate' over white land grab - The Times
    ZIMBABWE 07 April 2000: Mugabe Says Will Fight for White Land If Necessary
    US _ we draw the line...............
    U.S. condemns Zimbabwe farm seizures, suspends aid
  25. CFU update April 13 14 April 2000 3:56:28 am
  26. Veterans insist land is theirs 14 April 2000 5:25:24 am
  27. Mugabe defies UK 14 April 2000 7:01:27 am
  28. Various articles - 13/14 April .... posted 15 April
    Newspaper Article - MDC plans - Friday, April 14, 2000 8:09 PM
    Flagellating the whites - Peter Godwin : Author of Mukiwa A White Boy in Africa - 13 April 2000 17:19
    Lets Go Home Campaign Friday, April 14, 2000 12:02 PM
    ZIMBABWE NEWS: 14 April 2000 - RELIEF IN SIGHT? Friday, April 14, 2000 2:32 AM
    Disappointed 'veterans' insist land is theirs - The Times
    Squatters open fire as Harare calls off attacks - The Times
    Zimbabwe Squatters Asked To Leave - Associated Press
    MDC PRESS RELEASE: ZANU (PF) Lies - 14/04/2000 02:09am
    Mugabe Vows Land Transfer to Go on, Slams Britain - Reuters 13/04/2000
    Zimbabwe Changes Tack in Farm Invasion Crisis - Reuters 13/04/2000
    Zimbabwe - FLOOD RELIEF APPEAL Friday, April 14, 2000 2:24 AM
    ZIMBABWE News - from the Financial Gazette & The Herald 13/04/2000
    Foreign Affairs Ministry Discourages Travel in Zimbabwe - CNN
    Zimbabwe squatters remain defiant - BBC
    White Zimbabweans back opposition party - CNN
    Is Mugabe's strategy working? - BBC
    Britain Welcomes Zimbabwe Court Ruling on Farms - CNN
    Update 5-Zimbabwe Minister Indicates Farm Tide Turning - Reuters
    ZIMBABWE'S Law Society Welcomes High Court Decision
    ZIMBABWE'S Court Orders Police to Evict Farm Invaders
    Zimbabwe High Court Orders Government to End Farm Occupations
    Stay "Cool on Zimbabwe Crisis, Mugabe Says
    Embattled Mugabe confronted by rule of law - Observer
    HIGH COURT OF ZIMBABWE - Order declaring occupation of farms illegal - Friday, April 14, 2000 2:28 AM
  29. FORRESTER ESTATE, Zimbabwe, April 14 (AFP)
    Britain sense breakthrough, LONDON, April 14
    Zimbabwe on Knife edge, HARARE, April 14
    Opposition leader urges caution, Friday, 14 April, 2000, 12:48 GMT 13:48 UK -BBC
    CFU LAND INVASIONS UPDATE - 14 APRIL 2000
    Account of LONDON Demonstration on 9 April 2000
  30. PRESS STATEMENT - Smear Campaign Against MDC
    Zimbabwe Family Farm Occupied - AP
    Zimbabwe Veteran Leader Defiant on Farm Invasion - Reuters
    Message just received from a friend - Farmers advised to Evacuate Macheke
    Mugabe Gambles on Land Occupations - The Associated Press
    Zimbabwe Squatters Kill White Farmer - The Associated Press
    Farmer said killed as Zimbabwe land crisis spirals
    White farmer killed as Zimbabwe land crisis deepens - CNN
    Tempers Close to Snapping for Zimbabwe Farmworkers - Reuters
    Zimbabwean Police Defy Order to Evict Squatters - Associated Press
    Britain Must Be Stronger on Zimbabwe Ian Smith
    Zimbabwe Opposition Says Exiles Must Oust Mugabe
    Farm murder raises stakes in Zimbabwe's land battle - The Times
    Opposition vows to mobilise young against Mugabe - The Times
    Mugabe's rival targets funds 'hidden abroad' - The Telegraph
    BBC: Saturday, 15 April, 2000, 23:00 GMT 00:00 UK
    Zimbabwe white farmer 'shot dead'
  31. Neighbour recalls shooting terror
    John Osborne: "It was unreal"
  32. All 4 missing farmers are alive and in BORRADAILE HOSPITAL, MARONDERA. I do not have details of their injuries, however I believe they are ok. Dave Baisley (macheke@bigpond.com) Brisbane, Qld Australia - Sunday, April 16, 2000 at 06:49:21 (PDT)
    Missing Farmers found
  33. Various reports on the murder/abduction of Macheke farmers
    Ian Smith speaks out
  34. Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 12:53 PM
    Subject: Zimbabwe Morning News: 17 April 2000 - A Turn for the Worse
    Zimbabwe close to civil war - The Times
    Farmer died as he tried to calm veterans - The Times
    Mugabe Defends Farm Takeovers - Associated Press
    Carry on squatting, Mugabe says after murder - The Inependant UK
    Mugabe gave the green light to killers, says Hain - the Telegraph
    Mugabe stokes up anti-white campaign - The Sunday Times UK
  35. Personal Account of Farm Invasion in Ruwa 5/4/2000
  36. Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 5:11 AM
    Subject: Zimbabwe evening NEWS: 17/04/2000 - MIXED MESSAGES

    Zimbabwean farmers flee after murder - The Courier-Mail: Australia
    Editorial from THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 17 April 2000
    White Macheke commercial farmer shot dead - The (state Controlled) Herald Farmers to be invited for talks over land but . . .
    President won't order war vets off the farms - The (state Controlled) Herald
    Petrol bomb attack kills two MMD Members - The (state Controlled) Herald
    President sticks to his veterans' guns - The Age: Australia
    Land grabs will go on, says Mugabe - The Age: Australia
    Bloodied farmers tell of escape from a killer mob- The Age: Australia
    Zimbabwe president tells white farmers he'll regain control in land crisis - cnn
    Analysis-Mugabe Election Strategy Splits Party, Country - Reuters
  37. Hopes fade in 20 years since independence - Times Newspapers Ltd. 18 April 2000
    Zimbabwe news 18/04/2000 - ANOTHER FARMER KILLED
    Second White Zimbabwe Farmer Killed - Reuters White Farmer Killed on Independence Anniversary in Zimbabwe - Associated Press
    Farm Grabs "Unfinished Business," Zimbabwe Minister - Reuters
    All Odds Against Zanu-Pf - The Insider
    Government Sponsoring Violence, Says NGO - The Zimbabwe Standard
    White Farmer Shot in Zimbabwe Again - AP

  38. Just received this message from Harare.
    A FARM IN ARCUTURUS HAS BEEN BURNT DOWN BELONGING TO THE STOBBARDS AND ANOTHER FARMER HAS BEEN ABDUCTED IN HARARE SOUTH. MUGABE HAS DECLARED THE WHITE FARMERS AND BRITISH AN ENEMY OF THE STATE.
    Dave baisley (macheke@bigpond.com)
    Brisbane, Qld Australia - Tuesday, April 18, 2000 at 08:29:09 (PDT)
  39. News 19 April 2000
    Neighbour's turmoil causes growing concern in South Africa
    Police search besieged farms for guns - Zanu (PF)'s pathetic propaganda - ludicrous.
    Zimbabwe in no mood to celebrate
    INTERVIEW-Mugabe trying to start race war-opposition
    U.N. deplores anti-farmer violence in Zimbabwe
  40. Kevin Tinker safe - 19 April 2000
  41. UK politicians make a stand - read letters to Robin Cook
    More
  42. Timothy Stamps
  43. Australian Politician comments
  44. Matabele farmers unite
  45. Sydney Morning Herald - 19 April 2000
  46. New Zealand speaks out
  47. War Vets deny involvement
  48. CFU Update - 19 April 2000
  49. Eye witness report on farm tension
  50. Goodhope Tensions
  51. South Africa's DP concerned about Zimbabwe
  52. Shocking rape details
  53. Senator Ross Lightfoot - Liberal Senator for Western Australia - Media Release
  54. ZIMBABWE morning NEWS: 20 April 2000
  55. Posted 21 April 2000
    CFU Update - 20 April 2000
    Families plan exodus after orders to flee
    Black farm workers were beaten, their houses torched
    Government deploys army to direct farm invasions
    White farmers forced out of Zimbabwe by political violence and land seizures would be warmly welcomed in the neighbouring states of Mozambique and Zambia
    US President Bill Clinton has conferred with British Prime Minister Tony Blair
    Rape terror sparks white flight
  56. Sign a Petition to pressurise world leaders
  57. CFU Update 21 April 2000
  58. Links to Consulates (Refugee & Asylum).... posted 21 April 2000
  59. The mess one man makes
  60. News - posted 21 April 2000
    `This is not about racism, it's politics' - The Age Australia
    British multi-millionaire bankrolls Mugabe party - The Guardian UK
    Diplomats face rush for British passports - The Telegraph 21 April 2000
    How Britain can trump Mugabe's race card - The Times OPINION 21 April 2000
    US condemns Mugabe's statement - the Business Recorder
    African leaders hold crisis summit - The Times 21 April 2000
    Britain Says Mugabe Wreaking Damage on Zimbabwe - Reuters 21 April 2000
    Another Zimbabwe White Farm Attacked - Associated Press 20 April 2000
    Australia Issues Warning to Citizens in Zimbabwe - Reuters
    NZ Relaxes Rules for Zimbabweans - Radio NZ
    Zimbabwe plays down land issue - BBC 21 April 2000
    MDC to sue Shamuyarira, Chimutengwende - The Zimbabwe Mirror
    Tension in Zimbabwe As African Leaders Meet - Reuters Apr 21 2000 11:52AM ET
    Land grab divides Mugabe cabinet
    Families flee as squatter mobs attack more farms
  61. CFU Update - 22 April 2000
  62. TV interview with Zimbabwe Ambassador.
  63. Airlines pulling out of Zim
  64. You can't go Home Again
  65. Various ..... posted 23 April 2000
    Lions tame proud guerrillas
    I D Smith speaks
    ZIMBABWE NEWS - 22 April
    Slain Zimbabwe farmer buried - BBC
    Update 2-Police Make First Move onto Zimbabwe Farms - Reuters per CNN
    Analysis-Zimbabwe Seen Close to Turning Point - Reuters
    UK to Fund Zimbabwe Reform if "Mayhem" Ends -Hain
    MSIKA'S Wisdom Earns Him Boos in Byo - Zimbabwe Independent
    Inflation Rate Surges to 50,8% - Zimbabwe Independent
    Last rites for a white tribe? - The Age: Australia
    Pro-Mugabe mobs attack opposition supporters - The Independent UK
    'I listen to Mugabe now and it breaks my heart' Lady Soames - The Times 22 April 2000
    President's 'brownshirts' lay waste the wealth of the land means of support - The Observer
    Amicable Solution to ZIMBABWE'S Land Problem Urged - Xinhua News Agency
    Mugabe gangs torch homes of farm workers - The Observer
    'Go back? It's not worth your life' - The Observer
  66. CFU Update - 23 April 2000
  67. ...... Posted 23 Aoril 2000
    Zimbabwe's Mugabe to End Occupations, UK to Fund Land Reform - Bloomberg
    Britain sees hope on Zimbabwe - Independent UK
    Money available for Zimbabwe land reform: UK - Business Recorder Pakistan
    Priest blasts 'Nazi methods' of Mugabe - Telegraph
    Uganda Welcomes Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers - KAMPALA (April 23) XINHUA
    Bomb Blast as Zimbabwe Police Move into Farms - Reuters
    Botswana Worries about ZIMBABWE'S Land Question - JOHANNESBURG (April 22) XINHUA
    Police Intervene after Two White Farmers Assaulted in Zimbabwe - HARARE, (AP)
    Zimbabwe's Farmers Watch for Break in Violence - Reuters 23 April 2000
    Reuters World News highlights 1400 GMT April 23
    HARARE - Zimbabwe war veterans invaded another white-owned farm, two days after regional leaders were reported to have offered President Robert Mugabe a deal aimed at breaking an escalating cycle of violence.
  68. CFU - further update - 23 April 2000
  69. War veteran groups clash over occupied lands
  70. Australia prepares to provide refuge for Zimbabwean farmers - sorry this news link has expired
  71. Zimbabwe farm torched
  72. In Zimbabwe, a troubled Easter - Blacks and whites come to support church under attack
  73. CFU Update - 24 April 2000
  74. News Updates 24 April 2000 ......... posted 25 April 2000
    Zimbabwe veterans keep up pressure in land crisis - Reuters
    Mugabe Party Pays Farm Occupier - Associated Press
    Farm Workers Assaulted in Zimbabwe - AP from USA Today
    Villagers defy intimidation and cry out for change - Telegraph 24 April 2000
    Mugabe police rein in squatters - Sunday Times UK 24 April 2000
    Land Violence Crushes Tourism Market at Victoria Falls - AP from CNN
    Zimbabwe veterans use Red Guard tactics on workers - Reuters 24 April 2000
  75. Whites targeted in Mugabe's race war - Ethnic Cleansing in Africa
  76. UK politician urges for effective action
  77. CFU Update - 25 April 2000 - posted 26 April 2000
  78. Various ..... posted 26 April 2000
    Zimbabwe's crops burn as farmers boycott sale - Independent UK
    Squatters attempt to burn alive black farm workers - Telegraph UK 25 April 2000
    Zimbabwe police arrest five after killing - Reuters 25 April 2000
    The brutal tactics of intimidation - BBC 25 April, 2000, 16:13 GMT
    Seventh killing, Zim vice-president has 'no regrets'. - News24 25 April 2000
    'Zim soul demands justice' - News24 25 April 2000
  79. Farmers plea - world attention should be on Atrocities... posted 29 April 2000
  80. CFU Update - 26 April 2000... posted 29 April 2000
  81. CFU Update - 27 April 2000... posted 29 April 2000
  82. Various news articles - 27 April 2000 ..... posted 29 April 2000
  83. Various news articles - 28 April 2000 ..... posted 29 April 2000
  84. CFU Update - 28 April 2000 ...... posted 29 April 2000
  85. Mugabe moves to seize farms ...... posted 30 April 2000
  86. CFU Update - 29 April 2000 ...... posted 30 April 2000
  87. Various news articles - 29 April 2000 ...... posted 30 April 2000
  88. CFU Update - 30 April 2000 ...... posted 2 May 2000
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