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Police from Harare's law and order section are at the Harare home of MDC
leader Morgan Tsvangirai searching for weapons of war. They say the MDC leader
is keeping an arsenal of weapons, including grenades and tear-smoke/gas
canisters in his house. They are being led by Garnett Sikovha, whose rank I have
yet to establish.
The allegation, they say, stems from the attack on
Tsvangirai's meeting with the MDC provincial council in Mvurwi, Mashonaland
Central -- 100 km north east of Harare, last month. Tsvangirai and the MDC,
victims of the attack, are now accused of having caused the trouble and of
firing teargas in the mellee that resulted from the disruption of the
meeting.
The attack, carried out by Zanu PF functionaries in six
vehicles, took place at the end of a police approved meeting in the farming town
of Mvurwi.
More details later.
In the meantime, you can reach me at
091 250 102.
T W Bango
Presidential spokesman,
Movement for
Democratic Change, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Earlier...
The Police search for arms of war, teargas stocks and grenades at the home
of Morgan Tsvangirai ended two minutes ago. Nothing was found.
It took the officers slightly over 45 minutes to go through the entire
four-bedroomed home of Mr Tsvangirai in the Harare suburb of Strathaven. Also
searched was Mr Tsvangirai's two-roomed office, his staff quarters and other
outbuildings.
The officers did not produce a search warrant, if ever they had one. Two
weeks ago, four other officers, led by one Dhowa who once served as part of the
UN peacekeeping force in Kosovo ad had to be withdrawn after rights groups
protested, visited Mr Tsvangirai at his home saying they were investigating the
Mvurwi incident. They questioned him and later, his security guards, on the
origins of the teargas cannisters which were thrown at MDC supporters at the
Mvurwi meeting. One of the guards was taken to Harare Police Station on that
day. His home in Rugare, Harare was later searched and nothing was found.
Mr Tsvangirai's staff do not carry any firearms, grenades or teargas
cannisters. On the day in question, Mr Tsvangirai's convoy was thoroughly
searched at a police checkpoint outside Mvurwi before he entered the town.
Mr Tsvangirai is surprised that he is being targeted for investigation when
he was a victim of political violence. All his meetings are attended, as per
legal requirements under POSA, by police and secret service officers. There were
five of them at the Mvurwi meeting.
Mr Tsvangirai says police seem to be targetting him in order to frustrate
his political work. Today (saturday) police cancelled a meeting he was supposed
to have in Bikita, south of Harare. On Tuesday, police cancelled a meeting he
was supposed to address in Hwedza, also south of Harare.
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Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 5:40 PM
Subject: Reap where they did not
sow
Dear Family and Friends,
One day this week winter came to an
end and Zimbabwe was suddenly blessed
with glorious warm sunshine,
lengthening days and an absolute explosion of
bird life. In just a week it
has become warm enough to take jerseys and
jackets off, work outside in the
garden and sit out in the early evenings.
It is incredibly comforting to know
that the routine of nature and the
seasons is one of the very few things that
cannot be destroyed in
Zimbabwe's years of crisis. This summer, as it has for
the past four
seasons, a kind of desperate urgency has re-appeared within our
government
to do something about the complete chaos that continues to be the
order of
the day on Zimbabwe's farms.
The issue under the spotlight at
the moment is the government Ministers
and high ranking officials who have
got, taken or been given more than one
farm. For four years President Mugabe
has been using the slogan "one
farmer one farm" and kept promising to sort
out the mess that had arisen
from the blatant lawlessness of land invasions.
Recently appointed to the
position of Minister of Land Reform and
Resettlement, John Nkomo has begun
trying to sort out the chaos. Ministers
who have claimed or been allocated
more than one farm since 2000 have started
receiving "withdrawal letters"
advising them that the land was being taken
back by Nkomo's Ministry.
According to the Zimbabwe Independent newspaper
some of the Ministers with
"extra land holdings" are: Information Minister
Jonathan Moyo; Local
Government Minister Chombo; Agriculture Minister Made;
Justice Minister
Chinamasa and Transport Minister Mushowe. One of the
Ministers concerned
said the withdrawal letters were "preposterous and
annoying." He said of
the multiple farms credited to him, one had been
reallocated to his cousin
and another to his mother.
So far Minister
Nkomo is standing firm and has said he won't be
"intimidated, perturbed or
frustrated by those causing all this
hullabaloo." Responding to a tirade
against him in the state owned Herald
newspaper, Minister Nkomo said the
angry outpourings by those "defending
the indefensible would not scare him or
frustrate his efforts to retrieve
the farms."
Also now attempting to
add legitimacy to the chaos surrounding Zimbabwe's
farms is the Governor of
the Reserve Bank Gideon Gono. Referring to the
recent seizures of highly
productive horticultural and export processing
zone farms, Gono said: "We now
have a new set of farmers who want to reap
where they did not sow." Gono
called them "fly by harvest time farmers"
who pitch up on a property just
when a crop is ready to harvest and
declare the harvest, land, house and farm
equipment as their own.
As a dispossessed farmer who has been speaking
out for 54 months, I would
like to say to Minister Nkomo and Governor Gono:
"Hello, where have you
been the last four and a half years!" The weather is
not the only thing
hotting up in Zimbabwe. Until next week, with love, cathy
Copyright cathy
buckle 31st July 2004
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JUSTICE FOR AGRICULTURE URGENT LEGAL COMMUNIQUÉ - 30th JULY 2004
mail: jag@mango.zw; justiceforagriculture@zol.co.zw
Internet:
www.justiceforagriculture.com
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PLEASE
NOTE THIS LIST IS CALLED LOT 1 AND IS NOT A DUPLICATE OF THE LOT 1
FROM THE
23RD JULY
2004
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NOTICE OF
APPLICATION FOR CONFIRMATION OF SECTION 8 ORDER IN TERMS OF
SECTION 7 (3) OF
THE LAND ACQUISITION ACT CHAPTER 20:10
TAKE NOTICE that an application
for the confirmation of the acquisition
order issued in respect of the
following farms has been filed in the
Administraive Court at Harare and that
the Respondent and any holder of
real rights over the said farm are required
to lodge their objections
within 5 days after the publication of this notice
failure to which the
matter shall be set down unopposed without any further
notice.
A copy of the application is available for collection at
Applicant's
undersigned legal practitioner of record's address between Monday
to Friday
from 8am to 4pm.
J L NKOMO
Minister of Special Afdfairs
in the Office
of the President and Cabinet in Charge of Lands,
Land Reform
and Resettlement.
c/o CIVIL DIVISION OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICE
Applicant's Legal Practitioners
2nd Floor, Block "A"
New Govt.
Complex
Cnr Samora Machel AVe/Fourth
St.
HARARE
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LOT 1
SECTION 7 30TH JULY 2004
Chipinga
1. 6846/87. Lydell Farm (Private)
Limited: Chipinga: Subdivision
A of Busi: 202,3392 ha
2. 8366/91.
Dandon (Private) Limited: Chipinga: Remaining Extent
of Laughing Waters of
Newcastle: 320,6658 ha
3. 1589/85. Joubert Brothers (Private) Limited:
Chipinga:
Subdivision A of Woodstock: 256,9554 ha
4. 2954/92. Dandon
(Private) Limited: Chipinga: Lot 3 of New
Castle: 122,1433 ha
5.
5523/80. Red Sands (Private) Limited: Chipinga: RemainingExtend
of
Clearwater: 428,2403 ha
6. 1083/74. Shanti Estate P/L: Chipinga: Lot 2 of
Lelisvlei of De
Rust of Avontuur Extension: 125,60
ha
Goromonzi
7. 0003787/98. The Trustees for The Time Being of The
Late Merlach
Trust: Goromonzi: S/D of Binder: 122,0751
ha
Hartley
8. 3645/87. Burgan Estates (Private) Limited: Hartley:
The
Remainder of Chingford: 1 082,8516 ha
Inyanga
9. 415/89.
Cecil Robin Balfour Green: Inyanga: Leaping Waters of
Rupurara: 148,7655
ha
10. 5634/69. Brachen Hills A Development Company (Private)
Limited:
Inyanga: Remainder of Brtacken Hills A: 544,0390
acres
Lomagundi
11. 5741/86. R S C Farming (Private) Limited:
Lomagundi:
Petruswill: 948,0821 ha
12. 9221/87. E D Dodgen (1987)
(Private) Limited: Lomagundi:
Nyrugwe: 594,4325 ha
13. 4576/93.
Consolidated Agric P/L: Lomagundi: Gretton Extension
A: 390,8900 ha
14.
8396/97. Chitatu Farm (Private) Limited: Lomagundi: Virginia:
1 315,1606
ha
15. 4473/57. Allan Wallace Williamson: Lomagundi: Remaining
Extent
of Manengas: 820 morgen
16. 2443/86. Martinna Susanna
Hundermark, Frederick Albertus Van Der
Merwe & Johanna Eliza Van Der
Merwe: Lomagundi: Mryland: 1 302,9868
ha
17. 470/76. R J Van Rensburg
and Sons (Private) Limited: Lomagundi:
Farm Upper Romsey of Romsey: 753,5218
ha
18. 2220/77. Huesca (Private) Limited: Lomagundi: The Remainder
of
Dundrennan of Manengas: 578,5439 ha
Makoni
19. 1271/96.
Gerald Ian Ballance: Makoni: Ripple Mead: 725,7751
ha
20. 513/88.
Alveston Estate (1985) P/L: Makoni: Lot 4
Lawrencedale: 838,3100 ha
21.
4049/92. Hunyani Agri-Forestry Limited: Makoni: The Remainder
of Subdivision
A of Eagles Nest: 1266,2709 ha
22. 4596/81. Masori Investments (Private)
Limited: Makoni:
Remaining of Extent of Maidstone: 1 113,3764 ha
23.
7451/80. Excelsior Farm (Pvt) Ltd: Makoni: Excelsior:
567,3100 ha
24.
5128/74. Daagbreek Estates (Private) Limited: Makoni:
Dagbreek: 486,5422
ha
25. 4094/92. Hunyani Agri-Forestry Limited: Makoni: Remaining
Extent
of Eagles Nest: 1170,3941 ha
Mazoe
26. 6141/85. Devaar Farm
(Private) Limited: Mazoe: Remaining
Extent of Farm 32A of Glendale: 518,3512
ha
27. 8148/87. Margarey May Ward: Mazoe: Thurlow's Plot of
Normondale:
30,8489 ha
28. 5182/84. Kathleen Joy Harris: Mazoe: Brucia: 171,30
ha
29. 282/66. Feleicity Claire Von Der Heyde: Mazoe: "Vigila"
of
Umvukwe Estate: 2 814,9577 acres
30. 2516/78. Villa Franca (Private)
Limited: Mazoe: Remainder of
Farm 36 of Glendale: 509,0983 ha
31.
2516/78. Villa Franca (Private) Limited: Mazoe: Lot 2 of Farm
35 Glendale:
440,0688 ha
32. 6090/97. Rockwood Retirement Villaage (Private) Limited:
Mazoe:
Lot 2 of Amandas: 230,4624 ha
33. 4705/83. Chirobi (Private)
Limited: Mazoe: Remainder of Farm
45 of Glendale: 328,2168 ha
34.
3529/89. Luwali (Private) Limited: Mazoe: Lot 1 of Pembi
Junction: 1
109,9142 ha
35. 784/91. Layandra (Private) Limited: Mazoe: Farm 44A
Glendale:
414,0874 ha
36. 321/93. Prosperity Dairies P/L: Mazoe: Hidden
Valley of
Maryvale of Mgutu of Great B: 433,3160 ha
Melsetter
37.
1021/87. Chipudzana (Private) Limited: Melsetter: Weltevrede
of Avontuur
Extension: 981,3334 ha
38. 1021/87. Chipudzana (Private) Limited:
Melsetter: Weltevrede
of Avontuur Extension: 981,3334
ha
Mrewa
39. 7303/83. Mazuri Farms (Private) Limited: Mrewa:
Murrayfield:
843,6417 ha
Salisbury
40. 441/70. Michael Edwin
Guyse Thorburn: Salisbury: Remainder of
Subdivision A portion of Ellandale: 1
189,5976 morgen
41. 3858/95. Cregg Conell (Private) Limited: Salisbury:
Lot 1 of
Somerby: 101,6557 ha
Umtali
42. 1241/73. Gelenburn
Investments (Private) Limited: Umtali:
Glenburn of Dunmon of Laurance Ville:
102,6362 ha
43. 6180/94. Chalgrove (Private) Limited: Umtali: Chalgrove
of
Burma of Clyesdale: 521,4907 ha
44. 2897/48. The Wattle Company
Limited: Umtali: Balgregie: 1595
morgen 593 square roods
45. 3350A/84.
Constance Campbell-Morrison: Umtali: Subdivision E
of Burma of Clydesdale:
101,1696 ha
46. 3765/68. Sleightholme Farms (Private) Limited:
Umtali:
Subdivision D of Burma of Clydesdale: 249,9966 acres
47.
4940/71. Nyameni (Private) Limited: Umtali: Remaining Extent
of Cloudsland
Estate: 407,2163 ha
48. 2558/56. Johannes Stephanus Vorster: Umtali:
Elrado of
Gwindingwi: 472,4622 morgen
49. 6717/71. Aradroy Estate
(Private) Limited: Umtali: Lot 2 of
Essex: 244,9615 ha
50. 4711/85.
Border Timbers Limited: Umtali: Imbeza Valley Lot 8:
92,5039 ha
51.
2572/80. Border Timbers Limited: Umtali: Penhalonga Tree Plot:
86,3255
ha
52. 4412/78. Michael Boswell: Umtali: Lot 12 of Bomponi:
707,52
ha
53. 3663/86. Robert John Rickard and Jill Penelope Rickard:
Umtali:
Globe Rock of Monkfield of Morseland: 74,5303 ha
54. 3766/68.
Sleightholme Farms (Private) Limited: Umtali:
Subdivision C of Burma of
Clydesdale: 249,9964 acres
55. 7342/95. Francis George Radford and
Rosemaarie Elsie Scarborough:
Umtali: Subdivision D of Orkney of Howth:
101,1728 ha
56. 2572/80. Border Timbers Limited: Umtali: Tyrconnel East
of
Tyrconnel: 301,5158 ha
57. 2904/68. Guy Goodwin Coke-Norris: Umtali:
Lot 1E
Laverstock: 528,2422 acres
58. 2650/94. High Point Estae
(Private)Limited: Umtali: Lot 1 of
Greencroft: 173,0877 ha
59. 1865/46.
The Wattle Company Limited: Umtali: "Mapoff": 842
morgen 25 square
roods
60. 3207/88. Ardingly Farm (Private) Limited: Umtali: Lot 1 of
Lot
1 of Brown Hill Estate A: 240,9409 ha
61. 2572/80. Border Timbers
Limited: Umtali: Tunnes Rus:
241,1384 ha
62. 288/81. Eaastlands
(Private) Limited: Umtali: Remaining Extent
of Eastlands: 153,6801
ha
63. 2435/77. David Charles Walker: Umtali: Imbeza Valley Lot
2:
73,66 ha
Urungwe
64. 5313/68. Stan Sheppard (Private)
Limited: Urungwe: Lot 1 of
the Ridges: 1 499,9783 acres
65. 3534/78.
Cosmo Farms P/L: Urungwe: Remainder of Chimburukwe:
1 022,8593 ha
66.
4560/85. Kapena Farm (Private) Limited: Urungwe: Tengwe 69:
505,4835
ha
67. 2119/96. Dentrow Farm (Private) Limited: Urungwe:
Dentrow
Estate: 962,3647 ha
68. 8595/99. Acredell Services (Private)
Limited: Urungwe: Lot 1
of Deerwood Park: 1406,2605 ha
69. 5389/81.
Dendera Estate (Private) Limited: Urungwe: Katengwe
338,2053
ha
Victoria
70. 7092/81. Peter Noel Buchan: Victoria: Chikore:
478,76
ha
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