Victory for farmers as Sadc ruling is upheld

A committee set up to review the Sadc Tribunal ruling which condemned Zimbabwe’s land seizures as illegal, has upheld the regional bloc’s findings and ordered Harare to abide by the court order.

Zimbabwe had declined to recognise the ruling and vowed to go ahead with its land seizures, arguing the land reform programme was irreversible and that the court ruling was a nullity.

In a statement this week, the chairman of the Southern African Commercial Farmers’ Alliance, Chris Jarrett, said the review had since been concluded and has defended the Tribunal’s findings.

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