The Zimbabwe Guardian (London)
Ralph Mutema
29 May 2008
RESETTLED black Zimbabwean commercial farmers made an urgent intervenor application to be part of the Zimbabwean land case, in which 77 white commercial farmers are seeking to reverse the country's land reform programme, arguing that the reversal would be illegal.
The application was due to be heard Wednesday (28 May) in the Namibian capital, Windhoek, base of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Tribunal which is handling the case, but was adjourned to June 16 on the request of Zimbabwe's deputy attorney general.
The intervenor application was filed on Tuesday afternoon.
SADC Tribunal Registrar, Justice Mkandawire, said Wednesday that an 'intervener application' had been filed and the Tribunal had accepted it, subject to the court's direction.
Mkandawire refused to reveal the names of the black farmers but said they were parties with interest to protect in Zimbabwe's land reform programme.
Unconfirmed sources said that the application had been filed by an attorney representing a group called Zimbabwe Lawyers for Justice.
"What has been filed is an an intervener application whereby a person who thinks has an interest to protect in the case can make an application to the court to be joined as a party - to be accepted by court as a part," Mkandawire said.
The case was initiated by Zimbabwean white commercial farmer, Mike Campbell, lodged the application seeking to bar the government from evicting him from his farm situated in the farming district of Chegutu.
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Waste of time and resources really, why giving audience to white folk who do not want to queue for land if they are true Zimbabweans.