Ben Freeth, Spokesman for SADC Tribunal Rights Watch, Zimbabwe said that former white commercial farmers have notified President Robert Mugabe and three cabinet ministers of their intention to approach the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to pressure his government to compensate them for their loss.
Said Freeth:
On August 16 and 17, 2017 formal notice to initiate proceedings were served by the farmers’ legal team on President Robert Mugabe, three of his ministers and the Zimbabwean government collectively under the Southern African Community Development Community (SADC) Finance and Investment Protocol. The three ministers are the Minister of State in the Office of the President, the Minister of Lands and Rural Resettlement, Douglas Mombeshora, and the Minister of Finance, Patrick Chinamasa.
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