Zimbabwe: More farm violence and looting as soldiers ignore court orders

30 September, 2009 in Zimbabwe

source: SW Radio Africa
Gerry Jackson
29 September, 2009

The Swiss government have cleared Nestle of any wrong doing over the fact that the company trades with Grace Mugabe. The disingenuous argument being used is that the Swiss regulations that bar trade with the Mugabes, only apply to companies in Switzerland, and not subsidiaries in other parts of the world.
But the fact is the illegal theft and plunder of farms has been the biggest factor in the destruction of Zimbabwe’s economy – and Grace, her husband and the rest of the ruling elite are directly responsible for this. And the destruction is continuing at an escalating pace due to a mad scramble for the last remaining big farming businesses.

One farmer who has been on the receiving end of the madness for years now is Charles Lock of Karori farm in the Headlands district. His farm workers have been beaten shot, starved and [continue reading]

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