Zimbabwe: Reports on any expropriation of the land belonging to black farmers (1999-October 2001)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 31 October 2001 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ZWE37924.E |
| Reference | 5 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Zimbabwe: Reports on any expropriation of the land belonging to black farmers (1999-October 2001), 31 October 2001, ZWE37924.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4becd20.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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No report of any expropriation of the land belonging to black farmers could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
However, some reports note that black farm workers have been injured, displaced or chased away from their homes in connection with the Zimbabwe land crisis (AMANI Trust Sept. 2001; Time Europe Service 3 Sept. 2001; BBC 30 Aug. 2001).
Citing the Zimbabwean Commercial Farmers Union (CFU), a 30 August 2001 BBC report stated that "some 2,500 black farm-workers have been chased away from their homes in eastern Zimbabwe by self-styled war veterans."
AMANI Trust revealed that about "70 000 black Zimbabwean farm workers and their families have been displaced since militant government supporters started occupying commercial farms 18 months ago" (Sept. 2001).
The AMANI Trust is a Zimbabwean-registered non-governmental organization, which was established in 1993. AMANI operates on a non-profit basis, providing services free of charge. AMANI depends upon voluntary funding from institutions and organizations, which share its objectives (AMANI Trust 25 Sept. 2001; OneWorld 25 Aug. 1998).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
AMANI Trust. September 2001. "Zimbabwe: Narrative Summary."
_____. 25 September 2001. Correspondence.
BBC. 30 August 2001. "'Thousands of Blacks Evicted' in Zimbabwe."
Time Europe Service. 3 September 2001. Vol. 158, No. 10. Peter Hawthorne. "The Law of the Land: Zimbabwe Turns Up the Heat on White Farmers, and the Economy Cools."
OneWorld. 25 August 1998. "AMANI Trusut" Community-Base Rehabilitation of Survivors of Torture."
Additional Sources Consulted
Africa Confidential 1999-2001.
Africa Research Bulletin 1999-2001.
IRB Database.
Keesing's Record of World Events 1999-2001.
LEXIS/NEXIS.
Resource Centre country file. Zimbabwe.
Web sites, including:
Amnesty International.
Zimbabwe Commercial Farmer's Union (CFU).
The Financial Gazette [Harare].
The Mail & Guardian [Johannesburg].
Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
Missionary Service News Agency (MISNA).
Panafrican News Agency (PANA).
ReliefWeb.
Zimbabwe Independent [Harare]
Zimbabwe Human Rights ONG Forum.
Zimbabwe Standard [Harare]