Farmer petitions Sadc against Mugabe's aide

AS President Robert Mugabe prepares to host Sadc leaders tomorrow, concerned citizens are circulating an online petition calling on the regional leaders to stop the deputy chief secretary to the President and Cabinet Ray Ndhlukula from grabbing a white-owned farm in Figtree, Matabeleland South.

The petition will be delivered to Sadc leaders and diplomats attending the regional summit in Victoria Falls, which starts tomorrow.

Ndhlukula is the chairman of the Sadc steering committee on the upcoming summit and is on the verge of grabbing Centenary Farm owned by David Connolly despite a High Court order barring him from occupying the farm.

The President's deputy chief secretary has reportedly said he does not respect the court order because Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku has ruled that whites could not appear in court on land disputes.