We considered the application of Zimbabwe’s Deputy Attorney General, Prince Machaya, and his reasons for not having their papers ready for today and allow them time to file until June 16, ruled Judge Luis Mondlane, President of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) tribunal.
The next tribunal hearing on this case will be July 16, he told the court in the Namibian capital Windhoek.
Two months ago, the tribunal gave a respite to the farmers, led by William Michael Campbell, allowing them to stay on their property until the full hearing began.
Machaya had earlier argued before the tribunal that he had been unable to compile his case in time because his team had neither the material and financial resources, nor the manpower to do so. Campbell’s legal representative, however, told the tribunal that this was a delaying tactic and the oldest forensic trick in the book.
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