A Chiredzi farmer who made an application for protection to the South
African government has detailed his ordeal in an application for the
second time without a reply from the South African government.
The Chiredzi farmer is faced with a warrant of arrest from Police in
Chiredzi. Peter Henning, who has been farming in Chiredzi has been
informed that the Zimbabwe Republic police are after his farm and they
will shortly execute a warrant of arrest, the crime being for
occupying his own farmland.'
The farm which is on Holding No 40, Hippo Valley Estates, Chiredzi is
one Zimbabwe's most thriving virgin farmlands left since Robert Mugabe
began his chaotic land grab process nine years ago.
As a South African national, Henning has to his side the protection of
the South African government which help he has now sought but none has
yet come. In a letter to a Mr Simmins, Henning pours out his heart
crying for help the second time in a week sounding his concerns.
It is believed that this action against Henning is part of a
masterminded plot of the Zanu PF faction within the Zimbabwe Government
of National Unity (brokered by the South African Government and
endorsed by SADC) to rid Zimbabwe of all white farmers still on the
land.
Henning is not alone in this harassment as many other farmers across
the country are under threat from Robert Mugabe's thrifty machinery'
which has set its teeth on edge.
This is so despite that fact that Henning is in possession of a High
Court Relief Order, issued in March 2003, enabling him to continue
farming without interference from anyone.
As a direct result of Mugabe's chaotic land grab process, Zimbabwe is
faced with the worst hunger in history with an estimated half
population requiring food aid (ZimEye, Zimbabwe)