October 14, 2002
BEITBRIDGE
Sam Cawood (74), is in the process of restocking and selling his pedigree beef herd on the back of forced eviction. In the past couple of days he has been loading up cows to go for slaughter, and has had no alternative but to slaughter the calves in situ on the farm, as the only humane alternative to letting them starve. He was not allowed back on the farm to slaughter the calves himself, and therefore had to instruct his employees to kill the calves with an axe. This was a traumatic process for all involved, as any farmer or farm worker who has any attachment to their cattle can testify.
He was arrested today and held in custody in Beitbridge, charged under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (allegedly for stoning the animals in question). In the light of the past season's drought, numerous fires around the country, many farmers are in the same predicament, and have no alternative but to send their cattle to be slaughtered.
MVURWI
Forrester Estates, J Section. Victor Heindrich (the owner's son) was abducted at 16h45 on Monday after an altercation with war veterans about planting tobacco. This was the third planting stoppage. Heindrich was taken to the Zanu PF camp at Zvimbo growth point in Chiweshe communal area. He was released at 19h15. Work is currently confined to the barns area and harvesting the wheat crop.
HARARE
Craig Werritt's lawyer, JACOB JOGI from Stumbles and Rowe was arrested in Harare on Monday night. Jogi was involved in negotiations with the GMB to move the maize off Craig's farm in Tengwe, because Werritt has been unable to return since he was chased off three weeks ago.
CHIREDZI
Following the ultimatum delivered two days ago, many farmers have temporarily vacated their farms with a minimum of possessions. Many are relocating to Triangle/Chiredzi, where they plan to be resident for the short term. They are still determined to harvest the cane crop from their farms within the next 4-6 weeks.
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