Opposition to an agreement safeguarding South Africa investments in Zimbabwe

By Khanyisa Tabata
23 November 2009

AfriForum says it will apply for a court interdict if a discriminatory investment agreement between the governments of South Africa and Zimbabwe is signed in Harare on Friday.

It says the agreement aims to protect investments by South Africans in Zimbabwe, but expressly excludes the investments of South African farmers who have been affected by the take-over of farms in Zimbabwe.

AfriForum says a leading South African human rights advocate has made it clear that the agreement is in contravention of the South African Constitution and several international legal principles, as well as existing court orders of the Supreme Court in Pretoria and of SADEC’s tribunal.