The SADC tribunal should act on Mugabe

The victims of the regime's judiciary excesses are now seeking justice through external judiciary systems.

A Zimbabwean farmer, William Campbell, whose farm has been seized by the state, has sought an urgent interim interdict against his government from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal. The case is to be heard next Tuesday in the Namibian capital, Windhoek - the seat of the Tribunal. This is the first test case for the seven-year-old Tribunal. Does the tribunal have any independence enjoyed by the similar institutions such as European Court and others?