Robert Mugabe, 28 February 2009

Some farmers went to the SADC... but that’s nonsense, absolute nonsense, no-one will follow that. We have courts here in this country, that can determine the rights of people. Our land issues are not subject to the SADC tribunal.

At a lavish party to mark his 85th Birthday. Referring to regional court ruling that Zimbabwe's land redistribution policy was racist and compromised the rights of citizens