Sorry, I looked into her background years ago, when I first came across her writings on the situation in Zim. The info is out there, but you'll have to dig for it yourself.
I think the deal with her husband was, he went to England to work to support the family after their farm was seized. She didn't want to leave, so she (and her son?) stayed behind. After a while, he just decided he preferred civilization. I think they divorced, but I'm not sure.
I don't really have any sources of info about the area, other than friends who have family in South Africa. That's where my interest in the region come from. I spent some time in SA and just feel that it's a tragedy what's taken place there over the last 20-30 years.
There are a couple of freepers (clive, backhoe) who might be able to help you out. I thought it was clive who used to post the Cathy Buckle stuff, but I may be mistaken.
Put me on your ping list if you will - I'd be interested to see what you come up with.
I don't intend to spend any more time trying to disprove your allegations about Buckle.
The only things I did find were a couple of FR threads on which there was one or two comments about her support of Mugabe, with no sources cited there either.
I really don't CARE if Buckle got sucked into the liberal-think nearly a decade ago...if you have any evidence that what she is reporting in her letters of happenings in Zim NOW is false, please post it.
My interest is in the parallels of what happened there and the players and motives for it and what is happening in the US today.