Namibia Plans To Take Over White Farms

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 2-27-2004 | Tim Butcher

[blam]

Namibia plans to take over white farms

By Tim Butcher, in Maseru
(Filed: 27/02/2004)

Namibia is to start taking land from white farmers, the president said yesterday. President Sam Nujoma's government has hinted at expropriation several times over the past two years.

His commitment to keep any expropriation fully legal offers little solace to those who heard Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe make similar promises.

The prime minister, Theo-Ben Gurirab, said the willing seller, willing buyer approach was cumbersome. "The expropriation of land is being introduced to accelerate the land reform process," he said.

Whites make up only five per cent of the 1.8 million population. But they own 92 per cent of Namibia's 80 million acres of agricultural land.

[blam]

Hey, it worked so well in Zimbabwe, why not.

[GiveEmDubya]

The joys of communism.

[xrp]

Sweet! Southern Africa continues to implode on itself! Hey G W Bush, how about revoking that $15,000,000,000 of taxpayer money you were going to give to Africa for corruption...ERR AIDS.

[GeronL]

Call your Congresscritter and demand sanctions

[speedy]

Yep. Starvation is a wonderful policy. Socialists of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your food supplies.

[ikka]

When they are all dead, Americans can move there and it can be a sister state of Texas, which by that time will be ceded to Mexico.

[gcruse]

Or, in the case of Canada, losing the ability to fund your armed forces while providing so-so medical care. Next stop, pharmaceutical maggotry.

[solitas]

Namibia is to start taking land from white farmers...

STARVATION ALERT!

Everybody get ready to start going "boo hoo hoo".

[ApplegateRanch]

Under True Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist-Maoist-KimJongIl-Mugabeist Socialism, the state will slowly starve away, long before it has a chance to wither.

[Rytwyng]

Whites make up only five per cent of the 1.8 million population. But they own 92 per cent of Namibia's 80 million acres of agricultural land.

Because they developed it. DUH!

[headsonpikes]

Hey, it worked so well in Zimbabwe, why not?

Indeed - that 'willing seller, willing buyer' approach is so 'cumbersome'.

Socialism = Cannibalism + boring speeches.

[gcruse]

From the amazing Kim du Toit's "Let Africa Sink:"

My favorite African story actually happened after I left the country.  An American executive took a job over there, and on his very first day, the newspaper headlines read: "Three Headless Bodies Found".

The next day: "Three Heads Found".

The third day: "Heads Don't Match Bodies".

[neutrino]

Taking the land of White farmers. What a remarkably original plan!

[blam]

"More to the point, the West has evolved into a society with a stable system of government, which follows the rule of law, and has respect for the rights and life of the individual--none of which is true in Africa.

Among old Africa hands, we have a saying, usually accompanied by a shrug: "Africa wins again." This is usually said after an incident such as:

* a beloved missionary is butchered by his congregation, for no apparent reason

* a tribal chief prefers to let his tribe starve to death rather than accepting food from the Red Cross (would mean he wasn't all-powerful, you see)

* an entire nation starves to death, while its ruler accumulates wealth in foreign banks

* a new government comes into power, promising democracy, free elections etc., provided that the freedom doesn't extend to the other tribe

* the other tribe comes to power in a bloody coup, then promptly sets about slaughtering the first tribe

* etc, etc, etc, ad nauseam, ad infinitum.

The prognosis is bleak, because none of this mayhem shows any sign of ending. The conclusions are equally bleak, because, quite frankly, there is no answer to Africa's problems, no solution that hasn't been tried before, and failed."

[joesnuffy]

Kinda looks like Mexico plans to as well.....

[hoot2]

"Hey, it worked so well in Zimbabwe, why not. "

is everyone on drugs there? no radio, tv, or newspapers?
the people are going to allow this to happen in their country???
its crazy...

[lilylangtree]

Thus creates another poor, starving African nation that looks to the UN for handouts just like Zimbabwe.

[gaijin]

Let's see...recent African news:

1. HIV doesn't cause AIDS

2. Polio vaccines are part of a nefarious plot

3. Genetically Modified crops which would endure famine and repel pests are also part of...another nefarious plot

4. Transfer of land from productive people to unproductive people will begin

HOW DO YOU HELP SUCH PEOPLE...?

[PhilipFreneau]

. . . the West has evolved into a society with a stable system of government, which follows the rule of law, and has respect for the rights and life of the individual--none of which is true in Africa.

Shouldn't that read, ". . . the West has evolved into a society that at one time had a stable system of government, at one time followed the rule of law, and at one time had respect for the rights and life of individuals other than the most degenerate and perverted.