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Namibia Plans To Take Over White Farms
The Telegraph (UK) ^
| 2-27-2004
| Tim Butcher
Posted on 02/26/2004 6:46:33 PM PST by 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.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; africawatch; farms; namibia; plans; take; white
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Hey, it worked so well in Zimbabwe, why not.
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posted on
02/26/2004 6:46:33 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
The joys of communism.
To: blam
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.
3
posted on
02/26/2004 6:51:19 PM PST
by
xrp
To: blam; Clive; Travis McGee
Call your Congresscritter and demand sanctions
4
posted on
02/26/2004 6:53:10 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://www.ArmorforCongress.com......................Send a Freeper to Congress!)
To: blam
Yep. Starvation is a wonderful policy. Socialists of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your food supplies.
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posted on
02/26/2004 6:53:51 PM PST
by
speedy
To: blam
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.
6
posted on
02/26/2004 7:14:07 PM PST
by
ikka
To: speedy
Or, in the case of Canada, losing the ability to fund your armed forces while providing so-so medical care. Next stop, pharmaceutical maggotry.
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posted on
02/26/2004 7:14:33 PM PST
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
To: blam
Namibia is to start taking land from white farmers...
STARVATION ALERT!
Everybody get ready to start going "boo hoo hoo".
8
posted on
02/26/2004 7:15:46 PM PST
by
solitas
(sometimes I lay awake at night, looking up at the stars, wondering wherethehell did the ceiling go?)
To: blam
Under True Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist-Maoist-KimJongIl-Mugabeist Socialism, the state will slowly starve away, long before it has a chance to wither.
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posted on
02/26/2004 7:20:01 PM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
(The world needs more horses, and fewer Jackasses!)
To: blam
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!
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posted on
02/26/2004 7:29:26 PM PST
by
Rytwyng
To: blam; Clive
Hey, it worked so well in Zimbabwe, why not?Indeed - that 'willing seller, willing buyer' approach is so 'cumbersome'.
Socialism = Cannibalism + boring speeches.
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posted on
02/26/2004 7:31:42 PM PST
by
headsonpikes
(Spirit of '76 bttt!)
To: solitas
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".
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posted on
02/26/2004 7:32:44 PM PST
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
Comment #13 Removed by Moderator
To: blam
Taking the land of White farmers. What a remarkably original plan!
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posted on
02/26/2004 7:43:15 PM PST
by
neutrino
(Oderint dum metuant: Let them hate us, so long as they fear us.)
To: gcruse
"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."
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posted on
02/26/2004 7:52:10 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
Kinda looks like Mexico plans to as well.....
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posted on
02/26/2004 7:55:29 PM PST
by
joesnuffy
(Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
To: blam
"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...
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posted on
02/26/2004 8:00:38 PM PST
by
hoot2
To: blam
Thus creates another poor, starving African nation that looks to the UN for handouts just like Zimbabwe.
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posted on
02/26/2004 8:15:20 PM PST
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: blam
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...?
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posted on
02/26/2004 8:22:07 PM PST
by
gaijin
To: blam
. . . 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.
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