Kathy forced off her Zimbabwe farm

Waterford News & Star ^ | June 3 | Jennifer Long

[backhoe]

The first link is the most signifigant:

-Pity About Africa...-- -South Africa - The sellout of a nation-- -Cry, the Beloved Country-- -Robert Mugabe and the Struggle for Power-- -A Capsule History of Southern Africa-- -Rhetoric of blame is now a white lie-- -First it was Rhodesia then SA now America paying the price of silence-- -Parallels between Apartheid SA and USA-- -Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight--

"Why do you keep posting this stuff? Nobody cares about Africa, anyway..."

Clive, Cincinatus's Wife, blam, myself, and a few others get asked that occasionally- we are among the keepers of the "AfricaWatch" columns, and we continue to post articles about what I believe will prove to be one of the great, tragic stories of the new century.

The truth is archived here on Free Republic, and I maintain that one day, when things over there are too awful to be ignored any longer, those who have eyes to see will read the stories here, and be appalled at the silence.

That is all...

-Pity About Africa...-- -South Africa - The sellout of a nation-- -Cry, the Beloved Country-- -Robert Mugabe and the Struggle for Power-- -A Capsule History of Southern Africa-- -Rhetoric of blame is now a white lie-- -First it was Rhodesia then SA now America paying the price of silence-- -Parallels between Apartheid SA and USA-- -Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight--

"Why do you keep posting this stuff? Nobody cares about Africa, anyway..."

Clive, Cincinatus's Wife, blam, myself, and a few others get asked that occasionally- we are among the keepers of the "AfricaWatch" columns, and we continue to post articles about what I believe will prove to be one of the great, tragic stories of the new century.

The truth is archived here on Free Republic, and I maintain that one day, when things over there are too awful to be ignored any longer, those who have eyes to see will read the stories here, and be appalled at the silence.

That is all...

[ncountylee]

"I shall stop the killing when it is necessary.'

Joseph Stalin

[Cindy]

We care.

[poobear]

I have saved as many of these articles as I have run across. This is a great tragedy in my lifetime and sadly among many more to come. Thank you all for posting.

I care.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Mandela is NOT that great of a statesman; he's just a lot smoother than some of the other African thugs. How well has South Africa been doing under his tenure?

[OKIEDOC]

I would agree with you. Especially since those being mistreated are of the Caucasian race.

Name me some or any of the great black controlled nations since early Egypt.

These people can't manage themselves much less a cohesive nation and that is not racists but plain old common sense.

[Myrddin]

Did you see the story about Tony Blair on Drudge today? Blair is throwing in the towel on the EU. Now he says Africa is worth saving. He is preparing to throw the wealth of the UK into the corrupt pit that Africa has become. It must be nice to be a politician with the ability to confiscate money via taxation and present a magnanimous image of charity at no personal expense.

[JOHANNES801]

I care,I am a son of the American revolution but my wife was born there and still has family there.

[dandelion]

I am so sorry to hear this for Kathy, and for all the innocent in Zimbabwe. This has been such a long ride, and so sad a state for what was once such a beautiful nation -

indeed, the whole country is in such peril. We must continue to pray for all of our brothers and sisters in Africa...

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Prayers and Blessings for Kathy Martin.

I met a foreign student from Harare recently, and talked to him about Zimbabwean politics. From what I gathered, the nation is potentially very rich, but it is in desperate need of good management.

[JOHANNES801]

The country was rich when the evil white man ran it.

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Yes I have heard that. I worked with a guy in his 60's a few years ago who grew up and worked in Rhodesia. He was full of praise for the country and said that some of the best times in his life were when he was there. he had to leave about twenty years ago.

Some forms of colonialism are actually good.

[Khurkris]

Zim ping

[Clive]

When I saw the headline I immmediately thought of Cathy Buckle.

But then I knew it couldn't be her as she had been driven off her farm near the beginning of the "hondo yeminda".

There are very few commercial farmers left and the land confiscation continues.

Very few of the confiscated farms are still in production. All the skilled farm employees are living hard in the bush or in hastily erected dagga huts or shanties near the cities where they are serving no good to the agrarian economy upon which Zimbabwe was once based.

And the west will have to send 1.2 million tonnes of maize to make up this year's shortfall in a country that once was a net agricultural exporter.

And Mugabe will complain if so much as a tonne of the maize is genetically engineered.

And Zanu PF will try to control its distribution. Hunger is used as a political weapon in Zimbabwe.

Africa Wins Again.

[Clive]

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[jocon307]

"Name me some or any of the great black controlled nations since early Egypt."

Why do people say the early Egyptians were black? Modern day Egyptians are Semites, they aren't black. I thought this was an "Afro-centric" myth. Is there any truth to it at all?

[The Iguana]

Even if Mandela's overrated, he's positively James Madison by African standards.

I imagine 95% of Zimbabweans would trade Mugabe for him in a nanosecond.

[MARTIAL MONK]

Several weeks ago I talked to an Indian businessman from Zimbabwe who claimed that all the reports were exaggerated. He said that the shortages were due to market manipulations by new owners of expropriated businesses and that the economy was healthy. He was doing well.

They just haven't come for him yet.

[muir_redwoods]

Africa is an open sore on the face of the earth. It's problems can ultimately only be solved by Africans. It serve a horrible purpose right now as a warning to the rest of the world about tribalism and superstition.

Africans are as bright as any people on earth. The information they need for a prosperous and productive future is right in front of them. Their fate so far has been to be led by people who play on their ancestral beliefs of tribe and totem, less so lately the latter but tribalism is still strong and will serve to divide them for as long as it can serve the tactical purposes of kleptocrats.