Posted on 11/28/2008 1:55:48 PM PST by decimon
WINDHOEK, Namibia – A southern African regional court ruled Friday that 78 white Zimbabweans could keep their farms, saying the government's land grab policy was racially motivated.
The farmers hailed the ruling as a victory but acknowledged that it is unlikely to be enforced amid Zimbabwe's political and economic crisis.
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Don’t worry; the UN will enforce the court’s ruling.
Wow, but you will need your own Army to claim your own land back!
a Pyrrhic victory.
the devastation done by the Mugaberocracy is widespread, the white farmer is only one of the victims of the mayhem
Mugabe&Crew has brought to a once prosperous and hopeful nation.
No problem. They'll just give them 50,000,000 Zimbabwean dollars apiece. Which is worth about a dollar seventy five american.
My question, though, is this: Namibia has been threatening to expropriate farms as well. I wonder if the ruling will have any effect on their thinking.
This is the Mugabe “spread the wealth” economics that Barry wants to implement.
A friend of mine owns a petrol distribution company in Worchester, SA and he said he has had to deal with continued harrassment and higher taxes for the last several years. He has had to go to 6 weeks of diversity training a year, paid for by him... all the while...paying his employees for doing nothing while he is gone... all in accordance with the SA govt. He told me that white business owners are being forced out and most are just leaving the country and starting over. Apparently, the rate of non-whites getting educated and opening businesses with free govt money is not happening fast enough and soon there will be no place for anyone to work!
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That’s crazy.
Everything is crazy, lately.
I wonder if white farmers will get the same consideration when legions of The One come to confiscate their land.
Good question. I thought it interesting that there is such a body to come to such a ruling.
Collecting damages ...........that is the test......lots of luck
Let them go bankrupted ( the SA government that is ) good for them, the business owners who leave there and start over. Socialism works every time it’s tried ... as in ? it works in bankrupting everyone.
Ah, the future of America, brought to you by 52~53% of voters. [/cynic]
What is also sad is that my friend said they fought off Commie Russia and Cuba in the 80s and now they are buying up land and are all friendly with this govt. Im sure is it disconcerting.....
Everybody wants to get out, but there is no place left to go.
Socialism seems to be taking over the whole world.
Is Sealand still for sale? We could rename it FReepland :p
That and 500 million Zim, might get them a cup of coffee.
there were 4000 white farms before Mugabe’s thieving ways
today 50 max are left
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