Posted on 07/20/2015 4:25:45 PM PDT by Kartographer
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's government has reportedly indicated, for the first time, that it may hand back land to some white farmers whose farms were forcibly taken away from them during the height of the country’s controversial land reform programme.
This comes a decade and a half after the Zimbabwean government seized large swaths of land from white farmers in the country - a move that saw a drastic deterioration in the country's economy.
According to The Telegraph, Minister of Lands Douglas Mombeshora said provincial leaders had been tasked to come up with names of white farmers they wanted to remain on their farms. The farms should be "of strategic economic importance".
"We have asked provinces to give us the names of white farmers they want to remain on farms so that we can give them security of tenure documents to enable them to plan their operations properly," Mombeshora was quoted as saying.
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There are a few Whites left in Zimbabwe. Stupid. At the very least they should move to South Africa. But Nambia is better. Kenya isn’t bad either.
But I am also aware of some others, who are also no longer communicating to their extended circles of friends via the Internet.
Her name is Cathy Buckle. I haven't seen any posts about her on FR for a long time but I was happy to see she still has a website with current content.
I remember reading her posts. I always remember thinking “get out fool”!
I always wondered if she was really there!
Meanwhile, the State Department is currently building a new embassy in Zimbabwe. Courtesy of the GOP House of Representatives where all appropriations bills originate. They also appropriated $161.6 million in foreign aid to the country.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/07/244672.htm
http://beta.foreignassistance.gov/explore/country/Zimbabwe
According to Alexander McCall Smith's novels, Botswana isn't a bad place to live, and there is a really good detective agency there.
Interesting. I guess in Zimbabwe white lives matter.
Cathy Buckle
I’ve relatives that had farm’s there...They won’t go back!!
——This comes a decade and a half after the Zimbabwean government seized large swaths of land from white farmers in the country - a move that saw a drastic deterioration in the country’s economy.-——
15 years is a long time considering most of the land owners with the knowledge to run a proper farm are in their later years now or most likely dead or long gone...
plus how many years will it take to rehabilitate the land for the yields they need to feed all those ungrateful bastards...
What’s the matter? Can’t black people grow food?
Bookmark
At her site, she has a link to the “draft” Zimbabwe constitution that is now the “new” constitution.
It is an appalling read, pdf format. Eerie parallels of totalitarian goals of obamaumao et valjar the first.
Dictatorship pure and simple. No Bill of Rights, and Rights are not described as being any other than those given by the State.
“Food Security” as a goal, makes this rag a complete joke. Food Security translates to food as a weapon, tribal and otherwise. Typical Lmumba commie crap.
Newark NJ is trying the same thing; back when Cory Booker was mayor he proposed a “teachers village”, which would be a compound situated downtown so there would be white people there after 5 pm.
They couldn’t stir up any interest; only a foreigner would be dumb enough to fall for that. Americans know better...
Security of tenure sounds like tenant farming... no thanks.
It only took 50 years to figure out they screwed up!
Not to worry. There's probably a multi-billion aid package in the works for Zimbabwe as we speak.
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