Posted on 08/14/2002 5:31:56 AM PDT by Clive
Harare - A Zimbabwean white farmer on Wednesday became the first reported to be forcibly ejected from his property since a government eviction order last week, a farming official said.
Terry Hinde, aged about 60, was preparing to leave his farm of 27 years under pressure from blacks resettled at his farm, said Jenni Williams, a spokesperson for Justice for Agriculture (JAG).
"Reports received from Bindura indicated that the Hinde family are in the process of being evicted from their Condwelani Farm, which is under compulsory acquisition," Williams said.
She said the family, which had called for a removal firm, had been pushed into one wing of the house "whilst militant settlers on the other half move household furniture onto the lawn".
The government set a deadline of midnight last Thursday for nearly 3 000 farmers to quit their property under President Robert Mugabe's controversial programme to redistribute land from minority whites to marginalised blacks.
Williams said Hinde, his son Chris and their families would take urgent legal action against the eviction, but were leaving their homestead "for safety reasons".
Police were on their way to the farm, she added.
The Hinde family's legal action will be based on a precedent set last week by a High Court ruling that the government must notify the title holder to a property before the land can be seized.
Exactly what I was thinking.
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Who knows, maybe the Army shows up at their door, and it is one man against an army who would rather kill them than look at them. It is a tough situation.
Fighting back would be considered racism by the UN. LOL, that's a joke, cut me some slack. Anyway, seriously, all this may be true, but I still think the white farmers are vastly outnumbered, and vastly outgunned. They say that quantity has a quality all its own. I would guess the white farmers do not have the tanks, artillery, and other weapons that the Mugabe thugs do. Am I correct in my assumption? I am glad I am not there, but do you feel this country will face this same garbage 50 to 100 years from now?
The sad thing is, you're absolutely right.
They say that quantity has a quality all its own.
FYI, I believe that is a quote from Ol' "Uncle Joe" Stalin.
What good would that do? The war veterans aren't trying to take central points, they are attacking individual farms. Go next door to help your neighbor and they will take your farm instead.
The whites of Rhodesia have fought this battle before and they lost. What makes you think they could win this time?
These farmers are not stupid nor are they cowards. I expect they are doing what you or I or anyone else would do in their situation. They simply don't have many options.
Are you sure? I agree, I probably would have left the country too if I could.
I find it amusing though, that so many who aren't there, and don't understand clearly what the situation is, assume they know better than those who are living through it? The reality is most of us would probably be doing the same under their circumstances.
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