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As reported in news.com.au, South Africa's Parliament have voted to "expropriate" land from white farmers with no compensation.
From TFA:
The motion was brought by Julius Malema, leader of the radical Marxist opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters, and passed overwhelmingly by 241 votes to 83 against. The only parties who did not support the motion were the Democratic Alliance, Freedom Front Plus, Cope and the African Christian Democratic Party
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"The time for reconciliation is over. Now is the time for justice," Mr Malema was quoted by News24 as telling parliament. "We must ensure that we restore the dignity of our people without compensating the criminals who stole our land."
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Mr Malema has been leading calls for land confiscation, forcing the ANC to follow suit out of fear of losing the support of poorer black voters. In 2016, he told supporters he was "not calling for the slaughter of white people‚ at least for now"
This policy has been tried in other African countries before, most recently Zimbabwe, with disastrous results. The farms appropriated usually fail rapidly, leading to food shortages and economic destruction. Will South Africa be able to avoid repeating history, or is it about to slide into 3rd World status?
(Score: 2) by ewk on Wednesday February 28 2018, @02:26PM
Regarding the qualified people: If so, it took them (SA) bloody long enough to get them (decent black farmers, that is)
When the Apartheids regime ended (end of 20th century) they already went roughly through the same motions: kicking out a lot of whites from their successful diary farms and replacing them with black owners.
Too bad the new owners had absolutely no clue (about running a real diary farm). They just kept the 20-30 cows they were used too.
The other livestock was simply sold or (even more simple) not even cared for (so it starved).
Of the appr. 10 diary farms we passed during a two week trip (in 1999) about 3/4 of them did not produce any diary products whatsoever anymore.
Ah well... Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
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