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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @02:30PM (3 children)
How is it Marxist if you take only white farmer lands? Seems pretty racist, which communists should normally oppress (every member of the community being equal). Seems like this party has more to do with Nazi's than communists.
Disclaimer, talking about ideology fundamentals here, not an attempt to start a pro-/anti-communist/nazi discussion.
(Score: 3, Informative) by c0lo on Wednesday February 28 2018, @02:53PM
Marxist? No, it has nothing to do with the position in the political spectrum.
It's the corrupt and inept administrator running out of money and desperately trying to cling a few more days to power.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by EvilSS on Wednesday February 28 2018, @04:16PM (1 child)
(Score: 1) by pTamok on Wednesday February 28 2018, @04:57PM
The Economic Freedom Fighters policy on land calls for expropriation of all land, not just that of white farmers:
(More at link) [effonline.org]