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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 JoeMerchant on Wednesday February 28 2018, @02:55PM
And, that's a reasonable response, and couples well with the Israel-Palestine observation above that it would not be politically mature or wise for South Africa to forcefully evict these descendants of the white squatters. Though, let's be a little balanced in the presentation: the white South Africans increased the value of their land (including gold and diamond mines) by the sweat of the natives brows as much or more than their own.
And, that's what any radical political proposal is not: balanced. Hopefully they come to a balanced solution that doesn't involve bloodshed. Though, if I were white and resident in South Africa 10 years ago, I would have been liquidating and relocating long before this - the writing wasn't just on the wall, it's pretty much inevitable that things are going to get worse for whites in South Africa - so why wouldn't you pull up stakes and find a life somewhere you're not surrounded and outnumbered by people who hate you, with good reasons?
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