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posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday February 28 2018, @01:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the Apartheid-2.0 dept.

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 peopleā€š 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?


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @03:09PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @03:09PM (#645170)

    I'd guess the British would take anyone back of British descent.

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday February 28 2018, @08:00PM (1 child)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Wednesday February 28 2018, @08:00PM (#645351)

    And the Dutch, too.

    Seems to me, it wasn't too hard for South Africans to move and live abroad even before this whole mess started - I ran into a family from Joberg living in Belgium in 1989.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @09:01PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @09:01PM (#645395)

      The Dutch will take those back of British descent? I have my doubts about the Afrikaners, since they have split from their ancient Dutch forebears long ago, speaking a descended but different language.

      I suspect they will fight for their survival of their culture, like they did before, no matter what the "international community" thinks.
      In contrast, the soutpiel English have always kept one leg in England in case things got too wild in SA.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 01 2018, @02:42AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 01 2018, @02:42AM (#645576)

    Technically they do (or did), but the UK make it incredibly hard for such folk. What about the descendants of the 1820 Settlers who were shipped to the Cape as a buffer against the Xhosa? What about all the descendants of all the UK citizens that were told to move to SA after 1902, "for the climate, for your health." Those were lies to "British up" the colony. The UK Foreign Office dictated what was allowed and to be done, they set up the foundations for Apartheid, that was merely continued under the National govt 1948-1993. Note that 1948-1961, SA was still a colony and things COULD have been changed. But no. The UK waited until SA was a Republic before stabbing them in the back. Same as in 1880 and 1898. And Britain did this in other places too - the massive debacle in India with millions starved, killed and a chaotic, rushed handover overseen by an incompetent but well-connected Lord Mountbatten.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IGHByjToO4 [youtube.com] 10 Most Evil Empires
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4jV6heuNac [youtube.com] 10 Shocking facts about British Empire