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 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: 3, Insightful) by khallow on Wednesday February 28 2018, @03:42PM (1 child)
I disagree. In Zimbabwe, the new black-owned farms could have simply learned how to farm. That's what happened in the first place with the white-owned farms. It's not a matter of learning, it's a matter of replacing a food-producing system with a political system that is disinterested in farming or feeding people.
Here, because the farms weren't taken over on a basis of qualification, they certainly won't be doled out on the basis of qualification. Corruption and evil begets more of the same.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 01 2018, @02:47AM
Welcome to Africa. Things work very differently to your comfortable Western existence. Your statement is a joke, right? Except that millions starve because your statement would not happen in 1000 years. As I said, welcome to Africa.