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, Interesting) by FatPhil on Wednesday February 28 2018, @04:11PM (1 child)
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @04:53PM
This move seems to have expected unexpected consequences.
Namely, the loss of a productive agricultural sector.
Looks like an unfortunate mix of
1) 'Justice' is necessary even if it means general starvation.
2) Lack of competence preventing the ability to balance political matters and practical ones.
3) Corruption preventing caring as long as they get theirs.
4) Rose colored glasses making them think it can't happen to us.
TFA stands for something else on this one.