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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: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @07:40PM (5 children)
Instead, it just might have happened that the locals appointed as new owners never knew how to farm?
To grab another's property, and to work one's own, is different skills. No need to invent conspiration theories.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @08:29PM (1 child)
Exactly. The new "owners" will be totally out of their element when engaged in any enterprise not involving the tried-and-true robbing and raping. They just might be able to operate a termite stick if trained properly, but if Zimbabwe is any indication, this is not about improving their society, it's just sticking it to the "man."
The truth is the racist's best friend and supporter.
(Score: 2) by ants_in_pants on Saturday March 03 2018, @05:04AM
where's the moderation option for "disgusting"
-Love, ants_in_pants
(Score: 4, Informative) by driverless on Thursday March 01 2018, @01:27AM (2 children)
I was cautiously optimistic that Ramaphosa, being a businessman, would Do The Right Thing, since SA's economy directly affects his own finances. Then I saw this...
They're fucked. This is national suicide, they'll go the same way as Zimbabwe did, for which the current joke is that there's no more rat problem there because that's what the population has been reduced to eating.
Oh God, they're fucked.
More detailed comments: Most of the SA farmers have military experience, while the current SA military mostly doesn't. So you've got highly experienced military personnel whose land will be taken by an inexperienced, largely incompetent army. You can guess how that will end up.
Even if they manage to take the land, it's going to degenerate into tribal warface when the Zulus want land given to Sesuthu, Tswana want land given to Venda, Ndebele want Xhosa land, and so on. It's going to be a bloodbath if they go through with this suicide plan.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 01 2018, @01:55AM (1 child)
We're fucked. SA was one of the few places that could give hope to an increasingly problematic world. Now this...
(Score: 2) by driverless on Thursday March 01 2018, @02:18AM
It's just so depressing, like watching a train wreck in slow motion, one freeze frame at a time. You know before it even begins how it's going to end, but there's nothing you can do to stop it.