‘Zimbabwe-fication’ Begins: Farmers Panic as South Africa Seizes First White-Owned Land

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By Tyler Durden | 21 August 2016

TYLER DURDEN — South Africa’s white farmers have been desperately trying to sell their lands at record pace ahead of planned government land seizures, according to a local farmer’s unionHowever, there are no buyers.

As Ryan Martinez writes for PlanertFreeWill.comtensions among the country’s white farming community have been rising since the election of Cyril Ramaphosa who assumed office earlier this year and committed his African National Congress (ANC) to land expropriation.

ANC chairman Gwede Mantashe sparked panic last week when he said:

“You shouldn’t own more than 25,000 acres of land. Therefore, if you own more it should be taken without compensation.”

“People who are privileged never give away privilege as a matter of a gift,” he continued.  “And that is why we say, to give you the tools, revisit the constitution so that you have a legal tool to do it.”

Mantashe comments were condemned by both white and black farmers, with unions predicting such a move would lead to job losses and a situation in which South Africa may no longer be able to feed itself. […]

2 Comments on ‘Zimbabwe-fication’ Begins: Farmers Panic as South Africa Seizes First White-Owned Land

  1. Leave the country and let the locusts (the blacks) raze everything to the ground. They’ll have to learn the hard way.

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