Posted on 04/17/2018 5:05:16 AM PDT by SJackson
Land reform is a key issue in South Africa, due to the long history of dispossession of indigenous populations by white settlers. Progress has been painfully slow over the past 24 years, but the question of land is now suddenly at the top of the political agenda.
A major controversy erupted at the end of February following a motion adopted in parliament, tabled by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and modified by the ANC, which started the process of potentially amending the constitution to allow for the expropriation of (white-owned) land without compensation, and its subsequent redistribution (to black people.)
In March, the main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, sent out phone messages stating: "ANC & EFF working together to take all private land and homes. You can only stop this if you're registered correctly to vote! Check now."
As a result, white South Africans are panicking that they will lose their land and their homes, and some white commercial farmers believe this is the beginning of Zimbabwe-style ‘land grabs.’ Australia’s minister of home affairs even offered to fast-track visas for white farmers.
In contrast, the motion was supported by many other political parties and has been greeted with approval by large numbers of black people. Given the bitter history of large-scale land dispossession, refusing to pay for stolen land is seen by many black South Africans as essential to restoring their dignity.
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Newsweak said this? Betcha a thousand dollars they are gonna lose their land.
Whites didn’t take the black’s land in SA. The country was virtually empty. Nearly all blacks came later.
Reading between the Newsweek propaganda lines: white South Africans are screwed.
Leave…before you’re presented with a flaming Firestone necktie.
So, according to the story, they should stop panicking and should just accept the loss as “justice”.
Just because their farms are being taken away it doesn’t mean they’re going to lose their land, right Bennie?
Can you imagine what the mainstream media line would be if it was an exact 180°? A sizable black minority group that had been farming this land for centuries suddenly had a government of white people voted in by white people decide to seize their land? Somehow I don’t think it’d be the same dismissive “oh, what’s the big deal?” tone we’ve been getting with this current situation in South Africa.
“If they can salvage anything, the white people should probably leave....”
Amen!
My goodness! The author is not going to feel the love from the commenters on Newsweek!
I read the first paragraph and took away exactly that.
In contrast, the motion was and has been greeted with approval by large numbers of black people.
Puzzling huh.
How can you credit a source when the very first sentence is a lie?
Then Newsweak is saying slavery is no big deal, since losing the fruit of your labor is slavery.
This is exactly what the Left promised over and over again would never happen when they were pushing for an end to apartheid and letting the ANC run things. As far as the land being stolen.....what farmers there today stole anything?
Enjoy your dignity in the rape capital of the world (which happened once the white government was displaced). Now you'll be able to starve your people and destroy your economy, just like Zimbabwe... but you'll have your dignity!!!
Idiots.
Why are the race-baiters so effective at making people so stupid?
Based on what happened in neighboring countries, I'd say the farmers have every reason to fear it.
Don’t panic, it’s just a little genocide. Happens all the time over there.
Is this true? I thought South Africa was largely uninhabited then the Dutch settled there.
Newsweak will also be endorsing “slavery reparations” in America.
Count on it!
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