Posted on 04/04/2020 9:12:05 PM PDT by MtnClimber
On March 6th, 2020, the government of Zimbabwe “gazetted new legislation under which former landowners may opt for repossession [of confiscated land] or monetary compensation [for confiscated land]. The new regulations will apply to indigenous farmers [i.e., Zimbabwean nationals] whose farms were appropriated, as well as to those whose land was [originally and supposedly] protected by bilateral treaties.” So reported press in South Africa (a country I shall return to below). For now, let me confess to mixed emotions. First, reports from Zimbabwe ought to be treated with skepticism. The rule of law in that country does not exist. So, whether the government gazettes a reasonable sounding legislation or not may prove to be irrelevant in the long run.
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Fast forward to August 2018, when I found myself on Fox News to discuss, mirabile dictu, a recent proposal by South Africa’s government to expropriate South Africa’s landholders without compensation. (The government is constituted of the leftist African National Congress, the South African Communist Party, and the trade unions.) The points I made to my host, Tucker Carlson, were the same points that I have been making about the mess in Zimbabwe for close to two decades–verbatim. I explicitly recognized the crimes of apartheid (I am, after all, a classical liberal who believes in equality of all people before the law) and I endorsed South Africa’s restitution program, which compensates people dispossessed by apartheid with land or money. That said, I also noted that by destroying private property rights, South Africa’s government was about to embark on a catastrophic repetition of Zimbabwe’s mistakes that must and will result in destroying Africa’s greatest and most sophistical economy, and reduce its 55 million people (though not its governing communist elite) to penury.
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Yes.
It’s Africa.
The left would certainly screw up a ham sandwich here too.
The answer is: of course, obviously.
Zimbabwe... it was Rhodesia.
And when it was Rhodesia, it was a productive, working country.
And now it’s a sh*thole, like everything else the commie left touches.
A bigger and even more corrupt Haiti, sad to say.
Absolutely. Average IQ there is 77.
It’s not a surprise.
A LONG, LONG time ago a young man was in a first aid class I was attending. He was learning first aid so he could return to his country, along the Zamezi River and fight for his country's independence.
Our country calls black/African descent people BLACK but those who are from Africa are REALLY ebony colored, not the cafe au lait color of so many "black" Amerians.
That guy's name was Tembeza...from the former Rhodesia. He'd be dead by now.
Absolutely true.
Yes!
South Africa’s Dumbest Politicians
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hBVmDaiuTf8
Smart people not need apply:)
Bingo! EVERYTHING the left touches turns to CRAP......EVERYTHING!
Zimbabwe just didn't "have the right people in charge to implement it."
Regards,
I see. Thanks for the clarification.
If those folks didn't leave w-a-y back when, then I doubt very much if they will now.
Maybe their younger folks will take the step. They might not like what they see in their future. Drastic change is never easy but it might be for the under-30 group.
There's not much left for them, is there?
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