Posted on 08/02/2018 8:55:05 AM PDT by Zhang Fei
I have had a deal with a few of my friends who are farmers, that I will tell them when it is time to panic about the proposed expropriation without compensation. Until then, I advised them to relax.
Last night after President Cyril Ramaphosa's address to the nation in which he announced the ANC's decision to propose an amendment to the Constitution to expropriate without compensation, I got many texts asking: "Is it time yet?"
Let me say upfront that I think the ANC has been handling the land debate very clumsily (to put it politely). It is clear that the narrative has consistently been running away from them and every time in an attempt to regain control, they seem to cause more confusion and anxiety with investors as well as current property owners.
So, is it the end of the road for property rights as many are predicting today?
I don't think so.
It is important to remember that the ANC has always been clear that they could expropriate without compensation, therefore the constitutional amendment is intended to only clarify the current provision.
Of course, it is crucial to first see what these clarifications will be, and it is a real pity that the president did not again emphasise in his address last night what they intend and perhaps more importantly what they DON'T intend to do.
Ramaphosa's answers earlier this year in Parliament as well as ANC policy documents clearly indicate that the governing party does not intend to expropriate people's homes or productive farm land. They are talking about very specific instances of derelict buildings, unproductive farm land, land obtained through illegal means, etc. They are also adamant that it will be done on a case by case basis and not through a general blanket land grab
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[Ummm, blacks were only the majority in SC (58%) and MS (55%) in 1860... which was still the case three generations later in 1920 (51 and 52%, respectively), and then those numbers started to fall under 50% in 1930. Seems like it didn’t change much at all.]
Obviously their media is just as bad as ours:
“Why is Trump so paranoid, it’s not like Muslims took out the World Trade Center?”
“Why is White America so paranoid about mass immigration, there are PLENTY of successful countries south of the border, just as wealthy and as safe as we are?”
“Why are white farmers so paranoid here in South Africa, it’s not like anything bad happened in Zimbabwe?”
The time to leave for whites in South Africa is closing quickly. The Jews in Europe sat around watching Hitler rise and simply comforted themselves by thinking they’d just get on the next ship to the US once things got really bad.
...until that option was closed out. Whites in South Africa deserve their fate if they refuse to read the tea leaves, it’s not that hard.
IOW, in a few years' time, Ramaphosa will have a street named after him in New York City. Thanks Zhang Fei.
Can’t wait for all the anti-SA Racism movies, books, songs and concerts...
Without a doubt, but the Oregon/Washington cartel will surrender without a shot being fired verbally or literally. Take that green color up into Canada, from the Rockies to the Pacific.
SA was suicided, shot 10 times in the back of the head by her allies and friends. Including US liberals, the Federal Government and chain of command.
The whites of SA cannot leave without money, and the ANC doesn’t want that money to leave the country. Also, few countries will take these people. They are Christian, educated, and hard working. Why WOULD we want to take them in? </s>
This whole deal is so reminiscent of Matt’s books. Massacreing the farmers just like in the one book. Then I was taking to a couple expat Zed-A’s today, and they were saying that these guys, in addition to farms are asking why an old white couple has a three bedroom house to themselves, just like in the third book.
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