Land Grabs in Zimbabwe - It's happening again
I am not sure if a lot of people on the platform know what a land grab is, or if it is just an African thing. A few years ago, the Zimbabwe government decided to take the white-owned farms where the families had been farming for a few generations. Yes, they arrive with armed men and you can either die or leave with nothing.
I have a few friends who lived there and had to leave with nothing. They basically had to take the clothes they had on them and leave their farms. Some of these friend have lost many family members who did not want to leave. I have been to Zimbabwe a few times and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of every visit. The Zimbabwean people are such nice friendly people.
How is it then that this can happen in such a beautiful country. Well, their leader is not the clearest thinker of all time.
To my shock when I opened the local online news site, I read that it is starting to happen again.
Rusape – Heavily armed Zimbabwean riot police this week besieged the property of a white commercial farmer, Robert Smart outside Rusape town and forcefully evicted him from his farm.
President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu-PF party's youth and suspected members of the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation were also present during the eviction.
Workers at Lesbury Farm, about 26km west of Rusape, alleged that police fired live ammunition and teargas to disperse the labourers and villagers who had gathered at the farm in solidarity with Smart.
Some of the workers and villagers alleged that they were assaulted by the police, but no serious injuries were recorded.
One of the security guards at the farm, Reuben Chimombe, told News24 that the police officers and Zanu-PF youths ransacked Smart’s farmhouse before removing all the household property and throwing it on the roadside about 200m away.
You can read the full news article here
I sincerely hope that this was just a random case and that this is not the start of the next phase of ridiculous land grabs.
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Wow @jacor, that is scary. May our prayer go to all the ladies and gentlemen that need help as we speak. Great post, Upvoted and followed.
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Mugabe has done nothing good for ZImbabwe, it was a country that had a huge farming economy before the land grabs. I do however understand why he was able to get the majority of his people to do this. Zimbabwe was known as Rhodesia and it was named this after Cecil Rhodes who along with the British back in the 1800's took control over it along with other surrounding countries. So that was in fact the first land grab by the ruling white class that was left behind to govern. It was only a matter of time that the people of Zimbabwe would want their land back. The only problem with that was none of them knew how to run farms and so the country itself has been in ruin ever since. That and ruling dictator who is worse than the white ruling class he took over from.
Sad and uneducated they choose the worst for there future and blame
others for there misfortune history repeats itself !
Mugabe is an old man and will naturally die soon and his country will be free from his grasp ....his family will choose bitcoin to replace the trillion dollar zimbabwe bill and save zimbabwes economy from more hyper inflation.....crypto currency is the new african Dollar
hi @jacor
I also hope for you that this was the last case and there are sometimes crazy people who do not distinguish between good and evil and can take and take people out of their house and throw them in threats I just shudder every time to see how bad this world can be and how many people can go down and be just bad I do not understand how they go to sleep at night and can close their eyes and fall asleep I could not sleep If I knew that people do not have a roof in this world It just does not make sense What is happening in this world Unfortunately I wish you all the best in the world and do not know any more grief and grief you will enjoy Happy all your life
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Screw mugabe
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This is an heart wrenching story ,,i personally fell for them they after establishing everything and having a decent lifestyle are being expelled from there homes by the cruel black people ..it is certainly an inhuman act and thanks for shearing with us all this and it certainly is a good post ....thumbs up to you .. you stand for humanity and keep doing that keep supporting humanity .. i liked your way of thinking and your approach u desire an upvote and resteem for this post ..keep shearing and people plz upvote and follow... @jacor
Will they get their benefits what they promising?
While the benefits for international actors are obvious, the benefits to African countries may not be as apparent. For example, one of the most important patterns to notice in these transnational land acquisitions is the limited importance of financial transfers. A recent report (FAO, IIED and IFAD) revealed that the main benefit to the host country is perceived to be investor commitments like employment creation and infrastructure development. Similarly, the study indicates that such land agreements can provide macro-level benefits like GDP growth and greater government revenue, raise local living standards, and bring technology, capital and market access. In addition, improving the productivity of African agriculture undoubtedly serves as a huge point of interest for governments seeking foreign investment and in turn transnational land leases.
i think this is a differenttype of trans national land acquisition?
Is that really happen to Zimbabwe?
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