Zim continues with crackdown on white farmers

This article seems very biased. There is no mention as to whether they were given notice for a year or more. There is no mention of how they came into possession of the land in the first place. Was it an illegal occupation?. Do they possess dual citizenship with their country of origin to which they can freely return?. These are the questions which must be answered before you start villifying President Mugabe. He might not be a favourite of mine, but don't illegally occupy land and become self-righteous when the people reclaim it. Instead of trying to stir up outrage against the President and Prime minister, find some morals. It should never be left up to the government to remove people from stolen land. You should have taken the high ground and be long gone.

I read an article in another publication which alleges that the Minister of Water, S,. Nkomo is proposing that Zimbabwe be divided into 5 provinces with each province having budgetary powers and parliament. What a brilliant idea. I have been working in South Africa for 4 years now and believe regions are the building blocks of a country. This idea should be supported. My arguement is that, it does not lead to a divided nation as some people would want the nation to believe, its leads to more focused development.

So much for power sharing.
Bob never has, and never will take notice of anyone.
SADC and the AU have proved to be toothless entities and I doubt if the change in leadership in South Africa will alter things.
All this is doing is highlighting that Africa cannot solve its own problems, but by the same token they do not want western "interference" unless it is a handout of course.

Government of National Unity , my foot!

Another fascinating story from a Fully Fledged Banana republic, which has (in faster than micro-seconds) become a shell of its Previous-self.

Welcome to REPUBLIC OF Z I M B A N A N A...His Highness, His Excellence, Major General Robert Mugabe will take good care of your stay.

I have always seen Tswangirayi as the other side of Mugabe. The land issue has been distorted as beneficiaries are croonies and close allies to Mugabe not the majority poor. This then means there shall be another revolution in a revolution as the majority poor will wrestle for the land from these black looters in the near future. Mugabe and Tswangirayi are utter failures, a disgrace to the entire nation as they have perpetuated the interests of their skewed thinking friends at the expense of the poor majority who lost their sons and duaghters as well as properties during the struggle. It's time the Ndebeles rose and claimed their land and independence from the notorious regime which has no direction at all

I have always seen Tswangirayi as the other side of Mugabe. The land issue has been distorted as beneficiaries are croonies and close allies to Mugabe not the majority poor. This then means there shall be another revolution in a revolution as the majority poor will wrestle for the land from these black looters in the near future. Mugabe and Tswangirayi are utter failures, a disgrace to the entire nation as they have perpetuated the interests of their skewed thinking friends at the expense of the poor majority who lost their sons and duaghters as well as properties during the struggle. It's time the Ndebeles rose and claimed their land and independence from the notorious regime which has no direction at all

To M hart
I don't often write on these forums but your comment reeks of a thoughtless and uncompassionate attitude.
"There is no mention as to whether they were given notice for a year or more. There is no mention of how they came into possession of the land in the first place. Was it an illegal occupation?."
Did you read the article? "the government seized their land and the farmhouse and gave it to a government official, leaving the couple their cottage and the garden around it,"
Where is the justification for siezing their home as well?
Instead you comment "but don't illegally occupy land and become self-righteous when the people reclaim it."
To you this is 'stolen land'! But they havn't fled the country after their farm was siezed, they stayed and contributed to it! And you sit self righteously and criticise that! Ag pleeeese!
And before you begin to start labeling people let me say that the real people who have been suffering have been the ordinary 'black' workers whom this kind of thoughtless greed (because it is in the name of the greed of the ZANU-PF cronies that this has been done) has harmed and destroyed above all!
Leigh S

Why is ZIM in this crises again?

Another attempt to present one side of the story. When Tsangarai was not in government he did not understand the subotage that Mugabe has endured from Western governments and their institutions. I'm not a Mugabe apologist. What would you have done if only 5000 white farmers owned almost all productive land? The Zimbabwean economy has been systematically destroyed by those who hate what Mugabe stands for. I think the remaining 350 white farmers should not be used to hold the entire Zimbabwe's development.

Please check your facts first. People tend not to remember what seems to be now being called new invasions. This Ben Freeth of Chegutu in 1999 listen to what he said during a CNN Coverage, and ten years later its labelled as new invasion, how can one farmer's farmbe invaded by so many different people. CNN.com - Tale of two farms in Zimbabwe - Mar 30, 2005
30 Mar 2005 ... Mike Campbell and his son-in-law Ben Freeth are determined to make their last stand here at Mount Carmel Farm. No amount of intimidation. I might not know the whole story, but Freeth said he lost US$600000 worth of mangoes from his farm, the same man who is saying his farm equipment was stolen and his farm no layung ideal, something seems wrong with tthese stories. Take the names of people mentioned and google going back to 1999 and see what is said from those dates and the same stories are just repackaged.

This is it Mr Zuma – your chance to shine and show the world you are a lion!!! Don’t disappoint us now.

And to M Hart – what’s your real name? Come one, you can tell me! Do you work for Bob? Does he pay your salary? Is that why you wrote all this crap?

There is no reason for President J Zuma to intervene in the Zim issue just to appease these clowns who grabbed the Zimbabwean land back then. They had been occupying the land illegally from the days of their Rhodesian rule and now want the Mugabe regime to legalise it. Why? As long as the people of Zim do not have land in a place they call home and people who have homes elsewhere own the land nothing will ever be right. Tsangirai has learnt the hard way that the Zimbabwean people fought liberation wars to own land in their own country not some mercenaries from Australia, Britain, New Zealand and USA.Mugabe must not back down without achieving the total seizure of land from these people otherwise the people of Zimbabwe will have suffered invain. He can never reclaim the lost credibility in their eyes and minds but at least he will have given the Zim people what they had fought for against Ian Smith and his gooms.Give back the land to Zimbabwean people and take the wealth you accumulated and go spend it in Europe. We dont have vast land ownership in Europe like you do here in Africa. Sipwo Pahlane

Siphiwo - I hope you like it! That is the fate you and your 'revolution' voters have chosen for SA!

Stop every last cent of aid money going into Zimbabwe. If he won't accept western policy then why does he need their money. The people will decide when enough is enough.

Reading some of these comments here spur me on to praying even harder for our beloved country of South Africa...

Whatever happened to NEPAD? Does it apply at all to Zim?

@Sipiwo Pahlane
Are you out of your mind??
Who do you think produces that food that you stuff in to your rasict mouth every evening............. the white farmer!
Take a closer look at the Zim issue, if it was not for the small handful of productive farms still run by the white farmers thousands and thousands would be dead, and taking away what little hope the people of Zim have or not dying of starvation, Mugabe is slowing culling his own people!

Nicky Brandston I am in my mind not out of my mind. You have not responded to the land question I am talking about. You are telling me about black Zimbabweans who are toiling the land for the white farmer in order to sell back to the black Zimbabweans. True. This is what the white people have been constantly doing in the whole of Africa.I am saying the Mugabe government should seize all the white land and productive land in private hands and rent it to prospective farmers for a period of not more than ten(10) years subject to extension of the rental period. The food that I eat everyday is what I have worked for everyday. I dont accept hand outs from white farmers. The sooner Mugabe takes the remaining land the better and that is when the geniune concern of the white people will be tested. So far it is about their advantaged position and there is nothing for the Zimbabweans. Sipiwo Pahlane

Taking posessions from anyone for any reason or excuse is theft. Each individual must only be held accountable for his actions.
Idividual rights need to be honoured above and before any groups.

Southern Africa is San (Bushmen) land only, so by your beliefs, every black person should be thrown out for stealing their land.

Not so easy to spout your propaganda with that in mind.