Zimbabwe may allow whites to return to farms
ZIMBABWE, facing food shortages blamed partly on its large-scale seizures of white-owned farms, may allow some whites to return to farming. More than 200 have asked to take up farming again, Flora Buka, the land minister, said."Their applications are being considered. If they are willing to stay, that is also going to be considered," she added.
In an earlier post I highlighted some of the misery Robert Mugabe has wrought in his nation of Zimbabwe. I guess he's belatedly realized that seizing farms and giving them to your political cronies who have no interest in farming is not a good way to maintain production levels, or popularity for that matter. The television show Frontline World had an excellent undercover report on the subject not long ago. It can be viewed here.
What amazes me is that there's 200 people who have asked to take up farming again--that is if you believe the government. But even if it were only 10 people, what's to stop him from seizing their farms again in the future? The only motivation I can think of for these farmers to return to their former lives must be associated with the desire to take up the only life they know, in the only place they know: home.
That's a sentiment I think we can all appreciate.
What amazes me is that there's 200 people who have asked to take up farming again--that is if you believe the government. But even if it were only 10 people, what's to stop him from seizing their farms again in the future? The only motivation I can think of for these farmers to return to their former lives must be associated with the desire to take up the only life they know, in the only place they know: home.
That's a sentiment I think we can all appreciate.
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