Land is a highly contentious subject everywhere.
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| Africa Subsaharan |
| 3rd South African party wants to seize land from whites |
| 2016-11-08 |
| [AA.TR] The leader of a South African far-left opposition party Monday threatened to seize white-owned lands. Julius Malema, the head of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), the third largest party in parliament, spoke to supporters after appearing in court in the northeastern city of Newcastle. ’’White minorities be warned! We shall take our land. It doesn’t matter how," said Julius Malema outside the magistrate’s court. Malema was appearing in court to answer to charges of inciting his supporters to take over white-owned land. His case has been postponed to Dec. 7. In 2016, he reportedly told supporters that whites could not claim ownership of land in South Africa because it belonged to native blacks. During his televised address on Monday, Malema claimed that white South African settlers had killed hundreds of blacks who had refused to be removed from their land. ’’We are not calling for the slaughtering of white people at least for now,’’ he said amid cheers from his supporters. Land is a highly contentious subject in South Africa 22 years after the end the racial segregation known as apartheid. Malema said South Africa’s economy was still controlled by white capitalists despite the end of apartheid. His EFF, which broke away from the ruling African National Congress, has been championing for land expropriation without compensation. AfriForum, an organization representing minorities in the country, has on several occasions condemned Malema’s comments accusing him of inciting hatred against whites. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 I'm surprised there are any white landowners left in South Africa. Love of country is a powerful thing but I'd have gone to Australia long ago. The more threats increase the harder it will be to sell the land for a decent price. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-11-08 14:29 |
| #4 Blacks are not native to South Africa. They came down from the north at the same time the whites were coming in from the South The San people, a light brown-coloured delicate and fine-boned people are native to South Africa. Bushmen of the Kalahari they're now called because they were pushed out by both black and white. The blacks are native to the Great Lakes region. They swept over the continent destroying the other tribes because they are more aggressive with superior survival skills. the whites withstood their advance because of superior technology. now they are claiming "africa for the blacks, confiscate white farms" but i notice they don't want to give any back to the San |
| Posted by: anon1 2016-11-08 12:03 |
| #3 Cause it worked so well in Zimbabwe. Remember the people who were all for Black Majority rule in SA are against white majority rule in America. See - 'toxicity of whiteness' and 'white privilege' for their anti-democratic rationales |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-11-08 10:17 |
| #2 Apparently, racism still goes on in S.A.--it is being practiced by the far left. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-11-08 07:16 |
| #1 Land is a highly contentious subject everywhere. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-11-08 02:08 |