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| Mugabe Government Admits Zimbabwe White Farmers Were Wronged | |
| 2007-11-13 | |
Zimbabwe's lands and security minister Didymus Mutasa has admitted in a court in Europe that the government wrongfully seized white farms which belonged to Dutch citizens who considered Zimbabwe their home. At a hearing in Paris recently, a court is considering what amount of compensation the Zimbabwe government should pay to this group of farmers.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 Excuse me that should be 7,500% |
| Posted by: ÎÎÎÎÎÎÎΣ 2007-11-13 21:01 |
| #12 Toilet paper has more value (and utility) than Zimbabwe currency, at least until Mugabe decides to use more absorbent paper. Current inflation rate= 7,5000% |
| Posted by: ÎÎÎÎÎÎÎΣ 2007-11-13 20:58 |
| #11 Keepin' with the theme: So it now seems that Zim is rethinkin' its policy and wants these guys back, kinda like the remorseful Farm equipment saleman that regretted ditching his girlfriend after he sent her that 'John Deere' letter.....?? |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2007-11-13 14:17 |
| #10 If dey be payin, tell em dey can have my piece o shit farm. I sell it back to da whitey I took it from cheap. It my privlege as a "war vetrin"... |
| Posted by: Farmin B. Hard 2007-11-13 14:12 |
| #9 STARVE Dammit. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-11-13 14:00 |
| #8 Real hard for dead men to "Come Back". Let them strve. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-11-13 14:00 |
| #7 Yep, that's what he wrote. |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2007-11-13 09:58 |
| #6 Yes, that too, g(r)omgoru. As the writer said, "You can never go home again." |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-11-13 07:50 |
| #5 If they're wise, TW, they won't go back at all. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2007-11-13 06:06 |
| #4 *shrug* With what will Mr. Mugabe pay the ordered compensation? The farmers won't go back so long as he's in power, if they're wise, and it's not as if the currency has any value. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-11-13 05:35 |
| #3 Once the breadbasket of Africa, now the basket-case of Africa |
| Posted by: Bryan 2007-11-13 05:04 |
| #2 No matter what shape it's in the farmers seem to be the only ones that know what the hell do with it. Funny how that works. Might just save the country if they go back to the system that was working before Mugabe got his grubby little hands on it. |
| Posted by: NOLA 2007-11-13 03:53 |
| #1 They could always just give them their land back. God knows what shape it is in though. |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-11-13 03:36 |