What Malema is doing is emulating the policies of his hero, Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe. Mugabe sent thousands of war veterans to get the farmers off the land. If the farmer refused to leave, they were killed or beaten. What army is Malema going to send to get whites off their legally owned properties? Dictators never play fair, and should people believe that Malema will engage in an appropriate program of land distribution? No, not, years ago, Malema said that “We’re not going to beat up white people on the farms. We’re going to engage in a program which will make them understand they must surrender the land.” The question is what program does Malema have in mind?
It is a fact, that South African farmers have owned their land for years and in some cases for over 300 years. The farmers had toiled, ploughed, planted, harvested and remain concerned when droughts threatened the sustainability of a farm. The dedication and hard work by the farmers were for the benefit of the population who ate the fruits of their labor. Now the unskilled want the land back for nothing and bearing in mind that farmland given to blacks are today unproductive. Land that belonged to nobody centuries ago and now this land is their birthright.
Both the EFF and the African National Congress (ANC) want the white people’s land, the land that is already developed. The lands that are toiled, and sown, the land where roads and houses have been built, Land where infrastructure works. They do not want undeveloped land as there will be nothing developed, it would be hard work.
Malema has made land reform the key issue ahead of the local government elections. In true form, there is no thought given to the consequences following stupid actions. Malema should petition the ANC government to start governing the country properly instead of rattling and convincing his uneducated followers to get whites off their lands. Malema is dangerous and should not be underestimated.
Here is the story curtsy of Boere Krisis Aksie:
The Economic Freedom Fighters have identified areas in Stellenbosch, Sandton, Roodepoort and Orange Farm as amongst the areas they will occupy ‘without compensation.’
They didn’t say what they planned to do with the whites who now already live and farm there. They also didn’t say what they intend to do with the many tens of thousands of poor black families who already live at Orange Farm – which is not a ‘farm’ but a squatter camp…
The outlaw-party revealed on Monday that some of the land they have identified will be used to build hospitals‚ police stations‚ taxi ranks and farming.
“We shall expropriate land without compensation for equal redistribution. This is the EFF Land Plan‚” the party said on its Twitter feed.
“The EFF is prepared to fight for the allocation of land till the highest court in the land. We can’t pay for stolen land‚” the party said.
It identified Stellenbosch in the Western Cape as well as Gauteng’s Sandton‚ Roodepoort and Orange Farm amongst some of the areas which it has its eye on for land redistribution.
“Kayamandi next to Stellenbosch is an area of to square kilometres with a 24‚645 and with 5‚551 households per km2.
“Stellenbosch is an area of 793.5 km2 with a population of 35‚570‚ and about ten households square kilometres while Kayamandi next to it suffers.”
The EFF said the Roodepoort and Orange Farm areas had long been identified “as having great potential for farming.”
The party signaled that Sandton‚ which has a lesser population compared to its neighbouring township Alexandra, which is home to more than 500‚000 people has been eyed for expanding Alex.
The EFF indicated that it would contest all 278 municipalities for the upcoming elections.”
By Laura Oneale - published on South Africa Today – South Africa News
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