On Thursday 13 November 2013 I watched a report on Aljazeera
about farming in Zimbabwe that really rubbed me the wrong way. In the report it
was suggested that White farmers (former landowners) were reaching out to black
farmers who recently acquired the land to work together and provide expertise
and experience with the aim to increase and maximise the output from the land.
Predictably and to my displeasure, the reactions of the local
leaders were that of mistrust and total incertitude. One of the local
administrators shockingly said something along the lines of, ‘....if the WEST heard that we were turning to the Whites for help, they would declare the
Land Redistribution Program a failure!’ At this point I almost kicked my TV
out of shear astonishment and frustration.
Come on people!! Is this how we’re ‘rebuilding’ our
country going forward? Are we planning on creating an Apartheid-like,
segregated environment where our fellow countrymen (4th generation
White Zimbabweans) are not allowed to participate because they are white? Just
the thought of us becoming like this is disgusting and vile...we are better than
this! As my mother would say, ‘liyenzani?’ Are we turning into a fascist state?
Fascism - A
governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly
suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry and emphasizing aggressive
nationalism and racism.
HELLO!! NOT COOL!!!
Come on people, we have the opportunity to correct things
and make it better. Let’s take it!
Melusi Sibanda
– Information & Publicity Secretary ROHRZIM Bradford Branch
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