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Home > HOME > UK must pay farm compensation: Pres Mugabe

UK must pay farm compensation: Pres Mugabe


TZG/Reuters/AFP reporters

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:41:00 +0000

President Robert Mugabe



PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe made an appeal to investors on Thursday and said laws limiting foreign ownership of businesses had been misunderstood and should not seen as a discouragement. He also said that Britain must pay compensation for farms acquired by government.

With an inclusive Government in place formed by President Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and DPM Arthur Mutambara, Zimbabwe is trying to recover from economic collapse that the president blames on illegal sanctions imposed by the Britain and her allies.

"Foreign direct investment is most welcomed as it brings new technology, capital and new markets," President Mugabe told an investment conference in Zimbabwe that drew foreign fund managers, financiers, investors and entrepreneurs.

"Such policies as the indigenisation and economic empowerment act should not be viewed as obstacles to investment promotion... They should be welcomed as promotive of the greater participation of our people in the economy."

President Mugabe said conditions in Zimbabwe favoured investment following the formation of the inclusive Government.

"The formation of the inclusive government has strengthened our stable political environment making us more conducive to investment promotion," he asserted.

On land reform, President Mugabe said that former colonial ruler Britain was responsible for paying owners who were stripped of their farms. He blames Western sanctions for Zimbabwe's economic decline.

President Mugabe said some white farmers would be spared under the current land acquisition and urged Britain to compensate owners of property seized for redistribution.

"It's not every white farm which will be taken. Not necessarily," President Mugabe said in reply to the leader of the predominantly-white Commercial Farmers Union (CFU), Trevor Gifford at the conference.

"The responsibility of compensation rests on the shoulders of the British Government and its allies," he said.

"We pay compensation for developments and improvements. That's our obligation and we have honoured that. Above all Zimbabwe upholds the sanctity of property rights.

"Sure there must be some compensation. Let's join hands and appeal to the British."

"The farmers have let themselves down," he said. "They have tended to side with the British."

Tsvangirai said that all parties in Zimbabwe recognised land reform was needed but differed on their approach.

"We are going to conduct a land audit and we will set up a land commission to address all disputes arising from land reform," he told the conference.

-- TZG/Reuters/AFP


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Omugabe • Dziva@sanandresano.com
Subject: Look Inward & Look East for Self-development, Zim Patriots!
Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:48:01
• White Fang

I am not in disagreement with the 'Boss'; provided that the aim of the utterance is meant to:

a) publicly 'hold the feet of the beastly brits to the fire', for a political advantage

b) encourage the those back in britain to compensate their 'kith and kin' for he repossession of stolen African loot; so that Africans can seize the compensation as part of british restitution for UNPROVOKED invasion of Africans.

For you see, White Fang, to 'compensate' invading thieves, is to condone, support and encourage thievery. We should never ever want to do that.
'Compensating' criminals is laughable.
Criminals should be subjected to the 'Rule of Law', always!

Take heart, White Fang, not all Zimbabweans are 'traipsing to the wicked Westerners and historical African enemies with begging bowls'.

Provided that a 'critical mass' of Zimbabweans are Zim Patriots (which is the case) then the sure march towards Self-sufficiency, Self-reliance, Self-development & Self-determination will continue to be rekindle in the hearts of Africans.

Remember that Africans for thousands of generations were ALL of the above and more?
Who have been taking care of Africans for thousands of generations, before there was even any white man on the planet? Africans of course!

So it is just a matter of re-learning inherent and natural African survival qualities via the exemplary lives of Zim Patriots!

On your book

While it may be tempting to to think that the 'Burma experience' played a critical role such that nationalistic frustration should germinate in Shona and Ndebele youths, we must take pains to not forget the architects of the First Chirmurenga.
In those Patriots and others before, the seeds of 'nationalistic frustration' were already firmly planted!

It is the innate spirit of those alive and of the African ancestors who spur Zim Patriots to repel and dispossess the racist and criminal invaders.

Good people tend to take quite a while to stiffen their backs and challenge evil; because, unlike the case with bad people, violence is not the constant companion of the good people.
However, when the good gets going, there will be hell to pay for the UNPROVOKED crimes of criminal and racist invaders!

Zim Patriots are dealing with a strong and intractable foe; but while a quick and complete quick victory is not guaranteed, what is guaranteed is that Zim Patriots WILL ALWAYS be up to the task, however long it takes to complete.
Even Magnanimous Mugabe is living and working overtime as an example that the unrelenting efforts to expel the invaders and reclaim ancestral lands MUST go on!


WHITE FANG • na
Subject: EXCERPT FROM NEW BOOK...
Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:20:46
• OMugabe, shamwari, I know exactly where you are coming from but this is an excerpt from my new book that hopefully will be published next Spring.

Who would have thought that deep in the temperate hearts of the Shona and Ndebele youths recruited by the British, the spores of nationalistic frustration should germinate in the tropical jungles of cyclonic Burma.
What was even more startling was that upon their return to Southern Rhodesia, those spores would sprout into seedlings!
As second-class citizens it meant that they were not eligible for an apprenticeship in any industrial field in the land of their birth. Instead they were relegated to work as “skivvies” doing manual labour in the shadow of the whites.
As a result, in the early ‘Fifties, frustrated and angry black youths in Southern Rhodesia formed the first nationalist parties which included Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) and the armed wing of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU).
They vowed to leave the country once more, but this time when they returned, it would be in an armed struggle to fight back for what the white colonial settlers had taken from them. That is what they were entitled to at birth; land had been distributed at the ratio of 96% to the whites, and 4% to the blacks. Unless, therefore, they demanded respect and dignity which would in turn give them equality, they would never have to accept the role of second-class citizens in their own country ever again...

This is just to give you an idea of where I am coming from. I know the history of the land I was born in!


WHITE FANG • na
Subject: why let them get away with it?
Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:01:55
• My dear Omugabe,
am just repeating what our Boss said.
He said that Britain must pay compensation for farms acquired by government... and why not?
Why should they get away with that fiasco as well?
and, you say above:
Africans have to be prepared to be Self-sufficient, Self-reliant, Self-developed through Self-determination.
When is this going to happen?
My argument is that so long as we have Zimbabweans traipsing around the West with the begging bowl in our name this is never going to happen and it breaks my heart. I am embarrassed.
The Chinese are amongst the hardest working and most disciplined in the world, alongside the Germans (after WW2), and to be all that you state, i.e.
Self-sufficient, Self-reliant, Self-developed through Self-determination is going to take extreme hard work and discipline.
But, when does it all kick in? We do not have time on our side with all the West Euro Vultures hovering along our borders.
I am on your side, Securu, but how can we motivate the next generation who think that the US$ available in Zimbabwe are peanuts? Do you think they will appreciate the Rand any better?


Omugabe • Dziva@sanandresano.com
Subject: Look Inward & Look East for Self-development, Zim Patriots!
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:07:56
• White Fang says:
it would be good to have them (brits) put their money where their mouth is so that our critics will be astonished ...

White Fang
This is not a game, dear. Africans have been losing lives, limbs, land, wealth, resources and their future as a result of the relentless and racist enmity of evil european invaders towards Africans.

So to expect that the bigoted brits would allow you even the joy of having your 'critics silenced' is a childish fantasy, which is to be discarded.

The bigoted brits and the rest of the European gang have historically been seeking to administer misery and death to Africans 'by ANY & EVERY means available'!

So any 'good' that Africans desire in life, IS NOT to be had by way of Europe!

This has to be the conclusion of those intelligent and alert Africans, who know well the hellish history of European racist and beast behavior towards Africans for many generations now!

In other words, White Fang, Africans have to be prepared to be Self-sufficient, Self-reliant, Self-developed through Self-determination.
To assist Africans towards the above indispensable goals, reliable and respectful friends of Africans lie in the enlightened East, NEVER in the wicked West!

So it is 'Look Inward' & Look East will be the formula for African Self-development, peace, progress and prosperity!


WHITE FANG • na
Subject: STEP UP TO THE MARK
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:01:33
• Omugabe,
whilst I agree with you totally, it would be good to have them put their money where their mouth is so that our critics will be astonished and will begin to wonder if the bigoted European race are not always right after all. Right now you have idiots like JM who believe they are correct in every way but by stepping down in this manner it will pull the carpet from under the likes of JM.


Omugabe • Dziva@sanandresano.com
Subject: Look Inward & Look East for Self-development, Zim Patriots!
Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:16:58
• White Fang,

In applying the 'Rule of Law' it matters not to a good judge whether or not a KNOWN & PROVEN criminal admits to his guilt; because the African judge already have all the incriminating historical evidence to convict the racist and criminal invaders of INNOCENT Zimbabweans.

Moreover, the invading criminals are ALSO LIARS without a sense of virtue. And admission of 'guilt' requires a sense of virtue, which from their beastly behavior, the Europeans can be shown to be lacking in that department.

Also, White Fang, what the bigoted and beastly british 'new labour' or old 'conservatives' do within THEIR European space, Zim Patriots do not give a damn!

Zim Patriots care only to be masters of their fate in THEIR indigenous African space, while subjecting criminal invaders to the full extent of the 'Rule of Law' and restoring to Africans what by Mother Nature IS African -- African Land, Wealth, Resources, etc!


N/A • N/A
Subject: N/A
Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:10:18
• The UK should pay up as per the Lancaster House agreement. Full stop.If Zimbabweans (both black and white) had spoken with one voice and not allowed the UK to divide us, the land reforms would have been settled amicably.It is not too late to speak with one voice and demand that the UK fulfils its obligations.Zimbabwe is one of the least racist countries in the world and let us keep it that way.


WHITE FANG • na
Subject: B'STARDOS MUST PAY UP!
Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:07:38
• Omugabe,
you have got it wrong, dear heart.
If they pay up it will be an admission of guilt - until then they are innocent.
they must pay out - what have they done with this money that the Conservatives set aside for this very purpose?
And once the white farmers are paid off by the British they will:
(1) stop harping on negatively about uMugabe,
(2) understand it was New Labour who set the cat amongst the pigeons in our country and blame them instead for their rotten luck.


Tisu Vatongi • tisu@hotmail.com
Subject: Land Audit
Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:23:20
• Where does one train in order to become a Land Auditor? I know of Internal Auditors and where they train...I also know of IT Auditors..and their qualifications...

Now guys....Zanu chiwororo as we all know.....so....now we have a whole PM and his party talking about Land Audit....Land Audit....six months into the government...Has anyone ever thought that LAND AUDIT is a bone that has been thrown at the MDC to chew...and boy-o-boy...are they chewing it...

Fact is LAND AUDIT is like one of those nice terms like Rule of Law, Independent Media, Independent Judiciary, Western AID....they are nice sounding terms...and an ignoramus can have fun parroting these words...

Guys...what is a LAND AUDIT?


Omugabe • Dziva@sanandresano.com
Subject: Look Inward & Look East for Self-development, Zim Patriots!
Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:08:59
• We shouldn't care if the so-called 'farmers' (criminal invaders really) are 'compensated' by their 'kith and kin' in Europe!

The only 'compensation' of which criminal invaders are deserving is; dispossession, restitution, and confinement according to the 'Rule of Law'!


N/A • N/A
Subject: N/A
Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:58:40
• GNU, please don't contradict each other in front of aliens- no matter how lucrative the dollars you are expecting as investment might be.

The land audit should only deal with ensuring the blacks who have farms produce. Not to reverse land reform- that would be a major failing of GNU if ever that happened.


N/A • N/A
Subject: N/A
Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:56:31
• GNU, please don't contradict each other in front of aliens- no matter how lucrative the dollars you are expecting as investment might be.

The land audit should only deal with ensuring the blacks who have farms produce. Not to reverse land reform- that would be a major failing of GNU if ever that happened.



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