Zimbabwe farmers union warns SA to share land or go the way of their country
Harare — A Zimbabwean farmers’ union leader warned white South African farmers they should agree on a deal to share land with the black majority before they suffer the same fate as neighbours in Zimbabwe, who were violently removed from their properties. Land redistribution is a burning political issue in SA and has divided the ANC ahead of the December conference where President Jacob Zuma’s successor as party leader will be chosen. Many Zuma supporters are demanding land expropriation from whites without compensation, while the radical EFF has told South Africans to occupy unused land illegally. Although Zuma has said any land reform will be done sensibly and within the law, there are concerns that the populism in South African politics could lead to the scenes witnessed in Zimbabwe in the early-2000s. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe permitted violent land seizures from white farmers, beginning in 2000, that prompted the international community to cut off ties and sent a once-p...
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