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Africa Subsaharan
Mugabe to ask whites back in land grab U-turn
2006-02-09
President Robert Mugabe has begun to reverse his "insane" land grab and offer some white farmers the chance to lease back their holdings in Zimbabwe. With the fastest shrinking economy in the world, Mr Mugabe has had to backtrack on six years of chaos and his own determination to rid the country of all white farmers.
I don't recall the story about the white farmers having been dropped on their heads. Why would he expect them to return?
Death wish would be the only reason ...
The U-turn is expected to be announced within days. The ruling Zanu-PF party's politburo has been informed and selected journalists in the state-controlled media have been briefed on how to spin the policy reversal.
We'll be looking forward to seeing hundreds of Zim journalists bumping into the walls, because spinning that one will make anyone dizzy.
The government is expected to admit in the next few days that it has only used about 50 per cent of the land it seized. In reality, land economists say the figure of idle land is nearer 80 to 90 per cent.
Such waste.....
How big a rube would one have to be to return to such a situation?
Posted by:whitecollar redneck

#13  Whahahahahaa.....Grace. She's prolly on a Zim Air shopping spree in Paris.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-02-09 13:05  

#12  ...Actually, consider this for a moment - how bad must it really be over there that Bob had to change his mind?

anybody seen Grace? Maybe they ate her
Posted by: Frank G   2006-02-09 12:53  

#11  ...Actually, consider this for a moment - how bad must it really be over there that Bob had to change his mind?

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2006-02-09 12:07  

#10  Here's the real telling quote from the article:
With the fastest shrinking economy in the world...
Posted by: Spot   2006-02-09 12:03  

#9  Who wants to take odds that there will be one idiot moonbat who takes Bob up on the offer, and gets a bunch of fawning media coverage for doing so?

Posted by: Clearong Chomock5848   2006-02-09 11:54  

#8  Thanks, OS, I hadn't thought of that, but that seems the most plausible reason for this.
Posted by: RWV   2006-02-09 11:46  

#7  This is a ploy so Mugabe can throw the blame on the white farmers who refuse to return, instead of his own thuggery that destroyed the farms.
Posted by: OldSpook   2006-02-09 10:36  

#6  President Robert Mugabe has begun to reverse his "insane" land grab and offer some white farmers the chance to lease back their holdings in Zimbabwe.

Lease? LEASE? What about those farms that were OWNED by whites that were seized?

Phuque this. As long as Mugabe is still running the show, he and his cohorts should continue to suffer the consequences of their actions.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2006-02-09 09:33  

#5  "Lease back" .... Stupic clueless phuecking kaffir. Eat all those commie medals you've got hanging from your fat belly.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-02-09 08:31  

#4  Domestic and international economy failing huh Robert ? Well , you got what you wanted , cry me a river , or alternatively find people who actually know how to maintain land , and dont slash and burn , you fuckwad
Posted by: MacNails   2006-02-09 04:18  

#3  Let ask Farmin B. Hard about his take on this matter.
Posted by: badanov   2006-02-09 00:42  

#2  Heh, RWV. Reminds me, also, of the scorpion who needs a ride across the river...
Posted by: .com   2006-02-09 00:32  

#1  I know football season is over, but I keep seeing Lucy trying to cajole Charlie Brown into kicking the football.
Posted by: RWV   2006-02-09 00:18  

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