Zimbabwe farm yields fruit after return of Smart family | DW English

After Emmerson Mnangagwa ousted Robert Mugabe from power, Robert Smart and his family returned to the lands they had been forced from last year. The news came too late to plant maize or tobacco, but another crop thrived.
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[@gagewesterhouse9558]

They kicked the farmers out. Then later realized they still need to eat. Then again immediately realized that they had kicked out everyone who actually knew how to farm.

[@transportman3498]

No matter where you live, the farmer is the lifeline of the country. No matter what color they are, they feed the nation.

[@ThobekaK]

As a black South African it scary to think that what has happened in Zimbabwe could soon be happening here in SA.

[@lloydndhlovu7985]

Me too. Let's hope it doesn't

[@ilanahassen2025]

Don’t be scared get prepared

[@fuckingSickOfCreepyG]

a lot of people want it :(

[@Frosty04eb]

Ye well it looks like thats what is happening. Im white and also here in SA trying to escape before Malema gets his way and then i will just be killed because im white.

[@fuckingSickOfCreepyG]

Eben Coetzee I hope you remain safe. God bless.

[@mrow7598]

The sad part is South Africa is on the same self-destructive course Zimbabwe was on.

[@Mikdeelow]

he’s a farmer! causing things to grow is an addiction. God bless and protect him!

[@thatguyrich9822]

Once that farm is back in full production, the Smart family will be given the boot... again.

[@Markyellowcake]

I wouldn't go back...

[@thehardman9379]

as the man said its his home and he will fight for it no matter what. when you care for something so deeply you wont just turn your back on it.

[@garciadaniel7580]

This man is feeding the hungry, s An absolute hero

[@crazychicSHENA]

@Provocateur I would not accept White 😅

[@bencalt11]

Yes because you are a Coward

[@crazychicSHENA]

Because your a Racist

[@aleksandersuur9475]

The family name in this context is just hilarious.

[@SusanBaileyAmazingEstate]

Yay! We drove out the Boer! Hurray! Oh.

[@gardencity3558]

Did you even watch the video? They are neither Boers nor driven out.

[@SusanBaileyAmazingEstate]

Garden City I’m making the comparison with what is happening in South Africa right now.

[@bim-ska-la-bim4433]

SusanBailey AmazingEstate ...nobody got the comparison...

[@SusanBaileyAmazingEstate]

Mr Gwarn Stylee Wait...81 likes. I think someone got the comparison. Just not everyone lol.

[@cplcabs]

Mr Gwarn Stylee I got the comparison. You have to be a really stupid not to get the comparison. SA is going down the same route as Zimbabwe but I think it will be a more vicious one.

[@leonidasiofsparta8220]

Why they would return after the murders is beyond me.

[@mattdg1981]

Never bite the hand that feeds you. He shouldn't have returned.

[@moderatedave9173]

It is too bad that this will just be temporary. Eventually the same thing will happen again. And again. And again. Land is great commodity for purchasing political power. Someone will do the same thing again someday soon. George Orwell's boot stomps on.

[@MOOSEDOWNUNDER]

Without Rhodesians, Zim is dead, not just food and services but culturally and morally. Mugabe is the greatest racist in Africa.

[@michaelhayes4231]

But there always were 'Rhodesians' all through all of these events, Zimbabwe is a multiracial country with lots of white people. 10% of the white farmers, the wise ones who made deals with the government, were allowed to stay on the land and the ones that were removed were only removed from their farms, not from the country: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYPHiYGAi5pjo6s kzbin.info/www/bejne/roCQdX-iZparjdU www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-zimbabwe-coventry/mugabe-hands-olympic-medalist-100000-cash-reward-idUSLT51139020080829 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIOneYRnatqrqZY img.bulawayo24.com/articles/ZIM-RUGBY.jpg

[@normanlesley1867]

Is that why there are so many of them in Australia and New Zealand?

[@michaelhayes4231]

Norman Lesley you should ask why there are ANY recently arrived white arrivals in Australia and New Zealand from any country.......but you don't.

[@normanlesley1867]

We have A history of excepting refugees.

[@nicholasvsjesse]

Bk353637 C True, before white people brought with them western medicine and farming Africa could only support 10s of millions of people, now a major city has tens of millions, and they cannot go back to the old ways without hundreds of millions starving. They brought prosperity, even if they kept most of it for themselves.

[@guyfriedman295]

"Kill the Boer,Kill the Boar" Didn't last long,did it?

[@petejohnson1724]

africa and the world needs farmers who can manage and develop farms to feed the growing population it is a very clever move by the local government to recognise that these farmers can bring a community​ together and produce food for the nation

[@tricky1992000]

Any country that drives out skilled workers deserves to struggle.

[@shauncameron8390]

That's been the legacy of every country ran by Marxists.

[@surajtomar4870]

Future of South Africa.

[@BB-oj9uy]

Who says the government can't take it away again? First time shame on you, second time, shame on me........ Good luck, you're going to need it in huge quantities!

[@dranzerjetli5126]

I get it but it's their choice

[@kimjunguny]

Well if they take notes from other countries like the US, you must be compensated for seizure.

[@ladypilliwick8179]

I've read that the government didn't give ownership of the farms back to the original owners... they gave them a 99 year lease. ....they now work for the goverment as management. ....they don't own anything.... let's see how this works out

[@RIGHT-WING-PMP]

may god bless the Smarts and all of their employees

[@eiserntorsphantomoftheoper2154]

Option A: Continue farming operation as before. All tools and implements are already there. Option B: Steal what you can and destroy what's left. We have a winner. B it is.

[@msmorningstar2116]

Why would you go back? They've shown their true colors; hate, spite, and jealousy. Don't feed people who tried to kill you. Let them feed themselves or go hungry.

[@TheDJLionman]

this reminds me of when Stallin caused the second greatest famine in history by taking lands from farmers.... HMMM MAYBE HISTORY DOES REPEAT IT'S SELF

[@hugolindum7728]

And the same reporter a few years ago was probably very happy to say how great Mugabe was.

[@jasoncreamer5747]

That man is foolish to go back

[@Yamanhitle]

Jason Creamer If you knew how much money he's going to make from those potatoes you wouldn't say that.

[@jasoncreamer5747]

Whats the point of generating wealth if you cannot hand it down to your children because eventually when he is dead the same cycle will happen again and the wealth he built up for his children will be stolen by the state and his children will be violently removed if not murdered.

[@Yamanhitle]

Jason Creamer That won't necessarily happen. And if it does then it means that he becomes the same as the standard 9 to 5 employee who works to put money in tye bank and can't pass on his job to his kids (this is situation that most people in the world are in) Besides with the kind of money he's making he ought to diversify his income streams instead of just relying on farming. Anyway that's just my 2 cents

[@jasoncreamer5747]

Haha and this is why so many African nations fail. Who do those nine to five employees work for? They work for people who work hard to create generational wealth and maintain a productive economy. You cant have 9 to 5 employees without the people who create those jobs and you cant have people who create those jobs if the state kicks them out and steals their wealth every couple of generations. Most intelligent Africans do diversify their income streams and they do that by investing outside of Africa which is a problem for Africa. Anyways, a few african countries are showing promise, especially Ghana, lets hope they break free of the socialist cycle of theft and create a new standard in Africa.

[@Yamanhitle]

Jason Creamer You're absolutely right. If Mr Smart is an intelligent African then he'll diversify his income by investing all that money he'll make from those potatoes...Therefore he is not stupid for going back.

[@vickyvilleneuve8829]

I hope Zimbabwe prospers again and never forgets the consequences of race hate, which is self destructive.

[@allium2718]

A positive non-hating comment on KZbin? impossible!

[@vickyvilleneuve8829]

OpiumGarlic... I suspect that this one farmer may be a rare event and that genocide is a common practice in Africa, historically. Let's see.

[@unhippy1]

That place country would have prospered if it was still called Rhodesia.....but as south africa is in the process of proving yet again....europeans can...and african't.....

[@fungairori3700]

Very stupid you are.!!So now you want to talk about race hate??Why didn't you talk about it in the days of Ian Smith??

[@ClarksonNo1]

Educated and well off people make prosperous countries End of, no difference if its white or blacks.

[@kortaffel]

Why would you provide work and food to the people who shot at you?

[@BillBiggs1]

Kor Taffel it was Mugabe's thugs and not the locals who forced them out

[@thewatcher2270]

It was not the Villagers who shot at them. They are happy to have their jobs back and producing food to feed their families. The Murderers are the President and his thugs who have Weapons.

[@wolfpack4128]

It's not the villagers but that is the point. In Africa it's all about who has power. The government is allowing the villagers to have their power back...for now. As soon as they are successful again who is to say the government doesn't roll back in and take everything including their lives. If the villagers were not willing to fight for their community then they won't be this time either. In all the history I've read the Zulu seem to be the only Africans that fought tooth and nail to keep what they saw as theirs. The rest roll over to whomever looks the strongest at the moment.

[@jonmacdonald2193]

They did implicitly when they decided the best course of action was to be silent though. I know its different from actively supporting it, but it plays a much bigger role than most people think.

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

Don't make the mistake of thinking Mugabe's policies reflect the views of all black people in Zimbabwe. One of the signature moves of that type of leader is they appoint themselves representatives of an entire "oppressed" group and claim they speak for all of them, when in reality they don't even speak for a majority of that group.

[@martinseade3776]

I love the way the community received them back to their home. We are one. We are partners in development. Hate can't win. Let Love Lead.

[@inferno7181]

Zimbabwe? You mean Rhodesia, right?

[@dwnews]

The country is called "Republic of Zimbabwe" since 1980. /sb

[@inferno7181]

DW English RHODESIA NEVER DIES

[@adityanawani8134]

inferno But looks like Britain will.😂😂😂

[@jamesthomas6965]

aditya nawani Hardly, britian isn't having flash floods like India.

[@jamesthomas6965]

inferno Rhodesians never die.

[@FNG_Star]

I was really touched to see the reception they got. Love, respect, kindness; these virtues see no color and no boundaries. Its moments like that that restore my faith in humanity.

[@yukonjeffimagery]

" A bright future" ? I wouldn't be so sure, wait until the next president comes along.

[@cogen651]

Oh, they decided starving wasn't a good option..They are lucky the man decided to come back! The problem is people think too much with emotion and not with logic..What a shame.

[@mr.rogers7007]

I am very surprised DW English doesn't delete the comments that does not go along with their agenda.

[@dwnews]

Mr. Rogers, why should we?/ fab

[@DavidBaileyGoogle]

Not very Smart to go back - forceful evictions are still ongoing in Zimbabwe.

[@sebastian56309]

No way would I come back.

[@faraizinyama3406]

Mr Smart is a true example of a man who was good to the community and bad people penetrated his operation yet the comminity considered him as a part of the community. He did not give up on his home because he knew it was not his community tgat worked against him but rather outside forces which posed as part of the community to influence an opportunity to loot. Now together as one believe me these forces will not prevail if they attempt to infiltrate this comminity again as the hardships only made the union of this community even stronger than before. This will happen all across Zimbabwe for thos white farmers who really had the love of their communities for what they did for their communities providing jobs and livelihood treating their fellow african community members as human beings rather than slaves.

[@TheGrayman1234]

Never made sense to me. You are going to go in a take over a man's successful business that is providing food and employment given that you have no talent to do what he is doing.

[@killerpedro100]

"We are all happy because the community was benefiting from Smart"

[@charredskeleton]

When they askd me back its double or nothing 7000 acres for 99 years, nope 14000 indefinitely.

[@gotaburn7591]

I wouldn't have gone back, because I would have turned salt into every centimeter of the land.

[@illerac84]

They clearly hoped to return one day.

[@MaximilianonMars]

@Provocateur salting the earth so nothing can grow again. It's a tactic to make land useless for agriculture. It's been done a lot historically.

[@aussieginger1960]

You realise most farmers have a deep respect for the environment and they love the farms they till in most cases they have relatives buried on their land. Salting the earth would be amount to pissing on your families graves.

[@davexb6595]

They can't split to Europe. You have to be a semi-literate muslim of colour with an axe to grind against non-muslims to be able to split to Europe.

[@AngryLotus]

Yes of course, two wrongs make a right. smh. Seriously, attitudes like THIS are exactly why humans are still stuck on this backwater mudball and not out enjoying the infinite universe. Truly a retarded species.

[@faraizinyama3406]

Honestly guys some of us Zimbabweans went to farm schools and we had both black and white farms back in the 90s. We just want farmers back regardless of race. There were a few bad white farmers but their cruelty influenced an action which was taken againsts the good ones as well. Also amongst blacks we had our rotten greedy ones who wanted to loot so it played both ways. What we are proposing is lets fix the problems on both ends and reconcile to work together again and rebuild the bread basket that once was back to its original state. Believe me if those guys who looted before try it again people are not gonna allow it as we are not tolerating yet another downfall we faced before.

[@randysimmons9838]

We all owe much thanks to God and farmers!

[@georgewilliams6251]

How ironic. The Smart family walks back into the jaws of death, eyes wide shut.

[@alwaysthelight]

"Don't lose your Whites." Smart advice!

[@Arcusinoz]

WOW so they have to bring back the Rhodesians...... well done intelligence over emotion

[@abbynormall207]

They will get everything going again and in a couple of years they will want them out again

[@pkt976]

The irony of their name being "Smart".....

[@planetmikusha5898]

The people who looted their home were on hand to give them a warm welcome.

[@MikeBaxterABC]

That one scene where all the people are cheering and hugging the landowner says it all!

[@yolamari]

Man,I got so emotional watching this.Am so happy you got your land back and that everyone will work side by side...God bless and protect you all there in Zimbabwe.

[@bet8467]

Blacks vs Everybody It is his land

[@CB-vj5fw]

It's not his land it's the people that they stole it from they should give it back to the original owner and return back to to their Homeland no white man is a descendant from Africa

[@AnarchyEnsues]

its rhodesia, not zimbabwe

[@nathandenault3136]

*Rhodesia

[@Jojohumf]

Yeah the land that his forefathers raped, killed, butchered to keep. As long as Zimbabwe’s are alive we’ll never allow them to own what was stolen

[@HighlanderNB]

welcome back White Man.... now feed me!

[@MetalMiIIs]

Everyone needs to see this video especially with what's going on in South Africa.

[@xyg6543]

South Africa, take note!

[@30eesh]

fools to come back ...the good times will last only as long as the New Regime lasts...tats the way it has always been in Africa...and the next time the militia come they may not be so lucky ...

[@MrUfojunkiedavid]

Why go to a nightmare country when you can come to the US or another country and farm?

[@cplcabs]

You think the US isn't a nightmare country?

[@LordDirus007]

I Live in Lincoln Nebraska (US). The country is hardly a nightmare in the US. The most peaceful place in the US is in the Midwest country.

[@cplcabs]

James Charbonneau every country has its peaceful places, but even they will experience some craziness. However, I will ask if your schools have airport style security? The reason I ask is that there is an average of 1 school shooting per week in the US. That alone is a terrible thing.

[@LordDirus007]

cplcabs Try not to buy into the sensationalism perpetrated by the media. Is there school shootings in the US, yes. However I can only speak of my quiet city of Lincoln Nebraska. They have Active shooter drills and will lock a school district down if their is a single report of someone dangerous in the area. Unfortunately the US wasn't always that way. I believe culture has a lot to do with it. However I have not heard of any school shootings in my State. I do remember Columbine in the next state over. If you come and visit Nebraska you will find some of the most kind hearted people. The truth of the matter is that crime in the US is at an all time low and keeps lowering by the year. Advancements in DNA profiling has made crime a lot harder to get away with. I should also mention I was stationed in Fort Wainwright Alaska (Fairbanks). Where everyone carries a gun and shooting deaths are among the lowest in the nation. I try not to judge a nation unless I have truly seen it. Iraq Kuwait Afghanistan Are the only countries I have experienced.

[@handsomeitalian5238]

cplcabs the US is way better then the UK. And you know it Nigel

[@armandodane4588]

Nice to see them back in Rhodesia.

[@gekolizzard]

Youre mad. Those same people shot at you.

[@ralphp.6089]

Not too "Smart", history repeats itself.

[@DP-fq7iy]

I’ll be honest, I probably wouldn’t have returned. Props to you amazing people.

[@aybesee123]

Seems that the people that know the hearts and souls of the Smart family love them, those that only know their skin color hate them.

[@pmull6784]

I was happy to hear that at least the Brits and Americans offered them an alternative.

[@amandanelson5327]

Cant believe the farmers go bank after what happend to them.never ever can trust that people

[@mynameislove7605]

He shouldn't have went back , he's now put his life in danger.

[@lsd310]

well its now round 2 in farm seize boogaloo in SA.

[@monakey2450]

Even vicious dogs will be nice when they’re starving. Personally, I would have destroyed it all and said adios! It will be interesting to see what happens in South Africa.

[@carolynhostage2evil804]

God bless all of you

[@KayZeeFx]

This is nice to hear, hopefully Zimbabwe returns back to the bread basket of africa again...

[@jamesgray7064]

And the same thing is happening in SA today. Yet the mainstream media won't discuss it.

[@AllAhabNoMoby]

The intelligent blacks know they can't do it, they need the whites. Without whites you get, well, Zimbabwe. South-Africa is next. All of Africa is a shining example what happens if blacks do it their way. I don't have a problem with the way blacks live in Uganda or CAR. I just don't wanna live there myself, and I don't think any other sane person does either. And judging by the events in Zimbabwe currently, neither do blacks. So whites come and rescue them, and make life more pleasant, comfortable and civilized for them.

[@faraizinyama3406]

What this has proved is we cannot prosper anywhere in this world if we do not co-exist and work together respecting each other as human beings. Envy and greed played a big part and we cant allow the order of the day to be ruled by such people. Based on what a person nrings to the table lets respect those who build these operations and kknow our place wether you are an employer or employee be it a farm manager to the people working the fields. Better your life by improving your skills rather than hooliganism and exploitation driven by envy which at the end you destroy that which was built by other skilled hardworking people.

[@blakeashley1957]

Race is trivial. Culture is not. When you drive out a productive culture and replace it with a "hand out" culture, disaster happens.

[@j2b348]

ahhh look at ZANU PF 38 year economic Paradise !!! are we supposed to applauded??? 1 step forward and 11 steps back.

[@herbertmapeall3445]

Jermaine Charles if mnangagwa thinks he can return the land we will kick him out . we produced more than whites used to do so why do we need them here

[@harveysmith100]

If that is the case, why is Zimbabwe now importing food for the first time in its history. Most of that food is coming in from Zambia, grown by exiled Zim farmers.

[@mounbakko5871]

herbert mapetese, are you dreaming? are u o.k.? you need to be checked for sanity?

[@graemetm8109]

I hope SA learns from this lesson,...Land expropriation (land theft) must not happen...it will destroy the country.

[@mrc7966]

Dear DW News...a potato is not a fruit. I understand that in 2018 if a potato "identifies" as a fruit we should all respect that and humour the pretence, but any scientist will tell you categorically a potato is a vegetable. Kind regards.

[@codygolden7074]

Are black farmers even a thing in Africa?

[@2outta3aintbad96]

God bless the true Farmers !! They are one with the land !! They feel the soil and the produce they produce !! Green thumbs are NOT given to everyone !!

[@floriangeyer3267]

Next step: Bring back RHODESIA!

[@headhunter895]

Lesson for south Africa.

[@marioncobretti8210]

They screwed up but had the courage to apologize and give the land back and now their kids won't starve.

[@marshallchivare9397]

wish you the best Mr Smart in this new Zimbabwe,together we can build our country..

[@joeshmuckatelli4447]

Good luck. Regime change and short memories are coming again soon.

[@ProfezorSnayp]

The reporter is cute.

[@kenlong7394]

South Africa will soon follow Zimbabwe's path.

[@hdcandela5697]

It will be all nice until the cameras leave.

[@lambsypte4482]

I don't see that kind of hate going away anytime soon , they are taking a big risk for people who hated them for the past wrongs of other people .

[@quazarKiragon]

the irony is, despite his surname being "smart" he wasn't very smart to return when the country is only using him just to get their ungrateful arses out of the pit they dug and the only ones who are not feeling sorry for what happened are the ones that probably worked for him, its kinda sickening to know that despite 4000 white farmers was evicted and there use to be over 25,000 Rhodesians only 150 white farmers are allowed to return that are considered "critical to economy" they never said that those who was forcibly evicted from the country they been living in and their homes where allowed to return...tsk...what goes around comes around, they need to be taught a hard lesson and be made to suffer and be shown an example of

[@norrifjarran9122]

"Do you want to suffer from starvation? Because that's how you get starvation."

[@planetmikusha5898]

Is anyone convinced this won't happen again?

[@Harold_Flite]

South Africa...i hope you are taking notes.

[@TheBanjo50]

The people driving them out were part of the “dumb” family hahahaha Ooh Africans...

[@cancerrai]

Any decision taken by the Government should never be based on the emotion. It should be based on the economy growth of the country. This is the rational way in moving forward.

[@kingmufasa8929]

Malema believes he can do better than Mugabe, but he cant even get a cactus to grow!

[@bsr9155]

Truly whites were the only people who are building a better future.. Rest hosts 😔 . . - by a non-white

[@Trazynn]

"Potato is a root vegetable belonging to the nighsthade family. Therefore Politifact rates the claim that the Zimbabwe farm yields fruit again as FALSE"

[@thatsnodildo1974]

Look at how mad that one black guy was. he knew he needed the white farmers and how bad it bite them in the ass when he first outted them

[@craigh2205]

its hard to believe sa wants to became the next zimbabwe , but they plan on doing the same thing which got zimbabwe where it is , even tough they know what will happen

[@Juiced10111]

The ideology of a few people devastated Zimbabwe in many ways. I know many Zimbabweans of all races. They are mostly humble people and kind hearted. As is happening in South Africa currently, they were led by their noses by corrupt individuals with the deceptive socialist system and fake promises and lies that they will become wealthy if the "privileged whites" were driven out of the country. Farming is not just plopping a few seeds into the ground. It is a scientific and extremely laborious project and only meant for a few people on this earth. God willing, things will work out for South Africa and it's neighbors with this trend of communism and extreme corruption that has had these countries in its grasp the past few years.

[@ashleymargolis1907]

Thank you

[@gerald1011]

I wouldn’t go back. The political winds shift. Race is a powerful concept in Africa

[@delirium1326]

Zimbabwe doesnt deserve them.