The Truth About Mugabe's Violent Land Grabs (1998)

Land Grab (1998): How President Mugabe set about confiscating a third of Zimbabwe's productive land.
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President Mugabe wanted to take back 1/3 of all Zimbabwe’s productive farmland from white farmers and give it to the country’s peasants. In 1998, a mere 4,500 wealthy whites owned a staggering 50% of Zimbabwe, and Mugabe says they had until August that year to give that land back.
As Europe sat down with African leaders in Cairo in March 1998, Zimbabwe's colonial hangover will be taking centre stage. Land was an issue throughout Zimbabwe’s rocky transition to independence. But when it came, Mugabe was generous to the whites - allowing them to stay on. Indeed it was his anti-racism policies that won him favour. Now many feel he is trying to divert criticism about corruption in government by pushing through land reform that will see black farmers re-settled onto land seized by the British colonialists. The whites say it’s State-sanctioned robbery - but the government says that’s exactly what the white man did.
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[@zino6661]

does that mean black African born in Europe should go home also?

[@cheese-nipples-1728]

That's a completely different story . Black people in Europe were legally born there while the White people in Africa stole the land. You can't compare oranges with apples

[@Najaf-gb3me]

@@cheese-nipples-1728 The white farmers are born there. The farms are purchased. Most of the lands were empty fields. Just because a white man decided to create a state doesnt mean uts theft. What of black tribes claimed empty fields, would that be theft as well?

[@nikrose5229]

@@cheese-nipples-1728 Get out of Europe, Europe for the Europeans

[@schopen-hauer]

@@cheese-nipples-1728 i think africans should leave europe, its our land after all.

[@Amukalalu]

​@@Najaf-gb3meThe land was occupied by native tribes that were kicked of there land and settled into settlements called bantustans. And black people in Europe were taken there as slaves, they didn't go there willingly. Whites forced themselves into Africa looted and killed our people and then pretending like they helped Africans while there stealing resources

[@jackbarnes9728]

So the farmer who was 1 of 6 sons says the land he owns is sandy and poor quality and doesn't grow corn very good. Camera pans over to the neighboring farm that shows great fields of tobacco and the poor farmer says he wants to move over and claim the farm the neighbor owns? Chances are that it isn't the soil since more than likely both farms has the same type of soil. The poor guy is just not a very good farmer if he's growing one crop but it always does bad and his next door neighbor is doing great growing a different crop one would think the poor farmer might switch to the crop the successful neighbor is growing. I see that thought never even came close to going through the head of the poor farmer in this video. Some situations you just can't fix. Maybe the poor farmer should find something else to do.

[@Najaf-gb3me]

Yup

[@almightyfatal]

Yup. He's not too bright

[@loganstroganoff1284]

Yup hes likely never rotated his crops, fertilized or fortified the soil with anything, and corn may very well be a bad choice for that soil.

[@johnlamb3101]

Because that farmer is a Houtkop!

[@Bennylebea]

The neighbour must help him or teach him the ropes, that’s wat the reconciliation is for. We can’t change the mistakes of the past but we can make up for it.

[@Yesterdie02]

And look at Zimbabwe Now.................(The security situation is volatile. Unemployment is high, the economy is unstable, and there is a high crime rate. Sometimes there are shortages of medical supplies, basic goods and food. Essential services such as power, water and transport are unreliable) Oh boy how other nations could learn from such disastrous governments

[@tauraimubaiwa4421]

High crime rate where?

[@Seth-MAD-man]

​@@tauraimubaiwa4421 if u don't know u don't know

[@CETGale]

Its Communism..... Its never worked anywhere its been tried....

[@icetrip2417]

Still better than being ruled by whites lol crime rate in Zimbabwe is lower than Britain fam

[@icetrip2417]

@@Seth-MAD-manyou haven’t visited other countries

[@Organized.Chaos.00]

Rhodesia was one of the most prosperous countries in the world. Once the natives took over the country collapsed. Now Zimbabwe pays white farmers to come back and save them. South Africa take notice.

[@erickumalo2372]

People were celebrating that Mugabe was a president didn't know that was the beginning of their problems

[@paulkwaramba584]

Started off well though. Tony Blair changed it. Thatcher was great for zimbabwe

[@Roseforres]

Why is Africa so rich in natural resources, but so poor? Where are the leaders in Africa?

[@08Stella]

The leaders ARE the problem. Everywhere. If only our governments didn't exist, neither would the majority of our problems. Worldwide. I just posted about this myself, going down the RABBIT HOLE, asking the same question: *why do you think AFRICA has to remain poor? Why do you think Kadaffi from Lybia had to go?* I give you an example (one of my writings) Once upon a time, there was a plan to counter the injustice that takes place in the export, selling raw material (platinum, manganese, gold..) to the world, from Africa. Once it’s mined they are not processed in Africa, they are sent to rich countries for processing and creation of products. The finished products are then sold back to Africa at exuberant prices and the governments in AFRICA pay heavy TAXES on these same products that were mined in AFRICA the begin with. There was a plan to counter this by the man named Moammar Kaddafi from Lybia. He planned to create a Central Bank of Africa, with one currency, backed by the natural raw resources in AFRICA. THAT, WAS REVOLUTIONARY. Because the British pound, the Dollar, the Chinese yuan, the Japanese yen are not backed by anything. .. and if this had gone through, Kadaffi’s plan, the standard of living of the people in the rich Western countries would have dropped like a rock. That, is why Kadaffi had to go. Keeping AFRICA in DEBT. This is just one example out of a million. Like the Ghanian President pointed it out: *"Why is it that no matter how generous the cherity Africa stays poor?" - President of Ghana.* Another important player in this fight is the Indian Ecologist, *Dr. Vandana Shiva.* Her 3 minute video on WORLD HUNGER in Africa and India is phenomenal. I cried. Look it up here on YT. Many of us are asking the same question. *How come that the people who are actually working on the fields, producing the food, are going hungry?* It's messed up everywhere.. there are good people everywhere who are fighting the good fight and stand for fairness (not hatred and carrying on with the war). Many white folks opposed the APARTHEID too, but couldn't do anything while they were in power. Look up MANDELA's life - the old videos - you can see how many was on his side and they knew back then that it'd create unimaginable, notorious problems for generations to come. ... I could go on but it's just a failure NOT to notice that it's not us, the people (white or black or Indian or Asian) are the problem, but our governing apparatus. What will it take that ppl wake up? I am even afraid to ask these days, xx..

[@Alfaomegabravo]

no capital, no means of production. Even if you have a gold mine if you only have a shovel you can only dig up enough nuggets to feed yourself, if you had an excavator you could dig up enough to feed the village.

[@itslogical8459]

Breeding like rabbits and expecting everything to be okay

[@tvs9978]

The good leaders of Africa are always assassinated and/or undermined if they are not killed so that they and their countries, can never reach their potential

[@williamthebonquerer9181]

@@Alfaomegabravo its not about means of production it's about value added chains. Mining copper doesn't do much. Making copper pipes makes more money

[@kathybradbury]

Poor land management causes the infertility of the soils, not white men.

[@gooner72]

The eyes of a realist........well done Kathy.

[@lukestrawwalker]

EXACTLY... so take the remaining land from the people who know how to properly operate it, and let the squatters that have ruined their own land take it over... sounds like a great idea! When they're starving they'll have nobody to blame but themselves! They'll deserve no sympathy either! OL J R :)

[@mukodoborijakafiriri8698]

Soil erosion was only brought by rapacious ignorant white professors

[@mentuhotepii2641]

White people should go back and farm in Europe, please leave Africans Alone!

[@blakshatta4093]

@@lukestrawwalker It's our land

[@echohunter4199]

He was squatting on the land, it wasn’t his. During WWII the British had better things to focus on and since black have 8 children on average, it’s common for people to just squat and do a little farming. It’s easy to see how this is easy to do when the land is in remote regions and in hilly terrain. But as usual, the black guy is always the victim in western medias eyes. It’s reports like this that convinced western countries that Africans were being abused while the truth is the opposite.

[@Letthrtruthbetold5328]

Opposite how, please enlight me.

[@echohunter4199]

@@Letthrtruthbetold5328 conduct your fanning campaign elsewhere.

[@Letthrtruthbetold5328]

@@echohunter4199 Just as i thought thank you.

[@Takedownman]

And now they are begging whites to come back 🤣

[@maxwelltafirenyika2614]

Who is begging

[@mboroyako6413]

Anyone with skills really they don't have to be white necessarily

[@marcoslightspeed5517]

No they aren't lmao

[@sharleenjj8548]

Never

[@Byronthegooner]

​In the year 2024 many moron hahahaha@@maxwelltafirenyika2614

[@MrTarrentaal]

Where is Zimbabwe’s economy today? Are most of the black Zimbabweans better off? Do they have a higher standard of living? The answer is NO… 😂

[@aarongunnz9513]

Thanks to policy of dictatorship

[@lawrencestoke]

Actually, the newly resettled farmers are doing quite well on their ancestral lands. The economy was under 23 years of US economic sanctions. That's the only reason it wasn't doing as well....but even with the sanctions, Zimbabwe is better than most African countries.

[@MrTarrentaal]

@@lawrencestoke Actually, the country remains a net importer of food. Actually the poorer rural areas are far worse off and actually the education standards have dropped to illiterate over the past 20 years in most of the smaller schools.. Harare looks like a dump! The beautiful big indigenous trees along the road sides have been hacked down for charcoal, and the countries business is dominated by illegal trade in diamonds and gold and other precious metals, mainly by the political ZANU elite… Not sure which Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 you are talking about. Oh and they have destroyed their currency too in the process. If you steal from your citizens and do bad things then you get sanctioned by other economies. That’s how the real world works

[@brandont2690]

​@@lawrencestoke the sanctions were put in place on the rhodisha government. Lifted with majority rule.

[@VeriteLexicon]

Mugabe only brought division, chaos, misery, pain to all people in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe woulda been the Singapore, the Switzerland of Africa very prosperous instead. The question is, will Zimbabwe ever become a peaceful prosperous country with the same people in power who are rigid, corrupt and brutal. I wonder

[@abdulosman111]

Yea White man Making Zimbabwe What a joke Look at Angola and South Africa and Namibia what has those countrys become after White supported Rulers?

[@mnp3713]

But is is one of the safest countries in Africa and a very pleasant place to be a Tourist or work - Zimbabweans are nice people.

[@kumbiektw]

Speak for yourself mate…Mugabe was and still a hero to many Zimbabweans,Africans and black people all over the world.

[@paulkwaramba584]

I agree but he didn't at the start. Tony Blair removed aid that was a major issue. Both sides were wrong

[@brianoichoe47]

Yes it will, only if you accept to emancipate yourself from the white man's mentality of development and visualize life as a true African. Mugabe was right by all standards.

[@doorhinge2039]

And now they starve. Ironic lol

[@kevinjaylow4147]

We can never starve you are just dreaming i live here i never straved ever we live a decent life

[@kamarikucheza]

​@@kevinjaylow4147 😂

[@robert8552]

@@kevinjaylow4147 Then why are thousands of Zim citizens fleeing to South Africa? If you ask those people (who come into SA mostly illegally), they say there are no jobs and no future in Zim!

[@kevinjaylow4147]

@@robert8552 you are just silly and dont worry about immigration South Africa supposed to fix it we fix it in the region as long they dont run to Europe which no one does

[@GerritBarnard-v5k]

@@kevinjaylow4147 commie alert

[@ashmarconsulting5940]

This is a dress rehearsal for South Africa and what is about to come.

[@user-jr2ue9nu6y]

Well Bantus will get the land they want. Under it.

[@PhoenixDesigns0420]

So glad someone mentioned it, for this the grim future for South Africa under Julius Malema's rule... Wish people would wake-up ad smell the roses.

[@marksquires1112]

Malema is a criminal and will never be president of SA

[@gatshenindlovu8224]

Land expropriation without compensation in our lifetime, we must nationalize the mines resources, the banks and property as a whole. No Zimbabwe end result of land grab will shake us. Lizobuya lelizwe

[@vuyilemdladla4576]

@@gatshenindlovu8224 If we nationalise everything and then proceed to get sanctioned, who will we sell our minerals too? Look at who most of our exports go to, look at how much we import, look at what our main exports are. No country produces all of the products it consumes, its impractical. If you think the Chinese or BRICS as a whole would buy majority of our exports, you are mistaken. This country's economy would collapse and in the chaos we'd end up fighting amongst ourselves. Also after watching the biggest SOE's, absolutely fall apart over the past 30 years, Do you really think that putting the majority of our economy under the control of the government, is a good idea?

[@worldwarz4531]

There was No Land called Zimbabwe before the europeans came, Just like there was No Land of native Indians in USA, there were tribes who killed each other and fought themself. So you dream about Zimbabwe before the british came but there was No Zimbabwe Back Then....

[@ourclassicmovies1929-es1jd]

TRUE STORY WHO WAS IN TURKEY BEFORE THE TURKS ARRIVED? WHO OCCUPIED THE LAND IN TEXAS BEFORE THE APACHE MOVED IN? THE HUMAN STORY IS A STORY OF EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION

[@livisonmanyika]

For some of us who witnessed this with our own eyes we regret being born Zimbabwean

[@tvs9978]

You shouldn't. You have a beautiful country, and a well educated population which will take you far. The generations before you had to make enormous sacrifices to free the country of direct colonial rule. Now it's your turn to take the baton and make the future even brighter for the coming generations.

[@shanewalkingdead8258]

Its okay you aren't ethnically Zimbabwe you can go back to where ever you came from no need for worrying about things which aren't yours.

[@mfundongobese8391]

Hate sanctions. This is our land, they sanction us if we try to own it ourselves. They want it to them selves

[@dtox1283]

I agree with you.

[@peterwallace7015]

@@tvs9978 With 90% unemployment and inflation getting back to Weiner levels nice words will not feed the people.

[@mistervanwyk7405]

Miss good old Rhodesia now huh ?

[@shanewalkingdead8258]

No one does its just you.

[@bekisiphotshili2566]

In your dreams, sweetie.

[@neoalmaguer6505]

Fuck Rhodesia they lost the war

[@carama3590]

Government greed at its finest here

[@dannynikos1102]

White Zimbabweans farmers should have been allowed to keep at least 25% of their lands.The situation would have been different today.Most of the lands taken from them are not been used.

[@rockrabbit253]

Government should have used smart taxation to buy land and educate and assist black people to become successful commercial farmers. However , it's too late for that now and Zim will continue to struggle for decades to come.

[@Takedownman]

Thats why they are begging for whites to come back

[@KorpusV6]

@@rockrabbit253 Why are you so interested? Leaves us to struggle on our own. We don't need your advice especially not in the KZbin comments section💀

[@rockrabbit253]

@@KorpusV6 I live in South Africa so I have a direct interest. If you had taken my advice it would have saved Zimbabweans a lot of problems. But it's stupid attitudes like yours that cause people a lot of suffering.

[@shanewalkingdead8258]

The main problem here is 1 they where not actually white just white passing. 2 their lands you make me laugh.

[@winnerone1817]

That same land issue will come up again until proper solution is found

[@lightningRatPack]

There is no solution when people think they are entailed to something because of the colour of their skin.

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

@14:17 how ironic that the man who cheered the process of making so many in Zimbabwe starve to death was so fat himself. I wonder if he lost any weight in the famine he played a critical role in creating.

[@aarongunnz9513]

😅😂😅😂😅😂

[@olsaffa7679]

Everybody would like to get some free stuff because of their skin colour or ancestry but land is never for free, not even when given. Wait till you have to work the land, risk everything and then have your crops fail. Subsistence farming is doomed to fail.

[@chiyenyumba7135]

Well land in Africa was taken by colonisers for free

[@olsaffa7679]

@@chiyenyumba7135 And land in Africa was taken by Bantu from the Khoi for free. Nobody today can be held responsible. I owe you just as little as you owe me.

[@chiyenyumba7135]

@@olsaffa7679 🤣🤣is 🤣🤣 that's the twisted story peddled by the Dutch descendents.... We are waiting to here from the Khoisan themselves. Khoisas and Bantu are Africans and Dutch are not..... We take everything with a pinch of salt including the bible story.... Africa is woke we really don't care about how europeans want to tell this or the other story. Africa is sweet however it comes with the little inconvenience of the African.

[@chiyenyumba7135]

@@olsaffa7679 I don't owe you anything at all. I will never give into questioning my African heritage or have to explain it. No one in Europe is having to explain their European heritage to anyone. Let Africans be.

[@SimpleLifeAlways81]

I am white married to black and he said he hates to be called African American … he was born in America so he is simply American. I don’t understand why people do stuff like that .. to make blacks have to over explain themselves - sometimes even forcing them to incorrectly say they’re African American. Ugh.

[@rasobiyahman]

Thank you for this excellent clip of indepth and well researched journalism.

[@katyu16]

Rhodesia showed the world what Africa could be. Zimbabwe showed the world what Africa really is.

[@markmoya4386]

If one is allocated with big size of land u likely to have fertile land for a long time due t o crop rotation n at times u don't use that land to let nature rebounds

[@RickOShay]

They say you get the government you deserve. I think the average Zimbabwean would beg to differ. No pun intended.

[@Mo-yd8xc]

That's the dumbest shit I ever read. You think Jews in Germany "deserved" the nazi party govt?

[@Mo-yd8xc]

@Donnell Okafor they have a lot of talented people. My late father came from there in the 60s on a scholarship to get his masters at New York University

[@RickOShay]

@Donnell Okafor Yes exactly. High educational standards is the only solution to ensuring that a good government is appointed. There is no substitute for educated decisions when it comes to voting. In other words voting with your head - not your heart. Otherwise it's just a gamble where you have little chance of appointing the right people to run the country.

[@Mo-yd8xc]

@Donnell Okafor yes. Long Island.

[@Mo-yd8xc]

@Donnell Okafor I've been to ATL (for work) nice accents, Virginia and Washington DC (I'd that's considered the south.)

[@carama3590]

Looks like the Sinclairs worked all day and employed workers meanwhile the thugs are having fun and looking for more handouts. When the handouts are gone there gone!

[@shingitheduke]

Sinclair was occupying stolen land and he got evicted rightfully so

[@SpaceMarine500]

@@shingitheduke Sinclair was working a farm with his knowledge that fed Zimbabweans. Mugabe was not interested in having Zimbabweans continue to eat. If he did, then he would've paid Sinclair to teach modern farming methods to them so that they could keep the land productive. Do not defend the actions of a hero-turned-tyrant. A hero-turned-tyrant is still a tyrant.

[@shingitheduke]

@@SpaceMarine500 Being in possession of stolen land makes Sinclair a criminal regardless of how many Zimbabweans he supposedly fed. Let’s not pretend he was doing this for the benefit of Zimbabweans. He and his family did this to enrich themselves and live lavish lifestyles.

[@SpaceMarine500]

@@shingithedukeThe land came in possession of the Sinclairs in exchange of money under a completely different state with a completely different constitution. Calling him a criminal solves nothing if he's one of the few in the country with knowledge of modern farming. And you cannot sit and arrogantly ignore the obvious. It's his farming produce that went to the markets in Zimbabwe and taking his productivity out just like that without having him take part in giving out training was just one of the many countless decisions in the same vein that led to crippling food shortages. Why? Because the new owners had no idea how to make use of the land for quality farming. It's as simple as that.

[@shingitheduke]

@@SpaceMarine500 if someone steals a car and sells it to you, it only means you bought a stolen car and the car rightfully belongs to the person who it was initially stolen from, not you. Same principle applies to Sinclair, the fact that he was evicted was an act of justice. He may have had a wealth of knowledge in modern farming but that doesn’t excuse the crimes inflicted upon native Zimbabweans. That’s like saying I’m a crook but because some people mainly me, my family and descendants, benefit from my crimes we should just forget about the initial crime. No. They did not need Sinclair or whichever thief forced them off the land to begin with, they would made relevant adjustments through the years to cope with demand.

[@mrjesabi]

Wow,ya won't find honest journalism like this anymore,

[@jewels211966]

LOOK WHAT ZIM IS LIKE TODAY? down and out....

[@yankiefrenz1367]

still better than Rhodesia

[@arkuis]

​@@yankiefrenz1367 sadly, that is clearly highly debatable. As many conversations about the current state of Zim, especially on the internet, often show.

[@icetrip2417]

@@arkuisproperganda

[@stuartmassey4306]

Please make more eppisodes to show from then until now maybe even a whole season

[@prospermtisi277]

When they do it the question of human rights is not raised

[@nickievandermerwe1582]

Everything Mr Jim Sinclair said then is still applicable today.

[@mace8873]

So, what are the living standards of Zimbabwe these days? Has anything improved?

[@BigHonkinGoose]

Government officials doing great, no complaints.

[@marcusmoonstein242]

You can talk all day about who's right and who's wrong, but the laws of economics don't care. One of the laws of economics says that if a government doesn't respect property rights then the economy will suffer. You may feel good about returning the land, but that doesn't mean you'll have an economy afterwards.

[@kesseltonnkosi]

The land is the economy

[@olsaffa7679]

@@kesseltonnkosi Why are there millions of Zimbabweans in South Africa then? They should be prosperous because of the land.

[@olsaffa7679]

@@alfredphamotse1316 Subsistence farming in Africa has killed millions because of starvation over the years. You see a malnutrition or starvation African child on Western TV, you see the result of either war or subsistence farming and drought.

[@marcusmoonstein242]

@@kesseltonnkosi The land used to be the economy hundreds of years ago. That's why people mostly fought wars for land. Today land is only a very small part of the economy. Destroying the bulk of the economy for land makes no sense.

[@olsaffa7679]

@@alfredphamotse1316 Sorry but that's what you have been told to think. All Africa's warring doesn't have "the White Man" to blame. Africans have been warring and raiding each other for cattle from the time cattle husbandry was introduced from the Arabian Peninsula. Africans were taking Africans to sell as slaves before any "terrible White Man" used slaves in the Americas. Africans are as much human as everyone else. Humans always want more and be more than the next guy. The only thing that prevented us from suicide as a species is imho religions. It caused lots of harm too but I think we would have been even worse off without it. Conclusion: forget about blaming the white man and in a decade or two the yellow man. Rather drop the racism.

[@rsa2uk902]

1.2 billion people with a continental gdp of $2.7....with 60 years of independence...don't expect a China situation from Africa.

[@SIZA3]

It has nothing to do with the fact the west has continued to exploit their former colonies post independent? Can you lot be any more hypocritical? Europe relies on exploiting African countries & if they cannot do so, you lot can revert to the dark ages. But you're here taking the moral high ground. 🙄

[@rsa2uk902]

@@SIZA3 In this world you have to do things for yourself...eat or be eaten...why can't Africa be self-sufficient? Be rid of Europe ? You hate the West being powerful but only because you are weak.

[@生命-m5l]

They is poverty in the west too. The problem is that we have a European black tribe that does not get on with us but is around us. The plantation did not do well and they can’t take them back. It’s like Ireland in Africa. All this was done to make Scotland stronger before the collapse of the empire which began in Africa by trading slaves in the 1600s and gold. It was independent then they say , so it is this day...very. It is just not as wealthy as it was a century ago...and no Mary the queen.

[@icetrip2417]

Everyone doubted china look at it now

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

The money to buy the farms was forthcoming in the 1980s from the British government. The farms were however taken by Mugabe and his thugs. After repeated failed attempts to get the Zimbabwean government to distribute the land to peasants, the British government declined to continue the program.

[@tauraimubaiwa4421]

You are lying

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

@@tauraimubaiwa4421no I am definitely not. My uncle was paid out for a farm in 1984 with funds provided by the British government. The farm was given to a senior Zanu pf official.

[@Christopher-jf2ju]

Even though land was taken the earnings from exports were used to develop Rhodesia that's why even when Britain had sanctions on Rhodesia its currency was still stronger then the pound.

[@gooner72]

I wonder what advances the British bought with them.....🤔 I know some people don't always like Colonialism but it wasn't all bad.

[@prepareyourself6728]

Really? White people trying to rewrite history also say slavery wasn't bad! You all need to give up the lying!

[@oliveoil3917]

@@michaelochoa5531 you devil

[@economicfreedomfighterspol3341]

@@michaelochoa5531 shame on you, you are too racist

[@_genova6230]

they brought us white women to use and abuse ,and it stiol goes on today

[@prepareyourself6728]

@@michaelochoa5531 You obviously don't know History, but keep lying to yourself if it makes you feel better! One thing for sure, the "privilege" stole most of what they have, still not satisfied and their descendants can't find no rest or peace!

[@jameskamau2496]

Land without money to buy inputs to grow and keep animals is illogical.Who will fund these peasants?

[@abbasabdurroheem3618]

A typical comment of a THIEF.

[@terrybaikie2181]

Give the land back...dont feed them, let them die.

[@wamz8477]

Back to who. Never. Fuck

[@dadao8564]

Of course prior to you, africans were starving..😏😏😏 europe was so rich you had to leave and come steal African land😎😎😎

[@winnetkundishora7106]

It’s 2022 now and wooow Zim is still alive and able to feed its children Let’s go Zimboz Land to the masses🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼

[@wilfredmoraba5914]

Die of what? Stop fooling yourself

[@olsaffa7679]

@@winnetkundishora7106 Why are there millions of Zimbabweans in South Africa begging or being Zama zamas?

[@zaddysenemy2291]

Africa for Africans both at home and abroad -Marcus Garvey

[@marcl.1346]

So... Europe for Europeans?

[@tvs9978]

Garvey who never stepped foot in Africa. A failed wannabe leader

[@sharleenjj8548]

@@marcl.1346 u cant blame any black person in europe and america or anywhere in the world you took them there,haloo

[@emericdion]

@@sharleenjj8548 Europe isn't forcing immigrants to come in 2022, what are you saying?

[@emericdion]

@Tim Atuhaire what are you saying lol

[@alexandru5369]

"they're good farmers" yep nothing too do with race fact is, soil is the same one group knew how too cultivate it and one didn't that simple

[@Boombastic82]

If Mugabe was as visionary as Thomas Sankara or Muamar Gadaffi who were African leaders that really fought for the good of their people, providing food and self sufficiency.

[@drbrucejmacmurray1834]

You REAP what you SOW, and not understanding INPUT equals GREATER OUTPUT is the DOWNFALL of ZIM.

[@nickievandermerwe1582]

Zimbabwe - from the bread basket of Africa to the basket case of the world. Thanks to Rob

[@paulkwaramba584]

My father fought for independence but loved black and white. Cant we all love each other

[@rykson161]

If I buy stolen property I am not entitled to keep said property!

[@Beavereaver]

Stolen or conquered?

[@robert8552]

True - but to register the property on your name you pay thousands in title transfer fees. If you have to forfeit ownership rights, return those xfer fees (and accrued interest) - this will devastate Zim economically!

[@ckazruddy6796]

Land reform is irreversible!

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

Looks like the ability for Zimbabwe to grow itself out of famine is also irreversible.

[@ckazruddy6796]

@@AndrewTubbiolo only in your head

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

@@ckazruddy6796 Allright boss whatever you say, meanwhile the place has been a disaster since land 'reform'.

[@ckazruddy6796]

@@AndrewTubbiolo Disaster since colonizers

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

@@ckazruddy6796 No, the record is plain for anyone to see. Before land reform going all the way back to colonizing and including the colonial era, Rhodesia and then Zimbabwe was a large food exporter. After land reform Zimbabwe was not able to feed itself and its economy and society have collapsed.

[@ilovetoshop]

Greed on both sides, if the white farmers had realised change was inevitable - they should have proactive, willingly surrendered idle land and negotiated reasonable payment for the land relinquished. And the government of Zimbabwe should also have been more transparent in the redistribution.

[@tafadzwashepherd4580]

lol, Zimbabwe last had a government, if we're being generous in maybe 84..after that Mugabe decided to form a parliament of dunces. There was no ambition at land reform, just political scapegoating and grand larceny. I was from the business/political class. most politicos, and cronies got several commercial farms a piece. My dad refused and fell out with people, including his own brother who had the gall to, (years after a protracted legal battle), hire the white farmer whose farm he had been illegally awarded, to run said farm. People to this day will embezzle the development funds given to them for farming when it ever occurs and most sold off all the implements upon reception of the farms. I have friends who had farms they never went to, estates in Zvimba, luxury homes they originally were renting and then one day just stopped paying for and you cannot throw them out. The party more and more is composed of uneducated, boorish thieves and murderers. Zimbabwe had but a brief moment in which it could have gone in the right direction..by 98 people were just waking up to the reality of the situation, but the dye had been cast in the 80's. Any nation that chases out capital is doomed to fail, the details do not matter.

[@stonedassassin187]

So one side loses anyways.

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

In the end, ownership is not the real issue. It's management style. Modern agriculture is not compatible with the native culture of Zimbabwe. If the farms were run in the same way as they used to be, it would be a much smaller problem that would naturally pass with time. Zimbabwe has been in famine ever since the farms were taken away.

[@FordPrefect-Earth]

13:12 - Looks like Minneapolis.

[@themovementtv3902]

Now give us an episode showing how the whites get that land

[@ppcaca1271]

Produce it yourself stop asking for handouts

[@themovementtv3902]

@@ppcaca1271 damn the mindset tells it all

[@edysonasantewa393]

Seriously !!! I thought they were going to be entirely honest mehn!!! 🤣🤦‍♂️

[@rickybosman6158]

The history of decolonization from the 60's,, beginning with Ghana (Kwame Nkrumah) with the continuous slaughter in DRC between Joseph Kabila, M23 ,Rawandin Tutsi's,, Ugandan Hutu's..and many rebel militants,,is a shocking legacy which began with King Leopard 11 from Belgium.. To keep regurgitating it will retard African prosperity,, it's time to move forward and create new beginnings.

[@eliassolomou980]

This problem is easy to fix . Expand the water / irrigation infrastructure for starters. Introduce modern agricultural machinery, transport and logistics, Introduce new farming techniques such as multi elevated growing beds. Introduce crop diversification. Create farming co ops. Expand / create farms into less productive and desolate waste lands etc. I'd love to go to Zimbabwe and show them what can be achieved. Their situation is not hopeless

[@mmantsaediale204]

I really like what you say

[@Zhiivago]

Yeah. But it's not easy to make that happen when these people lived in very very primitive reality recently. They have to take small steps. It took thousands of years for Europeans to become the might they are.

[@nattyrives9488]

Would you help. I have a plot of land there bt can't develop due to lack of all that . We can partner . Can't we?

[@i.am.navkaur]

The issue is that there is a tremendous lack of basic resources -- fixing infrastructure takes a lot.

[@smido1284]

Modern machinery costs millions…who’ll buy them…if anything these things benefit the Capitalist and their Big Corporations who have driven things to what it is today. Nature has always done it best. The problem is people owning 100s/1000s of acres of land to plant 1 crop… Chemicals and tilling of land destroys everything…plants, animals and people (look at the so developed countries and the health of their people)…there’ll forever be a need to develop more and more of these unhealthy practices… Divide down the land and let people micromanage through Regenerative Agriculture, build ponds, swales (water catch way systems)…mimic nature…then infrastructure can implemented

[@che8866]

The comments are beyond misinformed. This is disgusting.

[@prince.eric_msemwa9732]

50% settled and now one wants an land reform... you gotta loose that's the issue

[@inoviayemi2286]

First to watch Again 😍

[@jeekanza]

If you don't look like a Zimbabweans prior to colonialization you are grabbing land viciously ask the American Indians and many other groups of people

[@SimpleLifeAlways81]

I am Native American, I believe this earth belongs to god and should be shared among people. The whole land grabby, especially after whites purchased the land after independence, is wrong. It’s vile and greedy.

[@stephenjohnson6632]

So the zulu nation should return all the land they stole from over tribes

[@jeekanza]

@@stephenjohnson6632 Was it from other race? If I agree with you Europe will be saturated 🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelmokotong]

More fruitful to discuss colonial land grabs. Much have not been returned nor have any reparations been paid.

[@ppcaca1271]

Look at how mugabas son is spending ur People’s money in south africa

[@lamarkbrown966]

Agree

[@barron8006]

Wow, the corporate media was much less anti-whute back then...

[@chrisbarlow6422]

They don’t know how to take care of land lol

[@allenmitchell3770]

Take the land back regardless of what they say and when you get it you will die for it before you get it back.

[@Aboard_and_Abroad]

in canada we recently gave the 'queen charlotte islands' back to the natives and property rights are not guaranteed. fascinating study. good ol communism.

[@rolanrepolido5655]

Consequences of old system of real estates acquisitions. You park an army/navy ; it's yours (buildings and all)

[@steveosullivan4211]

This is where NEW ZEALAND is going

[@jonathanherman8686]

Here we go.zim 2

[@hastainkarimanzira9837]

Sinclair wasn't a Zimbabwean guys, these Whites insist that they're Africans, the truth is deep down you're European.

[@ankundamwebembezi6358]

Same logic applied to immigrants in Europe yet they were called racist

[@esahm373]

Redistribution of the stolen land from the Rhodesian settlers to the Zimbabweans was already agreed upon in the 1979 Lancaster House Agreements.

[@peterwallace7015]

But the land ended up in the hands of Mugabe's cronies who had no idea on farming. The people got nothing so ended up worse. The productive land regressed and produced nothing, the people that were working were all kicked off the land , the people who wanted to farm got nothing. A fiasco that was just a political move by Mugabe. The country is now a lot worse than it was when this was filmed. 90% unemployed , inflation back up in the 100;s of percent . The country is on the.point of collapse. ASs for stolen land you need to be educated on that. The land was divided up with blacks and whites getting first class land then the next best land was done the same and so on. The blacks were interested only in producing what they needed for their family for that year despite white farmers being sent out to help them produce more so they could sell some and make a profit. Now they can't even feed themselves.

[@publik3n3me]

@@peterwallace7015 Correction the Westerners (United States, England, and many more) sabotaged the project. England was supposed to buy those lands as agreement and return to farmers.

[@arkuis]

Corruption by the Mugabe government destroyed that when all the money for the land reform program provided by the UK in the 1980s and 90s was stolen.

[@internetjunkie5241]

Corruption, inflation ,poverty and hunger. #NhamoNeNzara

[@shanegedula8183]

Sorry but I stopped watching at 0:09 I got spooked. Imagine what I saw...? Australian media house talking about land possession.... That's some scary shit now I'm even more worried about the Indigenous Aborigines of Australia. All I can say is that the prayers of the oppressed and marginalized never fails to enter that sacred and holiest of holy space of the Almighty Amen who in His presence dwells the KA of our Ancestors....

[@LabzAli]

Stolen land whatsoever way you look at it

[@_Ben4810]

Sadly Jim Sinclair was forced out & off his farm in June 2000....

[@nyandikira]

This is zimbabwe and can't be an extension of Britain. Well said! Africa is not an extension of Europe or USA

[@marcl.1346]

Than leave Europe and the US because that's what Mugabe says. Zimbabweans can only be Black and the White ones ("others") should leave.

[@nyandikira]

@@jamesforrester6941 allowing me a grant, a debt or a loan does not make me your property! Like I'm in Rwanda 🇷🇼 we have those loans and whatever but we speak our hearts! We are decreasing those debts and whatever!

[@isaymymind1727]

Mugabe made Zimbabwe an extension of China

[@isaymymind1727]

@@nyandikira Interestingly you are Ruwandan.. You guys are advancing because you openly spoke of the genocide and tried t heal. Im not saying Rwanda is completly healed but I think society advances better if leaders accept the mistakes they made and try to appologise. I am part of the victims of the ZIm Genocide. I don't see myself wishing good for my country because of the pain my people went through. Even reveng is on the table of options for me sometimes. If that pain isn't healed, i am afraid we are sitting on a timebomb

[@nyandikira]

@@isaymymind1727 sorry , you are from ZIm ...means zimbabwe?

[@musondag5436]

Lift sanctions on Zimbabwe considering human rights.

[@rockrabbit253]

What sanctions ? Zim can import and export anything it wants excepts arms from the US.

[@fampiemesangare913]

great African freedom fighter & leader late Robert g Mugabe may almighty god & our African ancestors protect him up there 👆 Africa missed him very well so

[@rucker69]

No lmao

[@olenagirich1884]

Wait, wait, wait - HOW is growing tobacco ABOUT feeding people? lol

[@luyandajayjonsile2545]

Sell it to other African countries and make profit

[@jacknochill6086]

It brings money you dùmba$$

[@JohnnyRecore]

Then with the profit you buy food. Then with the food, you feed people. Are you getting it now?

[@icetrip2417]

@@luyandajayjonsile2545you do realize they have their own right ?

[@thumperrabbit6848]

Rhodesia forever

[@EltonMunyama]

TThe land is the basis of everything. Economic empowerment starts with owning the land and later on the means of production

[@hollismallory2757]

This is a great documentary and after all that George Floyd fallout, it was taken down off of the educational database Films on Demand. So happy to find it here on KZbin!

[@reznikboris5]

AS A NIGERIA I CAN BET U ZIMBOS WILL RECORVER FROM THERE SITUATION SOON N ALL THIS LAND WILL BELONG TO THEM BCZ NO BLACK OWN LAND IN EUROPEN N AMERICA

[@stevemungai3542]

That was in 1998, Zimbabwe today is poorer nation than it was back then

[@icetrip2417]

@@stevemungai3542thats a lie

[@dadao8564]

Violent land grab by Africans versus the colonizer gentle land grab??? The hypocrisy is too much😂😂😂😂

[@RealHexJoker]

the colonizers were able to grow food though

[@dadao8564]

@@RealHexJoker yeah, because there were no one when they arrived..wonder how the natives were feeding themselves😏😏..the colonizers were escaping famine back home but still think without them tre natives would have died😂😂😂

[@RealHexJoker]

@@dadao8564 how did the natives forget how to grow food

[@dadao8564]

@@RealHexJoker i guess the natives were in contact with the colonizer and told them to come quick to help them grow food because they were doing an exceptional job back home😎😎

[@abbasabdurroheem3618]

Thanks my brother. Their hypocrisy is of the highest order.

[@EltonMunyama]

That was a bold move by the Zimbabwean government. They bought the land from who. Our ancestors were forced to leave the fertile land and moved to mountainous areas.

[@salieujallow9112]

Mugabe did a great job for taking back Zimbabwean land from British colonizers. Mugabe was an african hero. Nelson Mandela and Ramaphosa sold out South Africa to Dutch colonizers from Holland and indians

[@SpaceMarine500]

He did not make way for his own people to benefit from the land by learning modern farming techniques.

[@Gomez-m5s]

@@SpaceMarine500 they will learn with time don't worry they took back what's theirs

[@kimbozw1808]

at last count mugabe family had apparently 24 farms. all confiscated from white farmers. zimbabwean justice?

[@arkuis]

Mugabe brought disaster to Zimbabwe because he was corrupt and tyrannical. That's sad. What's sadder is people who believe Mugabe was a hero because it means the people will continue to experience the evil of corruption and tyranny.

[@icetrip2417]

@@Gomez-m5sexactly

[@highchamp1]

Definition To get everything your own way.

[@ourclassicmovies1929-es1jd]

🤣🤣 STOLEN LAND ? 🤣🤣 YOU MEAN CONQUERED SOUTHERN AFRICA WAS CONQUERED

[@SettoStun688]

At 7:10 is the reason Africa is poor. If you are already poor and suffering you cannot have 4 or 12 children.

[@mmantsaediale204]

So sad - again a monster called human rights- Africans - remove the human rights vocabulary because it is not for our benefit.

[@davidkibirige299]

To day we not allowed to enter Europe, not even to own, I inch of land, but its OK for European to own land in Africa,

[@rockrabbit253]

BS. If you have the money , you can buy land in Europe , regardless of where you come from. Most of the African dictators bought property in Europe using money that they stole from their people.

[@isaymymind1727]

Im Zimbabwean and I own land in the Uk. Not sure what you are saying.

[@davidkibirige299]

@@isaymymind1727 ur among those African families that sold-out, ur privileged, come see how ur mother land looks like, destroyed by European sanctions.

[@RSVPrr]

@@isaymymind1727 Are you Black African? What tribe?

[@ayorinde5782]

@@isaymymind1727 that is lie, you must be white Zimbabwean, therefore you can get land in Europe

[@raswill4904]

How does mugabe grabbed the land when he returned it to rightful black owners?

[@Mo-yd8xc]

I know somebody who benefited from a free farm.

[@mlionea]

He got his land back

[@davidmccarroll2280]

As someone who lives on a farm myself the lands the locals have seem to be poorly managed rather than it being inherently bad the white settlers should have educated the locals but like the Rhodesian govt they prefered to keep to themselves

[@wendiebuhle4595]

Educate people then they bite you NEVER

[@bryunmsimango2632]

This is true I cannot see any farmer getting hurt if he was doing what he could to right the wrongs of his forefathers. You have to address what you can see is escalating to prevent it from being a disaster. What is interesting now however is that no matter your race you can sense an impending revolt worldwide over inflation. So many people are beginning to understand the reason behind revolts and look deeper into what caused them.

[@bryunmsimango2632]

@@wendiebuhle4595then you are shortsighted and bound to become a victim of not acknowledging a problem that you could have addressed in time.

[@samanth.]

@@wendiebuhle4595 that's y Rhodesia failed....

[@greglynch6549]

Mugabe so cronies were the Warriors one's who benefited from his so called reforms

[@allenmitchell3770]

Move on to the white line next to the property of your mother's and keep it added to you your new phone. Let the land rest and fertilize it it would be good in a period of years to deuce.

[@gladmoremushamba3461]

There is nothing I can go 😂😂ungamanikidzwe kutaura nechirungu nekuda kwekamubhunu ako nxaaa

[@agrippanhlanhlachamane4959]

We don't like that give the people land

[@rijnvanessen7359]

At least the farmers got their land back.

[@SimpleLifeAlways81]

But the trust will never come back and some of those farmers will leave once again.

[@paulkwaramba584]

Im a British black zimbabwe man. I was born in Britain so im british. I understand this white Zimbabwean he is Zimbabwean however the land was stolen. I battle with this

[@brianoichoe47]

Did you own land in Britain?

[@ndix2053]

Serves the British right, they supported Mugabe when he was committing a genocide & gave him awards at a time when he was committing the most heinous crimes

[@melulekidube2875]

Country was run to the ground

[@briant5685]

zimbabwe was forced to collapse by sanctions imposed when mugabe wanted to repatriate land to the natives,upto this day sanctions are the main obstacle of zimbabwe success that's why multipolarism is the way forward

[@rockrabbit253]

Sanctions are used as an excuse for Zim government failure. Rhodesia had harsh sanctions imposed on them but their economy never collapsed despite being in the middle of a costly civil war.

[@williamthebonquerer9181]

@@rockrabbit253 when nut jobs who ran Rhodesia do a better job you know Mugabe was bad.

[@AffectionateMountainRang-xv8gv]

Just an exuse zimbabwe fucked it up themselves

[@briant5685]

@@AffectionateMountainRang-xv8gv blood thirsty brtish empire just expected the natives not to reclaim their ancestral lands and when they did sanctions were imposed on zimbabwe it's like me coming to your land grabbing it and threatening you not to reclaim it

[@jimmycricket5366]

So-called sanctions were just targeted restrictions and used as an excuse for incompetence. They have been lifted for several months now and no improvement, it's made no difference.

[@gatshenindlovu8224]

As far as I remember, there's no Africans owning even a square inch of Europe or USA. South Africa must expropriate the land of our forefathers without compensation.

[@Richie4321richie]

Wonder what happened to that farm?

[@yankiefrenz1367]

went back to the owners

[@Richie4321richie]

@@yankiefrenz1367 Zanu PF members?

[@CETGale]

They stole it from the owner and were to lazy to work and to dumb to know how so its overgrown and gone now.......