Having lived through the anti-Apartheid era this is very hard to swallow but facts are facts.
The documentary, “Farmlands”, which I have yet to watch is posted below
‘A matter of life & death’: 15,000 white South African farmers seek refuge in Russia - report
RT,
9
July, 2018
A
delegation of 30 South African farming families has arrived in
Russia's farmbelt Stavropol region, Rossiya 1 TV channel reports. The
group says it is facing violent attacks and death threats at home.
Up
to 15,000 Boers, descendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa, are
planning to move to Russia amid rising violence stemming from
government plans to expropriate their land, according to the
delegation.
“It's
a matter of life and death — there are attacks on us. It's got to
the point where the politicians are stirring up a wave of
violence,” Adi
Slebus told the media. "The
climate here [in the Stavropol region] is temperate, and this land is
created by God for farming. All this is very attractive.”
The new South African government lead by President Cyril Ramaphosa has pledged to return the lands owned by white farmers since the 1600s to the black citizens of the country. The government said it is planning to put an end to what it calls the legacy of apartheid, where most of South Africa's land is still in the hands of its minority white population.
Rights
groups have said the initiative incites violence. There were 74 farm
murders and 638 attacks, primarily against white farmers, in 2016-17
in South Africa, according to data by minority rights group
AfriForum.
The
farmers are ready to make a contribution to Russia's booming
agricultural sector, according to Rossiya 1. Each family is ready to
bring up to $100,000 for leasing the land.
Russia
has 43 million hectares of unused farmland. The country has recently
begun giving out free land to Russian citizens to cultivate farming.
The land giveaway program, which began in 2014, has been a huge
success.
This is from February
This is from February
'We are not calling for the slaughter of white people - at least for now': South African parliament votes to SEIZE white-owned land as experts warn of violent repercussions
- White South African farmers to be removed from their land after parliament vote
- The motion for 'expropriation without compensation' passed by a landslide
- It was brought about by Julius Malema who said white farmers are 'criminals'
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