L es Blancs et les Noirs « ne peuvent pas s'éviter » au Zimbabwe et c'est la raison pour laquelle l'Etat a « mis en place une politique de réconciliation », a affirmé mercredi soir son président, Robert Mugabecité par l'Afp.
« Beaucoup (de Blancs) sont restés, y compris le célèbre Ian Smith, ancien Premier ministre », a déclaré. Mugabe, qui s'exprimait lors d'un dîner offert en son honneur à Lilongwe par le président du Malawi, Bingu wa Mathurika. Ian Smith a été le dernier Premier ministre de la Rhodésie britannique, devenue Zimbabwe à son indépendance en 1980 à l'issue d'une guerre civile de sept ans qui a opposé son régime ségrégationniste aux mouvements de libération, dont l'un était dirigé par Robert Mugabe.
Le ministre zimbabwéens de la redistribution des terres dément l'information selon laquelle,les fermiers blancs pourraient reprendre des terres.
"They are lying. No white farmer is being invited back. And why should we offer them such long leases?"
Serious disagreements have emerged among commercial farmers after government this week refuted earlier claims by the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) that the organisation was collaborating with the state to bring back some of the farmers who lost their properties since the start of the land reform programme six years ago. The CFU had reportedly claimed that it had changed its stance towards government’s land reform initiative and had submitted up to 200 applications on behalf of its members for consideration as A2 farmers. The claim by CFU president Doug Taylor-Freeme and his deputy Trevor Gifford has attracted sharp criticism from some of the affected farmers, who have said it was a “great betrayal to all the people who have suffered, died and been murdered the past six years”.Ministers of Agriculture Joseph Made, State Security, Lands and Land Resettlement, Dydimus Mutasa and Special Affairs Responsible for Land, Flora Bhuka have been widely quoted in recent media reports as confirming that farmers would be invited back. But Mutasa this week denied ever issuing such a statement on the issue.
“Vanondinyepera (They are lying). I have never spoken to any foreign journalist and all their claims are wrong.” Mutasa said. “No white farmer is being invited back. And why should we offer them such long leases?” Mutasa said all government was doing was rationalising the sizes of properties still occupied by remaining white farmers. “If the state considers that the farm is too big then it is going to be reduced, “Mutasa said. “For instance farmers in Region 1 such as those in Nyanga will have slightly smaller farms than those in Region 2 and farmers in Region 3 will also have slightly smaller farms than those in Region 4. The biggest farms are expected to be in Region 5.” Mutasa said the remaining white commercial farmers were expected to stay on their properties long enough to satisfy government of their commitment and may, after getting offer letters be invited to apply for a lease later. “That is what is happening. All the other claims that you heard are wrong.”
Bhuka was quoted by the state media as saying: “So far about 500 of the remaining 927 white farmers have applied and their applications are being considered.” Similarly, Mutasa reportedly said: “We hope that these white farmers will refrain from doing agriculture in a political way, they must just be farmers and resist from politics on the farms.” Mutasa’s denial throws the CFU into a quandary as other farmers’ representative organisations have distanced themselves from the initiative. Last week, Marc Crawford, president of the Southern Africa Commercial Farmers Alliance, lashed out at the CFU labelling the organisation “Zanu PF puppets” for failing to protect the interests of the remaining farmers.
ki nèg nwè ki nèg klè
ki nèg klè ki nèg nwè
tout nèg a nèg
nèg klè pè nèg nwè
nèg nwè pa lè wè nèg klè
nèg nwè ké wéy klè
senti i sa roune nèg klè
mè nèg klè ké wéy klè a toujou nèg
sa ki fèt pou nèg vin' blang?
blang té gen chivé pli long?
pou senblé yé nou trapé chivé plat kon fil mang!!!
mandé to fanm...!
mè pou kisa blang lé vin' nwè?
ha... savé ki avan vin' blan yé té ja nèg!
a nou mèm ké nou mèm dépi nânni nânnan...
chinwa soti, kouli soti, indyen soti, blang soti
mèm koté nèg soti
Les nouveau fermiers noirs vont obtenir leur bail pour 99ans
Zim's new black farmers to get 99-year leases
May 08 2006 at 03:39PM
Harare - The authorities in Zimbabwe, who are battling
to restore lost production on farms, are scheduled
this week to visit new black farmers in the west of
the country to see if they qualify for 99-year land
leases, local reports said on Monday.
Members of the National Land Board are to visit
farmers in Matabeland North and South, Lands Minister
Didymus Mutasa told the state-controlled Herald
newspaper.
Leases will only be issued "if the board is satisfied
that a farmer is fully utilising the farm he was
allocated" under President Robert Mugabe's
controversial programme of white land seizures,
launched six years ago, Mutasa said.
Following sweeping changes to the constitution last
year which have made all agricultural land state land,
farmers can no longer own land in Zimbabwe,
There have been threats to take back farms
"Once you get the lease, it means that you would use
the farm for 99 years. So we should be careful in the
exercise because we do not want to give a lease to
anyone who would not use the land productively for 99
years,"Mutasa said.
Before 2000, much of Zimbabwe's prime agricultural
land belonged to around 4 000 white commercial
farmers: now it is mostly in the hands of new black
farmers. But some senior government officials are
exasperated at the plummeting production levels and
there have been threats to take back farms.
Mugabe is keen to restore Zimbabwe's image as the
grain basket of southern Africa. Since the start of
the land reform programme the country has had to
import hundreds of thousands of tonnes of the staple
maize to make up for poor harvests.
Meanwhile the government has been issuing mixed
signals on the future of white farmers who may want to
lease land from the government.
Flora Buka, Minister of State for Special Affairs
Responsible for Land Reform, says 500 white farmers
who have applied for leases are having their
applications considered.
But in an interview with the private Zimbabwe
Independent newspaper last Friday, Mutasa said "no
white farmer is being invited back. And why should we
offer them such long leases?" - Sapa-dpa
ki nèg nwè ki nèg klè
ki nèg klè ki nèg nwè
tout nèg a nèg
nèg klè pè nèg nwè
nèg nwè pa lè wè nèg klè
nèg nwè ké wéy klè
senti i sa roune nèg klè
mè nèg klè ké wéy klè a toujou nèg
sa ki fèt pou nèg vin' blang?
blang té gen chivé pli long?
pou senblé yé nou trapé chivé plat kon fil mang!!!
mandé to fanm...!
mè pou kisa blang lé vin' nwè?
ha... savé ki avan vin' blan yé té ja nèg!
a nou mèm ké nou mèm dépi nânni nânnan...
chinwa soti, kouli soti, indyen soti, blang soti
mèm koté nèg soti
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