ZIMBABWE: MACHEKE: FARMERS RETURN
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- (24 Apr 2000) English/Nat
When farmer Dave Stevens was killed in Zimbabwe ten days ago, farmers in the Macheke area left their farms for Harare for fear of further attack from veterans' groups.
On Monday, some 40 families decided to return - much to the relief of the workers who had remained on the farms and found they had nowhere else to go.
The whole community in Macheke is in shock over the killing of local farmer Dave Stevens more than a week ago.
They're still very upset by the turn of events but argue their crops can't wait.
Many of them are tobacco farmers and are keen to try to get as much as possible of their tobacco crop ready for export when the sales begin on Wednesday.
Mick and Helena Rose are fourth generation farmers in Zimbabwe whose whole family are involved in farming.
The Rose's crop, weighing in at over 100 tonnes could be worth up to 180-thousand U-S dollars.
Because the Zimbabwe dollar is so weak at present, Mick Rose plans to sell the lowest quality first in the hope that things will get better and the price will rise again.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
(Question) "How did the workers react when you came back?
(Answer) "They were pleased to see me obviously they are very apprehensive. The whole area is tense they now that farmer Stevens has been killed.They know that other guys have been beaten up. It's not a happy state of affairs at the moment. They are trying to get life back to normal as soon as possible."
SUPER CAPTION: Mick Rose, Tobacco Farmer
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"I didn't think it would get to this kind of violence. There was tension in this area for a good four weeks. But nothing could have made us think it could get to this, we are devastated."
SUPER CAPTION: Helena Rose, Tobacco Farmer
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"I am sceptical at the moment about the sale of the tobacco because the state of the Zimbabwe dollar is not conducive to selling our tobacco early. "
SUPER CAPTION: Mick Rose, Tobacco Farmer
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Im a black Zimbabwean. If you are aZimbo you are my brother. Period. Land is an issue the government failed to handle.
Someone else needs to do it better. We need all Zimbabweans to farm land. Black and white together. Its the only way to peace and prosperity.
I agree with you man, we need to put the negative stuff behind and work together.
hadtochangemyname tothis how did white got the land in first place .oh now you calling for unity .remember this when we African say we don't want white people in our land is becuse white dive and rule people
Wish more black Zimbabweans were as enlightened as yourself....seems too many are not or are prey to the evil minipulations of others
@Water Johono We now have 300,000 black farmers who are smallholder farmers. They now produce more than what the white farmers used to do. The hopeless lie that these white farmers were the best in the region has been disproved. I feel sorry for Zimbabweans who fail to see that we have crossed over from being bullied by whites to being people who can manage our own economy.
@Gemma Saint She is crazy and dumb.
These farmers are fools for returning to Zimbabwe, knowing that another white farmer was murdered there. As soon as their farm is prosperous again, the government will seize the farm.
Farmers are murdered everywhere not in Zimbabwe only..besides these folks love the beauty of 🇿🇼
It was their home and they wanted to return.
Let them Eat cake well they don’t have bread milk sugar water butter or icing so let them eat ass
That guy is going back!!!! Nuts.
I can't imagine how heart aching it would be to lose land - similar to the land lease issues in Fiji.
You do know their grandparents stole the land from the original owners right? Not centuries ago either....please, give me a break, how about I come steal something of yours, then hand it down to my grand children while my children prosper off of it and your children suffer see how “heart aching” you will feel
@@mellymel6624 but seriously if we were to weigh the sides I would suppose people suffered less before the land reform than during this current situation ...nomatter why the people voted no to the land reform....The government should have given land ownership to the people so that they could receive loans from banks so that they could at least stand a chance as commercial farming is complicated...i also believe we would have stood a better chance if the white farmers only lost half of the farms and were instructed to assist our black farmers as they possessed generations of farming knowledge and financial powers due to generations of unequal distribution of wealth.....
Wondering what the current status is of the Rankin/Sylvester Nyatsuro situation is?
We got numerous road signs saying "Don't feed the animals".
You do realize that those so called white farmers would have NOTHING if it wasn't for the proud hard working black Africans ,the BLACKS always stand up with great black pride and do ALL the hard work while the so called white farmers sits on it's LAZY filthy pink azzhole all day or he s driving around all day in it's four wheel drive air conditioning doing fucking NOTHING...........
@@dudeman5234 if thats the case why did the farms fail after they were either seized or the white families killed , anyone who goes back is crazy it will happen again .
@@dudeman5234 haha hahahhahahaha hard working lmao
I see a lot of negative comments here you lot dont know Zimbabweans. Dont blame every Zimbabwean for mistakes and stupid decision that was made by a few mad idiots. Right now there are a lot of Europeans flocking there every month doing business under cover
Going back? That's insane. Let the government take care of the people.
Wish you all the best Hope the black learn the lesson of justice and fair play
The blacks have their country back from European land thieves
that's true because they did nothing like stilling and jealous
I will NEVER go back to this life = Treacherous government and a brutal police force who will not lift a finger to help you = Zimbabweans are very brave people
Love you ❤
When Malaysia got its independence, we did not drive the british planters out. Correct ne if i n wrong. We learned from them to cultivate large scale plantations as well as small holdings...be it rubber or oil palm. Big mistake by Mugabe...change do not occur overnight. He should have a cultivated a collaborative enviroment between white n blacks of course with incentives so that both sides cud prosper.
Your asians these people are hard to work with
Should let them all starve. Take your materials and equipment and leave that cursed place until they agree to give us our own Rhodesia.
Your not going too get your own place in Africa ,not a chance ,maybe try in Europe ....
so you want to see humanity starving?
There must something this people are going back.
I think he’s doing the right thing.
Were these People born and raised in Zimbabwe. ? If yes. Then that is there country too. Period.
they better run
+dooda And move back to Europe now.
+dooda And now you are starving Bantu good.
pc muppet We won't starve we can survive.
+ChampCarforlife No-one is dividing and conquering. Your ethnic tribes have always been good at killing each other.
Im fucking laughing outloud.
The should start farms in Europe.
@s H Africans don't do much of anything else either but break everything down and fight with everyone and each ither
Why they born on African soil?
Odd, White Farmers return and "Just Like That". people are no longer starving. Odd indeed. Makes you wonder, huh.
What a waste of Human Resources.
Good for them hold down that territory
#el
We are all human being we must share. white not superior to black and black not superior to white. But black people love white but white people not how we going to leave together?
Desouza Willy SHARE WHAT? ITS NOT OBLIGATORY. IF YOU DONT WANT STRANGERS COME TO YOUR HOME. ESPECIALLY HATEFUL DISEASES PEOPLE
Hahaha once kicked twice pain Soon lynch finality
?lnpp
They must rent no to be given land permanently. .then the government earn some interest 😩😩
Grace, the Zimbabwe government used to earn millions and millions of dollars every year because of your farmers selling tobacco to the world.
Now that has gone.
That is why Zim is poor.
You cannot import things without dollars.
You can't have dollars without selling things to the world.
i`ve seen one moderate comment from a white guys thanks man
AFRICA. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
UNLESS YOU ARE BLACK.