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Original Post Date: 2004-03-01 Posted By: Jan
From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 3/1/2004 1:34:16 PM
Namibia: Land Reform worries White Farmers
[Here is an interesting fact for you. Do you know, on the SABC, on the national TV news, I have not yet seen any mention of this!? Not one word so far. It is only in the independent media (such as it is).
Thus it begins… with the wishy washy excuses as to WHY they need to “speed up land reform”… Let’s see how they proceed forward and how they go about lying, cheating and stealing the land from the white farmers. Jan]
Pretoria – The Namibian Agricultural Union (NAU) has asked its government to explain to citizens and the international community the criteria under which farms will be expropriated.
Namibian Prime Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab announced last week that land would be appropriated to speed up land reform.
He said the country’s voluntary-buyer, voluntary-seller policy was too cumbersome and did not meet the public demand for land.
Gurirab said the 240 000 landless people were not being helped fast enough under the existing policy.
Since the announcement was made, government has identified eight farms for expropriation. The farms are in the Omaheke and Khomas districts.
Jan de Wet, president of the NUA, said the “swift step” had come as a shock.
The NUA said there were international guidelines that were seen as appropriate reasons for expropriation. These included cases where foreigners did not use their land economically.
Within the ambit of the law
“It seems as if the eight farms that were listed for expropriation do not reflect these criteria. It seems more like retribution measures,” said De Wet.
Gurirab gave assurances last week that expropriation would take place within the ambit of the law.
De Wet cautioned farmers to remain calm, wise and responsible: “It is necessary to ensure the stability of the country.”
The NAU said 10% of agricultural land in Namibia, which included about 700 farms, had been handed over to historically disadvantaged groups through land reform. Most of these farms were in the highly productive north of the country.
Previously disadvantaged groups own or live on 64.75% of arable land, which includes communal and commercial areas, said the NAU.
“These figures prove that the voluntary-buyer, voluntary-seller policy is successful and that it disrupted the agricultural sector as little as possible,” said De Wet.
Edited by Iaine Harper
Source: NEWS24.COM
URL: http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2…br>