Comments on: SADC tribunal hammers Zimbabwe’s land reform programme http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/2690 This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:20:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Ants http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/2690/comment-page-1#comment-272500 Ants Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:51:49 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=2690#comment-272500 @Oliver Chettle – Quite right. Hopefully someone in the right position in Britain can substantiate this claim, which most right-minded folk believe to be the truth. What was meant to compensate farmers, actually ended up in Mugabe’s sticky claws.

Does anyone recall the issue of Time Magazine years ago which ranked Mugabe as the 8th wealthiest man on earth at the time? Accurate or not – the obviously enormous wealth he has amassed is certainly not in line with a Presidential salary รขโ‚ฌโ€œ let alone the Presidential salary of a small, almost insignificant country in Africa!

Clearly he had to have stolen vast amounts money, and what better way than compensation intended for his farmers provided by a benevolent country? And presumably re-directed aid also.

Is my imagination wildly off the track, or are most folk unable to see the facts for what they are?

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]]> By: Oliver Chettle http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/2690/comment-page-1#comment-272494 Oliver Chettle Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:22:26 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=2690#comment-272494 Britain did not renege on its agreement. Mugabe dragged his feet for years, and then insisted on terms which created a strong suspicion - reinforced a hundred fold by subsequent events - that any further money paid would be used for the personal benefit of regime members. In these circumstances it would have been a dereliction of duty for the British government to hand over money taken from British taxpayers. It should also be noted that the quantum of humanitarian aid given to Zimbabwe by the UK since independence - which would not have been needed if Zimbabwe had been well governed - is many times greater than the maximum ever claimed to be due for land redistribution.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('272494','Oliver Chettle'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('272494','Oliver Chettle','Britain did not renege on its agreement. Mugabe dragged his feet for years, and then insisted on terms which created a strong suspicion - reinforced a hundred fold by subsequent events - that any further money paid would be used for the personal benefit of regime members. In these circumstances it would have been a dereliction of duty for the British government to hand over money taken from British taxpayers. \r\n\r\nIt should also be noted that the quantum of humanitarian aid given to Zimbabwe by the UK since independence - which would not have been needed if Zimbabwe had been well governed - is many times greater than the maximum ever claimed to be due for land redistribution.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Britain did not renege on its agreement. Mugabe dragged his feet for years, and then insisted on terms which created a strong suspicion – reinforced a hundred fold by subsequent events – that any further money paid would be used for the personal benefit of regime members. In these circumstances it would have been a dereliction of duty for the British government to hand over money taken from British taxpayers.

It should also be noted that the quantum of humanitarian aid given to Zimbabwe by the UK since independence – which would not have been needed if Zimbabwe had been well governed – is many times greater than the maximum ever claimed to be due for land redistribution.

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