To anyone who cares – Ben Freeth
July 15th, 2009
I write this in the wake of the recent letter I wrote to the Prime minister regarding “where Truth becomes the casualty.” The letter was about the widespread break down in the rule of law on the farms in Chegutu District.
It is time that the truth be told. Minister Welshman Ncube from JOMIC has now denied that there are any land invasions. If he were to come here right now he would see Minister Shamuyarira’s men busily reaping thousands of US dollars worth of Mike Campbell P/L sunflowers in broad day light with complete impunity using Mike Campbell P/L tractors on land that Mike Campbell P/L has court orders and international judgements protecting.
We have video footage of this and the looting of the other crops. Mike Campbell P/L did the land preparation; Mike Campbell P/L bought the fertiliser and seed and planted the maize and the sunflowers and fertilised them and weeded them; and now land invaders continue to reap thousands of US dollars each day of crops that they never sowed or did anything for. Day after day, week after week and now month after month this has continued since the 4 April 2009 when the invasion took place and they reaped the mango crop and the orange crop. Not a single mango, orange, maize cob or sunflower head has been able to be reaped by the owner from that date. The invaders are now interfering with the cattle and saying that the several hundred head of cattle on the property belonging to Mike Campbell P/L are now owned by Shamuyarira too!
Workers have been beaten, abducted and hospitalised; houses and sheds have been broken into; people have been terrorised; water has been cut off by the invaders for weeks and they have plunged the workers into darkness by cutting off their electricity as well; tens of thousands of productive fruit trees have been left without irrigation, fertilisation or spraying. .
Police know all about it and refuse to arrest anyone or even stop them despite the 2 High Court orders saying the invaders must be evicted and the SADC Tribunal judgement saying that Mike Campbell and his family and workers should be allowed to farm without disturbance.
The Honourable Professor has white-washed such situations by saying it is only where there are “eviction letters” and the farmer is not complying, that there are “land disputes.” There is not a farmer in the country who has not vacated immediately on being given an eviction order from a court. The alternative is jail. I challenge JOMIC to give just one example anywhere in the country where a farmer has not complied with an eviction order from a court. The disputes are taking place where people clutching offer letters are taking the law into their own hands and carrying out lawless acts with impunity such as what they are doing on Mount Carmel farm. Does JOMIC really believe that an offer letter gives the authority for invaders to take the law into their own hands and evict people and take their belongings?
How can a Government continue to condone theft and thuggery with lies and with silence in a starving country with no job creation and no investment taking place? How can the people continue to put up with this sorry situation? What sort of signal is it sending out to anyone wanting to grow food crops this coming summer or put any investment into the country? Why should donors be pouring their tax payers money into Zimbabwe to feed us when, with the re-establishment of the rule of law, we would be exporting food as we did when we had the rule of law prior to the farm invasions?
For the sake of everyone who believes in a future for themselves and their children, a full investigation needs to take place into why the law enforcers allow such nefarious activities to continue to go on in Zimbabwe with such impunity.
Ben Freeth
This letter, written by Ben Freeth, was circulated on the Justice for Agriculture mailing list
July 15th, 2009 14:02
Please sent the footage to Carte Blanche, they would love to show the world what a bunch of idiots they would be dealing with if ever they chose to invest in Zim http://www.carteblanche.co.za or http://www.mnet.co.za, my heart goes ot to the family
July 20th, 2009 13:47
Yes, there are many many ‘anyones’ out there who care, some of whom can make a difference to some of the decisions re Zim sometime. How vague that sounds. But the recording must continue in hope, and be spread far and wide. How brave these farmers are.
July 31st, 2009 04:44
Lest there still be any doubt in the minds of various Mugabe apologists, stealing white-owned farms is NOT about helping the poor, it’s about greed and power for a select few…
“MUGABE FAMILY’S LAND GRAB EXPOSED
http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk
29 July 2009
HARARE – Despite his frequent and vociferous claims that the land reform
programme was designed to give farming land to landless blacks, President
Robert Mugabe and his immediate family have been exposed as a multiple farm
owners.
The Mugabe family owns at least 10 large-scale commercial farms. Mugabe has
in the past said that even polygamous men should respect the ‘one family one
farm’ policy, which he and his polygamous inner cabal have flagrantly
violated.
Earlier this year Mugabe took ministers on a tour of Gushungo Dairy Estates,
formerly Foyle Farm which he grabbed from accomplished dairy farmer Ian
Webster, to show off the millions of dollars of state-of-the-art equipment
he had installed there. But he has kept very quiet about most of his farms,
presumably for fear of being exposed as a multiple farm owner.
Investigations have revealed that Mugabe also owns Highfield Farm on the
outskirts of Norton, while two nearby farms were acquired by the state to
create a security buffer zone.
Iron Mask Farm, next to Gushungo Dairy Estates, also belongs to the Mugabe
family although it is believed to be in the name of his wife, Grace.
Iron Mask was owned by the Matthews family and Grace was reportedly enticed
by their mansion farm house with Italian tiles. Despite government policy
not to sell equipment found on farms, Grace auctioned machinery at the farm
during a public auction.
As accusations of multiple farm ownership against the Mugabe family
increased, Grace tried to hoodwink the nation that she was building a home
for street kids at the farm. The project has been quietly forgotten.
Inquiries within the farming sector have revealed that the Mugabe family has
also taken over Sigaru Farm, Liverdale Farm, Bassil Farm and Mazowe Farm in
Mashonaland Central.
Grace is understood to be currently completing the formal takeover of a farm
in Mashonaland West which she wants to give to her son from her first
marriage, Russell Goreraza.
His father, Stanley was posted to China several years ago as a military
attaché before Mugabe helped himself to Grace.
Mugabe’s nephew, Leo Mugabe, according to divorce papers served on him by
his wife, has three large-scale commercial farms while younger brother,
Patrick Zhuwawo has two farms.
Mugabe’s sister Sabina was involved in a much-publicised farm grab in Norton
at the height of the farm invasions. It has not been possible to establish
yet which other farms have been quietly acquired by the Mugabes – but one
thing is certain, they have grabbed a large percentage of Zimbabwe’s best
arable land.”
January 28th, 2010 23:42
Do they realise that The Hague Tribunal will eventually get them? Mugabe is a black Hitler.
May 19th, 2010 00:43
Keep Keep yur faith Ben and family, God heals all wounds eventually. Last time I checked Mugabe and his puppies are not imortal-they will get what is coming to them.
Keep the faith. I am a black Zimbabwean EXILED IN UK and I DO CARE.
May 19th, 2010 01:56
i don’t really have much to say, i just watched the documentry about the whole thing on TV, i’m from Ireland and had no idea what was happening, i wish i could help! this world is so messed up! i just get tears in my eyes thinking about the suffering of everyone involved.
May 19th, 2010 16:15
i would just like to say that mike campbell, ben freeth and their families are the most inspiring people i have come across in this day and age. despite the unfairness of the law they kept going fighting for what is right and mr Freeth, despite the situation kept a very heart warming smile on his face throughout. With no land, business, home or money most people would just give up i hope that this family realises just how many people respect and look up to them for what they are trying to acheive. well done you are my idols i believe that one day fairness will be restored to these wonderful people god bless
May 19th, 2010 22:00
I greatly admire your courage, faith and trust in God and pray your prayers will be answered. Where are the world’s governments when Mugabe destroys a successful farming community supplying housing, food and employment to 500 local people not to mention the violence, torture and corruption of justice.
May 20th, 2010 11:45
@will –
I saw the documentary last night and was so moved…I couldnt sleep last night and woke up early this morning thinking about all of this. I am also a white african living in the uk at the moment but want to go back – i am not european, american or australian, i am a white african, africa is in my blood, thought I could settle anywhere else…not so, it turned out. There is a longing that never goes away.
Ben and family, good luck and God bless.
May 20th, 2010 21:23
Ben, my mother and I watched the documentary and were absolutely heartbroken. My father was a white South Afrikan farmer in Zambia, and I grew up there, but we now live in the UK. My mother, who saw rumblings of very similar things starting, but quickly squashed, in Zambia, was simply mortified, and I have no doubt in my mind that my father too, would also be if he were alive today.
There are many, many, many people who deeply deeply care about the situation and it’s so very important that you and your family keep that in mind in your darkest and most isolated moments. You are pioneers, inspirations and history makers, and no matter what else Mugabe thinks he can take from you, he will never take your mind, your soul, your spirit and your faith and that leaves him powerless!
God bless x
May 21st, 2010 10:03
Probably the most moving report on man’s inhumanity to man that I have seen. I am in awe of this family, of their commitment to their land and their faith which holds them together and strong. Brave, dignified, lovely, caring people who love their country and care for its people !
It’s one thing to watch news reports on the situation in Zimbabwe but the powerful effect of this horrendous story and the presentation of the horrors that this family and so may others are living through gives us a true insight into this creation of a despot. Surely Mugabe can’t go on much longer but it’s the legacy he will have left that may take time to change.
This documentary must be shown throughout the world, especially in South Africa and any other country where the government turns a blind eye to the disaster that is Zimbabwe.
The righteous and just people of Zimbabwe we salute you.
May 23rd, 2010 20:32
God Bless you Ben and your beautiful family.
I have just watched the Ch 4 documentary. You and your family are a true inspiration. Your courage, convictions and bravery are amazing. Ben, Mike and family you are true Christians and the Lord will be there always for you, please do not be afraid.
You have brought your cause to the attention of the world…………’Evil flourishes when good men do nothing’………….You are truly GOOD men
I will pray for you
Marina xxx
May 24th, 2010 13:30
Ben, Mike and family you are such brave people.
I found it incredible and so upsetting what you went through.
I am writing to my MP here in UK and EU……..This cannot go on. All of the decent world loathes Mugabe and his sick evil Government………………It is a BASIC human right to be able to live in peace without fear. Your bravery is outstanding
God bless you all
May 24th, 2010 16:44
We have just watched this programme on replay. It encapsulates all that is so terribly wrong and unjust in Zimbabwe. There will inevitably come a day of judgment for those who continue to ignore justice and the rule of law.
We can only wonder at the strength of faith shown by Mike, Ben and their families and we feel for all of them and their 500 workers who have all been so brutally displaced and dispossessed.
May 25th, 2010 10:16
Mike, Ben and the family are such an inspiration and it is a challenge to me, would I have the faith and courage to make a stand as they have.
I pray that God continues to bless and watch over them and they will not lose heart.
I continue to pray for Zimbabwe and its people and the justice they deserve and I know that there are thousands of people all over the world who are doing the same.
God Bless
May 25th, 2010 14:11
Screening of “Mugabe and the White African” is more than just about a “farming” family in Zimbabwe.
I doubt very much if viewers of the
“documentary” would still sympathise with this family, Mike Campbell and his son-in-law, Ben Freeth after watching them online.
Mike Campbell and Ben Freeth show they real colours in their own series on youtube particularly the “interview” of Mike Campbell where he tells it like he sees it “if they want to eat they need to have white farmers”:
Zimbabwe White farmers (Pt 4&5)
The land was grabbed by Mike Campbell, a South African army captain, who came to Zimbabwe from South Africa in 1974, in the middle of the guerrilla war against the black majority, just four years before the infamous white supremacist Ian Smith unilaterally yielded to international pressure to end white minority rule. Original Rhodesian white farmers have now all left or have complied with the land reform, Mike Campbell won’t.
Ben Freeth portrays himself as a victim of racial attacks but do not say where he and his family really comes from. Ben Freeth is the son of a British Empire military officer, they are men from the past, from another century, when people like Ben and his father came straight from the British establishment to rule the world.
May 26th, 2010 00:01
Have just seen this programme. What on earth are the politicians doing??? Surely this cannot be allowed to continue once it has been highlighted so exactly to the world. If all of us ordinary people were to take the time to stand up for people like Mike and Ben and their lovely family then the world would be a slightly better place for all of us. There needs to be a stand made against this tyrant what a pity there is no oil in the area I am sure something would have been done by now. Nevertheless, honest hardworking people white and black are being deprived of a livelihood, robbed and murdered by Mugabe – its not enough that foreign leaders ‘avoid’ being photographed near Mugabe or be seen shaking his hand at international events they should STOP him in his tracks.
I also hope that someone can start a fund for Mike’s campaign I will certainly contribute as will many others I am sure.
Good luck Mike and Ben and God bless your family and friends.
May 26th, 2010 19:41
Truly inspiring and brave.I have never seen some much courage in my life, it brought tears to my eyes. You truly deserve to stay.
May God bless you, good luck to you all.
May 27th, 2010 10:05
Nothings can warrant the barbaric treatment given to these people and their own black countrymen.
The whole transfer of land is a sham and an opportunity for Mugabe and his cronies to plunder that wonderful country for their own gains.
Where is the justice in this and shame on you if you support it.
May 31st, 2010 18:29
Inspirational stuff…such a shame that there is no oil in Zimbabwe as maybe then the idiots in Whitehall and the White House might have done something about Mugabe and his cronies a long time ago!
Christian Allard – your written English is so poor it comes as no surprise that you cant understand the subleties of context in the youtube interview. You turkey, have you ever even set foot on the great continent!
Keep the faith Ben, Mike & families… there are many Africans (of all colours and creeds) who care deeply and are inspired by your courage.
Go safely.
June 2nd, 2010 13:28
@Steve –
There might be no oil in Zimbabwe Steve but some “idiots” in Whitehall are making a lot of money out of Zimbabwe:
“Blood money: the MPs cashing in on Zimbabwe’s misery
Tory frontbenchers are among those with shares in companies accused of propping up the violent – and now illegal – regime in Harare.”
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/blood-money-the-mps-cashing-in-on-zimbabwes-misery-856583.html
Are you sharing my outrage Steve? If you are, ask Ben Freeth to tell us the truth about his own family’s fortune. Sir Robert Hill Smith, third baronet Crowmallie, Liberal Democrat MP is one of the MPs with investments in Zimbabwe and Sir Robert is Ben Freeth’s uncle!
On Wednesday 24 March 2010 Sir Robert Hill Smith, third baronet Crowmallie, declared in the House of Commons: “I should declare an interest, as my nephew is a Zimbabwean who has been evicted from farmland.”
Who still believe Ben Freeth story of a poor farmer who lost his farm?
June 2nd, 2010 13:36
@Steve –
Steve, the word you are looking for is subtleties and not subleties, no need to thank me.
June 3rd, 2010 20:41
Ditto to previous comments made by Nisha….”Truly inspiring and brave.I have never seen some much courage in my life, it brought tears to my eyes. You truly deserve to stay.
May God bless you, good luck to you all”
Please tell us ” What we can do to support you over there”… ( as i don’t think people truly appreciate how they may be of help in this situation). xxx
June 5th, 2010 10:52
Have just seen the movie and it appears that sanctions are being used as an excuse by the Regime to evict farmers.
It may be cheaper for democracies like the Uk, US etc to agree to compensate the farmers and offer to resettle them. Let the thugs have their land and face justice at some later day when the country becomes a basket case.
June 7th, 2010 00:20
6 June 2010 My family and I have just watched in awe this film of injustice and mans inhumanity to man . Brave , modest men and women we salute your bravery and spirit. Shame on every government in the so called civilised world for allowing these outrageous acts of aggression to carry on unchecked. I just would like to wish the whole family the very best for their future whatever it holds , they are inspirational .The most moving documentary I have seen ,God Bless You .
June 8th, 2010 11:15
@Christian Allard – Christian, I think it is good that you have provided links to things like the Independent article. But I am afraid that what you are saying is missing the point by a very long way. The point is Mugabe is a self confessed Hitler in Africa, and he has no interest in the welfare of the people in his country. If he did, his land reform would at least ensure that truly poor people were given farm land and trained how to farm it properly. But that very clearly is not what is happening. It is Mugabe and those closest to him who are taking the farms with violence and intimidation. Poor black Zimbabweans are not benefiting at all, it is the privileged black Zimbabwean few. Regardless of Ben and Mike’s background, family history and wealth, which frankly they made little effort to hide in the documentary as Ben’s parents UK home is clearly a large expensive house, the fact remains that Mugabe’s henchmen kicked the living s#&t out of them, including a 60+ year old woman, and if you want to provide a balanced view you must condemn that. It is also clear that the farm supported many of the local population, and when Mike Cambell says they need white farmers, what he is talking about is that these farmers have a level of farming and agricultural management expertise. If Mugabe wants to reform his economy, then he should be working with the people who know how to manage large farms (who, for whatever historical reasons) are white. Mugabe doesn’t want to reform Zimbabwe’s economy, he has totally destroyed it. So I invite you to respond to what I have written here. Because it seems that your approach to Black vs White is ‘an eye for an eye’, whereas what is needed for the sake of basic humanity is people working together and moving forward to rebuild Zimbabwe with intelligence and hard work, not stupidity and violence and outrageous dishonesty. I’d like to see if you can provide a balanced point of view. I would also like you to explain your background to help put your views in more context.
I am a Londoner, my wife’s family are white Zimbabwean and we have many disagreements about the history of Europeans in Africa. I believe in bringing people peacefully together for constructive progress.
June 8th, 2010 23:47
Ben, Mike and the family,thank you for the inspiring journey n what yu r doing for the people around you.Its moving to note that yu clearly understand that the hate has been projected by the evil regime and attackers are jus being forced into a situation they have very little control,hope yu can stay on and stand for your rights,you are true heroes,may God bless you all.
June 12th, 2010 08:12
But Kieron, you yourself didn’t state in your post that exterminating people is bad – that means you yourself haven’t provided a balanced viewpoint.
That’s the logic of your advice. Silly, isn’t it?
June 13th, 2010 14:48
Just want to give my very best wishes to Ben and Mike and their families. I was so moved by your courage and determination, and all along faith in the future. My wishes also goes to all other farmers you fight for, and you emplyees and their families.
This is certainly a case worth to fight for.
And as you say, hate is only destructive, so I am so sorry for the poor people in this country who are misled by their govornment.
June 14th, 2010 14:09
@Kieron –
Kieron , thank you very much for giving me a chance to explain why I chose to take such a view on Mike Campbell and Ben Freeth instead of echoing everyone else’s view that Mugabe is the man responsible for the problem of land redistribution.
Had the “documentary” been about poor black Zimbabweans being thrown out of their homes under a white supremacist regime and now under Mugabe’s regime, I would have condemned the privileged black Zimbabwean few who are doing today what the fewer privileged white non Zimbabweans did for decades.
But we all know that this “documentary” is about a handful of privileged white non Zimbabweans showing the world that they are victims of a system that they created and benefited from. What Mugabe’s henchmen are doing to them today is what those old folks did to Zimbabweans in order to get their white hands on African land.
Mike Campbell and Ben Freeth are not farmers and are not Zimbabweans; one is South African, the other a British citizen and both are owners of an estate where more than 500 people are living and working for them.
They certainly do not need any money as they have accumulated enough to last them for generations but they are trying very hard to target the South African government because they know that Mugabe is not the problem regarding land redistribution; if he was, South Africa wouldn’t start the process to redistribute the land.
June 14th, 2010 22:48
Saw you on a documentary on TV. Oh God what you have been fighting!
I got the impression that you had a court order protecting you from Mugabes hoodlums.
Now I read you are still fighting. It is a shame. Why isnt UN or “worldpolice” USA doing anything about black Hitler Mugabe?
For all it is worth – I am praying for your health and well being.
God bless you all!
June 15th, 2010 03:19
I care. So incredibly brave and inspirational. God bless you Ben, and your family.
June 15th, 2010 19:47
@cinesimon – cinesimon – I think it is fair to say that if you read my original post it has a very reasonable and considered tone. I’m not sure I would ever have believed that anyone reading my post would think that I support “exterminating” people. That is obviously difficult for you to understand so, for the record, exterminating people is bad. Very bad.
If you read my post and think about it which you clearly haven’t or just can’t, it doesn’t take much brain power to work out that if I am clearly condemning Mugabe and reference the fact that he is a self-proclaimed Hitler, that I am very strongly against “exterminating” people – I assume you don’t need a lesson in Hitler’s approach to ensuring the supremacy of the Aryan Race, concentration camps, the SS, etc.
Its also not difficult to see that I wasn’t offering any advice, so no, its not “silly isn’t it?” as you say. What I was doing was asking Christian to provide a more balanced point of view. I would advise you now to read his response which provides the balanced point of view that I said I would be interested in hearing from him.
Next time you write a post, I would get someone you know who has got a brain to check what you have written to make sure it doesn’t make you look like the idiot you clearly are.
June 25th, 2010 05:19
@Kieron – @Kieron – Mugabe is the biggest fool ever born cutting his nose to spite his own face. Look how his country has collapsed without the diligent hard work of those farmers and the joblessness of it all with those farm workers now left unemployed and destitute. It does not matter whether Ben Freeth comes from a wealthy family in England or not what matters is that he is fighting not only for what is his property that he purchased but also for the rights of others including the black Zimbabwean.Mugabe and his Zanu-PF are nothing but brutal thieving dictators abusing farmers to hood-wink the blacks in “land redistribution” when they are keeping all for themselves and looting Zimbabwe bone dry of its minerals and gems too. What bastards!
June 28th, 2010 15:48
@non-zimbo –
Ben Freeth is only fighting for white farmers in Zimbabwe, Ben Freeth is no more a farmer than he is Zimbabwean.
It does matter that Ben Freeth comes from a wealthy family in the UK and he did not purchased his property, his South African father in law did under the white supremacist Rhodesian regime.
As for looting Zimbabwe bone dry of its minerals and gems look who is at it, Ben Freeth supporting uncle, Sir Robert Hill Smith third baronet of Crowmalie MP:
Blood money: the MPs cashing in on Zimbabwe’s misery
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/blood-money-the-mps-cashing-in-on-zimbabwes-misery-856583.html
July 9th, 2010 11:31
It may be a naive thing to say, but I believe there has to be a point when history and politics give way to humanity and compassion! Regardless of where Ben Freeth and Mike Campbell come from, who their relatives are or how much money they have accumulated, they did not deserve to be beaten and have their home burnt to the ground. Likewise the people working on the farm did not deserve to be beaten and their homes torched. I’ve read this blog and can understand the two main points of view that have come across… The black people of Rhodesia suffered under the pre-Independence government, and what a happy and hopeful day for the black population Independence was! But there can be no doubt that Mugabe has little to no interest in the rights of ordinary citizens in Zimbabwe today. What happened to the Ndebele in the 80s is enough for me to see that Mugabe is not one of the good guys. The suffering of ordinary people continues, and it is no less of a tragedy that it is being inflicted on them by a black government than it was before under a white government.
I was moved by the determination and faith of Ben Freeth, Mike Campbell and their family. Those who feel no compassion for them after seeing the documentary shown earlier this year should analyse why they feel that way. Racism in all its forms is wrong, and it doesn’t matter whether those who suffer are white or black or any other race. What matters is that people’s greed and hate causes so much pain to others, and I offer my support to Ben and his family. I do care, and I pray that you find what you seek.
July 13th, 2010 10:44
@Saiwen –
I feel no compassion for Mike Campbell and Ben Freeth after seeing the documentary because, unlike the real Zimbabweans, Campbell and Freeth have a choice, they can leave the land they purchased under a white supremacist regime.
Anyone feeling compassion for Mike Campbell should hear what he thinks of the African people who worked for him and fed him and his family for decades:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbfhrr2NyH4
July 14th, 2010 13:55
Actually, he bought his farm under a BLACK SUPREMACIST REGIME. You need to go and watch that video clip you posted again carefully, and take in some of the facts that conflict with your theory of what’s happening in Zimbabwe and focus on exactly who Campbell is ctaully talking about as well.
Campbell says:
“The theory they [Zanu PF] are feeding [the people] is that the land was stolen. All the land that I’ve got in this country, I bought. And I bought with their [Zanu PF government's] blessing. On one of the farms the government signed a Certificate of No Interest, post 1980, so I didn’t steal anything from anybody”.
You may not be aware of this Christian, but Independence happened in 1980. And post 1980 farms had to be offered to the government first to buy – if they didn;t want it, they issued a ‘Certificate of No Interest’ and it was sold on the open market.
Second: I can’t hear Campbell saying anything disparaging about the people who ‘work for him and fed him and his family for decades’ as you suggest. I CAN hear him make disparaging remarks about the thugs who invade the farms and the Zanu PF elite who have benefitted from all the stolen land.
And frankly, what he says about those twits is true: they are not farmers, they are politicians who swish up to farms in Mercedes Benzes and do nothing; they have asset stripped property and sold everything they can for quick profit. There ARE derelict farms EVERYWHERE in Zimbabwe – its a tragedy.
And there is no way our country is producing food to feed its people – you only need to see our (new) reliance on importaed food on the shelves, and you had to experience the food shortages in the past few years to know that as a FAT FACT. Prior to this land reform debacle, Zimbabwe used to export surplus food.
So Christian, I think you’re talking cr*p, basically, and I don’t think you have any idea of the reality in Zimbabwe or Zimbabwe’s history.
Regardless, you don’t have like or respect a man to know that he deserves justice and law as much as the next person. Whether you feel compassion or not is irrelvant, I guess the only question is whether you think the rule of law should apply, and if so, then the Campbells should be given their farm back according to the regional laws which the government signed up to.
July 15th, 2010 09:08
@Jane -
Jane you wrote:
“Actually, he bought his farm under a BLACK SUPREMACIST REGIME”
1974 is the date Mike Campbell bought the large estate with its 500 workers, please do check the court papers and understand your mistake.
The South African army captain purchased the land in the middle of a civil war when Rhodesia was ruled by a white supremacist regime.
Those are well documented facts Jane, ask people who are telling you otherwise who owned the land between 1974 to 1999 if it was not Mike Campbell because he lived there.
July 15th, 2010 10:17
I agree with you Jane.
Who is this this Christian Allard and what planet does he come from. Why doesn’t he stand up and be counted and reveal what authority he has to come up with such biggotted and racist views.