Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 16:15:00 -0700
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Subject: ZimCrisis#32 -- Mugabe Urges Namibia to Grab Land
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has urged landless Namibians to follow his country's example and forcibly reclaim their land if white farmers refuse to share it, a Namibian newspaper reported on Friday. "If the other neighbouring countries have problems similar to the ones we have encountered, why not apply the same solution as Zimbabwe? It is a simple solution," The Namibian quoted Mugabe as saying in Namibia on Thursday. Mugabe, flanked by Namibian President Sam Nujoma and Prime Minister Hage Geingob, addressed a rally in northern Namibia to mark Africa Day. "If they (the white commercial farmers) are ready to discuss with you and give land then there is no need for a fight. But in Zimbabwe the British are not ready and we are making them ready now," Mugabe was quoted as saying. "A boyfriend can accept a no from a girlfriend, but a freedom fighter can never accept a no from an imperialist," Mugabe added. Hundreds of veterans of Zimbabwe's 1970s liberation war have invaded more than a thousand white commercial farms demanding land they say was stolen from their forefathers by white colonists. At least 23 people mostly black people have been killed, hundreds beaten or raped and many others forced to flee their homes in the face of the government-sponsored land invasions and political intimidation over the past three months. -Independent Online
Craig
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Brief list of helpful sites on the issue:
- Comprehensive news updates -- http://www.1freespace.com/beetee
- Offers of and requests for help for Zimbabweans -- http://pub9.ezboard.com/boffersofhelp
- Commercial Farmers' Union -- http://www.mweb.co.zw/cfu
- Movement for Democratic Change -- http://www.in2zw.com/mdc
- Zimbabwe Democracy Trust -- http://www.zimbabwedemocracytrust.org
- BSAP Pursuit of Zimbabwean Criminals -- http://www.bsaphq.f9.co.uk
To: "Zimbabwe Crisis Mailing List":;
From: Zimbabwe Crisis
Subject: ZimCrisis#32 -- Mugabe Urges Namibia to Grab Land
Cc: "Australian government":;, "British government":;,
"Canadian government":
;, "South African government":;,
"US government":;, Commonwealth:;, "NG organisations":;, Press:;
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has urged landless Namibians to follow his country's example and forcibly reclaim their land if white farmers refuse to share it, a Namibian newspaper reported on Friday. "If the other neighbouring countries have problems similar to the ones we have encountered, why not apply the same solution as Zimbabwe? It is a simple solution," The Namibian quoted Mugabe as saying in Namibia on Thursday. Mugabe, flanked by Namibian President Sam Nujoma and Prime Minister Hage Geingob, addressed a rally in northern Namibia to mark Africa Day. "If they (the white commercial farmers) are ready to discuss with you and give land then there is no need for a fight. But in Zimbabwe the British are not ready and we are making them ready now," Mugabe was quoted as saying. "A boyfriend can accept a no from a girlfriend, but a freedom fighter can never accept a no from an imperialist," Mugabe added. Hundreds of veterans of Zimbabwe's 1970s liberation war have invaded more than a thousand white commercial farms demanding land they say was stolen from their forefathers by white colonists. At least 23 people mostly black people have been killed, hundreds beaten or raped and many others forced to flee their homes in the face of the government-sponsored land invasions and political intimidation over the past three months. -Independent Online
Craig
Zimbabwe Crisis Mailing List
This is currently a manually administered mailing list. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send your request to DELETED. Personal requests for removal will be carried out immediately. Requests from governmental, political or press organisations will be treated less favourably. The purpose of this list is not necessarily to redistribute published news reports. Rather, it is intended to distribute reports from or directly affecting those people in Zimbabwe. If you have seen something before, I apologise. Hopefully that will not be a regular occurrence.
Brief list of helpful sites on the issue:
- Comprehensive news updates -- http://www.1freespace.com/beetee
- Offers of and requests for help for Zimbabweans -- http://pub9.ezboard.com/boffersofhelp
- Commercial Farmers' Union -- http://www.mweb.co.zw/cfu
- Movement for Democratic Change -- http://www.in2zw.com/mdc
- Zimbabwe Democracy Trust -- http://www.zimbabwedemocracytrust.org
- BSAP Pursuit of Zimbabwean Criminals -- http://www.bsaphq.f9.co.uk
