Is this progress for land in Zim?

[Russ16]

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/zimbabwe-returning-67-european-owned-farms-covered-by-investment-treaties-2026-05-07/

 

[Philip Glass]

It's behind a paywall so we can't read it. I was just there and no real news of any kind. We can always hope.

 

[UNTAMED KNIVES]

I grew up a Zimbabwean farmer, my pa was a farmer until only last year, and my cousins are all still farming.

This doesn’t really do anything for actual farmers on the ground. The reality is already that there are more farmers today than in the last 20 years, but farming in Zim is still a massive challenge.

Those farms that were lost, not one of them has even 5% of the infrastructure left on them today that they used to have. That’s just the reality. I’ve been onto farms that used to amazing, and today, not even the bricks of the farm house are left, just a slab in the middle of no where.

Which means, anyone who goes farming today, basically has to start from scratch. Then factor in issues with electricity delivery, no decent loan structure and steep input prices vs sale prices on your crops, well, farming is just plain difficult, bordering on impossible for a lot of guys

 

[Russ16]

It's behind a paywall so we can't read it. I was just there and no real news of any kind. We can always hope.

Weird no paywall for me.

Long story short 67 fans being returned to the owners they were confiscated form as part of an international settlement.

Maybe some of those become wildlife/hunting areas at some point. Who knows.

 

[towserthemouser]

"We've completely looted them and destroyed all the valuable bits. Now for some reason we can't grow anything. Here, you can have them back. No offense, right? Just grow some food, OK?"

Communism, socialism. When will they ever learn? They just keep trying it, and it just keeps killing millions. SHEEESH.

 

[deewayne2003]

Communism, socialism. When will they ever learn? They just keep trying it, and it just keeps killing millions. SHEEESH.

Oh no…. “The real reason that communism/socialism fails is because of western interventionism keeps making communism fail and besides communism has never been implemented correctly for it to succeed.”

I received the entire manifesto of that idiocy, from a female bartender in Austin that has a PhD in English; it’s always entrenched in the true kooliad drinkers of communism would work if they the intellectual elite were to implement it.

I once asked her about Cuba sending troops to Africa, was that western interventionism?

She didn’t even know that Cuba sent troops to Africa.

 

[BruceS]

I grew up a Zimbabwean farmer, my pa was a farmer until only last year, and my cousins are all still farming.

This doesn’t really do anything for actual farmers on the ground. The reality is already that there are more farmers today than in the last 20 years, but farming in Zim is still a massive challenge.

Those farms that were lost, not one of them has even 5% of the infrastructure left on them today that they used to have. That’s just the reality. I’ve been onto farms that used to amazing, and today, not even the bricks of the farm house are left, just a slab in the middle of no where.

Which means, anyone who goes farming today, basically has to start from scratch. Then factor in issues with electricity delivery, no decent loan structure and steep input prices vs sale prices on your crops, well, farming is just plain difficult, bordering on impossible for a lot of guys

Totally agree. Friends of mine had their farm taken and within 6 months it was unrecognizable and destroyed. Very sad.

 

[txtrout75218]

Bartending in Austin is a great use of a doctoral degree in English...

 

[Ridge Runner]

Weird no paywall for me.

Long story short 67 fans being returned to the owners they were confiscated form as part of an international settlement.

Maybe some of those become wildlife/hunting areas at some point. Who knows.

I also tried to read it. I got a pay wall also.
$1 per week or $4 per month to continue reading. It's gotta be a scam because the subscription is "they" charge $4 even if you only want the service for a week.