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Who Said You Cant Farm?By Chiyedza Tagarika

Special points of interest:

Who Said You Cant Farm?

Was Blood Shed Not Enough?

Race Relations Into The Future

Protect the Children From Religious Indoctrination

The Role of Art in Nation Building

As We Think So Are We

I want to make it clear that the Rhode-sian model of farming which was uti-

lized by the so called commercial white

farmers is not suitable for Zimbabwe

because it was based on exploitation

of cheap labourers who were barely

paid for their back breaking work. Also

the white commercial farmers used to

get financial back up from financial

institutions which our current farmers willonly dream of; therefore, we need to

embrace new ways of doing things.

Onwards with land to the indigenous

people. As Zimbabwe pushes forth with

the transition of reoccupying repos-

sessed farming land, contract farming

also referred to as out grower

schemes, will play a significant role in

bridging and enabling the farmers with

sponsors &/or markets. Contract Farm-

ing is an agricultural production system

carried out according to an agree-ment between a buyer and farmers,

which establishes conditions for the

production and marketing of a farm

product or products namely;

plants, animals and fungi. This agree-

ment is not a partnership; it is a joint

venture between two parties. The

Farmer is engaging the services of

the Contractor and this trading posi-

tion is preserved insofar as tax, VAT,

etc. are concerned. Both parties re-

tain their individual identity as farm

businesses in their own right.

There are five broad models of con-

tracting farming, depending on the

product, the resources of the spon-

sor and the intensity of the relation-

ship between farmer and sponsor

that is necessary:

The centralized model

Involves a centralized processor

and/or packer buying from a large

number of small farmers

Is used for tree crops, annual crops,


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Was Blood Shed Not Enough for Liberation...Debt Too?

THOUGHTS OF THE FUTURE

From recently released British confidential/secret papers from the National Archives.

We should never fall for this again never!


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The Role of Arts in Nation Buildingby A. Shamuyarira

This column invites anyone and everyone out thereto share their stories and opinions on the role of art

and artists in formulating policies for the future. It issad to note that our political systems tend to rele-

gate art to a position of insignificance. Examples

abound of artists who are recruited to further the

objectives of revolutions, but are discarded as irrele-

vant once those objectives are achieved.

The musician, the poet, the sculptor, the painter, the

writer - the world is what it is because they lived,

said one wise one. It is important that our people

and our governments realise that artists are a vital

force in preventing inflexibility in human affairs. They

are a source of rejuvenation. They serve as a bul-

wark against fundamentalism, stagnation, and ad-

ministrative sterility.

Art teaches us to care, to grow, to develop, to

adapt, to overcome, to nurture, to protect, to foster

and to cherish. It helps us to achieve our full human-

ness. It invites us to laugh, to reflect, to cry, to strive,

to persevere. It calls on us to rejoice and uplift our

spirits. Above all, it inspires us to rise from a position

of subservience It is hoped that through contribu-tions from all of you, dear readers, we will be able to

come up with a concrete position on the role artists

should play in the future of our society. It is argued

by some that the state should even jealously pro-

tect and support its artists, even though there

should always be a healthy tension between a seri-

ous artist and his government.

Although your contributions may be universal in ref-

erence it is recommended to pay particular atten-

tion to art in Zimbabwe. Articles will be edited in line

with Thoughts of the Future values. WE look forward

to reading your articles.

Look out for the next issue of this Newsletter for the

first article from yours truly. It will set the tone for fu-

ture contributions to this most exciting and enlight-

ening column. Think Art.

SOME OF ZIMBABWES GREAT ARTISTS

Thomas Mapfumo and Oliver Mtukudzi


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Protect the Children from Religious IndoctrinationBy Muchabaiwa


How does teaching our children

religions that were forced on our

fore-fathers by the oppressor

empower them? How has reli-

gion, mainly Christianity ad-

vanced us as a people?

Would not it be better to teach

our children knowledge to ena-

ble them to unleash their poten-

tial for free growth?

How can someone who doesnt

treat us right teach us right

about our Creator?

As parents, we need to reconsid-er the beliefs or religions we expose

our children to. Our children are our

future and what we teach them

determines the future we will have.

In Africa, many children are forced

to go to church every Sunday by

their parents, forced to attend bi-

ble studies, and if a Catholic

forced to participate in alter ser-

vices. It is unfortunate that the chil-

dren are not being equipped with

knowledge to make choices that

are good for them. Church is man-

datory in most homes, it is not a

thing of choice.

Most religions teach people to look

outside for somebody else to do for

them what they should be doing for

themselves. How does one confess-

ing their sins to a priest help them

become a better person? Wouldnt

it be of more benefit to know things

that make things work successfully

in life, rather than worshiping some-thing or someone you have not

seen or heard from? Most chil-

dren do not take church seri-

ously because they know it isa lie. They look at how their

parents conduct themselves

by not being in compliance

with what they preach. Chil-

dren learn what we do rather

than what we say. Some peo-

ple, especially in Africa, may

never experience the FREE-

DOM that comes with an

awakening from spiritual slum-

ber. Too many are still caught

up in this bondage! Our peo-ple must be properly informed

regarding the religions they

blindly follow which came

from our oppressors!

Below is an interesting point

from someone on Tee Akins FB

page:

Belief in gods is passed to

children before they have the

intellectual wherewithal to

question their elders. Like yourcuisine, your traditions and

your values, belief in gods be-

come a part of your being. They

become axiomatic beliefs ratherthan the conclusion of rigorous

intellectual inquiry.

The white missionaries really

raped the crap out of Africa

when they flooded the continent

with their fairy tale bibles and reli-

gious indoctrination several years

ago. Whats even more intriguing

is that we practice Christianity

more in Africa than those who

invented it or brought it to us.

For example, in Africa, Nigeria to

be exact, many Catholics attend

mass at least 3 times a week, fol-

lowed by house fellowship, and

prayer meetings, not to forget

catechism classes - this is their

regular routine. This means major-

ity of African Christians spend

more than half of their life wor-

shiping an imaginary God.

They invest little to no time to-

wards realistically developingtheir own self their intellect is


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Race Relations into the Futureby Charles TMJ Dube

In this instalment we will attempt totouch on race relations and eventuallymove to ethnicity, nepotism and re-

gionalism.

My hypothesis is that our history was no

accident and that the future and pros-

perity of Zimbabwe lies in the positive

harnessing and rehabilitation of all the

historical forces and elements that

have driven this country to where it is

today, whether in a positive or nega-

tive way. In this respect, all races with

their ethnic divides, who have consid-

ered this country their home at onetime or another, exiled or here domi-

ciled need to have or revive their sense

of belonging and loyalty to the coun-

try. They need to do this from the

depth of their hearts, as patriotic citi-

zens, prepared to defend the wellbe-

ing of their nation from internal and

external threats at all fronts in this glob-

al village, independent of the sense of

8:28) We know that in all things God

works for good with those who love

him, those whom he has called ac-

cording to his purpose). The pre-

colonial natives of this land knew God

and gave Him His place, and that de-

spite that they could have run short of

His glory.

Race relations in this country have a

history, which was translated into prop-erty relations and used as an instru-

ment to maintain as superstructure ex-

ploitative property and race relations

including in the administration of the

state, democratic and human rights.

The Shona have a saying, Dindingwe

rinofara kana richikweva rimwe kana

iro rokwehwa roti mavara angu azare

vhu (In a typical role play, a cheetah

will get maximum joy and satisfaction

from dragging another cheetah in the

mud, but when it becomes its turn tobe dragged it bemoans that its beauti-

ful colours are getting soiled).

Both races have had an oppor-

tunity to drag the other in the

mud and now is the time for all

as nationals to laugh it over and

move forward as one united na-

tion. This can only be possible

through employing Kingdom

principles

Whether we like it or not, CecilJohn Rhodes is one of the

founding fathers of the modern

Zimbabwean nation. If he would

have extended the borders to

the Atlantic Ocean, or Chimoyo

in Mozambique, that is how far

this nation we call Zimbabwe

could be stretching today. That

is our history and we cannot ex-

orcise it out of our memoirs as a

nation.

In establishing the then Rhode-sia, he and his kith and kin had

their own excesses, which

we cannot erase from the

annals of our history. And

yet in accordance with

Kingdom principles, we

should, like Joseph, the

Premier of Ancient Egypt in

discourse to his brothers be

able to say you meant it for

evil and yet it was part of

Gods scheme of things asHe meant it for good to

save many. There is

M o n o m o t a p a , C h i -

m u r e n g a , M z i l i k a z i ,

Soshangana, Zwangenda-

ba, the Swazi and Sotho

settler leaders among oth-

ers before him.

In setting up Rhodesia, the

colonials looted about 70

000 head of cattle from theNdebeles, over 30 000 dis-

bitterness, frustration or anger, justified or unjustified, they might

have had one time or another in the history of this nation. This

calls for a complete understanding of the history of this nation

and all the factors that have contributed to our current state as

it were. This is further driven by the Kingdom principle, which

superimposes divine providence in the history of man (Rom

Race Relations into the Future

Before makeover missionaries labelled Africans as savages.


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As We Think So Are Weby Livingstone Bvumbi

Who do you think is responsible foreverything that is taking place in your

life, whether it be good or bad? If

you could have things go your way,

how would you like your life to be

like? What type of experiences

would you like to have? It is a shock-

ing fact that most of us are unaware

that our life experiences and circum-

stances are direct results of our own

thinking. When we look around us,

everything we see and have is a

manifestation of somebody elses

thoughts or ideas. There is an idea or

purpose behind everything that ex-

ists. For example vehicles, houses,

furniture, clothes, computers, phones

etc., they all came from the mind of

somebody as an idea or thought.

These thoughts could not be seen

until somebody produced them

physically. The more we grasp

this idea that everything is a re-

sult of thought, the more we will

realize we have control over our

circumstances and everything

else that takes place in our lives.

We literally are what we think.

Everything that happens in our

lives is a direct result of the

thoughts we entertain and

choices we make. This means

we are the sum total of all that

we have thought and done. We

are always thinking, even when

we are sleeping which is why

we dream. Even when we de-

cide to stop ourselves from

thinking, we are still thinking just

by having that thought.

Since our circumstances are exter-

nal expressions of our own

thoughts, this means we have to-

tal control of our circumstances

by controlling our thinking. As a

man thinks so is he. When a manthinks right or positively, his circum-

stances and life experiences will

also be positive and the reverse is

true. Positive thoughts are those

thoughts that are in agreement

with life or nature and promote

peace and harmony. Positive

thinking can only produce positive

results. This is like saying one can

only get apples from an apple

tree, or reap wheat after sowing

wheat. The principle is easily un-derstood in nature and it also ap-

plies, even more so, to our own

thinking.

Right is that which can be proven

and is in agreement with life and

nature. When our thoughts are

factual and produce results that

are in harmony with nature then

we are thinking right and operat-

ing righteously. To become right-

eous we have to be taught theformulas of thinking accurately or

operating on thoughts based sole-

ly on facts (that which can be prov-

en). We have to apply this ability to

think factually to produce thoughts

that are geared to promote life.

There are people proficient at think-

ing factually however use that abil-ity to produce things that are

against life. We have to develop

the love for Truth or right and a will

to be in harmony with Life and pro-

mote peace. By doing this we will

be amazed at how many hands of

similar thinking people who will

come to aid us in accomplishing

our noble goals in life. When we live

a life to serve others and making life

pleasurable for all, we will also pro-

duce similar experiences and cir-cumstances for ourselves. We at-

tract to ourselves that which we

constantly think about, be it good

or bad. Since we are always think-

ing, we might as well think right and

positively so that we may produce

right and positive things, situations

and experiences for ourselves.

When we analyze our condition as

a people, we witness many of us in

circumstances we are not fond of,and would like to change them.

Our condition is a reflection

of our collective thinking. To

change our condition as a

whole we have to change

our thinking as individuals first.When we start thinking right

as individuals, we will spread

that thinking through what

we say, do and produce to

those around us, and soon

we will all be operating on

the same mindset based on

facts and that promotes life

and peace. Charity begins at

home. What people think

and do in their homes is what

they will go and do outside

and affect the world the

same way. When we think

and do things right in our

homes, we will also take right-

eousness outside and pro-

duce a peaceful, prosperous

and harmonious world. Let

each of us be the change

that we want to see and ex-perience in the world.


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Protect the Children from Religious Indoctrination


subdued.

This is a reality that children in most Chris-

tian homes have to contend with. Do we

need this type of indoctrination that teach-

es us to look outside of ourselves for power

that is already in us? Everything we pray for,

another man produces it for us. So wouldnt

it be better for us to learn to think so that we

can produce for ourselves what we want

and need instead of expecting it to fall

from heaven? Religious dogma has

stripped us of our power to think and solve

our own problems ourselves and we have

our own history to prove this. Our condition

as a people has worsened and our de-

pendency on other people has intensified

as more and more of us became religious.

When are we going to wake up and realize

these religions are not doing us any good

as a people? In the US, Ive noticed that

the majority of those that attend church

services are Black people. We need to start

questioning the existence and effect of reli-

gion on the continent if we truly want to

gain more knowledge and solve our chal-

lenges.

African parents in church wailing, jumping and screaming

for some so called god to save them, while their lives deteri-

orate further. -Teekay AkinHow is this practice helping us advance as a people?

Below is the message attached to the above photo

by Teekay Akin, informing the African people:

This is just sickening and sad.

It brings tears to my eyes every time I see such.

An entire generation after generation wasted, en-

slaved and bound in their ignorance, folly and as-

sumption of knowledge!

Wailing, jumping and screaming for some so calledgod to save them, while their lives deteriorate further.

While other races are getting work done, solving their

problems and developing their cities and lives, ours

are in churches and mosques, crying and begging

the gods they have been given by their oppressor for

miracles.

Just sad! BUT MARK THESE WORDS! SOONER, SOONER!

This shall be a thing of the past in our lands! WE SHALL

RID OUR LANDS OF THESE CANCERS!!! THE TIME HAS

COME!

A series of comments followed after Teekay Akin

posted the above photo, and some interesting

opinions were shared, some of which are:

Opinionist 1: 100% agree, this is totally tragic. Reli-

gion, superstition and magic acts like an invisible

rope holding back entire nations in Africa. While

Europeans are running away from superstition fast

(and even the USA now has a rapidly growing

atheist minority), Africans seem to be increasingly

embracing it. It is pitiful and heart-breaking to seepictures like this.

Opinionist 2: How many square metres is the land

they are standing on & calculate how many local

industries/employment that space could accom-

modate only if they gave Common Sense a litle

chance...

Opinionist 3: If the mothers are brain-washed

then the continent will surely be brain-washed too.

Have you noticed that all eyes are closed, they

are all blinded by darkness.

Opinionist4: And its always women in the frontrow. What would it take for people to realize that



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tributed among themselves under the supervision

of a loot committee, with the BSA Company itself

getting over 35 000 head. With racial statutes the

colonials not only appropriated the best lands to

themselves but expropriated livestock through

imposed destocking and buyers markets during

which they bought our cattle at their preferredprices, when we did not intend selling them, but

had to sell because they said so. They also did this

as part of Empire and in a spirit of conquest. This

was all despite that God had given Zimbabwe to

its own natives as part of their inheritance: (Deu

32:8) The Most High assigned nations their lands;

he determined where peoples should live. He as-

signed to each nation a heavenly being, (Deu

32:9) but Jacob's descendants he chose for him-

self.

Not that Jacobs descendants were any special,but just for His purpose in the destiny of man, and

that destiny, salvation through looking up to the

hanging Christ. And yet there is one race that has

disrupted Gods human settlement plan and oc-

cupied more than half the world to themselves,

displacing and exterminating natives of those

lands in the process. We thank God that He has

spared us, may be due to the remnant of the

faith among us. When the likes of Chaminuka

preached peace and harmony among us, if we

were to be spared from the cruel subjugation by a

race without knees (in reference to long trousers

they would put on) that would come, we did not

listen to them, we even murdered him for such

warning.

They came as conquerors and we should under-

stand them when they think that they are superior

to us, and when they show some hang-ups to that

colonial mentality. We can only rehabilitate themwith love. When we say to them let us share the

resources we have as a nation and they cry foul,

we should still understand where they are coming

from. When they are understood more than us in

the capitals of the world and especially those that

belong to their race, we should equally under-

stand that selective amnesia. When most of them

immigrated en masse at the dawn of independ-

ence that should not surprise us. We should be

aware that there are still those who genuinely be-

lieve that who you are and who you can be boils

down to the colour of your skin. These are disabledpeople among us, and, in our culture, we do not

despise the disabled. We love them and accept

them as our social responsibility. We should be

aware that even at the international level, there are

those who take race as a religion and have invest-

ed enormously for world domination along racial

lines, and that not for the chosen races, but as an

instrument not for their own evil social agendas.

These are not small boys and they have gigantic

spiritual forces that have been able to engage GodHimself in battle. It is therefore no wonder that rac-

ism is not only demonic and spiritual evil, but an af-

front to Gods wisdom in creating us in various

shades and physical attributes.

While we fought for our liberation from victimisation

by the evil forces of racism, we owe it to God to

hold on to our whites as assets to this nation. Any

white therefore who was born in this country should

be given the right to belong, and so should any

who can trace one of his ancestors to being born

here. Some of them could have joined those they

considered their kith and kin in anger, justified orunjustified, but their sense of belonging could very

Ta-daaaa! After makeover : They can almostlook like normal people. At least when

dressed in proper clothes and lined up in

pretty rows. And with the essential presence

of their European masters, signalling that they

are not dangerous savages anymore.


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away from superstition fast (and even

the USA now has a rapidly growing

atheist minority), Africans seem to be

increasingly embracing it. It is pitiful

and heart-breaking to see pictures

like this.

In conclusion, this is the time for all to

know the real Truth. This is the time to

know who we are, and our relation-

ship to all that exists. This takes accu-

rate thinking to understand. We then

need to apply that understanding toproduce a world that we want to live

in. A world that is peaceful and in har-

mony with all that exists. Our children

need to learn the reality of Life more

so from what we think and do as

adults rather than by indoctrinating

them with belief systems we got from

our oppressors. Beliefs that have not

worked to advance us as a people. A

new generation is rising they are

powerful, knowledgeable, and intel-

lectually gifted to distinguish folly fromreality. The revolution has begun.

this whole concept of religion was/is a

fallacy, nothing concrete, just empty?

I always say, should your 5 year old

son begin to query you about the

contents of the bible, thats where our

foolishness would become evident.

Because obviously the answers

wouldnt appease his conscience. I

guess all youd say to him is just be-

lieve son, if you dont, hell is guaran-

teed of which youre not even con-

vinced of yourself, yet as a parent

and with this you subdue the childs

ability to reason as a human. Typical!

Opinionist 5: So when all is said and

done, what does your belief in godoffer you? A guaranteed seat in

heaven? You truly believe, quite sin-

cerely, that youve done anything to

deserve that? Or just some emotions

you display towards an imaginary

character will earn you that.

Dont be afraid, break free, its

quite relieving!

Opinionist 6: The churches are

silent on the issues that are affect-

ing the African community. It is an

evil, wicked and corrupt institu-

tion that is geared to keep us as

eternal slaves, only this time we

are not on the cotton field plan-

tation in the south or the sugar

plantation in the caribbean. Or

the breaking stones in robbin is-

land. The greatest and most

deadly enslavement is the spiritu-al enslavement of our African

Mind, where the enemy has be-

come the deity. Deep down in

the subconscious of our people

they worship europeans, (the

jesus syndrome). They see the

oppressor as the god (their

savor) even though europe

never had a Divine Spirit. That

Divine Savor or Saviours never

came from europeans and

never will. That Divine Spirit

always come from African

Edenic People. According to

Bob law, all the european

have in their history is john

wayne, alexander the bar-

barian, tarzan, and rambo,

Opinionist 7: 100% agree,

this is totally tragic. Religion,superstition and magic acts

like an invisible rope holding

back entire nations in Africa.

While Europeans are running

Who bestowed the title of prophet on these individuals standing

in front of our people as such? What are they prophesizing?

What gives them the right to act as middlemen between the

Creator and our people? What gives them the right to collect

our money on behalf of God? What is this money donated to

churches being used for?

PROPHETS OR PROFITEERS? PROFITS OR PROPHETS? You decide.


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Zimbabwe is lucky to have differentsoil types & climate zones. For exam-

ple; in Mashonaland East specifically

Mutoko & Murehwa, market garden-

ing is very popular. They produce a

variety of vegetables; cabbages, to-

matoes. The farmers output can be

increased by induced capital by

sponsors. Very little funding can be

sourced by a group of locals or Dias-

poras and identified farmers can be

approached through agriculture ex-

tension officers (AEO). This could be

done in a variety of ways; farmers

could be vetted for potential con-

tract farming by agriculture extension

officers (Madhumeni) who will liaise

between them and identified spon-

sors. In addition, Thoughts of the Fu-

ture (TOFT), is a registered Trust PVT

LTD, it has an agriculture branch that

also facilitates liaison between the

AEO and investors to assist farmers

reach their targeted markets & agri-

culture requirements. They source out

investments and/or sponsorship. TOTF

will guarantee that by ensuringthat those community projects

do bear fruits by directing pro-

jects and marketing of produc-

es. Investors will be investing in

community projects in form of

equipment, input and will be

guaranteed of return of their

investments. In Zimbabwes

current situation, we realize

that the demand is greater

than the supply where food

import is still high. This guaran-

tees an available market. Also,

note that the level of involve-

ment of the sponsor in produc-

tion can vary from a minimum

where, perhaps, only the cor-

rect type of seed is provided,

to the opposite extreme where

the company provides land

preparation, seedlings, agro-

chemicals and even harvesting

services. The extent of the

sponsor's involvement in pro-

duction is rarely fixed and may

poultry, dairy. Products often require

a high degree of processing, such as

tea or vegetables for canning or

freezing

Is vertically coordinated, with quota

allocation and tight quality control

Sponsors' involvement in production

varies from minimal input provision to

the opposite extreme where the

sponsor takes control of most produc-

tion aspects

The nucleus estate model

Is a variation of the centralized mod-

el where the sponsor also manages a

central estate or plantation

The central estate is usually used to

guarantee throughput for the pro-

cessing plant but is sometimes used

only for research or breeding purpos-

es

Is often used with resettlement

or transmigration schemes

Involves a significant provision of

material and management inputs

The multipartite model

May involve a variety of organi-

zations, frequently including statu-

tory bodies

Can develop from the central-

ized or nucleus estate models,

e.g. through the organization of

farmers into cooperatives or the

involvement of a financial institu-tion

The informal model

Is characterized by individual

entrepreneurs or small com-

panies

Involves informal production

contracts, usually on a sea-sonal basis

Often requires government

support services such as re-

search and extension

Involves greater risk of extra-

contractual marketing

The intermediary model

Involves sponsor in subcon-

tracting linkages with farmers

to intermediariesThere is a danger that the

sponsor loses control of pro-

duction and quality as well as

prices received by farmers

depend on its requirements ata particular time or its financial

circumstances.

Often, the operational struc-

ture of projects changes over

time. Successful individual in-

formal developers may ex-

pand their operations into ac-

tivities that eventually evolve

into the centralized category.

Any successful small-scale de-

veloper can grow into a multi-

million dollar business, supply-

ing fresh vegetables to local

supermarkets and frozen vege-

tables for export, with the pro-

duce originating from hun-

dreds of contracted farmers.

Contracts to protect both.


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gance, and prejudice. This was true ofour white brothers as it is true of the

new Zimbabwean. Those who have it

invariably believe that they are spe-

cial and chosen of God. The symp-

toms are there, even among the

wretched of the earth, the man of

colour. It is humility and selflessness

that will build this nation.

There were 200 000 whites at inde-

pendence. Those are our whites. We

need them back, wherever they are.

They should be more by now. Theybenefitted from our sweat and they

must plough back into this nation.

They were probably catalysts to our

modernisation. In science, the cata-

lyst quickens reaction & change with-

out itself being changed. They are

only human. They got changed and

thought they were superior in the pro-

cess. We have all felt that in our indi-

vidual capacities when we have

made impact in our societies. And yet

we can find one another if only wesearch for one another. I have includ-

ed some anecdotes based onthis forum and personal experi-

ence reflecting on the need to

find one another and showing

that it is possible to indeed find

one another. It is not a question

of colour.

As we do our constitution, let us

accept that we have our

whites with a right to belong to

this land by virtue of having

contributed to its history. They

exploited us, but showed uswhat a modern state should be

like in the process. It could

have been painful, but we

should pick from the Kingdom

principle of giving the other

cheek. It is not literal, but refers

to being magnanimous to

those who have ill-treated you

before.

At independence in 1980, we

should have put paid to the

punishment from God for dis-

easily be rekindled by now, 30+ years

later and that goes even for those

who have been angered was allocat-

ed to whites to practice extensive ag-

riculture, Natural Reby the reposses-

sion of the farms by the natives of this

land.

In retaking the land, the pronounced

idea on paper at least was to address

past inequalities and inefficiencies in

land use & allocation, but we could

very easily substitute that by replacing

past injustices with inequalities and

inefficiencies camouflaged in colour

and race. For instance, one of the

arguments against the racially biasedland tenure system was that while

Natural regions I to III, the best land

mostly suitable for intensive agricul-

ture regions IV and V, best suitable for

extensive agriculture was allocat-

ed to Africans to practise inten-

sive agriculture. 67% of commer-

cial farms (whites only) was as-

cribed to grazing land, of which

3% was in Natural Region I, 27% in

Region II, 16% in Region III, 25% in

Region IV and 29% in Region V. If

we are not very careful, we might

not address the problem of ineffi-

cient agro-regional specialisa-

tions as we get preoccupied with

race and not people. This would

of course be dependent on the

motive of the land grabs, that is

whether the driving force was the

creation of nouve whites or

the addressing of old inequalities

and inefficiencies. Farm sizes

have in all fairness, egalitarianism

and justice to reflect the produc-

tivity of the land to which

they are located and not fol-

low the excessive colonial

relics of the colonial might, or

else history will again adminis-

ter justice to the landed Afri-

cans, the same way it has

done to the whites at the turn

of this century. Those who

have by their stars managed

to get land, must voluntarily

hold on to what they can effi-

ciently utilise and questions of

equity must not be deferred

to future generations by the

greed of those who have

been advantaged by their

networking with the current

ruling elite.

Privilege begets pride, arro-

honouring our own prophetsand for not obeying the heav-

enly being assigned to our na-

tion. Our God is indeed a jeal-

ousy God and punishes those

who do not obey His com-

mandments.

Our whites must realise that

they are prone to being ex-

ploited and being turned into

quislings by virtue of their col-

our and the insecurity which

goes with their minority status.They could easily be bought

off, betray their country and

act against its interest. Those of

us who worked in the national

treasury at independence are

aware that most of the loans

which we owe to the Paris

Club and the Breton woods

institutions were mostly to but-

tress white business and in the

process emasculate its inde-

pendence from internationalcapital. That was a successful


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do not despise the Egyptians; youonce lived in their land.

(Deu 1:16)"At that time I instructed

them, 'Listen to the disputes that

come up among your people. Judge

every dispute fairly, whether it con-

cerns only your own people or in-

volves foreigners who live among you.

(Deu 1:17)Show no partiality in your

decisions; judge everyone on the

same basis, no matter who they are.

Do not be afraid of anyone, for the

decisions you make come from God.

If any case is too difficult for you,

bring it to me, and I will decide it.'

piece of experimentation for the cap-

ital which had been established in

Zimbabwe was not Eurocentric, but

settler capitalism, which was also in-

ward looking.

Let our constitution give all who were

born here or have a parent or ances-

tor born here be given the right to be

called indigenous for purposes of giv-

ing an inheritance among us, includ-

ing the right to own some land, and

not all land. Our whites must be given

freedom of association even if it

means getting into business with other

whites and as rational beings they will

get into business partnerships withtheir black counterparts if they see

advantage in doing so. They should

not be forced into doing so by legisla-

tion. Our land might best be owned

by the state on behalf of us all to

give future generations leverage

over how they manage their re-

sources and to avoid problems

such as were seeded by the colo-

nial state.

Because we were a subjugated

nation, a feeling of inferiority sunk

in our psyches over generations

remains a theoretical possibility in

our dealings with our whites or

even in our international dealings

with them. Let us therefore face

them with the humility of Christ,

Love of God and confidence of

Holy Spirit within us.

Our people have dispersed far

and wide among the nations,

including to the land of our for-

mer oppressors. We owe it to God

to handle our foreigners well.

It is no accident that we have

been spread to the ends of

the earth, including our white

brothers and sisters who were

running away from majority

rule and land repossession. It

is also no accident that we

could have made the mis-

takes we made here and

there. All we need is just to

now address these mistakes in

love and we will be a force to

reckon with and be the head

and not the tail in the com-

munion of nations.

To my fellow nationals, I paste

from the book. (Deu 23:7) "Do

not despise the Edomites;

they are your relatives. And


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What is Americas Interest in All This ?

by OutSpoken Goto Mato

For the past five years, we have witnessedcountless revolutions in the code name

democracy and the vocalist of this code isAmerica and her allies Britain, France and

others. In gangster fashion, these countries

have managed to blind the whole world. Re-

cently, Gadhafi was hunted, murdered and

condemned for atrocities that the very same

people who killed him exercised on him.

Many questions are still lingering in the minds

of even the ordinary people of different na-

tionalities. Why is America always involved,

they want to know? Why are the other na-

tions not coming together and resist this

common enemy?

Syria has been the scene of unrest and the

American government is said to be directly

funding the militants or terrorists. The funny

part of it is, the same terrorists that they are

funding in Syria are the ones that they claim

to fight against in Iraq and Afghanistan, fun-

ny isnt it. Soon, if other powerful states like

China, Russia and now Iran do not intervene,

then Assad is going the Gadhafi way. Just

recently, Obama and his allies already rec-

ognized the Syrian Coalition Opposition Partyas legitimate, much to the consternation of

world observers.

Iran is accused of acquiring nuclear chemicals,

which they rightfully insist is for power generating

and for peace purposes. Why is the American Gov-

ernment afraid of Iran yet they have loads of nucle-

ar bombs on this earth, and they are the only ones

who used it in Japan?

The ripple effects of these policies have far reach-

ing effects. They even come right down to affect us

in Southern Africa. Recently there were rumors of

instability in Mozambique and it is clear the same

people are the ones who are promoting instability.

Their system seems to thrive on fueling divisions and

Southern Africa is no exception. Who knows, their

aim might be to destabilize activities at Marange

Diamond Mines, or to stifle Zimbabwes land redistri-

bution exercise among other interests.

How can The American government foster democ-

racy in other states yet they cannot uphold it in their

own land? The gospel of Democracy they are

preaching is democracy according to whose mak-

ing and whose standards? Theirs seems to be

demon crazy instead .

We can only guard against the machinations of big

capital by uniting among ourselves and establishing

economic freedom through ownership of the

means of production.


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Title: Our Land, Our Gold and Our Blood

Artwork by Lekau Matsena

About the Artist

I'm from a township in Tembisa, East Rand, Ekurhuleni. Studied at Johannesburg Art Gal-

lery and Artist Proof Studio. Currently I teach visual arts at Jiyana Secondary School and

coordinate art projects focused on the development of young people within my com-

munity. I'm a proud owner of an entity called Art.nexus!

Synopsys

The piece is my fraught reaction or rather my dismay after the massacre of Afrikan miners

couple of months ago in Lonmin, Marikana, South Africa. One thing is pellucid to an Afri-

kan man, ever since time immemorial is that; we are the lowest race in the face of hu-

manity and yet possess an incomprehensible intellect that compels the enemy to be

wanting to wipe us off the face of the UNIVERSE.

You see, we are in a hole as a people, gloomy, lost in obscurity. We toil the farms, mines,

constructions (the hardest labours) etcour lives are that of servitude and nothing more

or less. Afrikan man, we are in a war, a war that eliminated our fore-fathers and fathers

and even our GODs!

Now its up to us, to take the cattle back to their kraal!

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