A delegation of 30 South African farming families has arrived in Russia’s farmbelt Stavropol Region, Rossiya 1 TV reports. The group says it is facing violent attacks and death threats at home.
Up to 15,000 Boers, descendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa, are planning to move to Russia amid rising violence stemming from government plans to expropriate their land, according to the delegation.
“It’s a matter of life and death – there are attacks on us. It’s got to the point where the politicians are stirring up a wave of violence,” Adi Slebus told the media. “The climate here [Stavropol Region] is temperate, and this land is created by God for farming. All this is very attractive.”
The new South African government, led by President Cyril Ramaphosa, has pledged to return the lands owned by white farmers since the 1600s to the black citizens of the country. The government said it is planning to put an end to what it calls the legacy of apartheid, where most of South Africa’s land is still in the hands of its minority white population.
Rights groups have said the initiative incites violence. There were 74 farm murders and 638 attacks, primarily against white farmers, in 2016-17 in South Africa, according to data by minority rights group AfriForum.
The farmers are prepared to make a contribution to Russia’s booming agricultural sector, according to Rossiya 1. Each family is ready to bring up to $100,000 for leasing the land.
Russia has 43 million hectares of unused farmland, and has recently begun giving out free land to Russian citizens to cultivate farming. The land giveaway program, which began in 2014, has been a huge success.
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I applaud Russia for welcoming them, they will be a fine addition to any country that accepts them, and their departure will mark South Africa’s descent into the very same disaster Zimbabwe brought upon itself, starvation and grinding poverty. Now Zimbabwe is begging white farmers to come back and feed them again. Were I one of the white farmers forced out I would never go back to either Zimbabwe or South Africa. I would never forget what was done to me there. Whites need to leave Africa altogether, and leave Africans to their own devices. We all know how that will end. It will be most ugly.
I find this so interesting, so if i am a farmer i can go, but what happens if i am not a farmer and i happen to be white.??
MMMmmm, sounds prejudice to me.