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So., 22 September 2002 10:10  |
Wouter Plaasvark
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Dis uit die onderstaande duidelik dat Mugabe nie 'n rassis is nie. Hy is
'n gewone magsbehepte skelm. En dat sy idee van grondhervorming is
om plase te gee vir onder meer sy ryk pêlle wat in Brittanje gestudeer
het en reeds groot huise het.
Wouter
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Essex woman rants against 'whites' as she takes over a snatched
Zimbabwe farm
By Jane Flanagan in Harare and Andrew Alderson
(Filed: 22/09/2002)
A white British woman who formerly worked as a local government
officer in Essex is the latest and most unlikely beneficiary of Robert
Mugabe's land-grab policy in Zimbabwe.
Anne Matonga and her black Zimbabwean husband, Bright, have been
given possession of a 1,500-acre farm after it was seized from a white
farmer on the orders of the President.
Mrs Matonga's new home, which the farmer and his family had lived
on for four generations, is a reward for her husband's support of
Mugabe, whose dictatorial policies are responsible for Zimbabwe
being ostracised by much of the outside world.
Mr Matonga, 34, was until recently the head of the pro-Mugabe
Zimbabwean Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) and now works for
another government department.
Last week Mrs Matonga, 39, tended spring roses at her new home,
while the rightful owners, Vincent and Monica Schultz, tried to get
accustomed to their new life in a tiny flat in Harare, the capital.
Despite moving to Zimbabwe only last year after a lifetime in Britain,
Mrs Matonga last week spoke angrily, and without a hint of irony,
against the "white colonialists who stole our land".
Mrs Matonga, who married her husband in Britain five years ago,
praised President Mugabe for his "patience with the racist white
farmers" as she spoke to The Telegraph at her new home in
Banket, 50 miles north of Harare. She said those evicted by force
"only have themselves to blame".
Mrs Matonga, speaking in a broad south Essex accent, dismissed as
"nothing but propaganda" reports of widespread starvation across
Zimbabwe and allegations that Mugabe had won this year's election
by vote-rigging and crushing any opposition.
As personal bodyguards from Mugabe's feared youth militia slept
under nearby trees, Mrs Matonga told how she regularly has to
counter "negative" stories about the crisis in Zimbabwe. "Britain
should keep its nose out of Zimbabwe. Tony Blair has no right
to interfere," she said.
After delivering her diatribe, Mrs Matonga returned to supervising
the crop of roses that had been planted earlier this year by Mr and
Mrs Schultz, who are now living in a borrowed two-bedroom flat
in Harare where they say they are "suffering endless sleepless nights".
The Matongas, who also have a spacious house in a prosperous suburb
of Harare, were "resettled" on the farm last month, for which they had
to pay nothing. There were, however, extraordinary scenes at
Mupandagutu Farm when the Matongas arrived at the gate to
"reclaim her land".
Mr Schultz had been arrested by the police for defying the eviction
order only minutes before. "Mrs Matonga was screaming at me:
'Get off our land: we are taking back what you stole from our
forefathers'," said Mrs Schultz. "I thought it was a remarkable
thing for her to say since she was clearly white and British."
Mr Schultz, 57, is now virtually penniless. The couple, who are
among more than 3,000 white Zimbabwean farmers being handed
eviction orders, spent the last of their savings - �11,000 - on
severance packages for their 130 workers. Despite this they
received an angry call from Mr Matonga on his mobile telephone
demanding the return of irrigation pipes they had sold to pay their staff.
"We are feeling very bitter about the whole thing," said Mr Schultz. "We
are left with absolutely nothing." His wife was born 58 years ago on the
farm, which her family bought in the 1920s.
In Britain, the behaviour of Bright and Anne Matonga has angered
former friends and acquaintances, many of whom campaigned for
Mr Matonga to be allowed to complete his degree when he faced
being sent back to Zimbabwe.
Inquiries by The Telegraph have revealed that the Matongas met in
Essex during the mid-1990s while she worked for the county council
and he was a student at South East Essex College in Southend-on-Sea.
As Mr Matonga neared the end of his degree, he faced being
ordered out of Britain by the Home Office for not meeting the
requirements of a university student. However, Sir Teddy Taylor,
his local Conservative MP, successfully campaigned on his behalf.
After graduating, Mr Matonga worked as a journalist with ZBC
and also for the BBC World Service, before last year going back
to live in Zimbabwe where he was promised a job by Jonathan
Moyo, the information minister.
Mr Matonga was made the head of television services at ZBC.
He is currently the chief executive officer of the state-owned
Zimbabwe United Passenger Company.
Sir Teddy, MP for Rochford and Southend East, was surprised
to learn this weekend of the behaviour of the Matongas, who
now have a four-year-old son.
Mr Matonga had appeared to be an intelligent, well-educated
man, said Sir Teddy. "I am saddened and disappointed if he
has turned out to be a rascal, a thug and a vagabond: one of
Mugabe's henchman."
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| Re: Mad Dogs and Englishwomen [boodskap #66600 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #66590] |
So., 22 September 2002 12:50  |
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Oorspronklik gepos deur: @rogers.com
Wouter Plaasvark wrote:
> Essex woman rants against 'whites'
Merk julle op dat daar nou 'n miesies-
kult onder die histeriese M-haters begin
het. Dis Miesies Mbeki en Miesies Mugabe
en nou wit Miesiese wat die teiken word
van die histerie. Al gehoor van agter die
voorskootbande wegkruip?
Tant Hessie van Wonderboom Onder en Boven.
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| Re: Mad Dogs and Englishwomen [boodskap #66621 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #66612] |
Ma., 23 September 2002 03:42 |
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Oorspronklik gepos deur: @rogers.com
Jonas wrote:
vertel ons waarom jy jou eie mense
> met so 'n passie haat
Ek val nie vir jou gefabriseerde
stelling nie. Hierdie soort vraag
word gebruik deur hoereerders van
eerlikheid en waarheid om mense in
hulle valle te lok. En wie, liewe
broer Jonas, is "my mense." Laat
ek jou antwoord. Benewens die feit
dat die inwoners van Kanada nou my
mense geword het, was die mense van
Suid-Afrika vantevore my mense. En,
my liewe Jonas, laat ek jou daaraan
herinner dat ag uit elke tien van
daardie mense swart of bruin was. En
my lojaliteit was vir tien van elke
tien mense in daardie ekwasie.Ek weet
jy wil uitmaak dat net "witmense" my
mense was. Maar jy is verkeerd. En
binne my mense wat wit velle gehad het,
het ek nog altyd net opgetrek teen
daardie wat die Afrikaner se naam deur
die modder gesleep het. Jan Smuts het
nie die Afrikaner se naam deur die modder
gesleep nie. Ou P.W. Botha wel. En ek sal
die ou skobbejak dit nooit vergewe nie.
Gloudina
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| Re: Mad Dogs and Englishwomen [boodskap #66648 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #66632] |
Ma., 23 September 2002 12:31 |
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Oorspronklik gepos deur: @rogers.com
Jonas wrote:
> Het jy al ooit besef waarom Mandela so 'n groot aansien het - bepaald nie
> omdat hy haatdraend is nie ... Moontlik maar 'n ou lessie vir ons elkeen -
> myself ingeslote.
Jonas, ek kan sweer dat jy nou 'n ander
deuntjie sing oor Mandela. Ek wil 'n
goeie som geld wed dat jy die tipe is wat
Mandela in die laaste dekade uitgeskel
het as "terroris." ( Wat hy ook was.
Onthou, hulle het installasies opgeblaas.)
En Mandela is omge-ellie. Hy lig sommer
die telefoon op en bel vir George Bush en
George Bush se pa en vertel hulle om op
te hou om sulke oorlog-stories te praat.
En ek is seker Mandela voel dieselfde
oor P.W. Botha as ek. Baie mense voel so
oor P.W. Botha. Het jy al ooit Antjie Krog
se stuk in "Country of my Skull" gelees
oor hoe sy hom begin sien het toe sy die
hofbyeenkomste bygewoon het.
Gloudina
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| Re: Mad Dogs and Englishwomen [boodskap #66676 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #66648] |
Di., 24 September 2002 03:46 |
Vusi
Boodskappe: 2211
Geregistreer: Februarie 2001
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Antie - die Mandela wat ingegaan het, en die wat uitgekom het is nie
dieselfde man nie. Vra hom self.
Elke ou het 'n storie om te vertel - en ek luister graag daarna. En, aan die
einde van die storie moet ek kan sê - hierdie ou het "normaal" opgetree
binne die parameters van sy ervaringsveld. En indien dit nie rym nie, moet
hy of na Weskoppies verwyder word, of het ek nie mooi geluister nie.
Mandela is nie 'n heilige nie, PW ook nie. Ek ook nie, en jy ook nie - en
wanneer daar absolute oordele uitgespreek word moet mens maar versigtig
wees.
skryf in boodskap news:3D8F0A46.2090701@rogers.com...
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> Jonas wrote:
>
>
>> Het jy al ooit besef waarom Mandela so 'n groot aansien het - bepaald nie
>> omdat hy haatdraend is nie ... Moontlik maar 'n ou lessie vir ons elkeen -
>> myself ingeslote.
>
>
> Jonas, ek kan sweer dat jy nou 'n ander
> deuntjie sing oor Mandela. Ek wil 'n
> goeie som geld wed dat jy die tipe is wat
> Mandela in die laaste dekade uitgeskel
> het as "terroris." ( Wat hy ook was.
> Onthou, hulle het installasies opgeblaas.)
> En Mandela is omge-ellie. Hy lig sommer
> die telefoon op en bel vir George Bush en
> George Bush se pa en vertel hulle om op
> te hou om sulke oorlog-stories te praat.
> En ek is seker Mandela voel dieselfde
> oor P.W. Botha as ek. Baie mense voel so
> oor P.W. Botha. Het jy al ooit Antjie Krog
> se stuk in "Country of my Skull" gelees
> oor hoe sy hom begin sien het toe sy die
> hofbyeenkomste bygewoon het.
>
> Gloudina
>
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