Last white farmers in Masvingo area under "siege" from Mugabe
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 19:00:05 +0200
Subject: Last White farmers under siege, instigated by Mugabe
Dear Family and Friends,
Well never thought I would have to do this email do not know if it may be my last from our farm "Chidza".
At 3.30pm today a lorry load of so called Mugabe brain washed "war-vets" arrived at our gate to take over our land, equipment and pedigree cattle. This crazy action is occurring in a country where there is v little food being produced !
It is now 6 pm and they have been singing their war songs at our gate for three hours, the atmosphere is violent and more and more of them have arrived.
We managed to get our daughter Alison and her young son "Little John" into town and for now it is just John and myself, plus our dogs remaining in the house on the farm.They have said that our labour will not work tomorrow . They have demanded that John must kill them a sheep, which John has flatly refused to do, so no doubt they will simply kill one for themselves.
None of our paid labour will even attmpt to come to work tomorrow either!
Graham Richards who lives south of us is also under siege at the same time as us, so this siege of the last remaining whites is an orchestrated plan. The Goddards and Deidricks are in the same boat. They have already taken over Pa-Nyanda Guest Lodge, and Graham and his wife Callie are now in town.Alison is at John sisters in Masvingo town and her husband Carl is expected back from Bulawayo tonight.
So for now please keep all of us in your prayers and we will send a follow up tomorrow if we are able.
Our love to you all.
John and Joy from Chidza.
Via Bill
Comments
Zimbabwe farmers must come home to England.
Food prices are going up and we need pioneers to rebuild Britain.
Posted by: Rhodesia Son | April 22, 2008 12:20 PM
Zimbabwe was invented 30 years ago.
The life expectancy in Zimbabwe is 37. So, the average "War Veteran" was 7 yrs old.
Posted by: Anom | April 22, 2008 12:23 PM
Wishful thinking run amok.
If they were going to stay, they should have been ready to fight.
If they weren't ready to fight, they should have sold everything off a few years ago, filled the wells with quickset, and left.
The tribalists want to go back to tribalism. Fine. Once they reduce themselves back to the neolithic, our children can herd them into reservations, where they can dance for tourists.
Posted by: Kristopher | April 23, 2008 6:41 AM
Can I ask what the hell they were still doing there? They have a government that doesn't want them there. An ungrateful and antagonistic countrymen and all they are doing is propping up and evil despot. They can move to any country they want and be met with open arms. Many of their compatriots have come down here to Australia and realised that there are places that recognise their worth and don't tax them into oblivion. I can only think that blind adherence to a country of birth that doesn't want them is the reason they are still there. Fine and well, but the definition of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome. Much the same way that people 'elect' marxist governments, expecting them to give them a better standard of living. The reality is always a kick in the arse.
Posted by: Todd | April 24, 2008 1:51 AM