The Zimbabwean Embassy In South Africa yesterday released a statement responding to firebrand South African politician Julius Malema’s party after the latter released a statement criticising the government’s decision to compensate white farmers saying it was an insult to those who fought and died for this country, The Herald reports.
The statement, which was released by the embassy claims the embassy does not usually respond to provocative statements but felt compelled to respond to Malema who pretends to know more about Zimbabwean politics and history, reads:
The Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe in South Africa read with contestation and utter disbelief the EFF statement on the announcement by the President of Zimbabwe on compensating white farmers issued on July 31, 2020.
The Embassy has, in the past, restrained itself from responding to the many provocative statements issued by the EFF about Zimbabwe. On this occasion, we cannot remain silent in the face of the EFF’s pretentiousness to know more about the history and politics of Zimbabwe than the Zimbabweans themselves. Even more, the EFF has the audacity to dare teach Zimbabweans, even our Head of State, about the land question in our country
That section stipulates in paragraph 3 (a) that where agricultural land is compulsorily acquired for public purpose, no compensation is payable in respect of its acquisition, except for improvements effected on it before its acquisition.
This is what the signed compensation agreement of July 29, 2020 provides for. The Government of Zimbabwe will compensate the former farmers for the improvements on the acquired land only. No more. There is nothing treasonous in upholding one’s own national constitution.
It will be recalled that the Constitution of Zimbabwe was approved by 95 percent of votes in a referendum held in 2013 and was assented to and signed into law by the then Head of State, the (then) President Robert Mugabe on May 22, 2013.
Meanwhile, Malema claims he has mobilised people to go and protest against human right violations in Zimbabwe at the embassy in Pretoria. The government and the ruling party has been responding to statements and situations arising in a similar manner, with the ruling party spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa calling the American ambassador a thug and the political commissar Victor Matemadanda calling the opposition drunk puppets with drama.
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It’s like the same scitsoprhrenic person talking and arguing about its own self with its self