Unmentioned is when Idi Amin kicked out all the Asians from Uganda. Most were Indian shopkeepers, government bureaucrats, in the trades. Educated and skilled people who were perceived to be taking good paying jobs from the locals. Never mind that the Asians were 3rd, 4th generation. Uganda was their home. Uganda became and remains a basket case since the 1972 expulsions.
The "Coloured" class in South Africa is doomed. It is likely they'll fair no better than the mixed race Blacks did after the Haitian Revolution in 1804. Neither the Whites nor mixed race people in Haiti were lucky enough to get deported.
Proving blacks can’t govern. Look no further then right here in America. Show me a city where blacks actually made things better. They want the spoils. And after they get the spoils… they don’t share. They buy fancy cars and mansions. Then they go broke, and blame it on racism.
What Western science and development brought to the old colonies has been rejected and now they will return to where they were before. They could still change all that and reject tribalism but I can’t see it happening myself.
I wouldn't fault them for blaming their South African government, the communist ANC, the U.N., foot-dragging U.S. State Department wonks with woke biases doing the visa application interviews and some of the screaming meemie press calling all Afrikaners racist and nazi. Self-blame, for sure, but not highest on the list, Jeff.
Yes, there’s plenty of blame to go around, but what I meant was the white Afrikaners have a likely very small window to extract themselves from this situation and would be very wise to leap at it. I have a feeling once this window closes it will close for good
Agree. The window could close in the next elections in 2026 or 2028. I feel bad for the "Coloured" class of S.A. citizens too. I doubt they have bright future there.
I am particularly fascinated by your approach to farmland ownership data analysis.
White farmers own “just” 70% of farmland and produce 80% of food. While black farmers own 30% and produce 10% of produce.
I get the sense you are presenting the former negatively while the latter is reinforced as positive and at the same time evidence of black farmers failures in being productive?
I’m not sure I understand the question. The data appears to show that the Boers are vastly more productive per acre farmed, in terms of producing agricultural produce on it. As shown by the University of Leeds study I cited multiple times, that is true even when prime farmland is handed to the blacks by the government
As to “good” and “bad,” I think government confiscation of private property, particularly without compensation, is evil
Sure, “ In 1936, the law was changed so that 13.5% of the land was available for purchase by Black South Africans. There were areas of reserved land exclusively for “Natives,” but they were often not the most fertile or well-watered.
So, this is the history behind the present policy of the South African government to deal with the unequal distribution of land between the races. That policy is very moderate. For the most part, up to now, land transfer has taken place on a “willing seller, willing buyer” basis, not just uncompensated land seizure. The policy to which Trump and friends object is extremely limited and is governed by a legal regime similar to “eminent domain” in U.S. law. As a matter of fact, there are political forces in South Africa who think the government’s policy is far too timid and weak.”
Because the race baiter doesn’t understand that marginal lands produce less. If the black farmers owned the deep silt loam lands, the asshole wouldn’t be preaching about it.
This simply isn't true. As shown by the University of Leeds study I cited repeatedly, even when given top-tier farmland, they ran it into the ground and produced nothing
So then what happened in Zimbabwe? And how do you explain the decline in production of the same specific farms after they change hands? How is food production going in the rest of Africa, while we’re on the subject?
Do you think many Afrikaners will leave? Things may be tough for them, but they didn’t leave after fighting the Boer wars, and have centuries of history there.
Not if you are trying to not starve as an industrialized country
Further, as has been seen in Zimbabwe, the primitive farms in that part of the world are FAR worse for the land than modern agriculture.
I'm partial to regenerative agriculture, and have done numerous articles here on it. But that's not really a choice in South Africa's bucket right now, given that it's the last major food producer on the continent.
This gave me a lot to think about. The political reality in South Africa is that the ANC and their allies have to push for land redistribution. The economic reality is that if this is done, agricultural output will crash. In Zimbabwe it crashed by about 60%. That's tens of millions of people dropping down to starvation, because of progressive race communism.
Unmentioned is when Idi Amin kicked out all the Asians from Uganda. Most were Indian shopkeepers, government bureaucrats, in the trades. Educated and skilled people who were perceived to be taking good paying jobs from the locals. Never mind that the Asians were 3rd, 4th generation. Uganda was their home. Uganda became and remains a basket case since the 1972 expulsions.
The "Coloured" class in South Africa is doomed. It is likely they'll fair no better than the mixed race Blacks did after the Haitian Revolution in 1804. Neither the Whites nor mixed race people in Haiti were lucky enough to get deported.
I'm not as familiar with Uganda as with Rhodesia and South Africa, but great comparison!
Proving blacks can’t govern. Look no further then right here in America. Show me a city where blacks actually made things better. They want the spoils. And after they get the spoils… they don’t share. They buy fancy cars and mansions. Then they go broke, and blame it on racism.
Yeah, in Rhodesia, the black tribal chiefs were actually pretty good and worked hand in hand with the Ian Smith government. That worked well
In South Africa, giving them the keys to everything and shoveling in USAID money to support their delusions has been a disaster
It’s already destroyed public infrastructure and entrepreneurs
Arm the Boers
Shoot Shoot Shoot Shoot
Arm the Boers
I would love to see Green Berets and volunteers aiding the Afrikaners in Western Cape secession and independence. Seems unlikely, however
What Western science and development brought to the old colonies has been rejected and now they will return to where they were before. They could still change all that and reject tribalism but I can’t see it happening myself.
Surprise. Did anyone not see this coming two decades ago?
I suspect this was always the plan, to some degree
Any white South African who doesn’t take advantage of Trump’s new refugee policy will only have themselves to blame when the inevitable happens
I wouldn't fault them for blaming their South African government, the communist ANC, the U.N., foot-dragging U.S. State Department wonks with woke biases doing the visa application interviews and some of the screaming meemie press calling all Afrikaners racist and nazi. Self-blame, for sure, but not highest on the list, Jeff.
Yes, there’s plenty of blame to go around, but what I meant was the white Afrikaners have a likely very small window to extract themselves from this situation and would be very wise to leap at it. I have a feeling once this window closes it will close for good
Agree. The window could close in the next elections in 2026 or 2028. I feel bad for the "Coloured" class of S.A. citizens too. I doubt they have bright future there.
I am particularly fascinated by your approach to farmland ownership data analysis.
White farmers own “just” 70% of farmland and produce 80% of food. While black farmers own 30% and produce 10% of produce.
I get the sense you are presenting the former negatively while the latter is reinforced as positive and at the same time evidence of black farmers failures in being productive?
Why this approach?
I’m not sure I understand the question. The data appears to show that the Boers are vastly more productive per acre farmed, in terms of producing agricultural produce on it. As shown by the University of Leeds study I cited multiple times, that is true even when prime farmland is handed to the blacks by the government
As to “good” and “bad,” I think government confiscation of private property, particularly without compensation, is evil
Ah! Okay thanks this is a helpful clarification.
Sure, “ In 1936, the law was changed so that 13.5% of the land was available for purchase by Black South Africans. There were areas of reserved land exclusively for “Natives,” but they were often not the most fertile or well-watered.
So, this is the history behind the present policy of the South African government to deal with the unequal distribution of land between the races. That policy is very moderate. For the most part, up to now, land transfer has taken place on a “willing seller, willing buyer” basis, not just uncompensated land seizure. The policy to which Trump and friends object is extremely limited and is governed by a legal regime similar to “eminent domain” in U.S. law. As a matter of fact, there are political forces in South Africa who think the government’s policy is far too timid and weak.”
Because the race baiter doesn’t understand that marginal lands produce less. If the black farmers owned the deep silt loam lands, the asshole wouldn’t be preaching about it.
This simply isn't true. As shown by the University of Leeds study I cited repeatedly, even when given top-tier farmland, they ran it into the ground and produced nothing
So then what happened in Zimbabwe? And how do you explain the decline in production of the same specific farms after they change hands? How is food production going in the rest of Africa, while we’re on the subject?
https://ipad.fas.usda.gov/countrysummary/default.aspx?id=RH
https://ipad.fas.usda.gov/countrysummary/Default.aspx?id=NI
https://www.fao.org/4/a0395e/a0395e03.htm
More?
https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/ghana-ghana-cocoa-sector-overview-2025
https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/cote-divoire-cotton-and-products-annual-5
https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/south-africa-oilseeds-and-products-annual-9
https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/senegal-cotton-and-products-annual-12
https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/cote-divoire-grain-and-feed-annual-6
https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/zimbabwe-sugar-annual-9
https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/nigeria-sugar-annual-8
https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/senegal-grain-and-feed-annual-9
https://apps.fas.usda.gov/newgainapi/api/Report/DownloadReportByFileName?fileName=Sugar%20Annual_Pretoria_South%20Africa%20-%20Republic%20of_SF2025-0012.pdf
Do you think many Afrikaners will leave? Things may be tough for them, but they didn’t leave after fighting the Boer wars, and have centuries of history there.
It is not DEI starving Africa - but the globalist coup d’etat - the one that until recently also owned and operated the United States.
The whites ran it well.The Negro cannot do it.
They know it and they've become more murderous again.Kill the Boer !
South Africa is still green lit by global finance merchants.
I'll take a subsistence farm over an industrial fertilised glyphosate mega farm any day of the week.
Sometimes primitive is better.
Not if you are trying to not starve as an industrialized country
Further, as has been seen in Zimbabwe, the primitive farms in that part of the world are FAR worse for the land than modern agriculture.
I'm partial to regenerative agriculture, and have done numerous articles here on it. But that's not really a choice in South Africa's bucket right now, given that it's the last major food producer on the continent.
This gave me a lot to think about. The political reality in South Africa is that the ANC and their allies have to push for land redistribution. The economic reality is that if this is done, agricultural output will crash. In Zimbabwe it crashed by about 60%. That's tens of millions of people dropping down to starvation, because of progressive race communism.
Yeah, it's really the same situation Mugabe was in three decades ago, with the same outcomes on the horizon