White South African farmers seek refuge in Russia!

Matter of life and death.

MOSCOW, Russia (PNN) - July 7, 2018 - As the violent attacks and death threats against white farmers in South Africa ramp up, many of those affected are seeking refuge. A delegation of 30 South African farming families has arrived in Russia’s Stavropol region as the South African government continues to steal their land.

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.

White farmers, despite being a minority in South Africa, own 72% of the country’s farms. The new South African government recently announced a plan to redistribute land to the black population in the highly racist move. Critics have warned that South Africa may repeat the disastrous experiment by the Zimbabwean government in 1999-2000. The measure plunged the country into an intense famine.

The new South African government - led by racist 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”. Most of South Africa’s farming land is still in the hands of its minority white population. Human 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. South Africa will face the real threat of famine in the absence of experienced farmers - regardless of their race.

The farmers have been facing racial genocide in South Africa, and many say moving to Russia has become a “life or death” matter. “It’s gotten to the point where politicians are stirring up a wave of violence,” said Adi Slebus. “The climate here [in the Stavropol region] is temperate, and this land is created by God for farming. All this is very attractive.”

The farmers who faced execution and violence in South Africa are ready to make a contribution to Russia’s booming agricultural sector. Each family is ready to bring up to $100,000 to help them lease the land required to add to Russia’s farming industry.

Russia has around 43 million hectares of unused farmland. The country 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. Increases in food production in Russia will boost the economy while South Africa will face famine as its food production drops in the absence of reliable and experienced farmers.