‘Government is sabotaging black farmers. My ordeal proves it’

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After 17 gruelling years, it took court intervention to force the government to honour its promises to a Limpopo farmer.

The Limpopo farmer who has won a case against the department of rural development and land reform says the government is actively sabotaging black farmers.

David Rakgase, 78, has been farming for the last 27 years on Nooitgedacht farm – and for the past 17 years, the government has failed to sell him the farm as promised. The Pretoria High Court has now decided the government’s inability to sell was irrational and unconstitutional, and therefore compelled it to sell the farm to Rakgase...A subscription gives you full digital access to all Times Select content.

 

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Julius_S_Malema He's now a PRIVATE OWNER of a farm. The DA assisted him all the way!

this is unacceptable in so many ways. How dare they do this to Mr Rakgase and goodness knows how many countless others! The willful governmental sabotaging of farmers both established and emerging is reprehensible! They are LITERALLY our life's blood. they keep us all alive.

Happy for you! Yes, this government is pure poison!

HakimTaylor SO NOT SURPRISED, THAT WHAT DEVILS DO. ROB STEAL AND MURDER. ONLY IN AMERIKKKA.

Trevor Manuel has some tough words for that court

Limpopo is the worst province, money is been showed big time, Friestaat will look like picnic at Zondocommission

This is happening since 1394

Julius_S_Malema SA governance exist only for elitism. Courts are our saviours

The assumption that the government wants to sell land to any farmers is mistaken. It doesn't fit the communist manifesto and it's not how they were trained to operate by Mother Russia. Fortunately the courts are still there, albeit at great expense.

So glad for you sir. May you go from success to success. Farmers are the backbone of a country. Blessings.

Well done, Sir!!

Julius_S_Malema Malema is very confusing mokgalabje moshimane next thing is busy supporting useless Mkhwebane whose busy sabotaging free state farmers protecting the interest of Ace Magashule, Mosebenzi yes man Zwane

Julius_S_Malema Now that u’ve retweeted this article some stratcomists will say Julias Malema reads their nonsensical biased paper. Just watch this space very soon we bbhearing stories abt this. I hope they won’t report u to Twitter for this. Ba painelwa shem, forward CIC we are here to defend u

Julius_S_Malema 17years tjooo

Black government can't afford to let blacks succeed. Successful blacks will vote for the parties that ensure continued success, not a kleptocratic party they sells them perpetual victimhood. Nobody is as cruel to a black man as another black man.

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