Post by cjm on Jul 28, 2016 8:05:50 GMT
Herbst: ANC & Western Cape farmers – an affair set to spark food riots
In its constant quest to demonise “the other” the ANC has mythologised the white farmer, and more specifically the white Afrikaans farmer as the epitome of evil.
Those who are so constantly vilified might justifiably ask which farmer within their accuser’s ranks they should select as role models. The Minister of Agriculture, leading from the front, would be an obvious choice. His name is Senzeni Zokwana and its common cause that he housed his 21-year old cattle herder, Vuyolwethu Ndabambi, in a tin shack and the poor lad was expected to work seven days a week for R21 a day. Or should it be the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) chairperson Thandi Modise who is alleged to have paid her farm employees somewhat more than Zokwana (R25 a day) but whose approach to farming is considered to be somewhat unconventional?
Those who are so constantly vilified might justifiably ask which farmer within their accuser’s ranks they should select as role models. The Minister of Agriculture, leading from the front, would be an obvious choice. His name is Senzeni Zokwana and its common cause that he housed his 21-year old cattle herder, Vuyolwethu Ndabambi, in a tin shack and the poor lad was expected to work seven days a week for R21 a day. Or should it be the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) chairperson Thandi Modise who is alleged to have paid her farm employees somewhat more than Zokwana (R25 a day) but whose approach to farming is considered to be somewhat unconventional?