Zimbabwe debate

Robert Mugabe’s land acquisition program began in 1997 and many critics have noted how the policy coincided with the start of Zimbabwe’s economic collapse. The policy seems to be racist in that it has targeted mostly white Zimbabwean farms. Others have said that the program is justified in that it is returning land to previously disadvantaged Zimbabweans who were mostly disenfranchised from commercial agricultural activities under the British colonization of Rhodesia, and later the Ian Smith regime. This debate will focus on the following motion: Zanu (PF) is justified in forcibly removing “white” Zimbabwean’s from their farm land because of the history of the country before 1980. Groups will be chosen by your instructor and we will have a discussion on Tuesday to prepare for the debate. Debates will take part in the second part of class on Thursday March 14.