zim already have nothing left.just shows the world what an african can do to a country, run it to the ground.pathetic so called humans.

Does Mr Zwanikken not have relatives outside of Zimbabwe where he can take his wife and kids?

I just don't get it when these farmers insist on farming in Zmbabwe but leaving in body bags. My advice to this man is to forget the stupid crops he grows and allow the Zimbabweans to move in and let the land to revert to a forest.

Let them starve these zanupf supporters who cares they are just animals and far from being decent civilised people's. Why this farmer keeps supporting them we have no idea why. Leave go back to Europe and Pelion your government to stop giving aid it's waste of time

When a farmer gets shot in the face?

What about the farmworkers and their children in the neighbouring South Africa who live in constant humiliation in the hands of racist farmers? About fellow Zimbabweans who are getting paid peanuts, if lucky?

The question must be asked! Why is the white farmer getting shot in the face? Isnt it the result of the backhand strike he delivered to the African man for staying away from work to take care of her sick child? Or the constant beating and insults?

Yes, shooting is wrong - but who holds the best record in shooting Africans 'thinking' they were wild animals?

Jeff if right, go back to Europe if you can not take the heat. Sell the farm, pick up your stuff and fly off and see if realy Africans will starve.

Stop this self-pity and be true Zimbabweans! In the neighbouring South Africa, where you would rather be, most farm workers are dying in the hands of farm owners, and here you are complaining of one isolated incident which might as well be crime-related.

Well, the choice is yours and I said it! Fly back home and stop blackmailing us!

HA HA HA wake up call: GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY COUNTRY NASTY WHITE SCUM.

ZIMBABWEAN KEEP FIGHTING THE WAR UNTIL THERE IS NO ONE WHITE PERSON IN AFRICA.

FARMS ARE A BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY AND YET THEY CANNOT EVEN PUT PROFITS BACK INTO BUILDING BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ZIMBABWEANS . THEY TAKE THE MONEY AND INVEST IN FOREIGN BUSINESSES.. YEAH SHOOT THE FUCKER IN THE FACE.

jessica, you are just an immature jackass which does not know the difference between its stupid face and its own ass. You are screaming your arse off not from your own country but from some else's country. Why are you not in your own country? Because it sucks. You have probably showered your body and tasted steak for the first time in your life. Go back to Zimbabwe, rat face.

lol @ KRJS120

this white breeder is on a roll , he actually making fun of His Goddess me. I am your God white man I am the hand that can feed you or punish you. Yeah Buddy..I give and i can take away. I am the Zimbabwean and I meet you and kick your ass. Your existence depends on me , you shit faced drag queen. Go fuck yourself where ever you are sitting , watching Zimbabwean news ..because you are itching for the beating you missed in 2005.

jessica, you are certainly delirious from drinking all that shit in your water supply. Having too much diarrhoea? Today you have the strength to "beat up" someone, thanks to MDC who have brought food onto your shelves. Yesterday you were surviving on msasa leaves, roots and wiping your backside with leaves for lack of toilet paper because of Mugabe having squandered, stolen from Zimbabwe and with your Zimbabwean dollars worth shit. Instead of trying to be all hot stuff and arrogant for nothing, go on your knees and thank MDC for making that turn-around in your country which under just Mugabe alone, the filth that you enjoyed would have been as good as you would ever get. So "goddess," tread carefully on those open sewers and heaps of uncollected trash in your filthy Harare and relieve your frustrations beating up all those flies.

Just goes to show that the illiterate idiots of Jessica have to use foul language to get it's so called point across. This is just the kind of person who is not needed in Zimbabwe, Jess, did you even read the article??? or is it past your intellect? By you response it is way past it by any reason. If can't discuss about the article then I suggest you refrain from your foul rantings. This farmer had bought his land just 11 years back and was shot in the face and you go on about white skin??? You are nothing but the worst type of racist that Zimbabwe does not need.

NO; Jessica is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT of what she's saying !! And besides, Africans who are in Europe or the West are drastically contributing to the Development of those Western Countries through cheap labors, and others. So, if Europe is all what it is why isn't that Kjrs 120 won't go and sit his/her butt in Europe and try to fix Europe problems. If it was not conspiracies, manipulations, thievery, etc by the Europeans of the Africans and Africa wealth - Europe who have ever since being fall. Did you see the problem that Europe is facing now?? Did you?? Before they were not facing such a problem because they were drastically stealing African's other third world countries Wealth, labors, etc and taking it to Europe; but now Africans and others are getting wiser and are stopping them "Europeans" any ways Africa, Africans and others can. It a damn shame to be a thief.

foryoh, "It a damn shame to be a thief" indeed. Tell that to Rober Mugabe.

What African provides "cheap labour" in the west? Fool, Africans earn the same wage as everyone else doing the same job. How do you think they can afford to send money to their families in Africa? Most have educated themselves further, are professionals and hold good paying jobs. Man, you are so ignorant about those in the West.

Kjrs 120, baby boy; or should I say "DUMB BOY". No person is in favor of cheap labors like the western countries. I mean no countries on Earth. So, if you want to say something and don't be embarrass, it's better for you to say the truth. Africans are in the west because of what these same westerners have being created in their countries. Yes, it's a shame that some of these of our leaders are not seeing the games of the west casted upon them, their people and the countries. Many African Leaders are being blinded just because of the mediocre money giving to them by the west; and if these same or said leaders stand up firm, who will loose?? that is the question?? who will loose?? So, dumb boy; before you talk, sit down and remember the facts.

Foryo, Calm down my dear Cde, you will give your self a hernia. Keep to the debate and debate in a calm collected way if possible. Would you like it if I shot a man in the face? You would hate it if it was your brother, so.... you should be equally appalled at this situation. See through the colour and see the person who is dong the good deed. Remember stay calm, count from 1-10, and state your case. Ok Cde?

foryoh, the west is across the oceans and the people from there do not have long elastic arms to stretch across the oceans and take stuff from Africa. Get it this far? Now therefore, in order for anything to reach the west, someone IN Africa or an African is the one who, to stuff his own pockets to amass wealth, sees to it that whatever it is that will bring him money, steals it from his country and sends it out from Africa the proceeds of which are stuffed into his/her personal bank account meanwhile the country suffering as a whole without even safe drinking water. A good example is how the Zanu-PF ministers have become so wealthy on Zimbabwe's diamonds and other undertakings. Do you think those diamonds suddenly start running and crying "Mayiwe we want to go to Europe?" Just like this white farmer in question; he was shot in the the face for the tobacco which he grew. Why couldn't a black Zimbabwean also grow the same crop alongside this farmer? Because some Zanu-PF minister saw easy money by grabbing a farm all ready for the harvest and too lazy to dig virgin soil. Another farmer was brutalized for his mango farm - just stupid mangoes that grow on trees. There again you lot are too lazy to start your own enterprise but would rather grab what belongs to someone else making the excuse that it is your land. Then grow your bloody land and stop stealing from your land. Diagnosis why Zimbabwe is dying is greed, laziness and corruption by Mugabe and ALL his cronies. Are you one of them and if so would I be surprised? Nope. In fact I would be surprised if you were not. So, do not blame anyone else for your own downfall. Stop stealing from your own country.

Come on pfize, you kicked out white colonialism 33 years ago and likening then to what it is now, with Africa totally independent, is yet another excuse for your own downfall.

When are you going to stop blaming "Mr Smith?" look into your own actions which YOU have taken towards your own people and your own country? "Mr Smith" did not take your schools, hospitals, roads not even your land, but look at the appalling condition YOU have made of all these amenities and your infrastructure today. Who has been using them during the past 33 years? Not "Mr Smith" but YOU.

Your motto is "Africa for Africa" so why even bemoan Europe? Your problem is that you not only lack African interstate cooperation, but you have messed up what those colonialists left intact which you only needed to maintain and improve further. If you have to haul your goods using a Scotch cart from one African country to another, it is your own fault for not maintaining your national airline. Zimbabwe is not a poor country but a very rich one and everything you lack is only because of your leaders' greed. It is time you stepped off your blame train, rolled up your sleeves, worked your land to produce, improved your marketing board, forgot all about Europe and stopped stealing your own resources.

Good people,pleeease!

Being an African farmer is closely related to Europe.You see,ever since whites stole our land,they were selling all the timber,diamonds, tobacco and maize and cocoa to Europe and in the process,they got filthy rich.

The whole trade system has been organised in such a way that only whites would trade with Europe through their connections.If I decide to cultivate the same produce as Mr Smith in the neighbouring farm and harvest the same,do you think my harvest will bring the same profit if we both sell to Zimmerman Corporation in Britain?No!

Instead, I must get a truck which must ferry my produce to neighbouring South Africa, and we all know Britain is instigating other African countries to boycott our tobacco.

Now,Mr Smith is the only one who has got the right to reap the fruits while my produce rot in the barn.

Does it mean I must shoot the white farmer in the face?Only if I miss the arm,yes.But the real answer is in my first comment above!

And moreover, if you counter-revolutionary agents knew about the Colonial Pact,you would not even mention Europe and its horrible thieving attitude that has seen Africa down on its knees, economically and politically. Satanic breeds who stil today control our currencies and determine who to trade with and the price of our raw materials.

"Instead, I must get a truck which must ferry my produce to neighbouring South Africa, and we all know Britain is instigating other African countries to boycott our tobacco. Now,Mr Smith is the only one who has got the right to reap the fruits while my produce rot in the barn."

So because someone else makes more money than you do off the same produce, you'd rather let your produce rot than sell it? That sort of half-child and half-demon thinking is the exact reason why Zimbabwe is such a mess. And it will never change, because there will always be someone making more money from the same produce (and he could be as native African as Tsvangirai, but you would still find an excuse to call him white), and thus you will always have your tantrum and let your food rot rather than accept the reduced profit.

Thank you my brother ISIS for the warmth and wise advice; but please bear in mind that We "Africans" need to come together as one to everlasting build up Africa. There are other in that continent who have close themselves with the continent but not with the people "Africans". Such misinformation and tragic conception must be break down into peaces for all to see. Africa, must and should develop where in we "Africans and Africa" can't and should not be seeing the eyes of others as helpless or hopeless. The battle for our continent and the people MUST be well structure and exercise rightfully.

No problem Cde Foryo, We the people of Africa need to claim the continent for the true inhabitants of the great continent. We must rise up against the rhetoric of the imperialist western forces who try to drag our good name down and stamp out the treason of the evil plotters.