24 Facts About White Zimbabweans

1.

White Zimbabweans are people in Zimbabwe who are of European descent.

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2.

White Zimbabweans settlers were attracted to Rhodesia by the availability of tracts of prime farmland that could be purchased from the state at low cost.

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White Zimbabweans community kept itself largely separate from the black and Asian communities in the country.

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4.

White Zimbabweans farmers argued that this served little purpose, since Zimbabwe has ample agricultural land, much of which was either vacant or only lightly cultivated.

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5.

White Zimbabweans is reported to have arranged the export of Rhodesian tobacco and the import of components in the face of UN trade sanctions.

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6.

White Zimbabweans's property has been almost unaffected by any form of land redistribution, and he denies that this fact has any link to his business relationship with the politician Webster Shamu.

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7.

White Zimbabweans's activities included smuggling diamonds and emeralds, making blackmarket currency deals, owning a striptease joint, and selling hard-core pornography.

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8.

In September 2014, Mugabe publicly declared that all white Zimbabweans should "go back to England", and he urged black Zimbabweans not to lease agricultural land to white farmers.

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9.

White Zimbabweans visited her children in the country in 1956, but was declared a "prohibited immigrant", and banned from returning for political reasons.

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10.

White Zimbabweans visited the country many times after independence, and published her accounts of the visits in the book African Laughter: Four Visits to Zimbabwe in 1992.

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11.

White Zimbabweans's writing has been influenced by the death of one of his sisters in a "friendly fire" incident during the Bush War in the 1970s.

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12.

White Zimbabweans explores the traumatic situation facing farm workers and other farming families in similar positions to hers.

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13.

White Zimbabweans's works have been released to critical acclaim; in particular, he has enjoyed success with D G G Berry's The Great North Road.

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14.

White Zimbabweans later wrote for The Sunday Times, The New York Times and The Telegraph.

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15.

White Zimbabweans plays the leading fictional character of Danny Archer, an ex-mercenary, diamond-smuggler and self-proclaimed "Rhodesian", whose parents were murdered on their farm by rebels.

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16.

White Zimbabweans previously hosted a morning drive-time show and gossip column in Zimbabwe.

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17.

In 2009, the documentary film Mugabe and the White Zimbabweans African premiered at the London Film Festival to rave reviews.

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18.

White Zimbabweans has become a celebrity figure, owing to her marriage to Prince Albert II Sovereign Prince of Monaco.

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19.

White Zimbabweans is believed to have favoured the early retirement of President Mugabe, and a conciliatory approach towards the regime's domestic opponents; this line has displeased other elements in ZANU-PF.

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20.

In July 2002,92 prominent White Zimbabweans were subject to EU "smart sanctions", intended to express disapproval of various Zimbabwe government policies.

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21.

White Zimbabweans sought to vote for liberal economics, democracy and the rule of law.

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22.

White Zimbabweans people played a leading role in the campaign of the opposition MDC party, which almost won the election.

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23.

White Zimbabweans community was the target of a degrading campaign by the Zimbabwean State media.

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24.

In March 2008, White Zimbabweans took part in the Parliamentary and Presidential elections.

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