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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 22 Aug 2017

    Zimbabwe: White farmers seek compensation for land loss 🇿🇼 http://bbc.in/2v2qTfb  #BBCAfricaLivepic.twitter.com/puxRP56Fak

    7:59 AM - 22 Aug 2017
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      1. Chuck‏ @Chuckeeezy 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Melmellg @BBCAfrica

        they should b gvn compensation yes..bt by th British govt who dd not honour their Lancaster House agreement obligation

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      1. ajameso82‏ @ajameso82 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        They must be joking

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      2. Black Egalitarian‏ @Afurakani0 23 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        When they bring back all the lives they took while forcibly taking our land then will compensate for the buildings on the land.

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      1. Sammy Musumbi‏ @villaviansammy 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        You can't visit me and kick me out of my house...and when I come back and throw you out ...you want payment for what?

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      1. Job Mwangi‏ @mwangijob1 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Did they buy the farms from others or were they allocated free of charge by whoever manufactured the titles?

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      1. Igwe Kalu Kalu Ogba‏ @masteriggy 23 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Compensation for land they stole. Good luck

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      1. Vincent Adultman |  🎨 IG: sicklymick‏ @MickDaddy_ 23 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Fuck them! Let them cry

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      2. shakerz‏ @mmuwengwa289 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        this is pure madeness.Did they rightfully own the land? How can one claim compensation for a thing lost which was unlawflly owned

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      3. shakerz‏ @mmuwengwa289 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @mmuwengwa289 @BBCAfrica

        Land is our birthright. The whites stole it from us in the name of colonisation.No contract ever existed btn us and the whites.

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      1. Bhekisisa Sizwe‏ @BhekisisaSizwe 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        They agreed with our traditional leaders ,they didn,t steal it as you say, you was not there by that time.

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      1. Dr. Kwizera Lucie‏ @LucieKwizera 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Africa is rich why is this happening?

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      1. Titus Glavee‏ @Torgbui 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        #Zimbabwe has a right to refuse that b'cos the #Irish land question wasn't taken to court by the #British after 800yrs so why #Zimbabwe?

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      1. Aided c/raxman‏ @c_aided 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Get. Over. It. Long live Mugabe. They are angry they are not like their cousins in http://S.Africa 

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      1. tashie dengezi‏ @tashieshark 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Whose land, they are taking chances, its our ancestoral land,

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      1. Afri AFRIKA‏ @edsnowdentruth 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        The Gvt of Zimbabwe has been paying out white farmers! Maybe at a slow pace, but its due to an underperforming economy I guess!

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