White South African farmers seek new life in Georgia FEATURE 07/26/2011

White South African farmers seek new life in Georgia

FEATURE

07/26/2011
SARTICHALA — A long way from his South African birthplace, amid the sweeping wheat fields of eastern Georgia, farmer Piet Kemp says that he has found a new home in this former Soviet republic.

And if the government gets its wish, hundreds more like Kemp will follow to help revive Georgia’s ailing agricultural sector, bringing in both cash and expertise.

Shaken by violent attacks and reforms to transfer land to blacks in South Africa, many white farmers have been emigrating, and 10 have already relocated to Georgia to set up businesses under a program launched by the government.

Kemp was the first of them to make the move, lured by local business opportunities — and the promise of security..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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