“Yes, I Can Help You”: Woman Shows Her Success Story in SA After Being Kicked Out of Zimbabwe
- A white Zimbabwean farmer lost her family's 77-year-old farm in 24 hours during land redistribution and moved to South Africa with just one bag and $300
- Years later, the same Zimbabwe government that forced her out called desperately, asking to buy food from her thriving new farm in Stellenbosch
- The woman's revenge story has touched many people online, showing how she turned her biggest loss into her greatest success through hard work
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A Zimbabwean woman's incredible revenge story has gone viral after she shared how the government that kicked her off her family farm ended up begging to buy food from her new successful operation in South Africa.
Content creator @coba.greyling shared the amazing story of Margaret Elizabeth Whitmore on the eleventh of August, whose life changed forever in March 2000.
Margaret's family had owned Sunrise Citrus Farm in Zimbabwe's Mazao Valley for 77 years when government officials arrived one morning with a shocking announcement. They told her she had just 24 hours to leave her 2,400-hectare orange farm as part of the Fast Track Land Reform programme. She could only take personal belongings - no farming equipment, vehicles, or livestock.

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The 45-year-old farmer packed one canvas bag with family photos and her grandfather's farming journals, leaving behind everything her great-grandfather had built since 1923. She crossed into South Africa with only $300 and decades of farming knowledge.
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Margaret started working at Riverside Estate near Stellenbosch, using her grandfather's detailed farming records to prove her skills. The farm owner hired her after she promised to increase yields by 20% in the first season. Within years, she had built her operation called Phoenix Farm and married her business partner Hank van der Merwe.
Then, in November 2008, her phone rang with a call that would change everything. A voice from Zimbabwe's Ministry of Agriculture was asking if she could supply 2,000 tonnes of maize and 500 tonnes of sunflower oil. The same government that had destroyed her life was now desperately asking her to save them from starvation.
Margaret negotiated hard, demanding premium prices and payment upfront in US dollars. She even insisted on personally delivering the first shipment worth $1.2 million, returning to Zimbabwe for the first time in eight years to complete the deal.

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SA reacts to the revenge story
The powerful story sparked strong reactions from South Africans who were moved by Margaret's journey from losing everything to ultimate success.
@juanda_louw wrote:
"It is heartbreaking listening to Margaret Elizabeth van der Merwe's life story. The majority of white farmers in Zimbabwe experienced the seizure of their land, and now this ANC government is doing the same. People do not learn from history."
@merwyn_carling said:
"Must leave them to starve."
@graham_sketch_cilliers asked:
"Why does she have an American accent?"
@gavin_cooper commented:
"Narrator can't pronounce names properly. Maybe AI was used in the making?"
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- Mzansi was moved after an Afrikaner farmer working in the US joined a popular dance challenge, but the location where he performed his moves had people praising him for reasons beyond just his dancing skills.
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