Posted on 08/01/2018 6:43:58 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
South Africa will push ahead with plans to amend the constitution to allow land expropriation without compensation, its president says. In a recorded address, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the ruling ANC will "finalise a proposed amendment" allowing the move. He said the reform was "of critical importance" to the economy. Recent months have seen growing anger about the slow pace of land reform in South Africa.
The country's white minority is believed to have a disproportionate hold over land, with a few thousand white commercial farmers possessing the most fertile lands.
However, critics fear expropriation could lead to land grabs, as happened in neighbouring Zimbabwe.
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In the video, Mr Ramaphosa said that a "proper reading" of the constitution allowed expropriation of land without compensation "in the public interest".
The ANC would go "through the parliamentary process" with the amendment.
The country passed a law allowing expropriation in 2016.
However, he said it had become "patently clear" that the people want the constitution to be "more explicit" on the matter.
"This is the constitutional democracy that we fought for," the president said.
"We call on all South Africans to work with us on developing a social compact for economic inclusion, economic growth and jobs for all." Around 10% of land in white ownership has been transferred to black owners since the end of apartheid, which is only a third of the ANC's target
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Race doesn’t matter
Diversity is a strength
Celebrate Multiculturalism.
This land grab will not work.
The End Is Nigh
The have decided to go the Zimbabwe route to hell.
Everywhere the “browns” run the show there is theft, ruin, and slaughter.
South Africa should be no different.
It’s gonna go right down the same racist/socialist shit hole path that Rhodesia did.
They’ll eventually ruin everything that was positive, run out of other peoples’ money and then expect the rest of the world to bail their sorry racist azzes out.
They’ll try for it here anyway.
If this goes through, SA will be the next Zimbabwe. Farming takes experience, perseverance and hard work. Political cronies that would be the recipients of the land grab have none of the above. Just look at Zimbabwe.
South Africa under black communist leadership will end with peace keepers stopping the hangings.
Spreading Ebola in their favelas would make more sense. A nasty epidemic would help with their overpopulation problem.
“...Everywhere the “browns” run the show there is theft, ruin, and slaughter....”
Absolutely. We got a good taste of it here for eight years under the unqualified, ineligible faggy twit, odongo. We can see it right within our own Congress.
Obama supports them 200%
Does this mean they will expropriate South Africa’s vineyards as well? Well, there goes one major export - and for those who don’t know them the finest South African wines can compete with anywhere in the world - France included [which is where a lot of the South African wine-making tradition comes from].
Maybe they will say, it’s for the children. 👎
More like ending with U.N. peacekeepers watching the hangings while they write stern letters............
African tribal leaders have shown an intense aptitude for destroying productivity and inducing violence.
HA!! We need to invade and BOMB like Clinton did id KOSOVO? Same deal.
Kenya got it’s village idiot back after a long time missing.
Demographics are destiny. See tagline.
They have no clue that it’s not the Land ,it’s the people that work the Land
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