Johannesburg – Farmers’ organisation Transvaal Agricultural Union of SA (TAU-SA) on Wednesday warned it would use every means possible to stop the expropriation of land without compensation.
This came as Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa slammed British Prime Minister Theresa May over the thorny issue of land.
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On 19 March 2018, AfriForum announced that 2018 has already witnessed about 109 farm attacks and about 15 farm murders in South Africa.
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Cape Town – Cabinet is concerned “when people go internationally to protect white supremacy”, Minister of Communications Nomvula Mokonyane said at a post-Cabinet media briefing on Thursday.
She added that the people at the extremes of the land debate – those propagating land grabs on the one end and those “demonstrating supremacy” – did not represent the whole of South Africa.
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The ANC remains divided about its resolution to expropriate land without compensation, despite the historic vote in Parliament this week to start the process to amend the Constitution.
The motion was brought by the Economic Freedom Fighters and supported by the ANC, but it included a caveat that expropriation would only take place if food security and economic stability were guaranteed.
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The state-of-the-nation address (Sona) delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday night was a frank admission of the problems negatively impacting on the morale of South Africans and the drivers which are critical to take the nation forward, Agri SA said.
“Agri SA therefore wholeheartedly supports the economic solutions outlined in the [Sona] to turn the country around and to create a future of hope, social cohesion, and prosperity for all,” Agri SA president Dan Kriek said on Saturday.
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The civil rights watchdog AfriForum says that the ANC’s decision to amend South Africa’s Constitution to allow expropriation without compensation boils down to a decision to commit theft and to place the country on the same road of destruction that Zimbabwe followed in its violation of property rights. According to Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum,..
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Brig. Mohale Ramatseba from the SAP said that a 35-year-old farmer, around 15:00 on Tuesday was shot dead on his farm Bonteheuwel. The police did not release the name of the farmer, but Marius Muller from Afriforum identified the former farmer as Willem Woux. According to Ramtseba, Woux was engaged in an argument with a..
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Cyril Ramaphosa, responding to rumours about his private life, on Sunday spoke of the manner in which state machinery is employed for a particular political agenda that is in favour of those who prefer a specific candidate to replace Jacob Zuma as the president of the ruling party. But is the Constitution not there to..
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While South Africa had “a head start in the level of its development compared to other African economies” there was much to learn from the rest of the continent, many of who were “making greater progress, despite starting from a low base.” South Africa also had a role to play in contributing to the continent’s..
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The ANC Ekurhuleni region announced that it will back former African Union (AU) Commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as their candidate to succeed Jacob Zuma as the next party president. Briefing journalists in Benoni on Tuesday, ANC regional chairman Mzwandile Masina said the regional general council currently underway, has resolved that Dlamini-Zuma was the best candidate..
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