British PM Theresa May says the UK supports “sensible” land reform, whatever that is. Will the masses understand?
Land reform – and the version which features expropriation without compensation – has been under the global microscope in the last week. So perhaps it was inevitable that Theresa May would have to discuss the issues during her visit to South Africa.
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The issue of land expropriation without compensation has simmered to a point where Parliament is on a collision course with the ANC as a political party. Having undertaken extensive consultations in various provinces on the question of the expropriation of land, Parliament has stumbled upon uncomfortable feedback that seems to be an emerging voice from..
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SOUTH AFRICA….DISASTER! MALEMA TELLS PARLIAMENT TO STUFF THEIR JOB… He WILL OCCUPY LAND…. He does not need anybody’s permission. He does not need the Parliament’s permission. He does not need the President’s permission. HE CAN DO WHAT HE WANTS AND NOBODY CAN STOP HIM. Is he a “GOD”? ….. That is exactly what he is..
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The South African government and other leftists parties have been clearly opposed by America’s president Donald Trump’s announcement that he asked his foreign minister to investigate land expropriation without compensation and farm murders in South Africa. The ANC government’s foreign minister immediately announced that South Africa could resolve its own issues through mutual dialogue. Journalist..
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The social media are flooded with the latest news that US President, Donald Trump, last night tweeted that he instructed Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State, to investigate the situation regarding farm murders and expropriation of property without compensation in South Africa. US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had asked Secretary of State..
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Land expropriation without compensation could set off a domino effect of defaults that would make it liable to repay its funder R41 billion, the Land Bank said on Monday – “which we would not be able to settle”. If done well, land reform could benefit South Africa and the bank, its chairperson Arthur Moloto said..
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About 200 community members of a nearby squatter camp outside Stellenbosch met on Tuesday outside the High Court in Cape Town to express their dissatisfaction with an expulsion order for the land that they have been illegally inhabited in recent weeks. The events took place after a Stellenbosch wine farm owner took himself to the..
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South Africa’s white farmers have been desperately trying to sell their lands at record pace ahead of planned government land seizures, according to a local farmer’s union. However, there are few buyers. Even Winemakers are expressing concerns.
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A large group of landgrabbers illegally occupied the private land of two farmers in the Kriel district on Sunday August 19,2018. The landgrabbers decided to occupy the farmland that are situated near Secunda. According to Mr. Hennie Bekker, Afriforum’s district coordinator in Mpumalanga, the landgrabbers showed no aggression, but the situation is being monitored. Bekker..
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The South African minister of tourism, and African National Congress (ANC) executive, Derek Hanekom has waded into the land debate. Speaking to the media at a tourism event in Tsitsikamma‚ near Port Elizabeth‚ on Thursday, Hanekom stood by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s controversial land expropriation announcement. As reported by Times Live, Hanekom told journalists attending the..
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Changes to the Constitution may boost, not weaken, property rights ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe says the Constitution must be amended to limit land ownership to 12 000 hectares per farm owner, and white farmers who own more than that should hand over the rest to the state without compensation. Mantashe was speaking to News24 in..
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Northam – Northam is a small town located in Northam province of South Africa, a closely-knit community characterised mainly by mining and agriultural and game farming. The farming community in Northam is subject to the latest spat of illegal landgrabs in South Africa. Section 25 of the country’s constitution is in the process of being..
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Following the South African government’s announcement that it will expropriate the land of white owners “without compensation”, the number of farm attacks has surged in the country. Within a 48-hour period, at least five such attacks were recorded. “We see attacks every weekend and according to our figures, there is one farm attack every day..
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Afrikaner interest group AfriForum’s publication of an alleged list of farms that it claims are being targeted for land expropriation without compensation has been met with condemnation by agricultural lobby group, AgriSA.
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AfriForum has published a list on its website of farms that it says have apparently been identified by the government to be expropriated without compensation. This follows the ANC’s announcement earlier in the week that the party had identified 139 farms for this purpose. AfriForum says the list of farms was kept confidential‚ however‚ and..
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