The land expropriation policy of South Africa’s ruling party, the ANC, will specifically target white people, according to Zweli Mkhize, the minister of cooperative governance and traditional affairs. Neither the property of black citizens nor land controlled by traditional (black) … Read the rest
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Mugabe wants to give few remaining whites the boot too
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe on Wednesday ratcheted up pressure against few hundred white remaining farmers saying they too must go adding whites would no longer be allowed to own land in Zimbabwe.
In an address filled with anti-western rhetoric at the … Read the rest
Blade says Nkandla is white people’s lies
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande and member of the SACP has described what is being written about President Jacob Zuma and his Nkandla residence as “white people’s lies”.
He has been the General Secretary of the South African Communist Party … Read the rest
Shares in farms a smoke-screen for expropriation
The issue of proposed shares for farmworkers is a thinly disguised attempt by government to expropriate farms and could allow the uncertainty amongst South African farmers about their future to reach crisis levels, Mr. Pieter Groenewald, the Freedom Front Plus’ … Read the rest
TAU SA sees risk of famine due to ‘communist-style land reform’
TAU SA called on the Minister of Agriculture, Tina Joemat-Pettersen, to express her opinion on her colleague of Rural Development and Land Reform’s ideological process which will deprive white landowners of their rightful property.
TAU SA`s president, Mr. Louis Meintjes … Read the rest
Nationalise the SARB, says Malema
The SA Reserve Bank must be owned by the state in order to serve the interest of South Africans, the EFF said.
“The general practise in the world is that governments own their reserve bank. South Africa is one … Read the rest
Black poverty ‘due to 1913 Land Act’: Zuma
South Africa has not fully reversed the damage done by the Natives Land Act, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.
“A great wrong was done, and now it is up to us to follow-up by doing a great right,” he … Read the rest
ANC wants to get more ‘radical’ on taking land from whites
The centenary of the 1913 Natives Land Act provides an opportunity for South Africa to evaluate progress made in land redistribution, the ANC said on Wednesday.
“The centenary… provides an opportune moment to evaluate how far we have come in … Read the rest
ANC govt. failed to redistribute land: Economic Freedom Fighters
Government has failed to redistribute land to previously disadvantaged groups, the so-called Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) said on Wednesday.
“[The] government of South Africa has failed to use almost 20 years of democratic dispensation to address and redress the land … Read the rest
TAU SA concerned about trade union threats of ‘land transfer’ in South Africa
TAU SA is highly upset about trade unions’ proposed public actions to expedite land transfer. “The country is still licking its wounds from the labor unrest in the mining industry, which led to the Rand experiencing near-record lows. Now there
… Read the restDebate on land continues unabated in South Africa
“Nearly twenty years after the 1994 government change, the land debate is still one of the most emotional debates in South Africa,” Dr. Pieter Mulder, leader of the Freedom Front Plus and deputy minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries says.… Read the rest
Malema promises bloodshed
Axed ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema believes bloodshed will help him get South Africa’s land and mineral resources, according to a report on Tuesday.
Malema was in Harare on Saturday to attend a wedding ceremony and address Zanu-PF youth, … Read the rest
WSJ trashes SA’s black government
The Wall Street Journal has published an article painting a bleak picture of South Africa’s economy, saying labour unrest has caused its economic growth to fall behind other African states.
“The unrest is exposing a stark reality – South Africa … Read the rest
ANC wants ‘strategic nationalisation’
The ANC has rejected “wholesale nationalisation” in favour of “strategic nationalisation”, according to recommendations from its national policy conference.
The African National Congress called for “transformative state intervention in the economy” which could take many forms.
One form is “state … Read the rest