Land redistribution will be a focus of June’s ANC policy conference
As well as reviewing the success — or not — of the NDP adopted in 2012
The ANC is due to review the success or failure of the National Development Plan (NDP) at its upcoming policy conference, the party said on Tuesday. Discussions at the meeting, scheduled for June, would also focus on broadening the country’s economic base, encompassing the land question to ensure that it was more inclusive. ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said the party’s policy team was asked to provide a "political report" and not a "technical" one on the progress made in implementing the NDP with regards to the economy — and education in particular. The ANC’s last conference, in 2012, adopted the NDP as the blueprint for SA’s development until 2030. But the party’s allies have long disagreed with sections in it, while the jury has been out with regards to where the NDP has been translated into actual government policy. Mantashe said the land question would be central to discussions at the conference and that the "economy is the real politics" to be debated. However, cynics s...
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