ANC tones down Zuma's radical land reform rhetoric
The document proposes that the government should do away with paying "premium" prices when purchasing land for reform and proposes "just and equitable" compensation
13 March 2017 - 07:37
The ANC has proposed a watered-down approach to land reform, despite President Jacob Zuma's recent call for land expropriation without compensation to be prioritised. The ANC's policy discussion on economic transformation, which formed part of the discussion documents released to the public yesterday, does not call for the expropriation of land without compensation. Instead, the document proposes that the government should do away with paying "premium" prices when purchasing land for reform and proposes "just and equitable" compensation.
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