Food security the target of land expropriation without compensation, says Ramaphosa
The government will consult with various parties to determine how to implement land redistribution, the President says
Expropriation without compensation should be implemented in a way that increases agricultural production, improves food security and ensures that the land is returned to those from whom it was taken under colonialism and apartheid, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his maiden state of the nation address (sona) on Friday. The ANC agreed at its conference in December to push for amendments to the Constitution that will pave the way for the government to expropriate land without compensation − a move that observers say will most likely spook investors. The ANC said it was under pressure to complete its land reform programme. The EFF, which has long called for expropriation without compensation and for its supporters to occupy land, previously offered the ANC its 6% representation in Parliament, which would give the governing party the required two-thirds threshold to amend section 25 of the Constitution, or the property clause. Ramaphosa said the government would undertake a process o...
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