Fikile Mbalula assures SA that ANC will not nationalise land: it will be ‘de-monopolised’
The ANC says it will not nationalise land in SA.Speaking at the opening of talks between the party and farming union AgriSA in Centurion on Friday‚ ANC election head Fikile Mbalula said land would be "de-monopolised" through a constitutional process."One thing that is not going to happen is to nationalise land. Land will be de-monopolised; it will be made to be constitutional…. What concerns us now are modalities and all other technical aspects of the matter. We are concerned about the entire value chain and are alive to it‚" Mbalula said."We are after a constructive resolution of the expropriation of land‚ which now will include noncompensation. Today‚ our role is to listen to concerns and lay any fears of economic and social mayhem away. We will never subscribe to land grabbing in SA. We are orderly and we are organised in what we do." ANC national executive committee member Ronald Lamola‚ who was also present on the panel‚ said the government had failed the process of restitution...
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