ANC POLICY
CLAIRE BISSEKER: If only Cyril Ramaphosa would get real about SA’s dire situation
Last week President Cyril Ramaphosa shocked the nation by announcing two significant policy decisions taken at the ANC’s recent lekgotla. The governing party will seek to amend the constitution to allow for land expropriation without compensation, and will introduce a financial stimulus package to create growth and jobs. Politics aside, this is what Ramaphosa should have said instead: "Land reform has to be accelerated to correct the injustices of the past and ensure more equitable land ownership. The ANC’s previous land reform efforts have failed because they’ve been too politicised, too slow and badly run by inept departments. They have also been bedevilled by corruption and elite capture. We acknowledge that the ANC has performed dismally on land reform and because of that people are angry. Politicians are exploiting this anger, even inside the ANC."But don’t be fooled, amending the constitution to allow land expropriation without compensation will not solve poverty. It will not ...
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