Constant reports of corruption give the impression our country is being run mafia style. It’s like our government is run by a cartel that is deliberately creating a state of lawlessness. Yet SA faces the triple challenges of poverty, unemployment and inequality. The land reform process has been slow and people are getting more frustrated by the day. There has been talk of expropriation without compensation, but with all the corruption one has to ask who is pulling the strings, and why. I agree with the notion that skewed landownership undermines agricultural development and food security. The notion that the landless are not interested in farming is a fallacy. But the exorbitant prices paid out of the fiscus have not contributed towards accelerated land reform and the redress of past atrocities. We know that in some instances there have been problems of collusion between department officials and farmers, badly distorting land prices. The Special Investigating Unit uncovered corrupti...
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