LETTER: Land is not the problem, it’s the shortage of skills
Salvation will not come from owning land, but from possessing skills that have value
Carol Paton's most recent column refers ("Land matters. It is as simple and as complicated as that (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/columnists/2021-04-08-carol-paton-land-matters-it-is-as-simple-and-as-complicated-as-that/)", April 8). We see a similar debate in the US, where the issue of reparations for slavery has gained political favour on the Capitol, which is now barricaded and kept safe by 5,000 National Guards to protect politicians from the electorate who elected them.
Paton must be reminded that apartheid was not a land acquisition exercise. That honour must go to the British mandarins under the influence of the Randlords, who wanted cheap labour and used the Land Act of 1913 to ensure blacks would be legally shanghaied into selling their labour underground...
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