The ANC national executive committee (NEC) meeting at the weekend affirmed that a special meeting to deal with the issue of land expropriation would be held, secretary-general Gwede Mantashe has said. He did not say when this special meeting would take place, but media reports on Monday said it would probably to be held before the policy conference. "The masses of our people demand faster action on land restitution and redistribution. "To give practical expression to this historic mission of the ANC, the ANC must accelerate land redistribution within the existing legislative framework," Mantashe said. He said the ANC needed to identify areas that were an impediment to effective and speedy land redistribution.

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