CHARLES MOLELE
ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa says his administration is intent on accelerating land redistribution and rural development in South Africa this year, including responding to a call for the expropriation of privately owned land without compensation for distribution.
Ramaphosa outlined his party’s land reform plans during the ANC’s virtual 109th birthday celebrations, where he delivered the annual January 8 Statement on Friday night.
The land reform process remains a contentious issue in South Africa, with some sections of the society arguing that the expropriation of land without compensation was a clear violation of constitutionally guaranteed property rights, a travesty of the country’s rule of law and a rerun of Zimbabwe’s disastrous land grab policies, where white farmers were driven off their land through violence and terror.
In his virtual address, Ramaphosa, however, said land reform in South Africa was central to meeting the aspirations of the Freedom Charter
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