Charles Molele
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema said on Thursday that his party would first nationalise the land in order to spur economic growth in South Africa.
“We are first going to nationalise the land and give it to our people, so that we increase the number of people producing food in South Africa,” Malema said during an interview with Eusebius McKaiser on Radio 702.
The EFF is using the issue of nationalisation, anti-corruption, jobs creation and state control of the economy to challenge the ANC in the upcoming elections on 8 May.
Since its formation, the party has called for the nationalisation of the mines, banks and other strategic sectors of the economy as well as expropriation of land without compensation.
Malema said nationalising the land would fundamentally assist to achieve a 6% economic growth.
“We made the determination but we got inputs from financial experts, economists and
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