S. Africa’s Gov’t May Seize 195 Farms From White Owners – Reports…But True Justice Would Be To Take Them All Without Compensation,Because The Original Owners Were Never Compensated

Farmer in South Africa. (File)

S. Africa’s Gov’t May Seize 195 Farms From White Owners – Reports

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More than two decades after the end of apartheid, white people still own most of South Africa’s land, but the government now plans to transfer land to the country’s black majority.

An estimated 200 white-owned farms have reportedly been earmarked by the South African government to be handed over to black farmers, News24 reported, citing the head of the African National Congress, Gwede Mantashe.

According to Mantashe, who is also the country’s mines minister and a close ally of President Cyril Ramaphosa, the government plans to take land from those who own more than 12,000 hectares without compensation.The announcement, made earlier this week, sent the national currency, the rand tumbling.

“You shouldn’t own more than 12,000 hectares of land and therefore if you own more, it should be taken without compensation,” ANC Chairman Gwede Mantashe, who is also the country’s mines minister, told News24 on Wednesday.

AfriForum, a lobby group which mainly represents white South Africans, says it has obtained a list of 195 farms which the government plans to seize.

The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform has denied the claim, saying there is “no truth to this document.”

More than two decades after the end of apartheid, land ownership remains a major irritant as the government has been slow to transfer land to the country’s black majority…..more here

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