President Cyril Ramaphosa has told business leaders that the land debate is unavoidable and challenged them on Friday to weigh in on the government's much contested plans to redistribute land. "Right now we're dealing with the issue of land and this, so we all understand, was bound to come. It was waiting to come," Ramaphosa told heads of banks and other major corporations in Sandton at a meeting primarily to discuss the new youth employment scheme that will be launched later this month. This week the cabinet welcomed a motion to review the property clause in the constitution, on which parliament's constitutional review committee will report back in August. Although there were aims to expropriate land without compensation, the cabinet said the country remained open to investment in agriculture.29.7% The youth unemployment rate in South Africa, compared to the national unemployment rate of 26.7%Ramaphosa said that in 1993, during the negotiations that culminated in the constitution, ...
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