EDITORIAL | Expropriation Act or not, land reform is the real issue
No law is adequate for the demanding task, which has barely been implemented over the last 30 years
16 February 2025 - 00:00
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s assurance in parliament this week that South Africa “will never allow forced removals again in this country” is to be welcomed. However, it will not be the last word on the vexed issue of land reform, which has been brought into sharp focus by US President Donald Trump’s “refugee” offer to Afrikaner farmers “dispossessed” of their land, which no-one says has happened. ..
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