White South Africans could be forced to give up their own homes from next year as the nation's government steamrolls through plans for land expropriation over claims 'Africa's original sin' must be reversed.

The White South Africans could be facing one of the greatest challenges this year



Land is a huge issue in South Africa where racial inequality remains entrenched more than two decades after the end of apartheid when millions of the black majority were dispossessed of their land by a white minority.
The National Assembly agreed to the establishment of a committee that will draft an amendment to section 25 of the Constitution – a law which will allow the government to take homes from the people – and refuse to pay them compensation.

Last week the nations politicians fast tracked the set up of a committee which will write the legal change and present it next year.
The motion was adopted with 183 MPs voting yes, 77 voting no and no abstentions in fiery scenes as South Africans battle over land reform.

In the same week, South Africa 's High Court rejected a legal challenge brought by a group representing white farmers against President Cyril Ramaphosa's plans for land expropriation without compensation.


Last month, Ekurhuleni's city council voted in favour of forging ahead with 'expropriation without compensation' - a legal tool that the ruling African National Congress says is necessary to provide land for disadvantaged black citizens.
Ramaphosa handed over the title deeds of 4,586 hectares of land to Chief Inkosi Mandla Mkwanazi of the KwaMkwanazi community in Empangeni, near Durban.
The KwaMkwanazi community was forcibly removed from their land more than 100 years ago following the enactment of the 1913 Land Act.

Like other South African cities, Ekurhuleni faces a dire housing crunch, with some 600,000 of its nearly 4 million people living in 'informal settlements' and a shortage of land to build homes.

https://www.smokedscreen.com/2018/12/tensions-rise-as-south-africa-sets-to-seize-lands-from-white-south-african-farmers/


Lalasticlala mynd44

Positive news.


People deserve to reclaim their lost lands.

Rubbish!
The first piece of land to be seized, will not be white-owned! The government owns so much land which would qualify. Traditional authorities, like Zulus and other tribal kings, are in charge of infinitely more land which will qualify if this law is ever realised!

Look how well that worked out for Zimbabwe. From bread-basket to its current state.

Sadly, much of Southern Africa is as good as it appears because of her white settlers and indigenes. Can’t really say what’s wrong with the black race.

Ejebleje:
Sadly, much of Southern Africa is as good as it appears because of her white settlers and indigenes. Can’t really say what’s wrong with the black race.

What has this got to do with redistributing stolen and seized lands

morpheus24:


What has this got to do with redistributing stolen and seized lands

I wish you weren’t slow, you’ll have got your answer by merely reading the comments before mine

Why are these Zulus always disturbing these white people?. Why always the jaoulousy over other's success .

I've never before read such shallow sensational drivel masquerading as a journalistic article!

aregal:
I've never before read such shallow sensational drivel masquerading as a journalistic article!

Sorry prof, i will improve.

Ejebleje:


I wish you weren’t slow, you’ll have got your answer by merely reading the comments before mine

Shows how you have very little insight as to what is being proposed in South Africa versus what transpired in Zimbabwe.

Why don't you try me on issues concerning land redistribution in South Africa or southern African for that matter and let's expose my slowness to Nairaland. People like you just make sweeping statements against black people without realizing the complexities of the situation.

Please try me. I dare you!

If this happens I hope they actually have qualified people already prepared to hit the ground running and farm the lands, otherwise it’ll just end up getting wasted and most likely end up turning into shanty towns. Simply seizing it and handing it over to people who don’t know what they’re doing won’t end well, they need to plan this out.