On Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 5:16:07 AM UTC-7, BurfordTJustice wrote:
South Africa Votes To Seize White-Owned Land Without Compensation
South Africa's parliament voted Tuesday to move forward with an amendment to
the country's constitution that would allow the government to seize and
redistribute white-owned land without compensation.

The motion was brought by the radical Marxist Economic Freedom Fighters
(EFF) party and was widely supported by the ruling African National
Congress, which controls almost two-thirds of the parliament. The measure
passed by a vote of 241 to 83, reports Reuters.

EFF leader Julius Malema, a longtime proponent of land expropriation, said
the "time for reconciliation is over. Now is the time for justice."

"We must ensure that we restore the dignity of our people without
compensating the criminals who stole our land," Malema told parliament ahead
of the vote, according to South Africa's News24.

The ANC has long promised land reforms aimed at evening the distribution of
land among racial groups, still a highly contentious subject more than two
decades after the end of apartheid. Whites own roughly three-quarters of
South Africa's farmland, according to a 2017 government audit.

It was not immediately clear when any change to South Africa's constitution
to allow expropriation of land without compensation would take place. The
matter will now be referred to the Constitutional Review Committee, which
must report back to parliament with a plan by August 30.

Newly elected South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has backed land
confiscation, saying after his inauguration earlier this month that he would
work to hasten the transfer of land to black people. He also stressed that
food production and security should be considered in any expropriation
effort.

Not all of South Africa's parties supported the motion to amend the
constitution. The opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) opposed the measure,
arguing that it would undermine property rights and deter foreign
investment.

DA lawmaker Thandeka Mbabama said expropriation without compensation "cannot
be part of the solution," adding that it was a "lie peddled by the ANC, who
fears being outflanked on the left by the EFF."

Here comes another nation that will rue the day they screwed around with the
white land ownership just like in Mugabe-land. Starve you *******s, you
deserve what will come about.
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