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List of white farmers facing expropriation 'exposed'
[EXPRESS.CO.UK] South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently unveiled plans to allow white people's land to be taken without compensation.Now a lobby group claims to obtained a list of 195 farms "identified for this purpose", reigniting the controversy over the proposals. The AfriForum group said the document was being circulated by ministers as the government prepares to implement the policy. But the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform denied the list was real. A spokeswoman for the department told News24: "We don't know where they got it from. There is no truth to this document." In response, AfriForum's deputy CEO Ernst Roets accused the government of lacking transparency. He said: "The problem is this strategy of secrecy. The department has to prove they are acting in good faith." He insisted the list was "definitely being circulated" and said he received it from a "confidential source". The issue of land ownership remains a highly emotive subject in South Africa more than two decades after the end of apartheid. According to the government, 72 percent of private land is owned by white people, with just four per cent owned by black people. Other racial groups account for the other 24 percent of land. Earlier this month, AfriForum's Ian Cameron warned the plans to seize land could spark "anarchy". Posted by: Fred 2018-08-17 |
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