The South African Communist Party (SACP) said on Monday it welcomed the policy of expropriation of land without compensation as another means of achieving land reform.
"While we do not believe that the existing constitutional requirement of paying just and equitable not market compensation has remotely been an impediment to serious land reform, in fact, the constitutional right to expropriate in the public interest has never been used for land restitution," the party's general secretary, Dr Blade Nzimande, said during a press briefing.
He said the country's constitution made provisions for the state to determine the amount to be paid as compensation for expropriated land, which is hardly used by the government.
Zuma and Gupta's plundering pal Obiang, "worst of worst" in Africa. Ever wondered why Africa does not have legacy scholarships and sponsorships like the Rhodes scholarship? (Unless it is someone else's money) All of us are judged by the company we keep. And by that measure, South Africa's President Jacob Zuma is scraping the bottom..