S. Africa's ANC Chairman Backs Seizing Land from People with Over 12,000 Hectares

The chairman of South Africa's ruling African National Congress was quoted as saying the state should take without compensation land from those who own more than 12,000 hectares, comments that sent the rand weaker. More than two decades after the end of apartheid, white people still own most of South Africa's land. Ownership patterns remain highly emotive as the government has been slow to transfer land to the black majority after centuries of colonial and racial...

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