A bill allowing the South African government to seize private land without compensation has been withdrawn by the Portfolio Committee on Public Works pending further study, according to the ruling African National Congress.
In 2015, the ANC proposed a constitutional amendment allowing the government to seize and redistribute land without any compensation to its owners. The draft, which has not been adopted so far, evoked widespread international outrage and multiple media reports of alleged violence against white South African farmers, including murders.
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WNU Editor: RT is the only news website carrying this story. If true, this decision to withdraw the bill tells me that saner heads in the South African government realized what the consequences would have been if such expropriations were undertaken. On a side note .... hours before this announcement to withdraw the bill, visiting UK Prime Minister May endorsed it .... Ramaphosa's land reform policy gets backing from British PM Theresa May (News24). Sighhh .... she is always behind in the news.
