Appropriate land with compensation - Zuma
2012-06-29 19:17
Johannesburg - The state must be allowed to appropriate land with compensation, as set out in Constitution, President Jacob Zuma said in Midrand on Friday.
"Land reform must represent a radical... break from the past without significantly disrupting agriculture production and food security," Zuma told ANC delegates at the close of the party's policy conference.
"[The] conference also affirmed the proposal to replace willing buyer, willing seller with the just and equitable principles in the constitution immediately - where the state is requiring land for land reform purposes."
Zulma said that the ANC also proposed that land ownership by women be accelerated.
"This is aimed at correcting the land question to address poverty," he said.
He said women were the largest group affected by poverty and inequality.
- SAPA
