The ANC and EFF remain at loggerheads over which land should be expropriated without compensation, as the second round of public hearings gets under way.
Meanwhile, the EFF insists that all land must be nationalised. EFF leader Julius Malema told delegates at the Black Business Council summit that his party would not back down from its demand for all land to be nationalised.
Responding to a question, he said that an EFF government would not be deterred by threats of sanctions by the likes of the US government. He added that the EFF wanted a different model to that which was adopted in Zimbabwe. “Land in Zimbabwe was not nationalised, it was given to politically connected individuals who were leaders of Zanu-PF; the state did not become the custodian of the land ... so that which we are calling for is not the same as in Zimbabwe.
“Ours must be done within constitutional provisions, hence the call we made in parliament for the amendment of section 25 of the constitution. “If America doesn’t like what people are doing with their constitution then it has to blame. You can’t sanction a democratic process, that would be an undemocratic process by America. We should not be threatened by what will be a democratic process.Other panellists included UDM president Bantu Holomisa, DA policy head Gwen Ngwenya and IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa. Parties were unanimous in their call for the energy crisis to be resolved as it worsened SA's economic woes.
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