South African government appoints ministerial team to address concerns over land issue – Xinhua

CAPE TOWN, July 5 (Xinhua) – The South African government on Thursday announced the appointment of a ministerial team to address concerns over the expropriation of land without compensation.

The team will interact with traditional leaders to discuss and seek According to a statement issued at the end of a cabinet meeting held every two weeks in Pretoria, the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Zweli Mkhize, is the facilitator and receives support from the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and Minister of Communications Nomvula Mokonyane, Phumla Williams, spokesman for the interim cabinet

At the time of the agrarian reform 39 extent belonging to tribal chiefs to be redistributed to landless blacks.

Traditional leaders control 13% of the land in South Africa, while the majority of the land is still in the hands of the white minority.

The African National Congress (ANC) would like to include land controlled by local leaders in its plans to redistribute property to the black majority

Earlier this week, Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini convened a meeting to discuss government land expropriation plans. Zwelithini once accused the government of trying to take land from his people.

This happened when Parliament's Constitutional Review Committee was conducting public hearings across the country on the land issue. These public hearings will take place in the nine provinces until August 2018.

The Government requests all interested parties to participate peacefully in these hearings and invites the public to remain tolerant of the various opinions that may be expressed, In order to:

In February of this year, the National Assembly pbaded a motion on the expropriation of land without compensation.

The motion allows for the revision of section 25 of the Access to Information Act. the Constitution and other clauses, if any, to ensure the principle of expropriation of land without compensation.