OVERVIEW OF TERRAIN: Article 25, to change or not – people continue to talk

"If farmers' lands are taken against their will, there will be a hell, there will be a revolution," warned Valerie Byliefeldt, of the National Conservative Party, at a public hearing in Limpopo.

At another hearing in KwaZulu-Natal, one participant commented that "our black roots are land, our lands have been stolen, we have not been compensated when they have us. stolen ", they must therefore be expropriated without compensation. .

Some believe that expropriation of land without compensation will have a devastating impact on food security, while others believe otherwise.

Here are some of the many contradictory opinions that the Constitutional Review Committee heard during the current public hearings. The committee – made up of two teams – began touring the country's nine provinces starting June 26 and is scheduled to end on August 4. The purpose is to hear people's views on whether Article 25 of the Constitution should be

There will also be a final phase for oral presentations to Parliament, from 7 to 17 August, during which the speakers will be invited on the basis of submissions received.

was in Limpopo, North Cape, Northwest, Mpumalanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and should still visit Eastern Cape, Gauteng and Western Cape. MAP: See the location of the land hearings near you

Here is what people said through the provinces visited:

Mpumalanga

Land : People speak – Most Middelburg residents opt for a constitutional amendment

The Constitution must be amended to allow the expropriation of land without compensation. This was the general consensus Wednesday among members of the Middelburg community, Mpumalanga, the last day of the public hearings of the Constitutional Review Committee in the province, reported Netwerk24

Land: People Speak – Malema Calls for Calm while the speakers are booed The fear of "economic suicide" increases

The expropriation of land without compensation will not solve the economic problems of South Africa, said Tuesday Hennie Laas of Volkstrust Farmers' Association

Land: The Black people's opposition to the amendment of Article 25 of the Constitution were mocked Wednesday at the 39th. Public Hearing of the Constitutional Review Committee in Phuthaditjhaba, Qwa-Qwa Region, Free State.

Earth: People Speak – Blacks Can Cultivate, Public Hearing said

Blacks can cultivate and make productive use of the land. This was the message of several speakers during the public hearing of the Constitutional Review Committee in Welkom on Tuesday on the amendment of the property clause of the Constitution

Land: People Speak – & # 39 We Are Not Against the Whites, To the Blacks

Several black proponents of the expropriation of land without compensation have extended an olive branch to their white compatriots during public hearings in the # 39; Free State, but remained determined to amend Article 25 of the Constitution. 19659002] Earth: People Speak – The man says that he is living proof that public property does not mean disinvestment

It's a myth that he does not There are no investment opportunities in state farms.

Northern Cape

Earth: People Speak – Strong Support for Expropriation Without Compensation in Kuruman

"I Want to Hit That Person Called Section 25", said Pogisho Phethu w a swish of his walking stick. His opinion was shared by the vast majority of participants in the public hearing of the Constitutional Review Committee on the amendment of Article 25 of the Constitution in Mothibistad, just outside Kuruman, in the Northern Cape, Friday

Land: The people speak as "the main Israelites out of Egypt"

A Bible and a title deed were agitated at the hearing of the Committee of constitutional revision on the amendment of Article 25 of the Constitution Thursday in Upington. Jan Daniels stood at the microphone, the Bible in his hand

Land: People Speak – "The Earth Speaks Truth", the Committee Hears at Upington

"The Earth Looks Like Me , the earth speaks the truth "! Aru Ikhuisi Piet Berendse told the Constitutional Review Commission in Upington on Thursday morning. Dressed in his traditional costume, with a bow and a quiver of arrows on his shoulder, he began his speech in Afrikaans.

Limpopo

WATCH: Malema and Lekota in a lively argument at the hearing

The Earth: The people speak – Race relations take center stage in Thohyandou

Race relations have been in the limelight during the last public hearings on the expropriation of land in Limpopo on Saturday

Land: people speak – Not all black people who want land want to be a farmer

While Limpopo public hearings by amending Article 25 of the Constitution have put emphasis on farmland, the reality is that not everyone wants to be a farmer.

Land: People Speak – Black Farmers Need Resources to Succeed, says Claimant of Land Claim

Farmers If Government Does

Land: People Speak – Malema Requires All the voices are heard

Despite being a driving force behind the campaign for the expropriation of land without compensation, EFF The leader Julius Malema was firm during the public hearings in Mokopane, at the Limpopo, for those with differing opinions to be heard

Land: People speak – Public hearings said that there would be a hell

the land is taken against their will, he there will be hell. There will be a revolution. "It's the harsh warning of Valerie Byliefeldt, provincial leader of the National Conservative Party."