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Black and white speakers called for unity at the Joint Constitutional Review Committee hearing on amending Article 25 of the Constitution in Kokstad on Saturday
but a EFF advocate stated that whites should go to Europe. Speakers on both sides of the debate have for the most part spoken unhindered and received polite applause after their turn in the Kokstad City Hall
unlike the rowdy audience of the previous day in Pietermaritzburg. READING: Tensions cease at Pietermaritzburg
As in previous hearings, the majority of speakers are in favor of an amendment, even though it is not as extensive as in previous meetings. The tendency of most, if not all, of the white speakers opposed to the amendment, continues
. Many who oppose expropriation without compensation emphasize the importance of title deeds and demand that title deeds be awarded.
Those in favor of an amendment called for compensation for the racial dispossession of the colonial and apartheid era
A member of the BLF declared himself happy when Parliament adopted the motion to revise Article 25 of the Constitution
. "To buy our own land is an insult," he said. "We should repeal all section 25."
He also said that it should be illegal to expel black people.
A commercial white farmer from the Harding Region of KwaZulu-Natal said that he opposed an amendment to section 25.
He said that Harding was an area peaceful and that there was a lot of unproductive land.
"The biggest travesty is that people do not have title deeds," he said.
He said that his neighbor was a very successful black farmer, but the neighboring community was struggling because it did not have the means to succeed.
"We could all be part of a success story if we work together," he said, to applause.
"We should be united and we will prosper together."
A black man, who said he was labeled as an "instigator" when he opposed apartheid, said, "I say we are working together and are equal."
Another black man said, "The whites should help us.] A white woman, member of DA and AfriForum, said that she opposed an amendment and was very She said that the land reform failed because of the huge corruption, and added that expropriation without compensation would be tantamount to stealing the land.
The committee had to ask for silence when she spoke, while some people were beginning to sing: "We want our land, we want our land!"
The songs quickly disappeared.
had several meanings for blacks and expropriation without compensation would be part of the process of decolonization.
A woman who said that she was a direct descendant of the Kok family – the Griqua royal family, after which Kokstad is named – said that she supported an amendment
She said that she was in favor of an amendment to section 25 because of its descent and its connection to East Griqualand.
She recounted how the British authorities punished her ancestors by expelling them from their lands after a rebellion in the 1800s.
A black woman said she did not support an amendment and that Parliament must respect Amakhosi (the chiefs).
"The Amakhosi know us better than they (the deputies), because we are their subjects," she said. ] ANC member stated that expropriation would not undermine food security.
"We strongly reject the idea that the government will take over the property," he said. "It's a lie."
"We ask all of us to engage in this process to restore the dignity of our people."
IFP supporters said that they supported the expropriation without compensation, but the land under the Ingonyama Trust must be left alone.
A man who identified himself as an Inkosi, said that he opposed an amendment.
There were also some speakers who said that the land under the control of Amakhosi must be used for the benefit of the people.
We are all Africans, said the inhabitants of Rustenburg
A white farmer declared that all whites who had voted against a democratic South Africa in the 1992 referendum and who wanted apartheid remained, had left the country and the remaining South African whites and South Africa as their country.
In response, a man who only greeted members of the EFF said that he would greet others when he "will reclaim his land," said, "Your house is Europe! "
" Azania was invaded in 1652 and occupied by settlers, that is Azania, that is my land.
He said that the Freedom Charter clause said that the land belongs to everyone – black and white – black people betrayed.
It was the commission's last meeting of the e in KwaZulu-Natal. Then the committee's delegations will travel to Eastern Cape and Gauteng, and finally to the Western Cape.
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