ANCS PRUDENT MOVE ON LAND REFORM THAT IS IN TANDEM WITH BROAD-BASED BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND ALSO IN KEEPING WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE FREEDOM CHARTER By Senzo Scholar The kissing specialist Hellen Zille can scream until her voice looses sound that wont holder water. She should not forget that she represents coloniality of the few proponents of white supremacy and black subjugation. Her lamenting and lurching on about the ill-conceived paranoia that the land expropriation for agricultural purpose, i.t.o the proposed new land reformed policy is without an iota of reasonableness. I say BRAVO to Honourable Minister Gugile Nkwinti for this prudent ANCs excellent move of taking back the land to its rightful aboriginal owners. Im glad I voted ANC, and this is exactly one of the many reasons why I voted the ANC. Hellen Zille, as a kiss specialist if you can kiss the clouds, may be I will have solace for your baseless lamenting about your-ill-conceived remiss of the proposed land expropriation by Minister Kwintini. Once you have kissed the sky, then we will begin to have a serious engagement in this front. Before you do that any noise that you be making will be tantamount to a dog barking the running car. I fully subscribe to, and support the proposal by Minister Kwintini which is expatiated here-under. The New Land Reform Policy Proposals aims to: 1. Deracialize South Africas rural economy; 2. Democratize the allocation and use of land; and 3. Ensure food security as well as food sovereignty for the country. Theres nothing wrong with ANC pursuing the above-mentioned policy objectives which are intended to include the marginalized and excluded aboriginal rightful owners of this mother land. The commercial farmers, as historical owners, retain 50% of the farm. The labourers on the land assume ownership of the remaining 50%, proportional to their contribution to the development of the land based on the number of years they had worked on the land; The government pays for the 50% to be shared by the labourers, but the money will not go to the farmer. It will go to an investment and development fund to be jointly owned by the parties constituting the new ownership regime. The investment and development fund will be used for reinvestment in the farm, skills improvement and to pay out those who want to opt out of the arrangement; Current tenancy protection remains and it will be balanced by a regime of duties and responsibilities that worker-dwellers must comply with if they want to stay on the farm. Of the 50% to be shared by labourers, all labourers with a history of between 10 and 25 consecutive years of disciplined service will share 10%. Those with 25 to 50 years consecutive service will share 25%, those with more than 50 years consecutive service will share 50% and 15% will be available for household subsistence farming; and Land rights management committees, consisting of local people, will be established to solve local disputes. The Minister indicated that had come up with the proposal because the previous system had many deficiencies, land reform was imperative and too few proactive proposals were coming from stakeholders in agriculture. I formulated these proposals to give them something to work with, said Nkwinti. Stakeholders have until April next year to react. But we really need to move forward. The minister said he was excited about retaining the portfolio he has held since 2009. He has set himself the targets of growing the departments youth programme and handling land claims preceding 1913 by descendants of the San and the Khoi as his main goals for the new term. Regarding his land reform plan, which has provoked some very negative reactions from organised agriculture, he said it was an effort to establish co-responsibility and co-ownership, which requires sacrifices from workers and farmers. To the workers, it is a wake-up call because it means greater responsibility and discipline. It is also reflective of the ANC policy decision, through the Freedom Charter, to turn away from radical African nationalism and to embrace the concept that South Africa belongs to all who live in it - black and white - and that the land shall be shared among those who work it. To the farmers, it provides an opportunity to farm in cooperation with their workers. The Minister also said he did not feel pressured by Economic Freedom Fighters MPs insistence in parliament this week that land they regarded as stolen ought to be returned to the descendants of the original owners. It is estimated that the South African Agricultural land is worth R155-billion nationally ,whilst the agriculture debt stands at R89-billion. Colonial heirs who acquired this land through an unjust laws are decrying that To effectively lose 50% of their collateral will be a disaster to farmers. My message to them is simple, they must roll with tides (punch) else if they keep making too much noise, we might encourage ANC to advance the EFF position that land should be expropriated without compensation. These colonial heirs should have solace for receiving 50% compensation. Half-bread is better than nothing. The R89 billion debt, is nothing but a legacy of Land Act, 1993, and in all earnestness that is an illegal debt. Kiss the Sky Helle Zille Kiss the Sky!!! Long Lives ANC Long Live!! ANC FOR LIFE!!! ANC ROCKS!!! Amandlaness!!
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 01:17:13 +0000
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