Land reform change is coming: Nkwinti Parliament - Blacks had been “bending over backwards” on land reform and restitution, but no longer, Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti said on Tuesday. “It is unsustainable. We cannot go on like this,” he told MPs in the National Assembly. Nkwinti recently tabled land reform proposals which, if enacted, would see farmers giving half their land to their workers. Earlier, Freedom Front Plus MP Pieter Groenewald labelled the proposals “irresponsible”, and said his party had been hearing from farmers that they were looking at emigrating to farms elsewhere. The proposals had caused great uncertainty, he said. Responding, Nkwinti quoted African National Congress founder member John Langalibalele Dube on the passing of the 1913 Natives Land Act. “The white ox has got all the pasture; the black ox has nowhere to graze.” He said not much had changed since then. The SA Political Forum POLITICAL & CURRENT AFFAIRS iol.co.za/news/politics/land-reform-change-is-coming-nkwinti-1.1708747#.U6nLA_mSx-k
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 19:53:16 +0000