Pressure must be maintained to deter SACP/ANC from pushing on with NDR, says Jeffery
“When public objection is strong enough, the ANC backs down. This is what has happened, at least for now, on the pending EWC Bill”, says Anthea Jeffery.
“When public objection is strong enough, the ANC backs down. This is what has happened, at least for now, on the pending EWC Bill”, says Anthea Jeffery.
“State custodianship of land would also align well with the ideological leanings of the ANC and with the statist thrust of policy more generally.”
While expropriation has many obvious consequences, Gabriel Crouse takes a closer look at some of the more insidious effects of government’s property grabbing plans.
With promises of reform and land ownership debate aplenty, does the answer not simply lie within a consistent approach?
Damaging interventions against business are mounting rapidly. The pressure goes far beyond the agriculture sector and the mining industry.
President Cyril Ramaphosa duly told national television that participants in EWC’s public hearings want clarity. The ANC has heard them and will “finalise a proposed amendment to the Constitution”.