SOUTH AFRICA
White or Wrong?
South Africa began the first land seizures associated with plans to take back land from white citizens and redistribute it among black farmers, targeting two game farms in the northern province of Limpopo.
The government offered owners Akkerland Boerdery a tenth of the 200 million rands ($13.8 million) it asked for the property, prompting Akkerland Boerdery to file an injunction to prevent eviction until a court had ruled on the issue. But the Department of Rural Development and Land Affairs refused the application.
Declining to discuss specific cases, African National Congress spokesman Zizi Kodwa said the proposed land seizures are “tied to addressing the injustices of the past,” according to the Johannesburg-based City Press, the UK’s Express newspaper reported. Last week, ANC chairman Gwede Mantashe warned that the government might repossess land from white citizens who own more than 25,000 acres without compensation.
AfriForum, a civil rights group representing the white Afrikaner minority, says the government already has a target list of some 200 farms. Meanwhile, a record number of white farmers have put their property up for sale.
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