If you have been keeping up to date with the various articles regarding the "giving back of land"to the people without compensation to the land owners. This is due to go through a lengthy process through parliament and the courts. According to the constitution it isn't legal what is proposed under section 25. Some are now arguing it is but those are the ones to benefit.
This week the Afriforum group posted a list of 195 farms that are the first batch to be expropriated without compensation. This list has been leaked from somewhere and as much as the department of Rural Development and Land Reforms deny there even being a list who would you believe. On the other hand the Institute of Race Relations believes the list to be legitimate.
The reason behind the list is to test the constitution and see if they can get away with it and what backlashes may occur. The head of the AgriSa which I presume represents the farmers didn't like the list being posted as it would make those farmers more vulnerable now. If I was a farmer who had my farm on the list I would be worried and upset not knowing my future, and what lay ahead.
It tells us one thing as I believe such a list exists as the Government lies on a regular basis and there is no trust there what so ever. Maybe the list was leaked on purpose ,hoping that the ones that want the land will try and take it by force, like what happened in neighboring Zimbabwe. This way the Government can test the water saying they had no involvement. I don't like the picture that is being painted at the moment as the Government is rather weak and easily manipulated.
The government already owns over 4000 farms and no one knows the outcome for those either. This should take time to sort out and surely those 4000 farms should be first on the list. The ANC's policies have never been great and normally promise so much and end up amounting to nothing as they get diluted over time. This however is different and is a ticking time bomb.
