SA to embark on land reform

South African President Jacob Zuma has announced his country will embark on a land reform in a “constitutional” manner, differing from Zimbabwe’s haphazard way, which drove away hundreds of white farmers and left thousands of farm workers jobless.

Speaking during his opening address at labour body Cosatu’s four-day central committee meeting at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand on Monday, Zuma hinted that his country will address the issue of land after “careful consultation”.

According to reports here, Zuma shot down the ANC Youth League’s proposal to have a land reform similar to Zimbabwe’s in which the government would expropriate the land without compensation.

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