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01 March 2018
Daily Maverick
Land expropriation without compensation must remove the constitutional property protection which, once removed, will no longer protect any property – whether cash, homes, vehicles, shares, retirement savings or bank balances. By JOHAN PRINS.
Expropriation read moreGrace Maledu's message to government: 1. stop prioritising traditional leaders 2. visit our villages to see how we are living 3. restore our forefathers' properties to us. Think about us - we elected you and are disappointed! #LandConference
Grace Maledu speaking powerfully at the #LandConference. "What am I going to benefit after they have removed the minerals from our country? We are born and are going to die being black. Let’s not hesitate to come forward and battle for our future, for our children."
#Landconference Important questions (and frustrations) raised about how the power to define has been appropriated and continues to be exercised from above. Even the rural village has been recast as a European construct with its roots in colonial and apartheid betterment planning.
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