Land expropriation a bitter pill for farmers.

Farmers are unhappy after the ANC’s announcement that
it will amend the constitution to allow for land expropriation
without compensation. Image: 123rf.com/Cristi Kerekes

Farming associations have slammed the ANC’s announcement that it intends to amend the constitution to allow for land expropriation without compensation.

Transvaal Agricultural Union (Tau SA) president Louis Meintjes said in a statement that the ANC’s announcement “makes a mockery” of parliament’s public consultation process.

“The constitution is supposed to be the foundation of a country where the rule of law takes precedence to protect society against racial domination and exploitation whilst ensuring that the supremacy of the law reigns. To expropriate property without compensation remains theft in any language and as such it is the opposite of what constitutes responsible government‚” he said.

By Amil Umraw.

Full story at The Times.