ANC and AgriSA to discuss land expropriation
The African National Congress (ANC) and the country’s largest representative body of commercial farmers, Agri SA, will meet on Tuesday to discuss the expropriation of land without compensation.
Agri SA says they have been invited by the ANC to discuss the governing party’s move towards expropriation without compensation.
The ANC recently resolved to amend the Constitution to achieve land expropriation land without compensation.
This has led to widespread fear among farmers that they would lose their livelihoods.
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"We will be meeting the deputy president
(David Mabuza) and his advisors and some of the internal experts tomorrow. Some of our board members are joining me and we will be in closed discussions with them tomorrow through the morning.
"There is a lot of policy uncertainty and there is a lot of confusion within the farming sector as to what's going to happen now in the agri-economy going forward typically in regards to land," says AgriSA Executive Director, Omri van Zyl.
Discussions between the ANC and Agri SA will take place behind closed doors.