'Land expropriation must not cause racial divisions'

Mokonyane briefed the media on Wednesday's cabinet meeting. 

Cabinet has called for public engagement on the proposed amendment to property clause of the Constitution.

The Constitutional Review Committee has been tasked to flesh out the proposed changes.

The National Assembly's support for a motion to looking into land expropriation without compensation has led to some groups claiming the plans are racially-motivated. 

But Mokonyane has asked citizens to adopt a non-racial attitude, as required by the Constitution.

"When you have to deal with the real structures of a divided nation it would actually create discomfort. It is not correct to conclude that it's the white community in its totality that is opposed, but a particular group within."

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Mokonyane's comments comes a day after an Australian minister suggested that visa applications of white farmers to that country be fast-tracked.

"Precisely because of a (sic) highly-politicised society we live in, there are extremes on both sides. There are extremes who just want to invade land, and just pick-and-choose and occupy somebody's land and stuff, and there are those who will be saying that you won't tamper with what I have."

She has called South Africans not to violate each other's rights.