re: South Africa seizing land from white people

The Khoisan peoples, if I remember rightly, would have historical claim, if the descendants of the Zulu tribes are arguing being there first gives them a right to the land.

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What has actually happened is that South Africa has taken a pretty bad turn for the worse in the last ten years, and the powers-that-be in the ANC, long-steeped in socialist and communist ideology, has turned festering anger of the masses against property owners. Tale as old as time.

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Well this is only a resolution that has passed in the lower house and the resolution still has to pass the upper house. An article I linked earlier shows that lots of land is actually already in government control, and they are hesitant to sell it, preferring to rent it out to tenants. According to one study, 45% of the land with high agricultural potential is already in the hands of historically disadvantaged people. I'm hopeful that the ANC will see the writing on the wall with regards to what land expropriation without compensation will do to foreign investment, as they are more and more reliant on the CCP.