News / Africa
Malema's ANCYL to focus on nationalisation
18 Jun 2011 at 14:39hrs | Views
Heated debates were expected on Saturday when ANCYL delegates attending the ruling party's youth wing discuss the thorny issues of nationalisation of mines and land redistribution.
Delegates at Gallagher Estate in Midrand will break into different commissions to discuss various issues including the controversial issue of expropriation of land without compensation.
In a discussion document titled Programme of Action for Economic Freedom in Our Lifetime, the youth league calls for the expropriation of land without compensation, in an effort to speed up land reform.
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCY) is not happy that the majority of South Africa's land is still in the hands of white people.
They argue that the willing seller willing buyer policy implemented by government over the past 17 years has failed the black people who lost their land during the oppressive apartheid regime.
According to the discussion documents, 4 percent of agricultural land has been redistributed since 1994, while more than 80% of agricultural land remained in the hands of fewer than 50 000 white farmers and agribusinesses.
"The willing-seller, willing-buyer approach to land acquisition has constrained the pace and efficacy of land reform. It is clear from our experience, that the market is unable to effectively alter the patterns of land ownership in favour of an equitable and efficient distribution of land."
The issue of the nationalisation of the mines was raised by the ANCYL and it gained the momentum ahead of the ANC national general congress (NGC) in Durban last year.
The NGC mandated the ANC national executive committee to research, study tours and discussions, and to report to the Policy Conference for decision at National Conference in 2012.
Presenting his political report during the first day of the five day congress on Thursday, ANCYL president Julius Malema talked extensively about nationalisation of mines and land redistribution.
"The wealth must be transferred to all the people, the banks and mines should be nationalised. Land redistribution should be speeded up otherwise we will have no alternative to take over the land without compensation," he said.
Delegates at Gallagher Estate in Midrand will break into different commissions to discuss various issues including the controversial issue of expropriation of land without compensation.
In a discussion document titled Programme of Action for Economic Freedom in Our Lifetime, the youth league calls for the expropriation of land without compensation, in an effort to speed up land reform.
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCY) is not happy that the majority of South Africa's land is still in the hands of white people.
They argue that the willing seller willing buyer policy implemented by government over the past 17 years has failed the black people who lost their land during the oppressive apartheid regime.
According to the discussion documents, 4 percent of agricultural land has been redistributed since 1994, while more than 80% of agricultural land remained in the hands of fewer than 50 000 white farmers and agribusinesses.
"The willing-seller, willing-buyer approach to land acquisition has constrained the pace and efficacy of land reform. It is clear from our experience, that the market is unable to effectively alter the patterns of land ownership in favour of an equitable and efficient distribution of land."
The issue of the nationalisation of the mines was raised by the ANCYL and it gained the momentum ahead of the ANC national general congress (NGC) in Durban last year.
The NGC mandated the ANC national executive committee to research, study tours and discussions, and to report to the Policy Conference for decision at National Conference in 2012.
Presenting his political report during the first day of the five day congress on Thursday, ANCYL president Julius Malema talked extensively about nationalisation of mines and land redistribution.
"The wealth must be transferred to all the people, the banks and mines should be nationalised. Land redistribution should be speeded up otherwise we will have no alternative to take over the land without compensation," he said.
Source - Sapa
