Senior South African Ruling Party Leader Backs Land Seizures

  • ANC in KwaZulu-Natal to push for changes to land policies
  • Party needs to implement policies, provincial leader says

Sihle Zikalala

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One of the most influential leaders of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress backed a suggestion by President Jacob Zuma that the state be allowed to expropriate land without having to pay for it.

The ANC in Kwazulu-Natal, which has the most ANC members of the nine provinces, will be pushing for the sanctioning of land seizures at a party policy conference that begins June 30, said Sihle Zikalala, the party’s regional chairman.