South Africa changes the constitution to expropriate land from whites
The ruling African National Congress party will carry forward the constitutional amendment project in order to be able to expropriate the lands of white farmers without any monetary compensation
Of Jacopo Bongini
The government's efforts continue South Africa in erasing any remaining residue of the’apartheid, the policy of racial segregation that from 1948 al 1991 made the African country famous throughout the world. As reported by the Reuters agency, Yesterday the president Cyril Ramaphosa he actually stated, in a public address to the nation, who together with his government intends to push for a change to the constitution, so that it is possible’expropriation of land to white farmers without any right to economic compensation, stating that: “It is now clear that our people want the constitution to be more explicit on the expropriation of land without compensation.
L'Anc, through the parliamentary process, will finalize the proposed amendment to the constitution, which will more clearly outline the conditions under which expropriation of land without compensation can be carried out, acting in the public interest”. Until today the’African National Congress, the ruling party in power continuously since 1994, he has always tried to express himself cautiously on a possible constitutional amendment, considering it a risky strategy, and declaring already last May that the expropriation without compensation could still have been implemented also through the laws currently in force. In recent days, however, the situation seems to have worsened, arriving yesterday at the explicit declarations of President Ramaphosa. Read More

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