President Cyril Ramaphosa says reconciliation is depended on resolving land disputes in the country.
Ramaphosa delivered the key note address to hundreds of people in Umtata at the official Reconciliation Day commemoration on Sunday.
The president says for South Africa to strive for equality there needs to be expropriation of land without compensation.
“Far from being a measure that will fuel tensions or set race relations back, accelerated land reform has the potential to improve goodwill between the people of our country.”
Ramaphosa says the land issue must be resolved.
“Most of the country’s land remains in the hands of a few people in our country. but we must consider that failure to resolve the land issue will threaten the stability of our democratic nation.”
Parliament recently adopted a report recommending the amendment of section 25 of the Constitution to expropriate land without compensation.
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