The Zulu King Zwelithini and the IFP leader Buthelezi were uncompromising over the Ingonyama Trust land’s intended expropriation by ANC, as well as their traditional leaders’ land, and characterized it as a war. Just as the BAV leader, Mr Andries Breytenbach, declared on national TV (video below) on 11 October 2017, that expropriation of land without compensation will lead to war!
The Zulu King has repeatedly said that the land has been in the Zulu royal lineage for centuries, and would not be taken. In addition, the Council of Traditional Leaders drew the ANC’s attention to the nearly 9.3 million hectares of land the State already owns, as well as the nearly 4,500 farms the state has on its books, and has not yet allocated. Ramaphosa promised in his state speech that 700,000 hectares of state land will be distributed (leased) this year, to the so-called disadvantaged, and so they announced last week that applications can now be submitted for the massive number of h
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