ANC must give direction on expropriation without compensation - Ramaphosa
The ANC must explore all options in order to bring about meaningful restitution, redistribution and tenure reform in South Africa. This is the task laid out by President Cyril Ramaphosa to party members as he opened its inaugural land summit on Saturday.
“To our people, indeed to all people. Land is about dignity, it's about identity, it is about security,” said the president.
The historical workshop which took place in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni, dealt with what Ramaphosa described as the “biggest political debate on any issue since 1994".
It was mostly attended by its national executive members and leaders from some of its leagues. The workshop's aim was to comb through the many differing views within the liberation movement on the land question and carve a way forward.
Party members are divided over whether section 25 of the Constitution should be amended and whether all land should be nationalised.