DA to oppose in committee strategic plan proposing nationalisation of farm land
The Democratic Alliance (DA) will today oppose the adoption of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform's 2010-2013 Strategic Plan in the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform. We hope that other opposition parties will join us in this action.
The controversial plan proposes the placing of all productive land under the control of the state and an amendment of section 25 of the Constitution - the provision that protects private property against expropriation - in order to achieve this.
The DA will recommend to the Committee that the passage proposing all productive land to be placed under the control of the state be removed from the Strategic Plan.
It reads:
"[Under option one,] all productive land will become a national asset and a quitrent land tenure system either with perpetual or limited rights is envisaged. This may require an amendment to section 25 of the Constitution."