[lbo-talk] Stakes high for South African land reform

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Sun Oct 12 08:39:13 PDT 2008


Stakes high for South African land reform http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49804T20081009?sp=true

Wed Oct 8, 2008

By Muchena Zigomo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - For those seeking to redistribute South Africa's rich farmland among landless, poor blacks, there is an uncomfortably close reminder of the dangers of getting this sensitive task wrong: Zimbabwe. More than a decade after the end of apartheid, poor blacks in South Africa are still waiting for farms promised to them by the ruling African National Congress (ANC), which sees land redistribution as a cornerstone of black majority rule. http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49804T20081009?sp=true



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