The African National Congress is looking at ways of speeding up land redistribution, ruling party president Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.

Addressing the Namibian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Windhoek, he noted both South Africa and its northern neighbour faced similar challenges in this regard.

"In our case, we seek to redistribute 30 percent of land by 2014. I am informed that Namibia faces the challenge of a skewed ownership of 37 percent of the land.

"We are looking at quicker methods of land redistribution, occurring within the ambit of law and the Constitution of the country."

Zuma arrived in Windhoek on Monday, at the head of a high-level delegation, aiming to strengthen ties between the ANC and the South West African Peoples Organisation (Swapo), which has governed Namibia since independence in 1990.

"Given the strong historical ties between our two ruling parties, the relations between Namibia and South Africa can only be warm and grow stronger," he told chamber members. A copy of Zuma's speech was sent to Sapa.

The ANC president warned on the impact the global financial crisis was likely to have on Southern Africa.

"The SADC economies, including ours, are to feel the impact of the global economic crisis soon. While South Africa was relatively insulated from the first hurricanes that stormed Wall Street and other major economies... we are part of the global economy, and cannot be immune from the long-term effects of the credit crisis.

"The challenge for us and all other economies would be how to meet our development obligations in the climate of possible slow growth. We are already working on mechanisms that would enable us to cope," he said.

News agency AFP reported out of Windhoek on Tuesday that Zuma has vowed to crack down on government corruption.

It quoted him telling a meeting with Swapo leaders: "We are very concerned about the level of corruption in government and we must do something radical about it."

If corruption was not dealt with, people would "get the perception that the ANC condones corruption".

The report did not elaborate on what new steps the party planned to take, and ANC spokesmen were not immediately available for comment on the matter.