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Making headlines: Mabuza says land in traditional communities belongs to the people; De Lille and Steenhuisen in Twitter spat; And, Oxfam report reveals women are the biggest victims of exploitation
Mabuza says land in traditional communities belongs to the people
People inhabiting communal land should be given title deeds, not permission to occupy the land, Deputy President David Mabuza told the National Council of Provinces yesterday.
Mabuza was answering questions when the matter was raised in two separate questions.
In a follow-up question to an original question about the government's land reform programmes, KZN IFP MP Mntomuhle Khawula asked if Mabuza could allay fears that all the land reform plans had nothing to do with the Ingonyama Trust.
The Ingonyama Trust administers the land traditionally owned by the Zulu people, and the Zulu king, Goodwill Zwelithini, is the sole trustee.
Mabuza said he doesn’t think there should be any fears, adding that traditional leaders were custodians of communal land.
De Lille and Steenhuisen in Twitter spat
Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille and DA chief whip John Steenhuisen have found themselves exchanging words over Twitter, following comments Steenhuisen allegedly made in the Cape Times.
Yesterday, De Lille posted an "open letter" to Steenhuisen following an article published in the Cape Times on Wednesday entitled, "Steenhuisen admits De Lille blunders".
Campaigning in Durban, Steenhuisen said the party had learnt lessons and made mistakes in dealing with the unprecedented fallout with its once-favoured mayor.
De Lille hit back at Steenhuisen’s allegations against her and requested that he provide her with hard evidence of protecting maladministration; misconduct; dereliction of duty; lying to council; hurting the DA brand and ruining relations in the DA team.
And, Oxfam report reveals women are the biggest victims of exploitation
New evidence shows that female labourers bear the brunt of the economic exploitation faced by millions of farmers and workers in food supply chains.
Oxfam International's report, titled Ripe for Change: Ending human suffering in supermarket supply chains, discusses pervasive low wages and the widespread denial of labour rights among people working to supply different products to supermarkets around the world.
Evidence shows that while the food industry generates billions of dollars in revenue every year, the rewards are skewed towards the powerful. Only a fraction of what customers spend at the checkout counter reaches those who produce their food.
That’s a roundup of news making headlines today
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