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Published: 30 Apr 2010
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| ANCYL: Statement by the African National Congress Youth League on land redistribution (30/04/2010) | |
| The African National Congress Youth League is totally behind President Jacob Zuma's call for a decisive land redistribution strategy, particularly the long overdue review of the willing buyer-willing seller principle. The ANC Youth League also agrees with Black Management Forum President Jimmy Manyi that Section 25 of the Constitution should be revisited and a discussion opened on the Property Clause. The issue of land reform and the property clause will constitute part of the political issues the ANC Youth League will raise within structures of the ANC towards its 53rd national conference in December 2012. For sustained peace and stability, the ANC government should begin to appreciate that inequalities historically defined along race should be decisively addressed. The Sunset clauses agreed upon during transition were not meant to be permanent features of South Africa's democratic dispensation and should be reviewed to spell a more redistributive and redress land and economic redistribution strategy. The ANC Youth League will be engaging with all progressive forces towards consolidation of a perspective that affirms a more radical and decisive economic transformation and land redistribution programme. None of these programmes will undermine the rule of law, but will ensure that law is progressively utilised for redress purposes. |
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