Land reform pits dispossessed against commercial farmer.(News)

From: The Mercury (South Africa) | Date: March 12, 2007 | Copyright information

BYLINE: Greg Arde

There are few subjects like land reform that evoke such an emotional response, and understandably so: South Africa’s agrarian past means many people’s hearts are tied to the soil.

Fuelling the heated land debate is the bloody example of reform in Zimbabwe and the growing agitation among local farmers and the landless.

Into the fire throw these comments from Sandy La Marque, the Chief Executive Officer of the KwaZulu Natal Agricultural Union:

“Land restitution is standing in the way of redistribution. With so much land under ...

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