Zuma considers opening land-claims dating back to the 1800s!
This seems like madness to me, desperate populism prior to the elections!
Should the 1913 cut-off date for land claims be changed to the 1800s?
President Jacob Zuma raised the question as he opened the National House of Traditional Leaders in Cape Town on Thursday.
“The very law that we have today to claim is lopsided against the black people. It is very difficult to prove that the land belonged to the ancestors and very easy to say we can’t have the land. That’s how the law is.”
“Was the decision to make 1913 the cut-off date correct? Perhaps yes. But was the land taken in 1913?
Most of the land was taken in the 1800s. Very little land was taken after 1913. This was when the colonialisation of South Africa was consolidated, he said.
SOURCE: BusinessTech
What is our President doing? This seems non-nonsensical to me! Your thoughts?