South Africa to press ahead with land expropriation


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Ramaphosa said the unemployment figures were “quite worrying”, saying the ruling party has told the government to move with urgency to develop and implement a stimulus package to ignite economic growth.


Ramaphosa said the measures would, among others, include increasing investment in public infrastructure.



The ANC will contest national elections next year in the first ballot since the opposition won control of several key municipalities, including the biggest and richest city, Johannesburg, and the capital, Pretoria, in 2016.


“This is a surprising and premature announcement by the ANC because Parliament is still in its review process on changing the constitution,” said Lawson Naidoo, executive director of the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution. “Parliament still has to gather and evaluate the many submissions that have been made. We are in a pre-election phase and the ANC announcement is part of that.”


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