Grain SA rejects land reform without compensation

The issue of land reform would intensify in the run-up to the 2019 election, and the more the political conflict over land reform gained momentum, the more undeliverable the proposals would become.

Grain SA rejects land reform without compensation
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This was according to Jaco Minnaar, Grain SA chairman, who spoke at the recent 2017 Grain SA Congress in Bothaville.

“Grain SA says no to land reform without compensation,” he said.

According to Minaar, it was grossly unfair that commercial farmers, as the food producers of the country, were singled out as the culprits in the land reform process.

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He said that after the drought, the number of farms on the market had increased markedly. Despite this availability of ample land, government had elected to continue on the path of no compensation.

Land reform without compensation would inevitably result in food insecurity. Politicians made these populist statements either to remain in power or gain power, he said.

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Annelie Coleman represents Farmer’s Weekly in the Free State, North West and Northern Cape. Agriculture is in her blood. She grew up on a maize farm in the Wesselsbron district where her brother is still continuing with the family business. Annelie is passionate about the area she works in and calls it ‘God’s own country’. She’s particularly interested in beef cattle farming, especially with the indigenous African breeds. She’s an avid reader and owns a comprehensive collection of Africana covering hunting in colonial Africa, missionary history of same period, as well as Rhodesian literature.