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Apr 26 7 tweets 4 min read
Our colleague Dr Farai Mtero will be doing this interview - catch him now! On Radio567 @CapeTalk on #landreform and @MYANC
Dr Mtero says that land donations is one way land can be made available for redistribution - but this can only complement state efforts and cannot substitute for them.
The state should not shy away from expropriating land and using its constitutional powers to redistribute land, says @FaraiMtero
@FaraiMtero says the real problems in SA's #landreform are elite capture, women being marginalised, slow progress, poor planning and support, and corruption are the real problems.
Can state land address the need for #land reform? asks John Maytham. @FaraiMtero points out that 700,000 hectares state land earmarked for redistribution but who will get it? (and also, much of it is in communal areas, so black communities already occupy it!)

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