The government plans to resubmit a Bill to Parliament that would allow it to seize land from farmers if negotiations to buy the land from them failed.
The rising cost of food is a time bomb that could result in uprisings, African National Congress president Jacob Zuma told the World Economic Forum on Africa on Thursday.
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/ 30 October 2007
The Ministry of Land Affairs would not give reasons for the termination of the contract of Director General (DG) Glen Thomas until the minister returned from a trip to Namibia, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. Godfrey Mdhluli said: ”The minister and the DG made an agreement that the DG’s contract be terminated [on Monday].”