Theatre of land in South Africa

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The Sunday Times Politics Weekly team this week discusses the various stances of the top three political parties on land expropriation without compensation. Is the ANC only using land as a campaigning tool, how radical a concept is the EFF’s idea of land nationalisation, and has the DA missed the mark on land?

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27 Mar 2019 English South Africa Politics · News Commentary

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