South Africa’s ANC calls for compulsory land seizures

Fear grow among majority white landowners that country could follow Zimbabwe into violence and economic chaos

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The chairman of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has called for the state to forcibly take over land from those who own more than a certain amount, fuelling fears among predominantly white landowners and sending the rand tumbling.

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