Fact Check: the truth about land reform in South Africa

The Week examines the ANC’s plans to allow the appropriation of white-owned land without compensation

South African farm
(Image credit: Rodger Bosch/AFP/Getty Images)

South Africa is moving ahead with its proposals to give the state the right to seize private land in a move designed to redress deep racial imbalances in property ownership.

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