NEC member Tony Yengeni ‘reveals’ ANC to support EFF motion on land expropriation

In a tweet on Tuesday morning, ANC national executive committee member Tony Yengeni apparently revealed that the ANC caucus has been instructed to support the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) after they put forward a motion in parliament on the expropriation of land without compensation for equal redistribution.

Yengeni said this was because the policy had been adopted by the ruling party at its elective conference in December. He declared that the DA and “white monopoly capital” were in “big big trouble”.

The ANC has since said that it agrees with the EFF in principle, but disagrees over the modalities of how expropriation can take place.

The EFF is also feeling very confident about its motion, declaring that today would be the day they expropriate the land.

During his state of the nation address, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the policy would be implemented without compromising the country’s food security.

During the Sona debate, EFF commander-in-chief (CiC) Julius Malema warned the Democratic Alliance (DA) that its stance on the policy would lead to the two organisations being opposed, which would negatively affect the coalitions formed by the two parties in some metros.

Malema had also said the president was “bluffing” about the implementation of the policy.

However, ANC MP and Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor, playing the “sweeper” role for her party during the Sona debate, said her organisation was resolute on land expropriation without compensation.

Cope leader Mosiuoa ‘Terror’ Lekota had asked during the Sona debate which group of people the land would be appropriated from and which group would be the beneficiaries. He further sought clarity on which group of people fell under the description, “our people”, who would be given the expropriated land.

In an opinion piece, the EFF secretary-general Godrich Gardee described Lekota’s questioning as being “spectacularly outrageous”.

Speaking during a radio interview yesterday, EFF MP and whip Veronica Mente said the organisation would lead the motion “because the ANC has a history of being hypocritical, saying things that they do not mean just to gain the interest and the trust of the people”.

“We want to prove to the people that now they are saying things … that the EFF has been telling them to do,” Mente said.

Here is a tweet of the draft resolutions shared on the EFF’s verified Twitter account:

EFF

✔@EFFSouthAfrica

On Tuesday, the CIC @Julius_S_Malema will lead a Motion on Expropriation of Land without Compensation for Equal Redistribution at 14h00.

Here is the Proposed Resolution #LandExpropeiation

12:14 PM – Feb 25, 2018