AS parliament is preparing to start the process of consultations on the expropriation of land without compensation, EFF Julius Malema says land expropriation is key to job creation.
Malema was speaking to his followers outside the Newcastle Magistrate’s Court today where he was appearing for charges relating to alleged contravention of the Riotous Assemblies Act. In 2016 the EFF leader told his party’s supporters to occupy any vacant land.
“There will never be jobs without land. You need to open a salon, you need land. Because when you open a salon in the garage of your neighbour, you must pay rent. If you have land you build a shack and open a salon. The money you would have used to pay rent becomes your profit,” said Malema.
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The Joint Constitutional Review Committee tasked with the review of section 25 of the Constitution, which deals with land ownership, said it received over half a million submissions on the matter.
“By the closing date for written submission on 15 June 2018, the committee received more than 700 000 electronic and hard copy submission forms from the public. Due to the extraordinarily huge volume of submissions, and the importance of ensuring that each and every submission from the public is given deserved consideration by Parliament, the committee is in the process of augmenting its internal capacity by procuring a service provider to assist with analysing the submissions,” the committee said in a statement.
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A final draft of the report on the consultation is expected to be submitted by 3 August, by which date the committee would have concluded its public hearings in the provinces and heading back to Parliament to continue its work.
The public hearings, which are scheduled to kickoff this week in the Limpopo and Northern Cape. Malema’s case has been postponed to February 2019.
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