JULIUS MALEMA'S LAND GRAB STATEMENTS HAVE SPURRED FARM WORKERS AND OTHERS TO CLAIM PERMANENCY AND SECURITY OF LAND THEY HAVE LIVED IN FOR DECADES ON END

RADIO FEATURE ON THE NEED FOR STABILITY ON FARMING LAND IN SOUTH AFRICA

(MISS LISA MBELE AND HER NEIGHBOUR, MR THULISA KHUZWAYO) The latest statements by the radical opposition leader – Julius Malema – and his fellow Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) that people should invade and occupy unoccupied land in South Africa has raised disquiet among land owners and farmers. But at the same time some communities have not only been spurred on to move onto vacant land but others have also staged protests to claim permanency of the land they have lived in for more than 30 years. Subry Govender filed this RADIO FEATURE for Radio Deutsche Welle’s Africalink Programme……. .

(MR RAMESH SIVASUNKER)

(MR YAGA GOVENDER, CHAIRPERSON OF THE SUGAR ASSOCIATION)