Land Grab

The South African government wants land:

The law, which replaces the pre-democratic Expropriation Act of 1975, "outlines how expropriation can be done and on what basis" by the state, the government says, according to the BBC. Ramaphosa's party, the African National Congress, or ANC, hailed the law as a "significant milestone." However, some members of the government have signaled they will challenge the legality of the law. The country's majority Black citizens own just a small fraction of farmland more than 30 years after the end of apartheid. Most landowners are part of the White minority, according to the news report. The new law allows for the expropriation of land without compensation only in circumstances where it is "just and equitable and in the public interest." That includes when the property is not being used and there's no intention to either develop it or if it poses a public safety risk.

Real estate, Communist style...