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[TOP STORY] Land expropriation: Why government should release its own land first

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‘We believe that the government owns, through its programme called Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy, about 2.5 million hectares of farmland,’ says Wandile Sihlobo, senior fellow at Stellenbosch University's Department of Agricultural Economics.

11 Mar 2025 9AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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