And what's at issue here, just to step back, is a legacy, of course, of apartheid, when the government dispossessed many Black South Africans' land. For the last 30 years or so, since the end of apartheid, the government has tried to redistribute that land mostly by purchasing land from willing white settlers, but it hasn't solved the problem. And so a new law is designed to take land from white farmers, basically eminent domain, as we call it here in the U.S., but with what South Africa says are provisions for compensation, for due process.
Author: Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi
Published at: 2025-05-21 22:55:52
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