South Africa: Agri SA Calls for 'Cool Heads' Over Land Expropriation

Land reform was one of the major talking points at Agri Eastern Cape's 17th annual congress, following the ANC's announcement earlier in the week that it supported the amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution, to allow for land expropriation without compensation.

Agri EC president Doug Stern - who at the meeting was nominated as president for a second term - told the 126 assembled delegates that land reform could work, but only if managed properly.

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