South Africa — The South African government has seized a 600,000-acre game and cattle farm from its owners, the Lutheran Evangelical Church of Southern Africa, and will divide the land among poor rural communities, ministers said Thursday.
The seizure comes amid an intensified drive by the government to redistribute land to black and mixed-race communities that were dispossessed by apartheid.
An estimated four-fifths of South Africa's land remains in the hands of the affluent white minority.
Land Affairs Minister Lulu Xingwana said the government plans to push through new legislation to simplify the confiscation process and set up a new body with powers to acquire land for poor farmers. She said the Cabinet also would consider proposed regulations on land ownership by foreigners in the coming weeks.
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