[Here is a fascinating press release by the Transvaal Agricultural Union telling it like it is as they always do. Here you can see the confusion and chaos which reigns at a Governmental level – bit by bit – its becoming “Mugabe-like”. The bottom part is in Afrikaans. In my book, Government by Deception, I said that “In the end”… the blacks will basically resort to OUTRIGHT THEFT from whites. You can see that with so-called “Land Reform” we are heading in that direction. Jan]

Attack on Property Rights

TAU SA has already warned that Minister Xingwana will dump the problems of Department Land Affairs on the farmers, Mr Paul van der Walt, President of TAU SA, stated regarding the process of expropriation which is now being phased in.

The expropriation of farms is the beginning of the process to speed up restitution. These drastic steps confirms the concerns that this can be the beginning of the infringement by governing authority on the principle of private property rights.

TAU SA’s co-operation agreement with Department Land Affairs has been established to prevent these drastic actions against commercial farmers. Expropriation instructions again place unnecessary pressure on the agricultural sector while the Department’s ability to finalize the restitution process, weakens every day. The staff turnover and bad administration on regional level is making the process impossible. It seems that government does not want to accept the assistance offered by organised agriculture, subtly taking the road of the Mugabe program, Mr van der Walt, concluded.

Enquiries:-
Dr Chris Jordaan
Manager Property rights
Cell. 082 824 7467

Mr Paul van der Walt
President
Cell. 082 495 4551

Date Issued: Thursday 26 October 2006

Aanslag op Eiendomsreg

TLU SA het reeds gewaarsku dat Minister Xingwana die probleme van Departement Grondsake op die boere gaan aflaai, het mnr Paul van der Walt, President van TLU SA, oor die benadering van onteiening wat nou ingefaseer word gese(170)ª.

Die onteiening van plase is die begin van die proses om restitusie te versnel. Hierdie drastiese stappe bevestig die kommer dat hierdie die begin kan wees van die vergrype deur staatsmag teen die beginsel van privaat eiendomsreg.

TLU SA se samewerkingsooreenkoms met Departement Grondsake is reeds daargestel om hierdie drastiese optrede teenoor kommersie(171)«le boere te voorkom. Onteieningsbevele plaas nou weer eens onnodige druk op die landbousektor terwyl die Departement bewys dat die vermoe(171)« om grondrestitusie af te handel daagliks verswak. Die personeel-omset en swak administrasie op streeksvlak is besig om die proses onmoontlik te maak. Dit lyk asof die regering nie georganiseerde landbou se hulp wil aanvaar nie maar subtiel op die pad van Mugabe se program wil gaan, het mnr Van der Walt gese(170)ª.