Expropriation will be the solution to speeding up land distribution. The willing-buyer, willing-seller principle has certainly failed and we need to speed up the process to ensure that the people of our country have access to the land.
Let's address the issue of communal land use as an African curse, as attested to by the Afrikaner Boerebond. Communal land and traditional leaders have, for the most part, been totally violated through the wars of dispossession. You have only to take a trip to the Robben Island prison to see who the first political prisoners were there. The likes of Nkosi Siolo, Nkosi Charlie, Nkosi Makoma, Sagile, and the list goes on. So, let's remind the Afrikaner Boerebond: Communal land is definitely not an African curse. It needs to be addressed, transformed and democratised.
Therefore, hon Deputy Speaker, the ANC supports this report of the Ad Hoc Committee to Exercise Co-ordinated Oversight on the Legacy of the Natives Land Act. I thank you. [Applause.]
Debate concluded.