Resolve land issue within law – Zuma

THE question of land in South Africa must be resolved within the realm of the country’s laws and constitution, President Jacob Zuma said.

Zuma tackled the controversial land issue during his address at a Youth Day celebration in Hammarsdale outside Durban yesterday.

“The land question is very much related to the economy,” he said.

“The day there was dispossession of land‚ that’s the day poverty began‚ that’s the day inequality began‚ that’s the day unemployment began.”

Zuma said it was more than correct to apply policies that were radical‚ revolutionary and changed the status quo economically.

“No one will do it for us but ourselves,” he said.

“The land question is a critical question. We must resolve that question within the law‚ within the constitution.

“If the law is not enough‚ let us take it to the point. If the constitution is not enough‚ let us take the constitution to the point.”

Zuma‚ who was buoyed by the warm welcome he received from the young crowd‚ said he was not done with his fight for liberating poor black South Africans.

The strong show of support was in stark contrast to the cold reception he received at a Youth Day celebration in Ventersdorp in North West province on Friday‚ where a group of students chanted “Zuma must fall”.

Zuma told the crowd of a few thousand youths‚ who were bused in from different parts of Durban‚ that he had joined the struggle to fight against black poverty.

He encouraged the youth to study and to fight for radical transformation.