I was too young to really remember the old times but from what my family tell me, the way they speak and see things today being removed from your home and literally tossed into the bush to start a start a life again was a very traumatic experience that they wear on their sleeves and I don't think they will ever fully heal from it.

So when they mention land expropriation is mentioned I can understand why people get fired up but that's what they want, to drive this narrative that you know its righting old wrongs and getting people to think emotively and not logically as well as covering up the real intentions behind it all.

There is zero altruism behind this move and for them to even try to pitch that is an insult to the South African people. Its just a few palms being greased behind the scenes while this will ultimately be a failed campaign that has no real benefit to the country. I honestly couldn't care less who owns what land or what they do with it, that's a non-issue. If someone has land or resources and doesn't use it to generate value well that's on him, he's going to lose out to his competitors and that's the nature of the beast.

Don't try to "level" the playing field artificially with regulation, go in and compete and show what you're worth, that's how progress and innovation is made. This is the real narrative we need to be pushing! Just be a contributing member of society and a nice person which I think many South Africans are, we're just a betjie gatvol at times, but that's understandable.