South Africa runs the risk of increased rural violence in the future if it fails to push harder for agrarian reform, a report by the International Crisis Group has warned.
The independent organization said greater resources and significant international donor support would be needed for the government to achieve its target for redistributing white-owned farmland, reports the World Bank press review Monday.
John Prendergast, an ICG adviser, drew a comparison with Zimbabwes failure to tackle land reform in the 1980s, leading to the catastrophic farm seizures of recent years.
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