No genocide against white people in SA, G20 meeting told

DEPARTMENT of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Acting Director-General Nomthandazo Moyo has set the record straight on reports of genocide in South Africa.

- THOBEKA NGEMA

Moyo was speaking during the opening of the G20 Development Working Group in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday.

She said that, while the country deals with development issues, it also faced challenges and every country deals with crime issues.

Moyo said issues of public safety were something that affected everyone, irrespective ofthey were in the south, the north or the east of the globe.

As the administrator responsible for land, Moyo confirmed that there was no expropriation of land without compensation when it came to land redistribution issues and there was also restitution for those whose land was taken during apartheid.

"When we restitute the land, we buy the land from the previous owners. We don't take it by force," Moyo said.

She said misinformation was also spread by the media.

"We do buy the land to give it back to those who had the land taken through apartheid.