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Ramaphosa scores major own goal for South Africa | SA News

Malcolm Libera
 ·4 Sep 2025

President Cyril Ramaphosa may have scored a major own goal for South Africa after praising Zimbabwe’s land reform programme, a policy widely viewed as disastrous for the Zim economy. 

His comments, made during the official opening of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show in Harare on Friday, 29 August 2025, have drawn sharp criticism and could raise fears among investors about the direction of land reform in South Africa.

In his address, Ramaphosa framed Zimbabwe’s land seizures in the early 2000s as part of a necessary process of…

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