ANC chairperson wants state to seize land from those with over 12 000 ha

National Chairperson of the African National Congress (ANC) Gwede Mantashe gestures at the end of the 54th National Conference of the ruling ANC at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, December 21, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The chairman of South Africa's ruling African National Congress was quoted as saying the state should take without compensation land from those who own more than 12,000 hectares, comments that sent the rand weaker.