Land expropriation summit pours fuel on the ANC flames

[Click here for the web version of this email]( [Daily Maverick] Monday, 21 May 2018 "Our paths are not mapped; they’re made.” ― Priya Ardis Story of the Day [ANC’s Land Summit shifts expropriation without compensation debate into higher gear]( By Qaanitah Hunter This weekend, the ANC NEC held a land summit in Boksburg which was somewhat ignored due to the attention given to the royal wedding of Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The meeting was a gathering of NEC members, ministers and deputy ministers who don’t sit in the NEC, alliance leaders as well as former presidents Kgalema Motlanthe and Jacob Zuma. Most surprising was the ANC’s appetite to hear from outsiders – the likes of Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, researchers and NGOs. While You Were Sleeping [Maduro wins controversial poll]( Venezuela's dictator-in-chief Nicolas Maduro has been declared president in an election termed "invalid" by his country's opposition. 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