Editing Economy of South Africa (section)

=== Land redistribution ===
The government aimed to transfer 30% of the 82 million hectares estimated to be in the hands of white farmers by [[Gugile Nkwinti]], Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, amounting to 24.5 million hectares, to black farmers by 2014. 6.7 million hectares had been transferred by early 2012 via redistribution and restitution.<ref>{{cite web |last=Davies |first=Richard |title=Minister dissects government's land-reform target |url=http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=166399 |publisher=BusinessDay |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304133406/http://www.businessday.co.za/Articles/Content.aspx?id=166399 |archive-date=4 March 2012 |date=1 March 2012}}</ref>

The land reform program has been criticised both by farmers' groups and by landless workers, the latter alleging that the pace of change has not been fast enough, and the former alleging anti white racist treatment with threats of genocide, voiced openly on multiple occasions by the ANC, including the former president Zuma, and expressing concerns that a similar situation to [[Land reform in Zimbabwe|Zimbabwe's land reform policy]] may develop,<ref>[https://archive.today/20070220234020/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1052-2352011,00.html South Africa's bitter harvest].</ref> a fear exacerbated by comments made by former deputy president [[Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4718707.stm South Africans' long wait for land], BBC News.</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4140990.stm SA 'to learn from' land seizures], BBC News.</ref>