Ramaphosa insists:

"This is no land grab. Nor is it an assault on the private ownership of property... Land reform in South Africa is a moral, social and economic imperative.

"By bringing more land into productive use, by giving more South Africans assets and opportunities, the country is creating conditions for greater, more inclusive and more meaningful growth"

But a number of black South Africans appear to see things a little differently to their president: "Let us kill the white man, the white man must die"

Echoing Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says they're prepared to die if it means South Africa will achieve land expropriation without compensation.

In June, Simon Black warned that Malema, the so-called 'Hitler of South Africa', was busy telling white people in his country that he's not going wage genocide against them. Yet.