Ramaphosa was speaking at a government function to hand over title deeds to the Griqua and Khoi ethnic communities of Ebenhaeser who lost their lands to European settlers centuries ago on the West Coast during the weekend.
The president said it was time for white land owners to cooperate with his administration in changing land ownership patterns and to stop frustrating the process.
The president added: “There are those white farmers who are ready to work with us‚ who are part of this settlement.
“To those who are still resisting‚ we are saying please come to your senses. This is a programme you cannot stop‚ that you cannot resist. Please come work with us. This is land that we must all share.”
The handover of title deeds to the three community property associations (CPAs) on the West Coast was part of a land claim that took twenty years to settle at a cost of US$26 million.
This also is the first land claim by the Khoi and the Griqua communities to be finalised by government after they were removed from the lucrative farm lands back in the 1920s.
The returned land would see the local communities partnering with established commercial farmers in wine‚ livestock and game farming on 53 farms comprising 1‚566 hectares of land.