The land in South Africa has been stolen from its people, ANC Youth League president Julius Malema said on Friday.

"At the negotiations pre-199, they said to us that for them to agree we must accept the willing buyer-willing seller idea," he told the annual conference of the Black Management Forum at Midrand.

"But now we must say we can't buy the land from you because you stole it from us," he said to laughter from conference delegates.

Malema said political freedom meant nothing if the people did not control the means of production.

"The means of production are still in the hands of white males — not even females."

He said this did not mean whites would be driven into the sea.

"We must live together in harmony, but whites must open up a place and let us participate. They must allow us to be equal partners."

Malema also had a message for whites leaving the country: "Don't leave before you transfer your skills."

He said freedom should not be reduced to satisfying service delivery demands or changing street names.

"We didn't fight to change the names of the streets. We fought to control the economy of this country."

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