Tag: Land expropriation
Land expropriation draft bill open for public commentary
The parliamentary committee on land expropriation has opened a new draft for public commentary over the holiday season. According to Dr Mathole Motshekga, head of the ad hoc committee tasked with...
New proposals on property rights prove land expropriation will be tightly controlled
The new proposals on property rights and land expropriation make it clear that the process will be tightly controlled and this will go a long way to eliminate fears of disorder,...
Frightening aspects of the Draft Expropriation Bill
One of the most frightening aspects of the Draft Expropriation Bill is that it gives our 257 municipalities the right to expropriate property without compensation, says the Cape Chamber of Commerce...
Land expropriation hits affordable housing
The expropriation of land without compensation debate has resulted in a significant slump in demand for affordable housing, with many aspirant homeowners believing they would be getting homes for free.
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Land expropriation – agricultural objectives are prerequisites
"The primary agricultural objectives must be taken into account in the debate on land expropriation without compensation, otherwise it will not succeed, and South Africa will become an underdeveloped country like...
South Africa is on the path to becoming another Zimbabwe – and may require...
American think-tank, the Cato Institute, has published a warning of the possible effects that expropriating privately-owned farmland may have on South Africa.
In the post published on Monday (20 August), the institute’s Marian...
Land expropriation debate scares foreign investors
Business Unity of South Africa says land expropriation has put the brakes on any long-term investment decisions.
The land expropriation debate and the proposed Constitutional amendments in this regard have...
#LandExpropriation: Western Cape could be testing ground, says Skwatsha
Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform Mcebisi Skwatsha says the government is considering expropriating land without compensation to assist more than 20 000 farm dwellers facing eviction in the Drakenstein...
Public hearings on land expropriation a problem
“The decision taken by the ANC at its NASREC conference in December of 2017 on the expropriation of land without compensation and the mandate of the National Assembly to the constitutional...
‘Land, lies and leases’ – Western Cape MPLs debate land expropriation
DA and ANC members of the Western Cape legislature went head-to-head during a debate on land expropriation without compensation on Thursday.
DA MPL Beverley Schäfer, having tabled the subject, opened...
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