South Africa: Parliament Sets Up Ad Hoc Committee to Draft Land Expropriation Bill

The National Assembly has decided to adopt a proposal that will see Parliament setting up an ad hoc committee to lead a process of drafting a bill that will allow for Section 25 of the Constitution to be amended.

In a sitting of the House on Thursday, Jackson Mthembu, the Chief Whip of the majority party, the ANC, tabled a draft motion that the ad hoc committee be set up to initiate the process of drafting, processing and tabling the Constitutional Amendment Bill before the end of the fifth democratic Parliament.

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