The new bill, gazetted on Friday, aims to replace the Expropriation Act of 1975 and makes provisions for expropriation without compensation. The former legislation was considered unconstitutional.
The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Land Reform announced on Sunday that a new land expropriation bill had been submitted to Parliament. The bill, gazetted on 9 October, is set to replace the current Expropriation Act of 1975 which was deemed inconsistent with the Constitution established 21 years later.
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