South Africa Takes One Step Closer to Land Expropriation
The Joint Constitutional Review Committee has adopted a resolution that Section 25 of the Constitution be amended to allow expropriation without compensation. The process will now go through a number of phases, including another public participation procedure and will have to be passed with a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly.
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Parliament's Joint Constitutional Review Committee has been mandated to consider whether a constitutional amendment is needed to ease expropriation of land without compensation. ... Read more »
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that "it has become patently clear that our people want the constitution to be more explicit about expropriation of land without compensation". ... Read more »