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07 July 2014
Daily Maverick
Under the new Property Valuation Act, the price of land will be fixed by the Valuer-General, and as such, there will be no necessity to reach agreement with the land owner on price. But far from facilitating and accelerating the land restitution process, the new Act is very likely to have the opposite effect.
Expropriation read moreGrace Maledu's message to government: 1. stop prioritising traditional leaders 2. visit our villages to see how we are living 3. restore our forefathers' properties to us. Think about us - we elected you and are disappointed! #LandConference
Grace Maledu speaking powerfully at the #LandConference. "What am I going to benefit after they have removed the minerals from our country? We are born and are going to die being black. Let’s not hesitate to come forward and battle for our future, for our children."
#Landconference Important questions (and frustrations) raised about how the power to define has been appropriated and continues to be exercised from above. Even the rural village has been recast as a European construct with its roots in colonial and apartheid betterment planning.
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