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11 September 2018
VOA News
Plans by South Africa's government to change the law to allow land expropriation without compensation have provoked an emotional response, even reaching the ears of President Donald Trump, who signaled his disapproval last month in a controversial tweet in which he ordered U.S. officials to investigate the situation.South Africa’s government says it may change the constitution to allow expropriation of some land without compensation, in a bid to redress historical wrongs that left land mostly in the hands of the white minority.
Expropriation read moreIt is not just the government that has failed. Mining companies have usurped land belonging to rural communities without due regard for their property rights. @LandRightsNow @KnowledgebaseL @PresidencyZA
@Newzroom40 https://www.plaas.org.za/communcal-land-tenure-consultations/
It is not enough to simply open up data. “Publish and they will come” does not work. Data needs to be used and serve a specific purpose. @naticarfi #OpenGovWeek #LandModule
@opendatacharter @databarometer @opengovpart https://landportal.org/library/resources/open-guide-land-governance-version-20-following-public-comments
"[BR]OTHER is a visual record of the #xenophobic violence that has swept through South Africa over the past decade. In documenting these events, the book aims to raise #awareness of the dangers that lie in #discrimination and indifference" https://www.brotherbook.co.za/
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