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07 July 2021
Daily Maverick
After years of public hearings, multiple debates and several versions of the anticipated amendment to section 25 of the Constitution, the latest proposal by the ANC has left us with more questions than answers.
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18 June 2021
IOL
THE ad hoc committee on expropriation without compensation decided on Friday to allow the ANC to circulate its revised position on the amendment of the constitution.
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13 June 2021
BusinessDay
The restitution process is slow, costly and raises expectations that may be difficult to fulfil
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13 June 2021
PoliticsWeb
DA MP says ANC/EFF pursuit of EWC a dangerous ploy to weaponise the land issue for political power
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15 June 2021
IOL
During the hearings across the province since Thursday, various groups and individuals, both for and against the bill, used the public hearings to set out their positions on the issue.
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05 June 2021
News 24
The chasm between the ANC and EFF on the amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution appears bigger than ever after President Cyril Ramaphosa dismissed state custodianship of all land.
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05 June 2021
Daily Maverick
What is left after the State Capture wrecking ball, after the looting from so many state-owned entities?
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30 May 2021
Daily Maverick
A democratic expropriation law is one step closer as countrywide public hearings are concluded and legislators begin deliberations. But the constitutional amendment to make explicit the implicit possibility of expropriation without compensation is coming up against a deadline as the EFF pushes for effective land nationalisation.
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27 May 2021
BusinessTech
Finance minister Tito Mboweni says that the land expropriation without compensation already risks taking a toll on South Africa’s economy because of the current uncertainty around the policy.
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16 May 2021
Daily Maverick
The clock is ticking toward the end-May deadline for a constitutional amendment to expressly allow land expropriation without compensation. But the EFF is pushing for an expansionary take that other opposition parties say is beyond the mandate of legislators. The ANC is watching.
Expropriation read moreMining-led dispossession has led to limited access to farming land and local elite control over mineral rents exacerbates inequality and conflict. https://twitter.com/KnowledgebaseL/status/1417442195578163201
Land, conflict and radical distributive claims in South Africa's rural... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214790X21001374
AGE OF ANARCHY: Abahlali baseMjondolo: We need to build a just peace amid unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-07-15-abahlali-basemjondolo-we-need-to-build-a-just-peace-amid-unrest-in-kwazulu-natal-and-gauteng/
Vinpro survey highlights lockdown impacts on black owned wine brands https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2021/07/nearly-half-of-black-owned-wine-businesses-wont-survive-the-next-year/
Plan to ensure food gets to all communities after unrest https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/plan-to-ensure-food-gets-to-all-communities-after-unrest-2100a1e5-f662-42ff-b7e2-446898cd4f6b
Keys to their homes still missing for 108 District Six claimants https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/keys-to-their-homes-still-missing-for-108-district-six-claimants-d4058f28-ee6e-44a8-ae29-0eb7ac2f96a9
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