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17 November 2021
IOL
Briefing the National Assembly Programme Committee on Thursday, the institution’s secretary, Masibulele Xaso, said the report was now on the list of items for consideration by the House.
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22 September 2021
Daily Maverick
Go carefully when venturing into land ‘expropriation without compensation’ territory. You go where angels fear to tread. And be 100% sure you’ve got whatever you want to say absolutely right, or else! Careers are at stake, not to mention the country.
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22 September 2021
Daily Maverick
The Trust for Community Outreach and Education, as a land rights-based NGO, welcomed the opportunity to comment on the Expropriation Bill 2020. However, we are doubtful that the amendment to the bill will achieve its proclaimed intentions.
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20 September 2021
Daily Maverick
Talk about a bad signal to send to foreign investors. The Fraser Institute’s recently released annual economic freedom report includes an entire chapter titled ‘The Dangers of South Africa’s Proposed Policy of Confiscating Property’.
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08 August 2021
SowetanLive
The Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill is unlikely to pass through the National Assembly as the ANC does not have enough seats to attain the required two-thirds majority.
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03 September 2021
News 24
The ad hoc committee on Section 25 adopted a bill to amend the Constitution to allow expropriation without compensation with only ANC MPs voting in its favour.
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04 September 2021
SowetanLive
The expropriation of land without compensation is one step closer after the parliamentary land expropriation committee adopted the bill that will amend the constitution that will provide for this.
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26 August 2021
IOL
Land experts said government need to have a clear compensation policy to align with its objective of expropriating land without compensation.
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24 August 2021
News 24
The Western Cape government is opposed to land expropriation without compensation.
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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.
Expropriation read moreSo Shell can come and destroy our environment along the Wild Coast instead
"It's clear... that it's becoming too much of a reputational liability for Shell"
Huge thanks to @StopCambo and all the activists who made this happen - public pressure works!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-59512742
I can think of no one better qualified to sit as Judge in the Constitutional Court. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-12-02-geoff-budlender-a-raconteur-and-mensch-whose-work-in-human-rights-is-bigger-than-mount-kilimanjaro/
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