DA reaffirms 'longstanding' opposition to expropriation with nil compensation | The Citizen The DA's court challenge on the Expropriation Bill has caused tensions in the GNU.

DA reaffirms ‘longstanding’ opposition to expropriation with nil compensation #DA #ExpropriationBill #HelenZille

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IPC slams ‘unilateral’ postponement of parliament sitting, demands explanation from speaker The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) says the party is disappointed about the postponement of parliamentary sittings from 1 to 8 April. Party spokesperson Imms Nashinge has described the decision as unilateral. “The IPC expresses deep concern over the unilateral decision by speaker of the National Assembly (NA), Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila to postpone today’s parliamentary sitting, which was set to deliberate on the critical expropriation bill, without citing any valid standing rule or consulting the chief whips of other opposition political parties,” he said on Wednesday. The NA issued a statement yesterday announcing the postponement without providing reasons. Nashinge said the abrupt postponement follows the failure of the Ministry of Finance and Social Grants Management to provide members of parliament with hard copies of the budget on time. “Shockingly, the speaker ignored a prior proposal by the IPC chief whip for 8 April, only to later accept an adjournment motion from a Swapo backbencher, Tobie Aupindi,” he said. Nashinge said the speaker’s disregard for established parliamentary procedures and exclusion of opposition voices in decision-making reflects a troubling pattern of undermining accountability and transparency. “Parliament must not be held hostage by executive incompetence or partisan maneuvering,” he said. He said the IPC sought an immediate explanation from the speaker on the rule invoked for this postponement, and a commitment that future sittings would not be arbitrarily delayed without cross-party consultation as provided for in the standing rules. Nashinge demanded urgent action by the finance ministry to comply with the procedures of the parliament. The speaker has failed to respond to these questions and requests, he said. The post IPC slams ‘unilateral’ postponement of parliament sitting, demands explanation from speaker appeared first on The Namibian.

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Land reform in South Africa doesn’t need a new law: the state should release property it owns – economists South Africa’s land reform minister should be distributing land owned by the government to black farmers rather than fussing about new laws.

🇿🇦 South Africa's new Expropriation Act aligns with the constitution, ensuring property rights remain intact despite political debates.

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'SA should've have passed Expropriation Bill in 1996' - Ngcukaitobi | The Citizen US President Donald Trump claimed that SA's expropriation law is aimed at seizing Afrikaners’ land without compensation.

‘SA should’ve have passed Expropriation Bill in 1996’ – Ngcukaitobi #ExpropriationBill #CyrilRamaphosa #DonaldTrump

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If anyone is curiously about what the #ExpropriationBill (recently signed into law in #SouthAfrica) is, and why people are generally so hateful of it, this is an interesting read […]

The GOOD Party is shocked by Minister Dean Macpherson’s stance against land expropriation without compensation. 

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The GOOD Party is shocked by Minister Dean Macpherson’s stance against land expropriation without compensation.

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#spatialjustice

Screenshot of a news article that says: "Magwenya added up to now, expropriation of property had been governed in terms of the Expropriation Act of 1975, which predated the expropriation mechanism provided for in the new law that repealed the pre-democratic Expropriation Act of 1975."

I've never seen such a long sentence convey so little information.

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SA land: Ramaphosa's signing of Expropriation Bill aligned with Constitution On Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the bill which sets out how organs of State may expropriate land in the public interest for varied reasons.

The Presidency says the #ExpropriationBill was signed into law by President #CyrilRamphosa to align expropriation legislation with the Constitution.

SA land: Ramaphosa's signing of Expropriation Bill aligned with Constitution On Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the bill which sets out how organs of State may expropriate land in the public interest for varied reasons.

The Presidency says the #ExpropriationBill was signed into law by President #CyrilRamphosa to align expropriation legislation with the Constitution.

This is progress, but whether or when the South African government will use these provisions remains to be seen.
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Up to now, government has chosen a "willing buyer, willing seller" approach, paying at or even above market price. It need not do so. The Act gives some examples of cases where no or limited compensation should be paid.
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But this is not a radical change - this is exactly what the Constitution's property clause provides for. But it has taken 30 years for the government to take this action. Second, it provides explicitly for cases in which there should be no compensation, or limited compensation.
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There are two main changes that the new Act introduces. First, government can expropriate from one owner to restore or redistribute property to others - whereas the prior law only allowed government to expropriate property for the state ownership.
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While we welcome the Expropriation Act, we caution that by itself it brings no automatic improvement, change, or urgency to addressing land inequality. The question remains as to when, and how, government will use its powers to acquire property, and in whose interests.
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For our first BlueSky post, it is appropriate that we begin with South Africa's newly signed Expropriation Act. South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has today signed into law the Expropriation Bill, which repeals the pre-democratic Expropriation Act of 1975. However...
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