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The land policy debate will feature, again, within the ANC’s elective contestations
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The department of agriculture has received a plethora of online applications after it released about 500 000 hectares of land last month
Land ownership and its equitable distribution has floundered. Changes to a section of the constitution and the expropriation act are now before parliament, but do they offer any solution?
Top US official is lobbying multinational firms to invest in South Africa
Parliament on Thursday approved a Bill that would allow government to make compulsory purchases of land to speed up redressing racial disparities.
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The proposed legislation better protects property owners — and is aligned with the Constitution.
The agricultural association has serious concerns about how farmers’ compensation would be calculated under the Expropriation Bill.
Cabinet has approved the draft Expropriation Bill, and it is likely to be tabled in Parliament before the end of the year.
Experts are at odds over the new investment Bill – some say it will scare off foreign investors while others have decried the uproar.
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The committee cited insufficient public consultation as the reason for setting aside the Bill, which was intended to accelerate land reform.
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South Africa’s slow-moving land-reform programme has so far failed to eradicate poverty, ANC leader Jacob Zuma said on Sunday.
AfriForum on Wednesday welcomed a decision by the National Assembly’s public works committee to withdraw the controversial draft Expropriation Bill.
A decision on whether the draft Expropriation Bill will be withdrawn has yet to be taken, public works committee chair Thandi Tobias-Pokolo says.
The Expropriation Bill has negative consequences for South Africa, a group of concerned parties said on Wednesday.