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Lobbying does not come near the definition of treason, according to legal analysts
The mineral and petroleum resources minister also told the mining indaba that the African continent must take charge of its mineral wealth
South Africa has investment agreements with the China, the US and the EU, most of which require full compensation at market value if property is expropriated
Earlier this year, the ratings agency warned that a significant increase in the government’s debt-to-GDP ratio could knock its credit rating
Commercial media reproduces the views of the dominant class and has been unable to unpack the underlying failures of capitalism
The Economic Freedom Fighters are said to have made an attempt to convince Herman Mashaba to consider an ANC alliance in Gauteng
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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?
A high court ruling in Zambia could mean redistributed land and compensation for communities who were evicted for commercial farming
The ANC proposes to continue working with large agricultural businesses, an approach that has to date marginalised small-scale farmers
The manifesto incorporates the party’s seven cardinal pillars — including land redistribution without compensation
South Africans can expect another exciting year: elections, land reform without compensation, Zondo inquiry revelations and court cases
The land hearings of 2018 were fraught, emotive discussions of a matter of national importance
The EFF needs to work with the ANC to get the two-thirds majority required to amend section 25 of the Constitution
Researchers warn that expropriation without compensation may cost 2.28-million jobs and cut GDP by R454.8-billion
The president was clear about accelerating the provision of land to the poor and marginalised
The Zulu king has come out in opposition of land expropriation without compensation and says anyone who wants his vote in 2019 must kneel
The comments were made in a leaked 30-page memorandum intended for internal use by the Thabo Mbeki Foundation
Smith has stepped down from all parliamentary committees, including those hearing submissions on land reform
A Land Claims Court decision reversed on appeal has devastated weary labour tenant applicants
Land ever after: Ramodisa Monaisa pleaded for the Constitution to remain as it is
It’s not only the original property owners but also young people who dream about land
Brian Whittaker explains how expropriation without compensation will require careful management by the state
‘Get your facts straight, Donald,’ SA government says to Donald Trump
The DA plans to make a complaint against the SABC for broadcasting President Ramaphosa’s land expropriation announcement
Steven Friedman argues that the constitutional amendment is likely to clarify the Constitution’s current provisions on land expropriation
South Africa’s constitution has been amended 17 times already. But, the procedure for doing so is onerous
Panel at Western Cape land hearings receive conflicting ownership accounts and threats to defend land violently
The ANC says it wants to amend the Constitution yet the public hearings on land are still under way
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement comes as Parliament’s Joint Constitutional Review Committee’s public hearings reach finality
The constitutional review committee is only investigating the dispossession of land since the adoption of the Native Land Act in 1913
The overwhelming sentiment in the North West is to give land to the people not traditional authorities