The ruling party’s conference declaration has ignored the land expropriation without compensation bill
The land policy debate will feature, again, within the ANC’s elective contestations
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As the ANC’s Youth League leader, Julius Malema spooked investors a decade ago by popularising calls to nationalise the mines
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The ANC is searching for alternatives to end months of negotiations with the EFF on the land question
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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?
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Experts say, however, that the executive already has authority and this latest move is politicking
Two bits of law need to be approved before a court can decide if land owners will be compensated
The judgment, striking down the apartheid-era legislation, is a victory for freedom of expression
Experts say an area-based approach is needed, but district and local government are not on board
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
Land expropriation can only take place politically and unrestrained by the law
Parliament says there’ll be no rush to finalise an amendment to section 25 of the Constitution before the legislature dissolves before the elections
The land hearings of 2018 were fraught, emotive discussions of a matter of national importance
South Africans can expect another exciting year: elections, land reform without compensation, Zondo inquiry revelations and court cases
The EFF needs to work with the ANC to get the two-thirds majority required to amend section 25 of the Constitution
Eight provinces voted in favour, and one province voted against the process to amend Section 25 of Constitution
Researchers warn that expropriation without compensation may cost 2.28-million jobs and cut GDP by R454.8-billion
The Joint Constitutional Review Committee has adopted a resolution to amend Section 25 of the Constitution
On Sunday, AfriForum said it had obtained a warrant from the high court to seize the moveable assets of EFF CIC Julius Malema and his party
Attempts at agricultural transformation in Africa have failed largely because of revenge and populist and ideologically driven reforms
The Zulu king has come out in opposition of land expropriation without compensation and says anyone who wants his vote in 2019 must kneel
ANC veteran Pallo Jordan believes former president Thabo Mbeki’s 30-page paper on land expropriation does not enrich the land discourse
The former president is arguing that the ruling party is deviating from its commitment to non-racialism in the land debate
The comments were made in a leaked 30-page memorandum intended for internal use by the Thabo Mbeki Foundation
Redistribution must favour the poor and include the ability to make the land productive
Smith has stepped down from all parliamentary committees, including those hearing submissions on land reform
Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota will join AfriForum in asking other countries to put pressure on South Africa not to amend the Constitution
‘We want you to be sensitive to this, please, we don’t want to really take up arms to defend the 13% [of land],’ one leader said.
Land ever after: Ramodisa Monaisa pleaded for the Constitution to remain as it is
The presentations are expected to continue until Friday.