The question of land is about rectifying skewed patterns of ownership and recognising its importance in identity
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Red berets angered by DA defiance on land expropriation without compensation
The National Assembly has voted in favour of beginning a process so the Constitution can be amended to allow land expropriation without compensation.
The party shunned the EFF’s motion that proposes Parliament should begin the process of legislating land expropriation without compensation
In a highly anticipated debate could lead to amendments to the Constitution so that land can be expropriated without compensation.
The EFF proposes that a committee be established to make it possible for the state to expropriate land in the public interest, without compensation
Whatever route the ANC goes, a balance has to be found between property rights and restitution
The ANC’s renewed commitment to land expropriation may be more political posturing
After 1994 the party lost its way in its quest to repossess the land but it’s now back on track
Ramaphosa also reiterated the ANC’s adoption of a resolution to expropriate land without compensation.
A closer look at the resolution of the ANC, shows that it won’t undertake a radical economic transformation agenda as suggested by media reports.
​ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the party to emulate the leadership of previous "legends" who led the liberation movement
​The UDM has called on government to convene an immediate summit, to clarify the ANC’s land expropriation decision.
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader suggested in Parliament on Tuesday that the ruling party was not serious about land reform.
MPs are debating an EFF motion for the amendment of the Constitution to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation.
The agricultural association has serious concerns about how farmers’ compensation would be calculated under the Expropriation Bill.
EFF leader Julius Malema addressed hundreds of students at Stellenbosch University, he said the suffering was not over and the struggle continues.
The EFF has a clear plan for the year, which varies from holding the executive accountable, to encouraging land grabs.
Cabinet has approved the draft Expropriation Bill, and it is likely to be tabled in Parliament before the end of the year.
A proposal for the state to expropriate and pay for 50% of farms into a trust for farm development has been welcomed by Cosatu but opposed by AgriSA.
Malema’s unflinching stance offers the liberation movement an opportunity for reconciliation.
At the launch of the Economic Freedom Fighters, Julius Malema spoke out against the ANC, its plans to expropriate land and criticised the SABC.
Spokesperson for Imerys South Africa, Xolisa Mvinjelwa responds to the Mail & Guardian’s report on the Segorong community and Rhino Minerals.
The FW de Klerk Foundation says the green paper on land reform is a document of racial mobilisation against white farmers.
Acquiring 30% of arable land by 2014 is impossible, Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti says, after a "refreshing" meeting with by farmers’ unions.
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/ 13 January 2010
Civil rights group AfriForum has won a court bid to sue Zimbabwe’s government over its "cruel" and revengeful" expropriation of SA-owned farms.
The government plans to resubmit a Bill to Parliament that would allow it to seize land from farmers if negotiations to buy the land from them failed.