‘The land belongs to the people. Not any individual owns the land. People own property, not land’
Order was restored after EFF leader Julius Malema and committee chairperson Vincent Smith appealed for calm
An overwhelming majority of oral submissions called for an amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution
Where else would we go? ask Nama descendants who fret that communal land will be taken. Some still follow traditional ways, writes Carl Collison
The presence of the EFF leader left many residents, who came to day two of the hearings, star-struck
AfriForum delivered a petition made up of approximately 300 000 signatures of people opposed to expropriation without compensation
Secure tenure in rural areas, access to urban land and educating new farmers will help policy succeed
Deputy CEO Ernst Roets says the organisation has notified Parliament that it will consult its legal team regarding the process to amend Section 25
The ANC had been trying to chart a way forward on the critical question of land
NEC member Ronald Lamola says the ANC would encourage government to forge ahead with expropriation using the current frameworks
Deputy Public Works Minister Jeremy Cronin says the ANC emerging view is not to amend the Constitution on land expropriation
Deputy President David Mabuza told Parliament during his first question session in the National Assembly that land must be returned to the landless.
Section 25 of the country’s supreme law is not the reason for the extremely slow pace of land reform