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Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero at the official handover of the Southern Farms Housing Project. (X)
ABANDONED BUILDINGS EXPROPRIATION

Johannesburg will expropriate property, but ‘not just for the fun of it’

Mayor Dada Morero said abandoned buildings will be seized to address the 1996 to 1997 RDP waiting list

  • Lunga Mzangwe
6 min read
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AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA INVESTMENT RULES

The Expropriation Act could conflict with international treaty obligations

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

  • Douglas White
5 min read
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. (X)
ANC NATIONAL LEKGOTLA OUTCOMES

Mbalula: Expropriation is about transformation, not ‘swart gevaar’

The ANC continues to defend the Expropriation Act as vital for transformation, despite backlash and legal threats from GNU partners

  • Des Erasmus
3 min read