Public hearings were held on the review of the Constitution to make it possible for the state to expropriate land without compensation.
Land expropriation without compensation made news headlines when the National Assembly adopted the constitutional review committee’s report recommending a constitutional amendment in 2018.
The Economic Freedom Fighters is explicit on expropriation of land without compensation while the Democratic Alliance is opposed to the move. An EFF-led government would establish a land ombudsman to ensure that people’s rights to the land were protected and not subjected to arbitrary abuse by state officials and injudicious mining companies.
The DA is opposed to the expropriation of land without compensation, stating that the current land reform programme was riddled with corruption and the diversion of the land reform budgets to elites, lack of political will, and lack of training and capacity – all of which have proved serious stumbling blocks to meaningful land reform.
The Freedom Front Plus , representing the aspiration of mostly Afrikaners, said it understood the emotional impact that land ownership has on all South Africans, as such land must not be viewed through a commercial lens.
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