President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Expropriation Bill into law, enabling the government to seize land without compensation for public purposes. The bill, replacing the 1975 Expropriation Act, has sparked controversy with opposition parties and civil society groups condemning it as potentially unjust and threatening to legal action. While proponents argue it's a step towards addressing historical land dispossession, critics fear it could destabilize the economy and erode property rights.
The Bill, which replaces the Expropriation Act of 1975, allows for the expropriation of land with no compensation.
President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Expropriation Bill into law on Thursday, setting new guidelines for land expropriation without compensation. Spokesperson Matthew George said the party believed this was another example of the ANC’s “relentless push for destructive policies enabled by the ongoing capitulation of its GNU partners on critical matters that threaten the future of South Africa.”
“It ignores the dispossession, violence and destruction of African livelihoods that occurred over more than two centuries before the infamous 1913 Land Act,” Tyira said.The Economic Freedom Fighters also opposed the signing of the bill into law.“It merely aligns the country’s expropriation laws with the 1996 Constitution. Previously, expropriation was governed in terms of the Expropriation Act of 1976.
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