Tag: expropriation
Rewriting housing law can help address the land occupation crisis
The National Housing Act should be amended to address mass unlawful land occupation in South Africa. During my doctoral research in public law, I came to realise that the legal tools currently available are not working. The system is failing both landowners and the thousands of people occupying land unlawfully, not because they want to, but because they have no other choice.
Expropriation Bill unconstitutional in the absence of a constitutional amendment
The 1975 Expropriation Act authorises the Minister of Public Works to expropriate property for public purposes, and provides for the payment of compensation to the dispossessed owner, not exceeding the property’s market price, determined either by agreement between government and the owner, or by a court.
Unpacking the who, what and why of the Expropriation Bill
The land reform debate over the last few years in South Africa can at best be described as controversial, political and mostly emotional, more specifically so in the context of expropriation. From the outset, it should be noted that the current Expropriation Act, 1975 (the 1975 Act) is completely outdated and predates the Constitution and the South African expropriation laws were in dire need of being overhauled.
Let my people go: how Africa can save herself
The people of Africa have been subjected to multiple injustices, slights, and violence. The list of things inflicted on Africans is endless and has no modern equivalent, except for Asia in geographical terms and the Jews in ethnic terms.
First-of-its-kind short course in Protection of Foreign Investment in Africa to...
The Protection of Foreign Investment in Africa –a first-of-its-kind short course in foreign investment law on the continent – could help investors make the most of increasingly attractive opportunities in Africa.
Chavismo | The latest socialist failure
The tragedy unfolding in Venezuela serves to prove a point long-settled by the failures of communist China, the USSR, Cambodia, Zimbabwe etc.
African judges defend Rule of Law
Southern African tribunal and national courts uphold rights of Zimbabwe’s expropriated white farmers to receive compensation.
Impact of changes to economic policies
The phrase "radical economic transformation" is on everybody's lips and the international economic world is watching South African politicians to see how this phrase will play out in changes to the economic policies.
