Tag: President Cyril Ramaphosa
Dilemmas of land reform for the Ramaphosa era
When the democratically elected government took power in 1994, led by the ANC, three central elements of land policy were announced: land restitution, land redistribution and tenure reform. Land issues are being debated intensely and there are a number of interesting new developments: a new presidency of the ANC; a pending Restitution Amendment Act at present invalidated by the Constitutional Court; the High-Level Panel report to parliament; a new Communal Tenure Bill; and a land audit by AgriSA.
Land expropriation may cause banking crisis
The South African Parliament agreed on 27 February 2018 to review section 25 of the Constitution with a view to amending the Constitution to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation as tabled by the Economic Freedom Front. This was met with surprise and consternation from banks, the agricultural industry and the international investor community.
Land expropriation without compensation unjustifiable – morally and technically
During the State of Nation Address, the President of RSA Cyril Ramaphosa said the ANC plans to have a consultative public discussion to explore the merits of the ANC conference resolution on land expropriation without compensation. The ANC and South African government are certainly focused on the land reform project. In my view however, they are not thinking in the right direction.
