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Land expropriation in South Africa will be monitored by Trump’s administration

South Africa’s land expropriation debates have caught the eye of United States president Donald Trump. On Thursday‚ Trump tweeted that he was looking into South Africa’s land seizures. “I have asked Secretary of State @SecPompeo to…

Land expropriation a bitter pill for farmers

Farming associations have slammed the ANC’s announcement that it intends to amend the constitution to allow for land expropriation without compensation. Transvaal Agricultural Union (Tau SA) president Louis Meintjes said in a statement…

IN FULL: Ramaphosa says ANC supports land expropriation without compensation

President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that the ANC supports plans to amend the constitution to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation. Speaking on Tuesday night‚ after the party’s two-day NEC Lekgotla in Tshwane‚ he…

DRIVING CHANGE: Managing change and land expropriation were the main topics of last week’s Farmers Day, held at the Border Eastern Livestock premises. From left are Frans Cronje from the SA Institute of Race Relations, local farmers and event organisers Justin Stirk and Brent McNamara and former British businessman John Westwood Picture: ROB KNOWLES

Farmers discuss change and the land question

WITH so much uncertainty regarding the rights of land-owners in South Africa, farmers are naturally concerned that their land, much of which has been in their families for several generations, could be taken from them by the state in…

Land expropriation without compensation hearings kick off

Hearings into the expropriation of land without compensation kicked off on Tuesday in Springbok‚ Northern Cape. The hearings organised by the Parliamentary Joint Constitutional Review Committee is looking into possibly reviewing section…

Over 700‚000 submissions on land expropriation received

The parliamentary joint constitutional review committee tasked with reviewing Section 25 of the Constitution dealing with the right of property ownership has had to procure a service provider to assist with analysing the huge number of…