Agri SA says no need to amend constitution for land expropriation — with compensation
Cosatu said it condemned ‘the immature and racist attacks by the EFF ... during [the] expropriation without compensation public hearings in parliament’
Agricultural industry body Agri SA says the government is largely to blame for the tardy pace of land reform in SA, not the constitution. The joint constitutional review committee is currently holding public hearings in parliament on the possibility of amending section 25, or the property clause, of the constitution to make it clear how land can be expropriated without compensation. In its submission during a heated session on Wednesday, Agri SA said there was no need to amend the constitution as it currently provided for expropriation under certain circumstances. The organisation said it was not opposed to expropriation, but was against expropriation of property without compensation. “It is not the constitution that is failing the people, it is a bureaucratic, inefficient, highly fragmented and unaccountable government system,” said Annelize Crosby, head of agricultural development at Agri SA. “Various government departments and officials tasked with land reform, agricultural devel...
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