State must focus on redistribution in the land expropriation issue, lawyers say
Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi also expressed the view that an amendment to Section 25 is not necessary — what is needed is the implementation
An amendment to the constitution did not seem to be necessary if the overriding aim was land redistribution, as this did not require the state to expropriate land, it was submitted in parliament on Friday. Advocate Wim Trengove gave his views on the proposed amendment to section 25 of constitution at a meeting of the ad hoc committee, which was established by the National Assembly to make explicit the provision for expropriation without compensation. The ad hoc committee was established on the basis of a recommendation to the National Assembly by a parliamentary committee, which conducted extensive public hearings around the country on the issue. Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi also expressed the view that an amendment of the constitution was not necessary, and that what was needed was implementation. “The overconcentration on the compensation provision in the constitution ultimately diverts us from what needs to be done in relation to land reform as a whole. The conversation has to be...
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