Committee to consider all land reports
Parliament set to mull various studies dealing with expropriation without compensation to reach decision by March 2020
Parliament’s ad hoc committee tasked with looking into the controversial issue of land expropriation will consider various reports on the matter, including one by former president Kgalema Motlanthe which suggested that amending the constitution was not necessary.
But this is unlikely to sway the outcome of the process as MPs mainly from the ANC and EFF are dead set on amending the constitution to make it clear how land can be expropriated without compensation. Their determination flies in the face of concerns that the amendment will rattle investors, threaten food security and negatively affect economic activity and job creation...
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