Targeted land redistribution should be considered in expropriation debate
On May 31, the ad hoc committee reviewing section 25 of the constitution requested additional time as it was not in the position to make recommendations to the National Assembly and will now be given extra time to deliberate on key issues.
The committee was originally tasked to look into the compensation element of expropriation and to make “explicit” what some have argued is “implicit” in the constitution, namely that nil compensation could be paid in extreme circumstances. The debates have, however, drifted a bit wider, with some political parties calling for more drastic changes, including state custodianship of land and removing the 1913 “cut-off” date for land restitution claims. The committee could not deliver its report on time since no agreement could be reached on these critical issues...
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