KHAYA SITHOLE: Does the Constitution allow for land grabs?
Two years ago I entered the EFF headquarters in Braamfontein and was greeted by a large poster stating the party’s seven cardinal pillars, the most prominent of which was "Expropriation of SA’s land without compensation for equal redistribution". This week, the EFF finally got the ANC to yield and support its amended motion of "establishing an ad hoc committee to review and amend the Constitution to make it possible for the state to expropriate land in the public interest without compensation". Simplistically, the purpose of the motion is to solicit information that may be used to support the possible amendment of the Constitution. The EFF’s view of section 25 is that it impedes the process of expropriation and should therefore be amended. Historically the ANC rejected this approach and stated that the constitutional framework provided sufficient latitude for the state to conduct expropriation in the public interest. However, in December the ANC came out with a resolution that echoe...
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