“We are encouraged that the lekgotla endorsed the recommendation that the power to determine the quantum of compensation for land expropriation should reside in the executive.” So said the president after the ANC national executive committee meeting, and yet little comment from the press.
This suggestion contradicts the ANC’s own amendment resolution, the non-amended part of Section 25, and the president’s numerous previous comments that expropriation without compensation will be lawful and under the scrutiny of the courts. ..
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