LETTER: Government clings to outdated ideologies, not IRR
Patricia de Lille’s constant emphasis on land is misleading
Contrary to Patricia de Lille’s unfounded accusations against the Institute of Race Relations it is the government that keeps clinging to outdated ideologies — and so keeps rehashing the Expropriation Bill in the same unconstitutional form (“Land issue can do without bad analysis as Expropriation Bill is up to the task (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2020-11-08-patricia-de-lille-land-issue-can-do-without-bad-analysis-as-expropriation-bill-is-up-to-the-task/)”, November 8).
The government’s intention has long been to prevent the courts from ruling on either compensation or the validity of expropriations. The 2008 and 2013 versions of the bill were overt in ousting the jurisdiction of the courts...
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