LETTER: This is how the land expropriation bill is flawed
The interests of the ANC and the public interest should never be equated
We have only until February 10 to object to the Expropriation Bill. While we do need a new expropriation act, as we have to provide for the constitutional imperative of expropriation in the public interest, this bill is flawed in the following respects:
Firstly, public interest should be defined as redress in favour of individuals or groups. With the present bill the state can merely retain expropriated land and improvements. That would not offer redress: land was never taken from a government — it was, over centuries, taken from black individuals and communities. Any restoration should therefore be in favour of disadvantaged individuals and communities...
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