ROB ROSE: Useless MPs reach no solution on pointless expropriation clause
As a metaphor for our political condition, this constitutional amendment debacle is apt – the country is burning, but leaders are debating whether to use sparkling or still water to douse the flames
01 June 2021 - 08:25
If you’re looking for insight into how entirely pointless many of our politicians are, consider the false urgency over changing the constitution to allow expropriation without compensation.
On Monday, we were told, the ANC and EFF clashed in parliament over the exact wording for the amendment to section 25 of the constitution, ostensibly to make the rules about expropriation without compensation more “explicit”...
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