The Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure will on Thursday start a four-day public consultation programme in Mpumalanga to gather public input on the Expropriation Bill...
In 2019, the Parliamentary Advisory Panel on Land Reform advised that the Expropriation Act of 1975 was unconstitutional and in conflict with section 25 of the Constitution...
Bulelwa Mabasa and Thomas Karberg 31 Mar 2021
2020 marked exactly 368 years since the displacement of indigenous people from their land following the colonisation of the country...
Peter Setou 28 Jan 2021
It is hard to comment on a draft constitutional amendment that is apparently not in its final form...
Theunis Roux 18 Feb 2020
While it is hardly news that what is desperately needed in South Africa is economic growth and a dramatic increase in the employment rate, it was nevertheless reassuring...
Carl Coetzee 14 Feb 2020
Government will this year open up and regulate the commercial use of hemp products, providing opportunities for small-scale farmers, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday.
Homeowner concerns around land expropriation and what this could mean for you...
Issued by Private Property South Africa 26 Nov 2019
South Africa's economy is in dire straits. Unemployment has reached a 15-year high of 27.6%. And in the first quarter of this year GDP growth dropped by 3.2%. That's the biggest quarterly drop in a decade...
Sean Gossel 14 Jun 2019
As the fifth Parliament concludes its work in the next few weeks, it is pushing ahead by passing essential laws which are in line with the Constitution's values...
The ten-member expert Advisory Panel on Land Reform has its hands full with a looming deadline to submit a policy perspective to the Presidency that will drive land reform in the country...
President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address (Sona) theme was "Following up on our commitments. Making your Future Work Better."...
Binganidzo Muchara 11 Feb 2019
As part of accelerating land reform, government has identified land parcels owned by the state for redistribution, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday, 7 February...
Throughout 2018, the conversation on land reform became a national talking point, even making it to Google's most popular word of the year...
Peter Setou 20 Dec 2018
The National Assembly has decided to adopt a proposal that will see Parliament setting up an ad hoc committee to lead a process of drafting a bill that will allow for Section 25 of the Constitution to be amended...
After a debate that lasted for over 70 minutes, a majority of the Members of Parliament in the National Assembly have voted in favour of the adoption of a report of the Constitutional Review Committee on the review of Section 25 of the Constitution...
In his quest to stimulate the country's economy, President Cyril Ramaphosa has been actively courting the private sector to enter into meaningful partnerships with government by establishing an infrastructure fund...
The land reform debate in South Africa has become increasingly polarised...
Simon Hull 14 Nov 2018
South Africa and neighbouring Namibia met on Monday, 22 October, to share notes, best practice and common interest in rural development and land reform...
Japan remains an important long-term investor in South Africa's economy, says the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Bulelani Magwanishe...
While property remains a good investment, there are various reasons why someone would need to sell their property. Selling can be stressful, but having access to finance before the transfer of a property has been finalised can make the transaction a lot easier...
The survey was conducted in August 2018 and comprised agribusinesses operating in all agricultural subsectors across South Africa...
In honour of women in the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), in celebration of Women's Month, announced the top female farmers during a ceremony held in the Eastern Cape.
The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Land Reform on Friday resolved that the approach to land reform must be based on three elements namely, increased security of tenure, land restitution and land redistribution...
Much of the insecurity and fear over land reform and expropriation is based on misinterpretation and a serious lack of reliable data...
A meeting of a Ministerial Task Team and National House of Traditional Leaders has resolved that the traditional land would not be affected by the proposed amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution...
The census of agriculture provides data on the size, maturity and structure of the agriculture industry...
Elmarie Helberg 5 Jul 2018
Constitutional changes will not address the current issues impeding the success of land reform. What the country needs for successful land reform is a diverse and flexible set of instruments to enable its acceleration...
The Joint Constitutional Review Committee has extended the deadline for written submissions on land expropriation without compensation to 15 June 2018...
The public hearing process on the expropriation of land without compensation is scheduled to begin on 8 May...
Land expropriation has been the cause of much confusion and panic in the market, with many choosing to sensationalise the issue instead of looking at it objectively...
Issued by Private Property South Africa 19 Apr 2018
The Joint Constitutional Review Committee, set up to review Section 25 of the Constitution to make it possible for the state to expropriate land without compensation, has called for written public submissions...
The Allianz Risk Barometer 2018 reveals that climate change or increasing volatility of weather is a top concern for agribusinesses. Farming is a high-risk industry faced with uncontrollable threats like hailstorms, floods, disease outbreaks and drought...
Based on his research studies, Professor Cyril Mbatha of the Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership weighs in on the land reform debate...
Professor Cyril Mbatha 1 Mar 2018
Expropriation without compensation would erode property rights and would mean that land could no longer serve as collateral for loans. There is also the danger of international disinvestment and the risk of losing benefits from initiatives such as AGOA...
Linda Ensor 28 Feb 2018
The National Assembly set in motion a process to amend the Constitution so as to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation...
Some South Africans are concerned that expropriation without compensation is a threat to residential property, but are these concerns valid?...
Issued by Private Property South Africa 21 Feb 2018
President Cyril Ramaphosa is hoping to fix our economy, but it won't be easy...
Dhanyal Davidson 19 Feb 2018
South Africans wait with bated breath to hear what President Cyril Ramaphosa has to say in his maiden State of the Nation Address (Sona) tonight...
NERPO has, according to reports, come out in favour of expropriation of farmland without compensation. We expect that there are other groups that will do the same over the coming weeks. However...
Kerwin Lebone 19 Jan 2018
There are a few significant changes on the cards for the South African property sector in 2017...
Almost 40 years after its independence, land reform remains at the heart of Zimbabwe's political and economic challenges...
Beverly L. Peters 13 Dec 2016
President Jacob Zuma's office says he has received the Expropriation Bill of 2015 from the National Assembly for assent and signing into law...
President Jacob Zuma's office says he has received the Expropriation Bill of 2015 from the National Assembly for assent and signing into law. The high office on Wednesday said it has received objections...
Government will have to seek the consent of owners of private infrastructure projects before these can be incorporated in the State's Strategic Infrastructure Projects (SIPs), the Minister of Economic Development Ebrahim Patel said today.
The expropriation of land without compensation is not a policy of government, says Gauteng MEC for Rural Development and Land Reform, Nandi Mayathula-Khoza.
Nthambeleni Gabara 26 Jul 2013
President Jacob Zuma's land reform plan amounted to blackmail, trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday.
If some person, not a 'friend' or 'someone special', started telling me how to spend my money I'd probably tell them to get stuffed and to use goose down for the stuffing.
Paddy Hartdegen 16 Apr 2012