NCOP has passed the Expropriation Bill with seven provinces voting in favour.
The process to amend section 25 of the constitution, to allow for expropriation of land without compensation, is expected to fix the injustices of the past on the land issue.with seven provinces voting in favour. The Western Cape is the only province to vote against it, while the NCOP has not received a final mandate from the North West to vote on the Bill.
“The ANC supports the Expropriation Bill as it is geared towards the transformation of the country. The Bill is a section 76 Bill. It was passed in the National Assembly and required the concurrence of the National Council of Provinces. The Bill will certainly benefit the people and development in the provinces.
“This Bill represents the ANC’s desperate attempt to broaden state authority over property ownership by framing it as a land reform instrument, to mask its land restitution failures. The passing of the Land Rights Act in 1994 followed by the adoption of 1996, made it clear that land should be restored to the dispossessed.
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