The proposed law failed to garner the required two-thirds majority in the 400-seat parliament, with 204 lawmakers voting in favour and 145 against.
Those opposed to land expropriation without compensation said sending the Bill to the National Assembly was just a mere formality because the ANC would not have the two thirds majority.
The warning came from Mathole Motshekga, who chairs Parliament’s ad hoc committee tasked with amending section 25 to make land expropriation without compensation explicit.
The IFP supports the expropriation of land but said it should be done with compensation as it felt that the opposite would hurt the country’s economy.
The ad hoc committee to initiate and introduce legislation amending Section 25 of the Constitution has met on Friday and will now draft the long-awaited constitutional amendment.
The advisors have given MPs a legal opinion on the bill on Wednesday following a week of public hearings.
The panel made a total of 73 recommendations but not all were accepted.
Corruption Watch has accused government of failing to decisively deal with corruption in the land sector, thus exacerbating inequality originating from the colonial era.
The ad hoc committee is tasked with coming up with a way to change Section 25 of the Constitution to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation.
The public has 60 days to comment on the draft bill which was published by Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi on Friday.
The president says for South Africa to strive for equality there needs to be expropriation of land without compensation.
Ramaphosa has made land redistribution a flagship policy as he seeks to unite the ANC and win public support ahead of an election next year.
AfriForum approached the high court last week with an urgent application to stop the report being tabled next week.
The Parliament’s constitutional review committee was asked in March to consult the public on the possible amendment to allow for land expropriation without compensation.
At least 600 field staff will visit commercial farms across the country to establish, the number of commercial farmers, among other things.
Former President Thabo Mbeki has questioned the ANC's stance on land expropriation without compensation.
President Ramaphosa says most South Africans back an orderly process of land reform.
Julius Malema warned that poor, young South Africans felt abandoned by the country's post-apartheid politics since the end of white-minority rule in 1994.
