On Friday, the ad hoc committee tasked with amending legislation that will see land expropriation without compensation embedded in the Constitution adopted its report.
The ad hoc committee tasked with the job is set to meet on Friday to finalise a second draft of the 18th Constitutional Amendment Bill.
Western Cape leaders said that an amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution would be irrational and would destroy the rule of law.
The provincial government has made submissions to a parliamentary committee tasked with amending the Constitution to explicitly allow such expropriation.
The party has been trying to allay fears about the courts being removed in cases involving land expropriation.
The committee’s deadline to come up with a report on the amendment to be submitted to Parliament was on Monday.
The ad hoc committee's deadline to come up with a report on the amendment to be submitted to Parliament lapsed on Monday.
The amending of the Constitution to allow for land expropriation without compensation continues to divide parties who have resorted to bilateral talks. However, these too have not yielded any results.
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.
Almost four years since Parliament agreed to amend the Constitution to explicitly allow for land being expropriated without compensation, the process is finally nearing completion.
The advisors have given MPs a legal opinion on the bill on Wednesday following a week of public hearings.
Dr Mathole Motshekga, who chairs the committee on land expropriation, said that the proceedings of the Public Works committee were like putting the cart before the horse.
The ad hoc committee held a second day of virtual public hearings to get further oral submissions on the proposed amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution.
For a second day, a parliamentary committee will hear from individuals and organisations who had indicated in their written submissions that they wished to make further oral presentations.
Parliament has continued public hearings into land expropriation without compensation and members of the public and affected parties have been offered another opportunity to make their voices heard following three previous rounds of public hearings over the past three years.
The ad hoc committee looking into amending Section 25 of the Constitution to allow for land expropriation without compensation held further public hearings on Tuesday as it prepared to finalise the amendment bill.
Parliament’s ad hoc committee to amend the Constitution to explicitly allow for land expropriation without compensation met on Friday for the first time this year.
