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  • FILE: Leader of the ACDP Reverend Kenneth Meshoe. Picture: EWN

    Opposition: ANC announcement on land expropriation an electioneering tactic

    Opposition parties say the president is making a farce out of weeks of parliamentary hearings on amending Section 25 of the Constitution.

    1391 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa talking to DA leader Mmusi Maimane. Picture: GCIS

    Maimane seeks urgent sitting of Parliament after Ramaphosa land announcement

    The ANC President announced that the governing party will push for the Constitution to be changed to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation.

    1391 days ago
  • Members of the public participate in the hearings on land expropriation in Oudtshoorn on 1 August 2018. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter

    First land expropriation hearing gets underway in WC

    The first gathering in the Cape is being held in Oudtshoorn.

    1391 days ago
  •  Black Business Council's Kganki Matabane says it's 24 years into democracy but the majority of the people are still marginalised and still don’t own land. Picture: Refilwe Thobega/EWN

    BBC welcomes ANC’s decision on land reform

    The Black Business Council's Kganki Matabane says this will enhance and increase economic participation.

    1391 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: GCIS

    ANC to amend Constitution to allow land expropriation

    The ANC had said in May it would 'test the argument' that land redistribution without compensation is permitted under current laws.

    1392 days ago
  • Co-chairperson of the constitutional review committee Vincent Smith during a media briefing in Kempton Park, Johannesburg 24 June 2018. The committee is tasked with reviewing Section 25 of the Constitution for the expropriation of land without compensation. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN.

    Smith slams political parties for scripting arguments on land expropriation

    The chairperson of Parliament's Review Committee on Land, Vincent Smith says far too many political parties have been scripting arguments for their members to make the same presentations before MPs.

    1405 days ago
  • FILE: Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini looks on prior to delivering a speech during a traditional gathering called Imbizo at the Moses Mabhida Football Stadium in Durban on 20 April 2015. Picture: AFP.

    Outcome of Parly review on Ingonyama Trust yet to be determined

    Key among the issues to be decided is the recommendation that the act be repealed because it was inconsistent with the Constitution.

    1415 days ago
  • FILE: South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa gestures as he delivers a speech after being elected by the Members of Parliament, during his swearing-in ceremony at the Parliament in Cape Town on 15 February 2018. Picture: AFP

    Ramaphosa walks a tight rope on land expropriation in KZN

    President Ramaphosa urgently visited Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini on Friday night, promising him that the government has zero plans to touch three million hectares of land under the Ingonyama Trust.

    1416 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses ANC delegates at the party's manifesto consultative workshop on 25 June 2018. Picture: @MYANC/Twitter

    'Government has no intention to touch land under Ingonyama Trust'

    President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid an urgent visit to Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini to assure him that the ANC-led government has no intention of claiming land under the Ingonyama Trust.

    1416 days ago
  • Springbok residents attend the first day of public hearings on whether or not land should be expropriated without compensation on 26 June 2018. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter

    Committee on land review rubbishes AfriForum's claims of unpublicised venues

    AfriForum has criticised Parliament's land hearing process, saying venues were not communicated in time and the times the hearings are held do not accommodate people who work.

    1418 days ago
  • Members of Parliament’s constitutional review committee pictured during a land debate in Welkom on 3 July 2018. Picture:  Kgomotso Modise/EWN.

    Heated debate at Free State land expropriation hearings

    The hearings in the Free State have been well attended with the Ferdie Meyer Hall in Welkom filled to capacity.

    1420 days ago
  • Springbok residents attend the first day of public hearings on whether or not land should be expropriated without compensation on 26 June 2018. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter

    Limpopo, Northern Cape give land expropriation thumbs up

    The need for expropriation without compensation has been the popular opinion expressed by participants in Limpopo and the Northern Cape.

    1423 days ago
  • Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema addressing supporters at the party’s land expropriation without compensation rally in George. Picture: @EFFSouthAfrica/Twitter.

    Last day for land expropriation sessions in Limpopo

    Public hearings have already taken place in other parts of the province as well as the Northern Cape this week.

    1423 days ago
  • The Radical Economic Transformation Champions held a briefing in Durban on Friday, 29 June 2018, following a call by Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini to protect Ingonyama Trust. Picture: Ziyanda Ngcobo/EWN.

    BLF: Attack on Ingonyama Trust driven by jealousy, hate for amaZulu

    An umbrella group calling itself Radical Economic Transformation Champions held a briefing in Durban where they've expressed their full commitment to fighting for land.

    1424 days ago
  • Springbok residents attend the first day of public hearings on whether or not land should be expropriated without compensation on 26 June 2018. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter

    Fears around job losses, food security at land expropriation public hearings

    The constitutional review committee has also heard that amending the Constitution will decrease investor confidence, and further raise unemployment.

    1424 days ago
  • Co-chairperson of the constitutional review committee Vincent Smith during a media briefing in Kempton Park, Johannesburg 24 June 2018. The committee is tasked with reviewing Section 25 of the Constitution for the expropriation of land without compensation. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN.

    Vincent Smith: It’s important that South Africans are heard on land issue

    Smith says their main objective is to ensure that citizens are provided with an opportunity to raise their views in the interest of participatory democracy.

    1429 days ago
  • A video screengrab shows Vincent Smith listening to deliberations in Parliament.

    Smith: Public hearings on land opportunity for all to express views

    The nationwide hearings are scheduled to kickoff this week in the Limpopo and Northern Cape on Tuesday and Wednesday.

    1429 days ago
  • More than 200 residents have taken to the streets in anger, demanding land and housing. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN.

    ‘Constitution doesn’t need to be amended to expedite land reform’

    Vincent Smith also confirmed that parliament’s constitutional review committee received over 980,000 submissions on land expropriation without compensation.

    1437 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: @CyrilRamaphosa/Twitter

    Land reform isn't a threat, Ramaphosa tells white Afrikaners

    Ramaphosa has embarked on a charm offensive ahead of next year’s national election as he seeks to restore confidence in the ruling African National Congress.

    1445 days ago
  • Parliament has finalised a programme for countrywide hearings. Find out when it happens in your province. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Public hearings on land expropriation in your province

    Parliament has finalised a programme for countrywide hearings on land expropriation. Find out when it happens in your province.

    1454 days ago
  • ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule briefs the media on 29 May 2018. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    [WATCH] ANC reports back on land expropriation, violence & NW leadership

    The ANC NEC held a press briefing at Luthuli House. ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule gave feedback on the NEC meeting which was held over the weekend.

    1455 days ago
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