14 September 2022 - "Custodial takings" of private property is the enormous threat to the economy posed by the Expropriation Bill, the draft law set to be considered this week by the portfolio committee on public works and infrastructure, and likely sent on to the National Assembly for its endorsement.
13 September 2022 - In the coming days, on the 14th to be precise, the Parliamentary Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure will decide on the wording of the New Expropriation Bill.
12 September 2022 - Your editorial is correct that the ANC’s resolution to push expropriation without compensation (EWC) was “ill-advised”, but incorrect that it “has stalled and is unlikely to see the light of day” (“Ramaphosa’s crisis of inertia,” September 12).
13 September 2022 - Every member of the Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure was sent a letter today from the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) urging them on the eve of their final discussion of the Expropriation Bill to delete no-compensation provisions that pose an existential threat to all South Africans’ property rights.
9 September 2022 - With only days to go before a committee of MPs is scheduled to approve and forward for adoption draft legislation on expropriation without compensation (EWC), now is the time for influential South Africans to speak up about the threat this law will pose if approved.