AfriForum submission on national policy for beneficiary selection and land allocation

The civil rights organisation AfriForum submitted a formal request to make an oral submission to the parliamentary committee tasked with reviewing Section 25 of the Constitution. Ernst Roets, Deputy CEO of AfriForum, writes in a letter to Vincent Smith, Chairperson of the committee, that AfriForum represents more than 200 000 members of the public as…

AfriForum’s response in reaction to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s statement that those who would like to mobilise the international community against “their own country”, should “come back home for inclusive dialogue”, is that the President should not confuse South Africa’s interests with the ANC’s policies. According to Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum, the latter organisation is…

AfriBusiness hosted an information session on land expropriation without compensation in cooperation with AfriForum on Wednesday evening, 18 April 2018. This session addressed the public’s need to obtain accurate information on the current process of legalising expropriation without compensation. Armand Greyling, legal and policy analyst for AfriBusiness, warned people to participate in the public participation…

AfriForum labelled today’s motion that was accepted in Parliament, in terms of which a process will be launched to execute land reform without compensation, as a violation of the 1994 agreement. Ernst Roets, Deputy CEO of AfriForum, says that the historic settlement of 1994 was one in which the ANC – under the leadership of…

AfriForum shares King Goodwill Zwelithini’s sentiment regarding the expropriation of property without compensation and the civil rights organisation is willing to work with all role-players that take a stance against this proposed policy. This follows King Zwelithini’s threat yesterday concerning the secession of Zululand if the policy of expropriation without compensation is implemented. “This policy…