AfriForum wants to make oral submission to Parliament on expropriation without compensation
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AfriForum wants to make oral submission to Parliament on expropriation without compensation

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…

Working people and owners of private property excluded from public participation over expropriation
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Working people and owners of private property excluded from public participation over expropriation

The civil rights organisation AfriForum expressed its objection to the fact that working people are excluded from the public participation process that the parliamentary committee is arranging regarding expropriation without compensation. This follows after the committee announced that all the public participation meetings will take place at 11:00 in the morning. AfriForum earlier wrote to…

AfriForum shares Zulu king’s sentiment regarding expropriation without compensation
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AfriForum shares Zulu king’s sentiment regarding expropriation without compensation

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…

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Expropriation without compensation: AfriForum appeals to international investors to put pressure on SA government

  The civil rights organisation AfriForum today started to widely distribute a video message to international investors, grading agencies and governments. In the video, AfriForum appeals to investors to put pressure on the South African government and President Cyril Ramaphosa to give up their plans of expropriating property without compensation. The video message was produced…

Minister must give an explanation regarding farm expropriation list
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Minister must give an explanation regarding farm expropriation list

The civil rights organisation AfriForum has made an appeal to the Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, to give a decisive answer regarding the list of farms that will be targeted by the Department for expropriation without compensation. This follows after AfriForum published a list yesterday that is currently being circulated within…

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Disclosed expropriation list: AfriForum, TAU SA and Sakeliga to develop joint litigation strategy to protect property rights

AfriForum, the agricultural union TAU SA and the business organisation Sakeliga decided to combine their efforts and develop a joint litigation strategy to oppose government’s intended plans to expropriate property without compensation. The decision follows an internal discussion document of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) that was provided to AfriForum by…

Increase in international community’s stance against expropriation without compensation
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Increase in international community’s stance against expropriation without compensation

AfriForum welcomes the fact that the New South Wales Legislative Council in Australia carried a motion yesterday that strongly condemns expropriation without reasonable compensation (EWC). The motion read inter alia that the Council strongly condemned a) any call for the murder, marginalisation, prosecution, victimisation or targeting of any racial group in South Africa by any…

AfriForum and AfriBusiness host information session in Kimberley on land expropriation
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AfriForum and AfriBusiness host information session in Kimberley on land expropriation

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 releases blitz guide against land occupation
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AfriForum releases blitz guide against land occupation

AfriForum and AfriBusiness released a guide on land occupation in Pretoria today. The civil rights organisation emphasised at the conference that communities must protect their properties themselves and should not count on Government. This statement is strengthened by changing bills on land expropriation, as well as Government statements that increasingly mirror a Zimbabwean land reform…

AfriForum reveals new information on land ownership, as well as memorandum to international community on expropriation without compensation
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AfriForum reveals new information on land ownership, as well as memorandum to international community on expropriation without compensation

The civil rights organisation AfriForum will send a delegation to the USA next week to launch the first leg of the organisation’s international campaign against expropriation without compensation. The organisation plans on meeting with government representatives, research institutions, the media and potential investors abroad. AfriForum plans on mobilising the international community to pressurise the South…

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