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

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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…

AfriForum comments on proposed Tshwane Land Management Policy
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AfriForum comments on proposed Tshwane Land Management Policy

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AfriForum submitted comments on the City of Tshwane’s draft land management policy regarding the alienation and expropriation of immovable property on 6 August 2018. Regional public meetings on this policy were held and the public could submit comments to the city council. “This policy should be in line with the principle of legality, having due…

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AfriForum supports campaign against Draft Expropriation Bill

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The civil rights organisation AfriForum announced that they will put all their effort into the campaign for the protection of property rights to oppose the Draft Expropriation Bill that was approved by the Cabinet today. Ernst Roets, Deputy CEO of AfriForum, said that the threat to the right to private property is the single biggest…

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

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AfriBusiness hosted an information session on land expropriation without compensation in cooperation with AfriForum on Thursday evening, 19 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 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

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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

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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

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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…

ANC’s plan to steal property places South Africa on Zimbabwean road
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ANC’s plan to steal property places South Africa on Zimbabwean road

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The civil rights watchdog AfriForum says that the ANC’s decision to amend South Africa’s Constitution to allow expropriation without compensation boils down to a decision to commit theft and to place the country on the same road of destruction that Zimbabwe followed in its violation of property rights. According to Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum,…

AfriForum says true significance of 2018 SONA will only become evident once Ramaphosa honeymoon ends
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AfriForum says true significance of 2018 SONA will only become evident once Ramaphosa honeymoon ends

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In response to the 2018 State of the Nation Address (SONA) just delivered by Pres Cyril Ramaphosa, AfriForum stated that it will only be possible to judge its contents properly once the President’s political honeymoon comes to an end and the real meaning of his references to, amongst other issues, transformation and land expropriation become…

Motion over land reform a violation of the 1994 agreement
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Motion over land reform a violation of the 1994 agreement

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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…

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