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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
The civil rights organisation AfriForum will launch a comprehensive international campaign to inform governments and foreign investors worldwide that property rights in South Africa are being threatened and that foreign investments in South Africa will also not be safe should plans for property expropriation without compensation be followed through. AfriForum’s campaign follows in reaction to…
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