South Africa: increasing pace of land expropriation public consultations

Summary: The pace and scope of land expropriate without compensation is building in South Africa and it is only a matter of time before private land is seized. Due to electoral and populist pressures, there is no likely reversal from a hostile private land takeover. Analysis Momentum is gaining in favor of land expropriation without compensation in South Africa. Public consultations are underway June 28 in the Northern Cape and Limpopo provinces and in both places the response has largely and loudly been in favor of taking efforts, including amending the country’s constitution, to forcibly transfer land to landless black …

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