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South African President signs controversial bill to allow land seizure

Íæż½ã½ã in South Africa have raised alarm bells after President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Expropriation Bill on January 23

Alex Black
clock • 2 min read
Section 25 of the South African Constitution recognises expropriation as an essential mechanism for the state to acquire someone's property for a public purpose or in the public interest.
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Section 25 of the South African Constitution recognises expropriation as an essential mechanism for the state to acquire someone's property for a public purpose or in the public interest.

The law, which replaces the pre-democratic Expropriation Act of 1975, allows the government to seize land in the name of ‘public interest'. Land reform This includes not just public services but ‘the...

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