The draft version of the constitutional amendment to change Article 25 of the Constitution, where the ANC regime can apply expropriation without compensation, was switched to a faster acceleration last Tuesday. The onset happened at a meeting of the ad hoc committee on the amendment of art. 25.
The proposed initial wording of the law amendment reads that a court may rule that legitimate and equitable compensation for a piece of land expropriated in the interest of land reform may be zero. However, it must be in accordance with national law that sets out specific circumstances within which a court may decide that a zero value can be legitimate and fair compensation.
The parliamentary legal advisers have pointed out that nothing in the process is removed from the constitutional article – the above is merely added. This would mean that compensation for expropriated land is the amount determined either by the parties or by the court.
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