On the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, some tentative notes

July 22, 2021 ~ Elmien du Plessis

Nil and not without compensation, removing the courts as the only forum that can determine nil compensation, adding a common heritage provision and custodianship of “certain land”. Some thoughts on the amendment of section 25.

The Expropriation Bill B23-2020

February 24, 2021 ~ Elmien du Plessis ~ 1 Comment

There is a lot of information doing the rounds on the Expropriation Bill at the moment. This post is a combination of various opinion pieces I have published on the matter the past 3 months. It's a long read, but it is a complicated subject, not to be reduced to 240 characters.