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Category: Land reform

No Expropriation without Compensation in South-Africa’s Constitution – for the Time Being

December 9, 2021 ~ Elmien du Plessis

A (short) history of the 18th Amendment Bill in 1500 words.

WRITTEN INPUTS ON THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT BILL

August 13, 2021August 13, 2021 ~ Elmien du Plessis

The written submission by a group of legal academics on the amendment of section 25, with concerns about the mandate, the contradictions and restricting land reform to custodianship only.

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.

Short update on section 25 amendment process and land reform legislation and policy in the making

October 6, 2020September 28, 2020 ~ Elmien du Plessis

It is difficult to predict what will happen, and pandemics have a sly way of reminding us that any prediction remains just that – a prediction. So I have listened to my economist friends and started thinking of the various possible scenarios.

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