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Category: Land

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.

Mine! Claims of ownership as competing stories

August 2, 2021July 31, 2021 ~ Elmien du Plessis

If one accepts that there is not a natural understanding of how ownership works (and I acknowledge that there might be people that dispute this), then ownership is, as they say, “up for grabs”. What story will win, and why, is part of ownership design.

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.

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