Ramaphosa signs contentious Expropriation Bill into law

President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the Expropriation Bill into law, which provides for the expropriation of land with nil compensation.

The law also seeks to provide for certain instances where expropriation with nil compensation may be appropriate in the public interest.

https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/ramaphosa-signs-contentious-expropriation-bill-into-law-20250123

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Robert Duigan: Boiling point

Expropriation without compensation is coming. Read this carefully.

Yesterday, the President signed into law the Expropriation Act. The schedule for implementing this change is not known, but it is now inevitable.

The Act, which allows for the expropriation of any property, whether land, cash, moveable property, or corporate shares, without compensation. The justification for expropriation will be anything that is in the “public interest”. That means that just about anything can be confiscated for just about any reason.

But of course, we are expected to believe that the Constitution will save us. But the only constitutional limits against this are a) that it has to be rubber-stamped by a court, and b) that it is not allowed to be arbitrary.

However, arbitrariness is so slippery a word that it almost has no real meaning in this context, since any general principle, such as “public interest”, a public works project, or just “redress” (i.e., skin colour), can justifiable be considered a non-arbitrary principle.

Just think how many times you’ve seen the term “apartheid-era spatial planning” in the media - it is not just farms, but high-value properties in city centres that are at risk.

The constitution already provides that discrimination is legal, so long as it is “fair”, and fairness is defined precisely on the grounds of race in this country, and has been for some time, provided the race of the person being discriminated against is white.

Most would assume, given that our courts are still more or less reasonable entities, that this cannot go too far, and that the likelihood is that most victims of the state would in some way be compensated.

And that is why the ANC has passed the Land Courts Act.

This Act of Parliament establishes a new court system explicitly for the streamlining of accelerated expropriation. It will be selected directly by the Presidency, and the JSC will act only in an advisory capacity.

It will have equal jurisdiction to the High Courts, leaving only the Supreme Court of Appeal and the Constitutional Court itself as a means of appeal.

But these laws establish that the land will be expropriated first, before any appeals process can be heard, meaning the the use of the courts for delay tactics is impossible.

The judges of this court will also be immune from all forms of prosecution or legal summons except for acts of domestic violence.

This opens the way for anyone to launch proceedings to expropriate any piece of land for any purpose.

Witnesses and anyone who accompanies them to court are to be monetarily compensated.

And here’s the kicker - hearsay, and documents without providence have the same weight as any official document.

Consequences

Without changing a letter of the Constitution, these two acts render any and all rights to private property effectively null.

What the timeframe is for their implementation remains to be seen, but it could take anything up to five years for the heat to reach a crescendo.

https://marhobane.substack.com/p/boiling-point

🟦🟩 DA wants to 'reset' relationship with ANC after Ramaphosa signed Expropriation Act

The DA wants to urgently "reset" its relationship with its main partner, the ANC, in the government of national unity (GNU) following President Cyril Ramaphosa's signing of the Expropriation Bill into law this week.

DA leader John Steenhuisen, at a press conference in Cape Town, accused the ANC of disrespecting the party, which continues to make compromises in the GNU.

He also penned a letter to Ramaphosa formally declaring a dispute and invoking Clause 19 of the Statement of Intent.

Steenhuisen, however, said this was not an ultimatum, nor was it an intention to leave the GNU.

https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/da-wants-to-reset-relationship-with-anc-after-ramaphosa-signed-expropriation-act-20250125

Hilariously tone deaf article from the media.

While Ramaphosa destroyed private property rights with the stroke of a pen, the elites in Europe were ruminating about African ''growth''.

https://businesstech.co.za/news/business-opinion/808829/a-big-win-for-ramaphosa-and-south-africa/

🚍🔥 47 PUTCO busses torched in Mpumalanga

Putco believes overnight attacks on its depots are due to tensions with taxi operators. At least 47 buses were set alight and two employees injured at four depots in Mpumalanga. The bus company says it's been dealing with mounting tensions with the taxi industry.