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From Fox News: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law a bill that will allow the government to seize land without having to pay compensation, which some in the government say is a threat to private ownership.
The law, which replaces the pre-democratic Expropriation Act of 1975, “outlines how expropriation can be done and on what basis” by the state, the government says, according to the BBC.
Ramaphosa’s party, the African National Congress, or ANC, hailed the law as a “significant milestone.” However, some members of the government have signaled they will challenge the legality of the law.
The country’s majority Black citizens own just a small fraction of farmland more than 30 years after the end of apartheid. Most landowners are part of the White minority, according to the news report.
The new law allows for the expropriation of land without compensation only in circumstances where it is “just and equitable and in the public interest.”
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The president of South Africa has signed the Expropriation Bill through which he seeks the power to confiscate private property without compensation.
This despite the fact that his party has lost significant support in the last election and is now governing in coalition with… pic.twitter.com/wiODkthRBr
— Ernst Roets (@ErnstRoets) January 24, 2025
NEW LAW: South African government can now ‘legally’ steal private property. Particularly from white farmers.
Time to say goodbye to South Africa, the DA+ANC ‘GNU Alliance’, the Legal System & anything else you hang your hopes on.
Cape Independence NOW!https://t.co/zxJEFAK4NB
— Cape Independence Party (@capexitparty) January 24, 2025
Next they’ll take land away from white people just like in Zimbabwe. They have been taught that white people are evil
South African president signs controversial land seizure bill, eroding private property rights https://t.co/Voc1meobHj
— Timothy Cox (@MrTC1978) January 25, 2025
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