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South Africa lays out conditions to seize land, says investors will be reassured

by SAT Reporter
October 14, 2020
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South Africa lays out conditions to seize land, says investors will be reassured

Patricia De Lille, South Africa's public works and infrastructure minister, swears-in during a ceremony in Pretoria, South Africa, on Thursday, May 30, 2019. Now that South Africa's cabinet has been announced, the rand may join its emerging-market peers in being whipsawed by a trade war that has subdued markets worldwide. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg

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JOHANNESBURG (The Southern African Times) – South Africa’s government laid out conditions on Sunday for when land might be confiscated without reimbursement, saying a new law submitted to parliament would pass constitutional muster and reassure investors unnerved about property rights.

The law would allow land to be confiscated without reimbursement in certain cases if it is unused, abandoned or poses a safety risk, Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille told a news conference.

But she emphasised that compensation would also be possible and final decisions would be in the hands of the courts.

“The bill brings certainty to South Africans and investors because it clearly outlines how expropriation can be done,” she said.

“The bill outlines circumstances when it may be just and equitable for nil compensation to be paid. It does not prescribe that nil compensation will be paid in all circumstances.”

Land is one of the most emotive issues in South Africa, where most privately owned land remains in white hands more than two decades after the end of apartheid.

The governing African National Congress (ANC) has pledged to speed up land redistribution. It has started a parliamentary process to amend the constitution to make it clear that land can be expropriated without compensation.

Critics on the left say the ANC has been too timid in redistributing land, while opponents on the right worry that measures seen as confiscatory might frighten away investors.

Under the new law, the authorities would be required to negotiate with the owners of land to try to reach an agreement on the acquisition of the property, before it can be seized.

The government said the chief state law adviser had certified that the new bill was constitutional.

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