A contentious law that allows South Africa’s government to expropriate land has enraged the United States. Many fear that the ...

The shrill debate is a distraction from the real issue The Expropriation Act has triggered shrill protests and threats. This cacophony of criticism is diverting us from a key question we should be ...

Trump has falsely claimed that the South African government is seizing land from white farmers through the recently signed ...

Last week, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Republic of Hungary v. Simon, a case concerning the scope of immunity under the ...

South Africa’s land reform minister should be distributing land owned by the government to black farmers rather than fussing ...

According to the Act, when gathering information for expropriation, the expropriating authority must establish whether unregistered rights over the property in question exist.' The Expropriation ...

From our perspective, three concerns emerge: first, the government department granted the power of expropriation; second, the potential impact for informal land rights holders; and third, the possible ...

In shocking disregard of its citizens' rights, the Republic of South Africa (South Africa) recently enacted Expropriation Act 13 of 2024 (Act), to enable the government of South Africa to seize ...

The law, which replaces the pre-democratic Expropriation Act of 1975, allows the government to seize land in the name of "public interest." Per Section 25 of the Constitution, the public interest ...

We break down the Expropriation Act and the history of the country’s contentious land reform in infographics. “Why do you have openly racist ownership laws?” “White South Africans are being persecuted ...

The nature and history of the African National Congress (ANC) cannot be discounted when reading the text of the new Expropriation Act. The rule of law is not only concerned with the law ...

In cases where there is no agreement, the courts as per the new Act have to make such determination. Expropriation without compensation can only occur under exceptional circumstances such as when ...