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   Urban Land Dialogue Series 2018

   Knowledge constructed in dialogue

   Conference Papers & Reports

   June, 2018

   South Africa

   Land Conflicts

   Urban Tenure

   Land in post-conflict settings

   land

   urban areas

   research

   expropriation

   compensation

   land policies

   land law

   land reform

   land conflicts

   informal property

   In March 2018, The South African Cities Network (SACN) hosted its second Urban Land Dialogues Series in the provinces of Gauteng, Eastern Cape and Western Cape. The dialogues took place during a week when land was receiving widespread attention, as all eyes were on the Gordon Institute of Business Science in Illovo where the President had convened a Summit to discuss details of agrarian land expropriation without compensation policy,Under the overarching theme of inclusive urban land transformation, the aim of these dialogues was to build better shared understandings of the many issues that

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   Expropriation Bill: briefing by Minister & Deputy Minister; Public Works 2015/16 Strategic & Annual Performance Plan

   Legislation & Policies

   March, 2015

   South Africa

   land loans

   property

   property law

   land reform

   natural resources management

   compensation

   With the Minister of Public Works in attendance, the Deputy Minister gave a briefing on the Expropriation Bill (B4-2015). He said that expropriation is an essential mechanism for the state to acquire property in certain instances. Section 25 of the Constitution provides that property may be expropriated only in terms of general application and to that no law may permit arbitrary deprivation of property. The Constitution states that expropriation may occur only for a public purpose or in the public interest and subject to payment of compensation.

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   Expropriation Bill [B4-2015]: deliberations on public comments, in presence of Deputy Minister

   Legislation & Policies

   August, 2015

   South Africa

   compensation

   property rights

   property

   property law

   The Deputy Minister of Public Works, Mr Jeremy Cronin, briefed the Committee on the preliminary responses of the Department of Public Works (DPW) to the inputs received during the public hearings on the Expropriation Bill [B4- 2015]. However, the Department had been expecting that the Committee would finalise its report on those hearings and thus did not yet have a full written response. The DPW acknowledged that there were many useful points but had not accepted all input.

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   Expropriation Bill [B4-2015]: deliberations on public comments, with Deputy Minister

   Legislation & Policies

   August, 2015

   South Africa

   compensation

   property rights

   property

   property law

   The Deputy Minister of Public Works continued to take Members through the comments made during the public hearings on the Expropriation Bill, indicating what comments had been made and whether the Department agreed with them or had other views. The Department had added to the Preamble to make it clear that section 34 of the Constitution provided that anyone had the right to approach the courts for resolution of a dispute. In relation to the definitions, there was discussion on whether the Bill should refer to both high courts and magistrates’ courts.

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   Expropriation Bill [B4-2015]: Chapter 4 proposed amendments, with Deputy Minister

   Legislation & Policies

   October, 2015

   South Africa

   property

   compensation

   property law

   land ownership

   The Committee continued deliberations on the official list of committee proposed amendments to the Bill (A-list) accompanied by the B version which incorporated all the proposed amendments into the Bill. Chapter 4 on Intention to Expropriate and Expropriation of Property was completed.

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   Extension of Security Tenure Amendment Bill [B24-2015]: briefing by Department of Rural Development and Land Reform

   Legislation & Policies

   October, 2015

   South Africa

   land reform

   rural development

   tenure security

   eviction

   property

   farmers

   farming systems

   compensation

   rural population

   local communities

   property law

   The Deputy Minister of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR), addressed the Committee on the motivation for the amendments to the Extension of security of tenure (land) Amendment Bill, saying the fundamental resolve was to overcome decades of hardship in South Africa. Its redress was not about obsolete political stories, but about the creation of just opportunities.

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   Ingonyama Trust Board 3rd Quarter 2014/15 Performance Report

   Legislation & Policies

   March, 2015

   South Africa

   rural development

   compensation

   land policies

   The Committee was briefed by the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB) on its third quarter 2014/15 performance and financial report. Apologies were received from the Minister and Deputy Minister. At the outset, Members expressed their dismay that the ITB was reporting from a document that contained different figures to the one sent through to Members earlier, and it was difficult to follow the presentation. Secondly, several commented that the reporting format was problematic, as it did not conform to standard practices nor terminology as used in the Public Finance Management Act.

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   Expropriation Bill

   Legislation & Policies

   January, 2015

   South Africa

   Indigenous & Community Land Rights

   public ownership

   compensation

   property law

   communal territory

   private ownership

   To provide for the expropriation of property for a public purpose or in the public
   interest, subject to just and equitable compensation; and to provide for matters
   connected therewith.