South Africa has a new law to govern the expropriation (or compulsory acquisition) of private property by government for ...

Opponents of a controversial South African land expropriation bill are calling the legislation a threat to private ownership ...

The 2025 law differs from the old Act in that it includes fixing skewed land patterns, and introduces compensation based on ‘justice and equity’ and not ‘willing buyer, willing seller’ ...

President Ramaphosa’s Expropriation Bill sparks legal threats from AfriForum and FF+, as advocates hail it as progress in ...

Highlights,Expropriation involves government acquisition of private property under international law.,Prompt and fair ...

In response to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s promulgation of the Expropriation Bill on January 23, industry body AgriSA ...

AfriForum vows to protect private property rights through legal action against the government's Expropriation Act.

Civil rights organisation AfriForum announced on Thursday that it will prevent the Expropriation Act’s promulgation, saying ...

Expropriation law is not a tool of punishment or reparation, it is a tool of social improvement that can only be used under ...

Critically, the Bill retains “just and equitable compensation” as the default for most expropriation. This means market ...