04 Sep 2018
The meeting has adjourned and will resume on Wednesday at 10:00.
04 Sep 2018
Land expropriation must happen with compensation, argues Meshoe.
04 Sep 2018
The EFF argues that Israelis had to "conquer and expropriate" land in Canaan. The chair interrupts, to say the argument is out of context.
04 Sep 2018
Meshoe says we must first deal with corruption in the land reform processes, before we can talk about expropriation of land with compensation.
04 Sep 2018
Who will pay for the loans to the banks, should land owned by people with tittle deeds is expropriated without compensation, asks Meshoe.
04 Sep 2018
He says land owned by religious leaders should be protected because "they are doing a good job in their communities".
04 Sep 2018
The ACDP'S Kenneth Meshoe argues that before we argue about land expropriation without compensation, we should talk about which land will be expropriating without compensation.
04 Sep 2018
Cosatu argues that those who didn't acquire their land through "market value" should not compensated through "market value". They say that land owners should not be paid millions of rand for it if they did not pay millions of rand for it.
04 Sep 2018
The EFF says Cosatu, "which represents the majority of black people", is being represented by a white person. The EFF said the white representative of Cosatu represent "the views of white people".
04 Sep 2018
"We are disappointed in government," says Cosatu's Matthew Parks.
04 Sep 2018
"You need to look at unfairly inflated land."
04 Sep 2018
The problem is not the Constitution. As Cosatu, we don't want to see to Constitution changed everyday.
04 Sep 2018
"We have failed as a nation to see the racially skewed ownership of land," says Cosatu.
04 Sep 2018
Cosatu says it supports government's plan to expropriate land without expropriation.
04 Sep 2018
The hearings have adjourned for a tea break.
04 Sep 2018
Dr Rick de Satgé of Phuhlisani to CRC: "There is no evidence to demonstrate the expropriation without compensation will make land reform cheaper or make it faster." #Section25 #SAonLand @TeamNews24 @gerbjan
04 Sep 2018
"We have failed to realise the transformative power of #Section25," dr Rick de Satgé of Phuhlisani tells CRC #SAonLand @TeamNews24 @gerbjan
04 Sep 2018
Prof Bradley Slade of University of Stellenbosch's Law Faculty says amending #Section25 would require an overhaul of the whole Constitutional design #SAonLand @TeamNews24 @gerbjan
04 Sep 2018
Chair adjourns until 13:30
04 Sep 2018
"We have a completely failed restitution system." - Zenande Booi of UCT's Land & Accountability Research Centre to CRC #Section25 #SAonLand @TeamNews24 @gerbjan
04 Sep 2018
There is no law in place to tell how we will do
redistribution – Booi
"We have a completely failed restitution system"
04 Sep 2018
Historically rights to land was not respected, says Booi
04 Sep 2018
Booi says Constitution already gives power to expropriate
04 Sep 2018
Zenande Booi of UCT's Land & Accountability Research Centre tells CRC despite legal requirement that Ingonyama Trust must administer land in terms of customary Zulu law, it acts as if it is owner of the land #Section25 #SAonLand @TeamNews24 @gerbjan
04 Sep 2018
The failures in land reform are not due to Constitution but
to the government's failure to implement existing laws, says Booi
04 Sep 2018
Zanande Booi of UCT's Land Accountability and Research
Centre says any amendment to the Constitution could harm other rights.
"It's a red herring"
04 Sep 2018
Context matters, so let expropriation be tested in courts first
Whenever I am despondent about the world, I go and sit in the
Constitutional Court, my hope giving place. I have a similar feeling
here today. Maybe it is because the things that both have in common are
the Constitution and democracy-in-action, both very important reasons
why we are here today. The very basis that this conversation is built
on.
READ THE COLUMN HERE
04 Sep 2018
Land was taken from us without negotiation
04 Sep 2018
Constance Mogale of Alliance for Rural Development says must
have land
04 Sep 2018
Chair adjourns proceedings until 11:55
04 Sep 2018
EFF MP Mulaudzi tells Prof Elmien du Plessis she is "AfriForum in disguise" #SAonLand #Section25 @TeamNews24 @gerbjan
04 Sep 2018
Don't intimidate me – MPs get heated
04 Sep 2018
Some questions directed at Du Plessis from MPs get heated
04 Sep 2018
Expropriation is not an end in itself, says Du Plessis.
"Land reform must happen"
04 Sep 2018
Du Plessis says she is not representing a university, but
her own views as an expert on the subject
04 Sep 2018
Du Plessis says the Constitution is a framework, legislation
must be used to achieve goals
04 Sep 2018
"Expropriation is not an end in itself." - Prof Elmien du Plessis to CRC #SAonLand #Section25 @TeamNews24 @gerbjan
04 Sep 2018
Professor Elmien du Plessis of North West University says
her research is finally relevant
She says section 25 need not be amended to facilitate land
reform
04 Sep 2018
Land is a commodity, says Grain SA
04 Sep 2018
Our poor farmers have land and they don't have money.
We are saying to government: "Help us."
04 Sep 2018
Grain SA's Jannie de Villiers says after CRC's public hearings they understand the need for dignity in relation to land reform much better #SAonLand #Section25 @TeamNews24 @gerbjan
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