Expropriation

Updated:

2012-02-27

Note on progress:

Withdrawn by minister of public works on 23 September 2008 - further details in Bill Tracker (access for subscribers, or purchase this document)

Preliminary documents:

Draft policy published in GG 30468 of 13 November 2008 - access for Government Gazette subscribers and Policy Documents subscribers, or purchase this document

Originator:

Minister of Public Works

Draft Bill

Draft bill full text:

Access for Policy Documents subscribers - search for the title 'Draft Expropriation Bill 2008', or purchase this document

Year of publication:

2008

Explanatory summary:

Published in GG 30963 of 11 April 2008 - access for Government Gazette subscribers, or purchase this document

Hearings, briefings and submissions on draft bill:

Access for Policy Documents subscribers - search for the title 'Draft Expropriation Bill 2008'

Bill

Bill number:

B16-2008

Year of publication:

2008

Bill full text:

Access for Bill Tracker subscribers, or purchase this document

Hearings, briefings and submissions on bill:

Access for Policy Documents subscribers - search for the title 'Expropriation Bill'

Further Information

SabinetLaw articles:

Draft Policy on Expropriation Bill for comment

Minister Didiza briefs Parliament on draft Expropriation Bill

Agri SA proposes public-private partnerships in lieu of expropriation

Absa raises concerns over Expropriation Bill

Expropriation Bill: deliberations suspended and bill may be withdrawn

Parliament gives notice of withdrawal of Expropriation Bill

Expropriation Bill To Be Tabled in Parliament "by March 2013"

News articles:

Expropriation bill – Ghost Digest (2007-12-06)
DA will fight expropriation bill: Zille – The Citizen (2008-02-06)
Expropriation Bill queried - EProp (2008-02-07)
Expropriation Bill to go before Parliament – BuaNews (2008-03-06)
Cabinet approves land expropriation bill – Mail & Guardian (2008-03-06)
Cabinet approves new land expropriation bill – The Star (2008-03-07) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Cabinet approves Expropriation Bill – Property 24 (2008-03-09)
Farmers vow to fight new expropriation legislation – Business Day (2008-03-17)
Bill addresses land parity erosion – City Press (2008-03-23) (access to SA Media - search for title)
New Expropriation Bill to advance land reform – BuaNews (2008-03-26)
‘We will block land bill’ – IOL (2008-04-01)
Opposition to expropriation bill mounts – Business Day (2008-04-01)
DA warns on land bill - Politicsweb (2008-04-02)
DA says it will fight ‘unfair’ Expropriation Bill in court – Cape Times (2008-04-02) (access to SA Media - search for title)
New law challenged – Mail & Guardian (2008-04-10) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Alarmist claims about land bill ignore the facts – Business Day (2008-04-14)
Expropriation must be in ‘public interest’ – IOL (2008-04-16)
FF+: Draft Expropriation Bill is unconstitutional – Mail & Guardian (2008-04-17)
Zim-style land grabs for SA – Property24 (2008-04-17)
Bad-faith bill not grounded in SA’s land realities – Business Day (2008-04-17)
Grounds for concern – Financial Mail (2008-04-25) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Land reform quite legal – Financial Mail (2008-05-02) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Hearings on Expropriation Bill – Eastern Province Herald (2008-05-19) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Expropriation Bill assault on property rights - SAHomeTraders (2008-05-19)
MPs assure owners of ‘no land invasions’ under new law – Eastern Province Herald (2008-05-23) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Expropriation must be last resort – AgriSA – Business Day (2008-05-30)
Land: DA join the fight against proposed Expropriation Bill – The Witness (2008-06-02)
100s object to expropriations – News24 (2008-06-03)
State aims to ‘grab land’ with proposed bill, says DA – Cape Times (2008-06-03) (access to SA Media - search for title)
‘Expropriation Bill is constitutional’ - IOL (2008-06-04)
Property bill might threaten economy – The Citizen (2008-06-04) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Farmers caution against law – Diamond Fields Advertiser (2008-06-05) (access to SA Media - search for title)
DA voices concern over public hearings – Daily Dispatch (2008-06-11) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Expropriation: farmers flock to object – Natal Witness (2008-06-12) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Land bill is ‘illegal’ – Diamond Fields Advertiser (2008-06-12) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Parliament won’t accept bill to expropriate farm land – Cape Times (2008-06-12) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Land grab law: nearly a done deal – Real Estate Web (2008-06-13)
Land grab law a reality – The Citizen (2008-06-14) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Expropriation Bill will fuel civil conflict – The Times (2008-06-15)
SA Land reform’s parallels with Zimbabwe – Sunday Times (2008-06-15) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Expropriation Bill ‘raises threat of power struggles’ – Cape Argus (2008-06-16) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Civil rights groups slams land bill – Business Report (2008-06-17)
‘Expropriation Bill threatens SA’ – IOL (2008-06-17)
Proposed land bill will scare investors – The Citizen (2008-06-17) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Land bill ‘is deterrent to farm investment’ – The Star (2008-06-17) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Proposed bill threatens empowerment in forestry – Business Report (2008-06-18)
Seizures bill draws flak from farmers – Business Day (2008-06-18)
Absa sounds warning bells over Expropriation Bill – SABC News (2008-06-18)
Absa comes under fire over Expropriation Bill – Business Day (2008-06-19)
New law in line with Constitution: Minister – IOL (2008-06-19)
SAPOA concerned about expropriation bill – Business Times (2008-06-23)
Overseas investors fear SA bill – Fin24 (2008-06-23)
Sapoa joins critics of expropriation bill – Business Day (2008-06-24)
Draft land-grab bill worries SAPOA – Property24 (2008-06-24)
‘Suspend Expropriation Bill’ – IOL (2008-06-24)
DA calls on Speaker to suspend Expropriation Bill – The Witness (2008-06-24)
FW de Klerk warns against Expropriation Bill – Mail & Guardian (2008-06-25)
New land bill no ‘quick fix’ – News24 (2008-06-25)
Bumpy road ahead for controversial bill – The Star (2008-06-25) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Land bill hits property rights, warns De Klerk – Business Report (2008-06-26)
‘Draconian Expropriation Bill hinders reform’ – The Citizen (2008-06-26) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Think-tank farm disaster warning – The Citizen (2008-06-27) (access to SA Media - search for title)
United front against two draft laws on land and property expropriation - Vrystaat Sake Bulletin (2008-07-01) (access to SA Media - search for title)
New land legislation stalled - The Citizen (2008-07-01) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Expropriation Bill will ‘hurt economy’ – IOL (2008-07-02)
‘Whites have right to own land’ – Fin24 (2008-07-02)
Expropriation Bill under fire – Mail & Guardian (2008-07-02)
Proposed land bill 'unconstitutional' - Daily Dispatch (2008-07-02) (access to SA Media - search for title)
South Africa should tackle the land issue to avoid Zimbabwe's fate - Cape Times (2008-07-03) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Easier pickings - Natal Witness (2008-07-04) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Expropriation Bill too broad, say property owners - Saturday Weekend Argus (2008-07-05) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Expropriation Bill bad news, experts claim - Saturday Weekend Argus (2008-07-05) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Property bill needs some urgent reworking - Saturday Star (2008-07-05) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Land bill 'rings the alarm' - Business Day (2008-07-16) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Between a land bill and a hard place - Sunday Independent (2008-07-20) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Flaws in property bill - DA - The Citizen (2008-07-28) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Whites did not steal land from blacks, says Pik - Business Day (2008-07-29) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Fears that SA land reform is going the Zim route - The Star (2008-07-29) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Expropriation Bill remains halted – Property24 (2008-07-30)
De Klerk warns on land seizure - Sunday Times (2008-08-03) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Expropriation Bill will hurt poor and landless - Cape Times (2008-08-04) (access to SA Media - search for title)
DA: land bill will lump SA with losers – IOL (2008-08-05)
Property bill 'driving farmers out of SA' - Cape Argus (2008-08-05) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Land bill ‘rings the alarm’ – Business Day (2008-08-06)
Expropriation thumbs down - The Citizen (2008-08-18) (access to SA Media - search for title)
No decision on Expropriation Bill – Property24 (2008-08-19)
Fears that land law plan may hit investment - Cape Argus (2008-08-19) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Reform does not mean expropriation - Business Day (2009-08-21) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Expropriation Bill shelved – IOL (2008-08-26)
Farmers cheer putting Expropriation Bill on hold - Daily Dispatch (2008-08-26) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Farmers relieved as land-reform bill put on hold - Eastern Province Herald (2008-08-26) (access to SA Media - search for title)
AfriForum applauds shelving of Expropriation Bill – Mail & Guardian (2008-08-27)
Controversial Expropriation Bill is ‘shelved’ – Business Day (2008-08-28)
Expropriation Bill finally shelved – Property24 (2008-08-28)
Scrap this bill – Business Day (2008-08-29)
Expropriation Bill to be scrapped, says Phosa - Saturday Star (2008-08-30) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Ministers fume as MPs block bills – Sunday Tribune (2008-08-31)
Viewpoints & analysis: Land reform vs investment - City Press (2008-08-31) (access to SA Media - search for title)
'ANC needs to listen to more voices on land redistribution' - Sunday Argus (2008-08-31) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Department digs in heels on land bill – Business Day (2008-09-01)
Pressure sustained on draft "Land Grab Act" - Vrystaat Sake Bulletin (2008-09-01) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Landless will 'doubt state sincerity' - The Citizen (2008-09-01) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Expropriation is rational and just - City Press (2008-09-07) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Expropriation Bill shelved 'for fear of backlash' - Mail & Guardian (2008-09-11) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Expropriation bill may come back - Property24 (2008-09-19)
‘Land-grab Bill is constitutional’ – Property24 (2008-09-29)
Land for new ANC brooms to sweep - Business Day (2008-09-29) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Expropriation Bill nixed at last – Property24 (2008-09-30)
AB will still fight expropriation legislation - The Citizen (2008-10-20)
'SA won't have land grabs' - The Citizen (2008-10-21) (access to SA Media - search for title)
PAC, AgriSA seeks common ground on lanb bill - Business Day (2008-10-28) (access to SA Media - search fro title)
Unpopular public works bills back for debate - Business Day (2008-11-19)
Wise withdrawal (Editorial) - Business Day (2008-11-21) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Expropriation Bill no longer on hold - Doidge - Business Report (2008-11-24)
Land bill goes back to Parly - News24 (2009-10-08)
Expropriation bill revived as land reform drive stalls - Business Day (2009-10-09)
Law must be fair - Business Day (2009-10-13)
Expropriation law to be revived - Farmer's Weekly (2009-10-15)
Land reform: government gets tough - Financial Mail (2009-10-30)
Farmeres (sic farmers) cautious on new land bill - Cape Argus (2010-02-16) (access to SA Media - search for title)
Land grabs now inevitable? - Realestateweb (2010-02-19)
Expropriation Bill returns - Business Day (2010-05-06)
We will block Expropriation Bill, threatens DA - Dispatch Online (2010-05-10)
Bill to grab property back to MPs - Business Day (2011-10-20)

Journal articles:

Raats, J ‘Expropriation in public ineterest - the ANC's new plan: Expropriation Bill’ Farmer's weekly, Issue 97047, Dec 7 2007, p. 16-17
Lund, T ‘Speedier land reform imminent - Expropriation Bill: openers’ Finweek, Mar 20 2008, p. 22
Crosby, A ‘New Expropriation Bill - serious threat? : bottom line’ Farmer's weekly, Issue 98014, Apr 18 2008, p. 32-22
Hofstatter, S ‘Grounds for concern - land expropriation : features’ Financial mail, Vol 196, Issue 4, Apr 25 2008, p. 42-44
Hofstatter, S ‘New Expropriation Bill hysteria: by invitation’ Farmer's weekly, Issue 98017, May 16 2008, p. 6-7

Speeches and statements:

Input by the minister of public works, Ms Thoko Didiza, to the National Government Workshop on Expropriation (2008-02-11)
Statement by Parliament (2008-03-11)
Briefing by Ms Thoko Didiza, minister of public works, to portfolio committee (2008-03-26)
Press release by the South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law (2008-04-03)
Statement by Parliament (2008-06-04)
Statement by Department of Public Works (2008-06-04)
Statement by Parliament on behalf of Portfolio Committee on Public Works (2008-06-08)
Media statement by AfriForum (2008-06-17)
Statement by Freedom Front Plus (2008-06-18)
Statement by Parliament on behalf of Portfolio Commitee of Public Works (2008-08-26)
Press statement by the Department of Public Works (2008-08-28)
Expropriation Bill: Government should focus on the real problems facing land reform - statement by Annette Steyn, DA MP (2009-10-12)
DA to fight return of Expropriation Bill - statement by Mpowele Swathe, DA MP (2010-05-06)

Articles on the Web:

A need for greater clarity in the compensation provisions - S Davey, South African Property Owners Association (2008-01-30)
Draft policy on the Expropriation Bill - Centre for Constitutional Rights (2008-03-14)
Land grabs: how they'll work - N de Havilland, Centre for Constitutional Rights (2008-04-02)
Bad faith Expropriation Bill not grounded in South Africa's land realities - J Kane-Berman, South African Institute of Race Relations (2008-04-17)
Institute calls for Expropriation Bill to be withdrawn - South African Institute of Race Relations (2008-05-15)
Why Expropriation Bill is harmful - Property24 (2008-05-28)

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