When process is the enemy of progress

Why the procedures in the Expropriation Bill will undermine efforts to achieve land reform in SA

07 April 2024 - 00:00

Last week I argued the Expropriation Bill would not achieve land reform. I proposed instead a forward-looking land redistribution law for people who need land but cannot afford to pay for it, as contemplated by section 25(5) of the constitution...

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