Group may sue over land expropriation

CIVIL rights group AfriForum has notified Parliament that it is obtaining legal advice to have the process to amend section 25 of the constitution to allow for expropriation of property without compensation declared illegal.

AfriForum deputy CEO Ernst Roets said in a statement yesterday that it seemed the public input process had been “manipulated from the beginning to reach an outcome that will support” the ANC’s stance on the issue.

AfriForum had identified 10 potential procedural irregularities that could have a substantial impact on the outcome of the public hearings process.

These include that many of the public hearings venues are still unknown to the public; the times are not known; the agenda is not known; and contradictory lists with different dates and venues for hearings were published by the parliamentary committee.

– ANA