Draft Bill
Draft bill for comment
Published in GG 42902 of 13 December 2019 for comment
Further Information
SabinetLaw articles
- Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill gazetted (2019-12-13)
- Parliament issues reminder on Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill (2020-02-24)
- Hearings on draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill Underway (2020-02-28)
- Ad Hoc Committee on Section 25 to Hold Hearing in Limpopo (2020-11-05)
- Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill on Track (2021-02-12)
- Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill Under the Spotlight (2021-03-29)
News articles
- Institute of Race Relations opposes expropriation bill - Rosebank Killarney Gazette (2019-12-13)
- 3 proposed laws every South African should know about heading into 2020 - BusinessTech (2019-12-13)
- Call for participation in land expropriation draft bill - Bizcommunity (2019-12-19)
- Motshekga: We don't want to create division over land expropriation - Eyewitness News (2019-12-24)
- EFF complains parliament has published the land expropriation amendment bill without 'publicity' - The Citizen (2019-12-31)
- Land expropriation fight set to hot up in 2020 after EFF's demands - IOL (2020-01-02)
- 6 planned laws for South Africa you should know about in 2020 - BusinessTech (2020-01-04)
- 5 things to watch out for in Parliament in 2020 - News24 (2020-01-05)
- Land Reform: Speak up now! - Farmers Weekly (2020-01-10)
- ANC's executive proposal on expropriation without compensation obscures already vast ministerial powers - Daily Maverick (2020-01-28)
- Major change proposed for land expropriation will sideline courts - CapeTalk (2020-01-27)
- "ANC must urgently clarify latest land appropriation proposal" - Farmers Weekly (2020-01-28)
- Small window to comment on South Africa's land expropriation shake-up - Business Tech (2020-01-28)
- Deadline extended for public comment on land appropriation - Business Live (2020-01-30)
- Government has published a major new land policy for South Africa - here's what you need to know - Business Tech (2020-02-10)
- AfriForum supports initiative to help the poor get land - Social TV (2020-02-07)
- Institute of Race Relations responds to Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill - Roodepoort Record (2020-02-07)
- Govt fails to note objections to Section 25 change: Cape Chamber - Politics Web (2020-02-10)
- Banks caught amid EWC disaster - Money Web (2020-02-12)
- Government ready to table Expropriation Bill, says Ramaphosa - Business Live (2020-02-13)
- Ramaphosa: Government ready to table - EWN (2020-02-13)
- Will the banks expect you to pay your bond for expropriated property? - South Africa Today (2020-02-14)
- South Africa: The politics behind South Africa's Property Clause Amendment - All Africa (2020-02-17)
- EWC: More EVIDENCE your home, your business is at risk - BizNews.com (2020-02-21)
- Parliament issues reminder on Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill - Go Legal (2020-02-24)
- 23 international pressure groups urge SA govt to abandon 'dangerous' EWC policy - BizNews.com (2020-02-28)
- Opposition to expropriation without compensation grows - Business Live (2020-03-02)
- Parly extends deadline to extend constitution on land expropriation - The Citizen (2020-03-06)
- Land expropriation withouth compensation: questions remain - Property360 (2020-03-08)
- Land expropriation public hearings conclude in KZN, North West - Eyewitness News (2020-03-09)
- Expropriation without compensation: Eastern Cape residents express views at public hearings - News24 (2020-03-15)
- Land appropriation Amendment hearings - Private Property(2020-03-16)
- Section 25 hearings postponed: Committee - PoliticsWeb (2020-03-16)
- Public hearings on land expropriation postponed - Suidkaap Forum (2020-03-16)
- Land hearings postponed - SuidKaap Forum (2020-03-18)
- Politicians push for amendment of Constitution to allow for land expropriation without compensation – civil society, not so much - Daily Maverick (2021-03-23)
- MPs raise concerns over parallel public hearings on Expropriation Bill - EWN (2021-03-25)
Speeches and statements
- On the proposed amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution - D Steward, FW de Klerk Foundation - Politicsweb (2019-12-11)
- Public's support needed against EWC - H Steenkamp, AfriForum - Politicsweb (2019-12-12)
- South Africans must raise objections to Section 25 Amendment Bill - A Lotriet, DA - Politicsweb (2019-12-15)
- Section 25 Bill published without adequate publicity - statement by the EFF - Politicsweb (2019-12-31)
- Ad Hoc Committee on Amending Section 25 of the Constitution's Public Hearings Programme - Polity (2020-02-10)
- EWC would be disastrous for SA- Mike Pompeo - (2020-02-19)
- 94 000 public inputs submitted on Section 25 amendment - DA - Politicsweb (2020-03-01)
- 95 000 join fight against EWC - Pieter Groenewald - Politicsweb (2020-03-01)
- AfriForum attends public hearings on EWC - statement by C Bester, AfriForum - Politicsweb (2020-03-12)
- Parliament commits to making final decision on changing the Constitution - statement by J Cuyster, Equal Education - Politicsweb (2020-11-12)
- Legislation: Constitution Amendment Bill ready ‘by 19 March’ - Legalbrief (2021-02-11)
- Legislation: Constitution 18th Amendment Bill update - Legalbrief (2021-02-15)
- Legislation: Constitution Amendment Bill process stalls - Legalbrief (2021-02-22)
- Legislation: No more hearings on draft Constitution Bill - Legalbrief (2021-03-01)
- Legislation: More time needed for Constitution Amendment Bill - Legalbrief (2021-03-08)
- Legislation: Constitution 18th Amendment Bill – the latest - Legalbrief (2021-03-15)
- Legislation: New Constitution amendment Bill deadline official - Legalbrief (2021-03-18)
- Legislation: No holds barred in EWC hearings - Legalbrief (2021-03-24)
- Legislation: Ideological differences surface during EWC hearings - Legalbrief (2021-03-25)
- Legislation: Oral submissions concluded on both EWC Bills - Legalbrief (2021-03-26)
- South Africa: Media Statement - Ad Hoc Committee On Section 25 Adopts Report On Public Participation - AllAfrica (2021-04-16)
Opinion pieces
- EWC constitutional amendment bill - mere bagatelle or major threat? - A Jeffery, IRR - Daily Friend (2019-12-12)
- The state wants your land and pay you nothing for it - M Oppenheimer - BizNews (2019-12-18)
- Land expropriation is not a silver bullet (quick fix) for poverty alleviation - A Jeffery, IRR - BizNews (2019-12-19)
- Expropriation: a bad turn for land reform, dire turn for the country - News24 (2020-01-27)
- Who supports the draft amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution? - Politicsweb (2020-01-29)
- No need to change constitution for land expropriation, says think tank - Business Day (2020-01-30)
- Government can take your home, farm, or business premises under Constitutional Amendment Bill - South Africa - Farming Portal (2020-02-01)
- What steps are investment firms taking to manage EWC risks? - IRR - Politicsweb (2020-02-10)
- Beware the anesthetists of EWC - Politicsweb (2020-02-13)
- No time to relax on expropriation without compensation - J Kane Berman, IRR - Politicsweb (2020-03-09)
- EWC or law and order, not both - H Pretorius, IRR - Politicsweb (2020-11-10)
- Govt deep down a hole, and frantically digging – IRR - Politicsweb (2021-02-25)
- EWC: Parliamentary committees in breach of constitutional obligations– IRR - Politicsweb (2021-03-18)