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Constitution Eighteenth Amendment 2019

Draft bill for comment

Published in GG 42902 of 13 December 2019 for comment

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)
• Ad Hoc Committee to continue deliberations on Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill (2021-06-21)
• Revised Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill drawn up (2021-07-12) 
• Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill published for comment (2021-07-19)

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)
• Ad Hoc Committee to focus on amending entire Section 25 - Pliticsweb (2021-05-28)
• Section 25: Request for extension cause for concern – Annelie Lotriet - Politicsweb (2021-05-31)
• Section 25: Request for 30-day extension – Committee - Politicsweb (2021-05-31)
• Political parties still at deadlock on amending Section 25 of the Constitution - MSN News (2021-05-31)
• Section 25: State custodianship will only worsen corruption – Annette Steyn - Politicsweb (2021-06-07)
• Cabinet can save SA from land EWC - Annelie Lotriet - Politicsweb (2021-06-17)
• Section 25: The ANC's proposal for state custodianship - Politicsweb (2021-06-21)
• Section 25: ANC/EFF overstep their mandate - Annelie Lotriet - Politicsweb (2021-06-21)
• EWC in violation of Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Annelie Lotriet - Politicsweb (2021-06-25)
• EIA needed on Section 25 bill - Annelie Lotriet - Politicsweb (2021-07-04)
• Expropriation without compensation: ANC numbers get its way, but effectively scuppers Section 25 constitutional amendment - MSN News (2021-07-10)
• ANC wins on amending Section 25 - Daily Friend (2021-07-13)
• FState Agriculture will oppose constitutional amendment - Politicsweb (2021-07-19)

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)
• FF Plus continues fight against changes to Article 25 of Constitution - Political Analysis (2021-07-09)

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)
• Dangerous twist in debate on amendment of Section 25 – Agri SA - Politicsweb (2021-05-31)
• Section 25 process takes a disturbing turn – FW de Klerk Foundation - Politicsweb (2021-05-01)
• Section 25: ANC reintroduces principle of custodianship - FW de Klerk Foundation - Politicsweb (2021-06-21)
• Damaging Constitutional Amendment Bill should be scrapped - Daily Friend (2021-07-22)