The Democratic Alliance has vowed to defend the property clauses in Section 25 of the Constitution following plans by African National Congress’s 54th national elective conference to expropriate land without compensation.
The party believes the call for expropriation is a diversion from the real solution to the country’s land reform challenges.
Spokesperson for Rural Development and Land Reform Thomas Walters says this is a step backwards for property right owners in the country.
Walters has blamed government for failing to meet targets of land redistribution.
“We will most definitely defend sec 25 of the constitution in fact it’s actually there to protect the vulnerable in society and their property against the overbearing state it was put there to avoid the kind of abuse by the state power that we saw during apartheid its actually about defending the pros at the expense of incompetent state that has shown to enrich itself at the expense of the poor,” says Walters.
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