8 September 2022 - By this time next week, the Expropriation Bill of 2020 (the Bill) may already have been adopted by the portfolio committee on public works and infrastructure and sent on to the National Assembly for its endorsement.
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Urban property in government sights for expropriation
8 September 2022 - As the deadline approaches for the Parliamentary Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure to approve the Expropriation Bill, it is becoming clear how the new law is to be used.
7 September 2022 - The ANC and EFF could be on the way to sharing power in municipalities and might be moving to a national coalition, and possibly even merging. But there is a lot that could derail the EFF-ANC toenadering.
7 September 2022 - Eiendomsreg gaan stilweg gebuk onder veelvuldige aanvalle. Enersyds is daar reeds verdraagsaamheid vir grondbesetting binne die regstelsel. Andersyds word eiensdomsreg bedreig deur die nuwe Onteieningswetsontwerp wat onteiening sonder vergoeding (OSV) moontlik maak.
SA recession looming
6 September 2022 - Total domestic value-add, known as GDP, shrank by 0.7% from April to June this year, according to Stats SA’s latest data, heightening concerns that South Africa may have exited the Covid-19 crash only to enter a recession.
6 September 2022 - Next week the parliamentary portfolio committee on public works & infrastructure will vote on the text of the Expropriation Bill.
Will Biden quiz Ramaphosa on the risk to property rights?
5 September 2022 - Presidents Cyril Ramaphosa and Joe Biden will meet on September 16, two days after the Expropriation Bill is scheduled to be voted on by Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure. Will that be on their agenda?
5 September 2022 - Fixed property – a house, a farm, business premises, or some other sundry variant of real estate – is a significant investment for anybody.
5 September 2022 - Last week, I made a presentation to the Parliamentary Committee on Public Service and Administration. The subject was a Private Member’s Bill, submitted by Dr Leon Schreiber, which sought to end political interference in appointments to and management of the public service. The Bill would have sought specifically to criminalise such political interference; in its technical interventions, it would enhance the independence and autonomy of the Public Service Commission.
4 September 2022 - Trying to see things for what they really are is more than the tantalising preoccupation of those who are paid to make sense of the world; all of us gain from calling it right, and judging events or sentiments with intelligence and accuracy.
4 September 2022 - Dit is die werk van die strateeg om sy kanse op sukses te maksimaliseer. Die oogmerk word dikwels bereik deur die uitvoering van twee aanvalle in parallel, maar gemik op dieselfde einddoel.
Steamrolling through changes to SA’s electoral system an insult to democracy
2 September 2022 - South Africans have been given a dangerously limited opportunity to comment on the Electoral Amendment Bill, legislation that stands to fundamentally alter how Parliament is elected, says the Institute of Race Relations (IRR).