Economics
South African Lawmakers' Panel Supports Land-Seizure Plans
- Report urges constitutional changes to facilitate land seizure
- Some opposition parties say panel didn’t follow proper process
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A panel of South African lawmakers resolved that the constitution needs to be changed to make it easier to seize land without paying for it, the latest twist in a divisive debate over how to address racially skewed ownership patterns dating back to apartheid and colonial rule.
The ruling African National Congress and the populist Economic Freedom Fighters, the third-largest party, used their majority in Parliament’s Joint Constitutional Review Committee to force through the adoption of a report Thursday recommending that amendments be made to explicitly permit expropriation without compensation.