{"id":227319,"date":"2018-02-23T07:46:37","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T05:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=227319"},"modified":"2018-02-23T07:57:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T05:57:04","slug":"eff-to-introduce-land-appropriation-without-compensation-motion-to-parliament-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/227319\/eff-to-introduce-land-appropriation-without-compensation-motion-to-parliament-report\/","title":{"rendered":"EFF to introduce land &#8216;appropriation without compensation&#8217; motion to Parliament: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The EFF plans to introduce a\u00a0motion on land expropriation without compensation to Parliament as early as Tuesday (27 February) .<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netwerk24.com\/Nuus\/Politiek\/grond-eff-gaan-mosie-oor-onteiening-indien-20180222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Die Burger<\/a><\/strong>, the motion will help establish a multi-party committee whose sole function will be to discuss amending section 25 of the Constitution to allow for the appropriation changes.<\/p>\n<p>The EFF had previously pledged its 6% parliamentary vote to ensure that the ANC would have two-thirds majority &#8211; a requirement when amending the South African Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>EFF spokesperson, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, confirmed that the motion was set to be tabled next week but would not provide further information as to its contents.<\/p>\n<p>In his state of the nation address (Sona) delivered last week, newly-elected president Cyril Ramaphosa\u00a0pledged to speed up the pace of land redistribution, but said that numerous discussions were required so as not to endanger food security or the economy.<\/p>\n<p>In his reply to the Sona address on Tuesday, Ramaphosa said that he would not allow for &#8216;smash and grab&#8221; interventions when it comes to addressing the land question.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We must not see the redistribution of land as a threat. We should see it as an opportunity to address the injustices of the past,&#8221; Ramaphosa said.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/226255\/who-could-be-out-in-ramaphosas-first-cabinet-reshuffle-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Who could be out in Ramaphosa\u2019s first cabinet reshuffle: report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EFF plans to introduce a\u00a0motion on land &#8216;expropriation without compensation&#8217; to parliament as early as Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":160327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-227319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227319"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227361,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227319\/revisions\/227361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}