{"id":265955,"date":"2018-08-19T07:34:20","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T05:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=265955"},"modified":"2018-08-19T07:34:20","modified_gmt":"2018-08-19T05:34:20","slug":"government-moves-to-take-first-farm-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/265955\/government-moves-to-take-first-farm-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Government moves to take first farm: report"},"content":{"rendered":"

The government has reportedly authorised the expropriation of a disputed farm in Limpopo, after the current owners rejected the purchase offer made by the state.<\/p>\n

According to a report by the City Press<\/a><\/strong>, the move comes as part of a bid to speed up the land reform process and to test the Constitutionality of the land reform laws as they stand.<\/p>\n

The ANC is determined to push ahead with changing the Constitution to make land expropriation without compensation an explicit feature of land reform in South Africa.<\/p>\n

Many opponents to the plans have argued that the current laws already allow for such – however, these laws are yet to be tested in many aspects.<\/p>\n

Now farms in Limpopo will serve as the testing ground for this.<\/p>\n

According to the report, the farm is currently part of a land claim that was made back in 1996. Government has reportedly offered compensation of R20 million for it – but the owners want R200 million.<\/p>\n

The matter is expected to play out in court as both parties argue against the facts presented by either side.<\/p>\n

The land owners say that the government’s valuation of R20 million is too low, and that the initial land claim made against the land is also invalid.<\/p>\n

Government, meanwhile, says that the owners have already expressed willingness to sell the land, and are overvaluing the land by as much as 300%.<\/p>\n

According to the City Press, the department of rural development and land reform said that this wasn’t specifically a matter of land expropriation without compensation, but it was rather seeking\u00a0clarity on what constitutes \u201cjust and equitable\u201d compensation, as laid out in our current laws.<\/p>\n

However, it is understood that the department signed final orders for expropriation in terms of section 42E of the Restitution of Land Rights Act, where negotiations have become deadlocked.<\/p>\n

You can read the full report in the City Press.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Read:\u00a0Mantashe says farm land ownership should be capped at 12,000 hectares<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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