DA Mounts Legal Challenge Against Controversial Land Expropriation Law

South Africa’s government is facing a legal challenge from the Democratic Alliance over a controversial land expropriation law that triggered President Trump’s executive order to halt US aid. The law permits the government to expropriate private property without compensation if negotiations fail. However, the DA has condemned it as unconstitutional and an abuse of power.…

DA takes legal action against Expropriation Act, calls it unconstitutional

capetownetc.com - 11:00

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has launched a court bid to annul the recently signed Expropriation Act, calling it unconstitutional. The Act, signed...

Legal clash unfolds: Zille warns Expropriation Act could repeat ‘apartheid era land seizures’

dailynews.co.za - 11:52

Helen Zille has thrown her weight behind the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) legal challenge against the recently enacted Expropriation Act, arguing that...

South Africa denies ‘confiscating land', after Trump threatens to cut off aid

rnz.co.nz - 03/Feb 17:50

Cyril Ramaphosa recently signed a bill into law that sets forth new guidelines for land expropriation, including enabling the government to...

South Africa law at centre of Trump row challenged in court

myjoyonline.com - 03:40

A legal challenge against a controversial new land seizure law at the centre of a row with US President Donald Trump has been filed by the Democratic...

South Africa’s Expropriation Act: Balancing Property Rights and Urgent Land Reform

iafrica.com - 05/Feb 07:36

South Africa’s newly passed Expropriation Act 13 of 2024 replaces the apartheid-era law to align property acquisition with constitutional...

SONA 2025: Ramaphosa silent Expropriation Act amid international threats

dailynews.co.za - 07/Feb 04:38

President Cyril Ramaphosa has remained silent on the controversial Expropriation Act despite mounting international and domestic criticism.Delivering...

LAND REFORM OP-ED: The new Expropriation Act: SA’s chance to face its imperial past

daily maverick - 09/Feb 18:47

Donald Trump claims that South Africa’s expropriation law is aimed at ‘seizing ethnic minority Afrikaners’ agricultural property without...

South Africa condemns Donald Trump ‘propaganda’ after US freezes aid

thesouthafrican.com - 10/Feb 07:35

SA has condemned as "propaganda" claims by Donald Trump that a new law would enable Pretoria to expropriate land from white farmers.

South Africa condemns Trump’s decision to halt aids over alleged land law

africa.tvcnews.tv - 08/Feb 14:39

South Africa slammed U.S President Donald Trump's decision to halt aid to the country over a law that he claims permits land to be taken from white...

Trump threatens to cut US aid to SA over land reforms

capetownetc.com - 03/Feb 10:00

US President Donald Trump has announced he is cutting off all future funding to South Africa, claiming the country is ‘confiscating’ land and...

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