#PODCAST While many fear that their land will be taken away from them, experts say that's not the purpose of the Expropriation Act #sabcnews

Published Jan 27, 2025, 4:45 AM

By Newsbreak Senior Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - While many South Africans fear that their land will be taken away from them- land researcher Professor Ruth Hall from the Institute of Poverty, Land, And Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the Western Cape says that is not the purpose of the Expropriation Act. President Cyril Ramaphosa's signed the Expropriation Bill into law last week. Act repeals the pre-democratic Expropriation Act 63 of 1975 and sets out how state organs may expropriate land in the public interest for varied reasons. Prof. Hall explains how the law will work...