Announcement: AfriBusiness to provide free legal aid to members in first case of expropriation without compensation
AfriBusiness today announced that it would provide free legal aid to the first of its members who becomes a victim of expropriation without compensation due to an amendment of the property rights clause in the Constitution. All members of AfriBusiness, both individuals and companies, will enjoy this protection.
AfriBusiness will continue to oppose South Gauteng land claim
AfriBusiness has received confirmation from its attorneys that the business rights watchdog’s application to intervene and subsequently oppose the Bakwena Ba Mare a Phagole land claim has successfully been served on all the relevant parties and government institutions. This claim affects large areas in the southern parts of Gauteng.
Expropriation without compensation founded on statistical fiction
“The motion by the EFF and ANC for expropriation without compensation rests on statistical fiction about land ownership patterns in South Africa. Land ownership in South Africa is much more widely spread across race groups than alleged in the motion.” This is the conclusion of AfriBusiness, based on an analysis provided by Agri Development Solutions.