{"id":1739,"date":"2019-08-23T08:10:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T08:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/?p=1739"},"modified":"2019-08-22T17:52:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T17:52:23","slug":"media-release-organisations-take-a-stance-against-expropriation-without-compensation-and-claim-property-rights-for-every-south-african","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/media-release-organisations-take-a-stance-against-expropriation-without-compensation-and-claim-property-rights-for-every-south-african\/","title":{"rendered":"Media release: Organisations take a stance against expropriation without compensation and claim property rights for every South African"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ad Hoc Group for the Protection of Property Rights<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

EXPROPRIATION WITHOUT COMPENSATION<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ad Hoc Group for the Protection of Property Rights has taken note of the motion recently passed in Parliament to reinstate the\u00a0<\/span>parliamentary ad hoc committee for the amendment of section 25 of the Constitution.\u00a0<\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Ad Hoc Group for the Protection of Property Rights has also noted the report submitted by the\u00a0<\/span>Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture, as well as the minority report released by two members of the Advisory Panel.<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ad Hoc Group for the Protection of Property Rights* is an informal grouping of organisations that have been meeting regularly since 2008 to consider matters of mutual interest, and particularly to oppose attempts to expropriate land and other property.\u00a0The ad hoc group met in Pretoria on Friday 16 August 2019.<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

The convenor of the group, Mr\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jaco Schoeman, said at the last meeting that the future of South Africa and its residents is too precious to allow the draconian notion of expropriation without compensation to continue. Amidst escalating poverty and unemployment figures, the government continues to pursue a harmful and dangerous policy which offers no solutions for the socioeconomic issues with which South Africa is grappling.\u00a0In fact, policies such as\u00a0<\/span>expropriation without compensation further undermine fundamental economic and other structures and systems in the country and pose an immense threat to economic and related social progress.<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

At its recent meeting, the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ad Hoc Group for the Protection of Property Rights was briefed by Prof Andr\u00e9 Duvenhage of the NWU.\u00a0Prof\u00a0<\/span>Duvenhage outlined the ideological background and climate driving the proposed constitutional amendments, highlighting several threats to South African society together with the recommendations of the\u00a0<\/span>Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture.\u00a0Prof\u00a0Duvenhage added that it is the government\u2019s primary responsibility to ensure order,\u00a0<\/span>stability and security for the country\u2019s citizens, and moreover, to create a climate in which investors will feel safe to invest their capital.\u00a0In both\u00a0<\/span>respects, the ANC government is completely failing South Africa.\u00a0Prof\u00a0<\/span>Duvenhage argued that there is presently more race-based legislation for implementing policies than during apartheid.\u00a0The state is becoming progressively\u00a0<\/span>dysfunctional, with infrastructure and service delivery breaking down.\u00a0Prof\u00a0<\/span>Duvenhage believes that all planning done by civil society should be directed towards functioning outside the public service.<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Several\u00a0<\/span><\/span>important matters were discussed at the meeting, with the various organisations indicating their intention to continue with their own actions and projects. In addition, they undertook to participate in actions and planning to promote the protection of property rights for all South Africans, given its importance as a factor to ensure economic growth. The protection<\/span>\u00a0of property rights is the only sustainable way to create opportunities for all people in the country.\u00a0Making available\u00a0<\/span>title deeds to all South Africans, among others those living in RDP houses, was discussed and generally supported by the ad hoc group.<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Serious concern was expressed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at the meeting that the effect of the ANC\u2019s proposed policy would be greatest on the poorest and most vulnerable South Africans, with serious socio-economic consequences.\u00a0<\/span>Vulnerable South Africans are being robbed of their future by government policy, and expropriation without compensation will accelerate and exacerbate this trend.\u00a0In addition, serious concerns were expressed over safety and\u00a0<\/span>security in rural areas, while large-scale urbanisation was taking place with little effective planning or strategy around the provision of sustainable food security.<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Fears were reiterated that the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government was adopting the policy stance of expropriating land without compensation despite the lack of a reliable database on land ownership in South Africa.\u00a0It was\u00a0<\/span>pointed out that even the existing databases on land ownership reflected deviations and differences of up to 30%.<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Information was also received about the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>destructive effect of the proposed National Health Insurance and that it would contribute toward a greater economic burden on every economically productive South African.\u00a0It could be regarded as a form of\u00a0<\/span>expropriation of the health sector.<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ad Hoc Group for the Protection of Property Rights invites all organisations and South Africans who have the future of our country at heart to become part of the broad civil opposition against the destructive ideological policy approach of property rights violations. The f<\/span>undamental premise of the ad hoc group is that property rights, within the internationally established principles of human rights, form the foundation of economic growth and progress.\u00a0The\u00a0<\/span>Ad Hoc group encourages all South Africans to work together with member organisations to lay the foundations of a successful South African future.<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>activities of the executive committee of the Ad Hoc Group for the Protection of Property Rights will henceforth be coordinated by Jaco Schoeman (Afrikanerbond) as convenor, Bennie van Zyl (TAU SA) as deputy chairperson, Dave Steward (FW de Klerk Foundation), Dr Theo de Jager (SAAI), Piet le Roux (Sakeliga), Hermann Pretorius (SAIRR), and Jan Bosman as Secretariat.<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

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*<\/span><\/i><\/b>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b>Ad Hoc Group for the Protection of Property Rights is an informal group of organisations, institutions and political parties across the political and social spectrum opposed to expropriation without compensation.\u00a0Several other\u00a0<\/span>organisations are also starting to support this group.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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22 August 2019<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Enquiries:\u00a0 Jaco Schoeman (083\u00a0651 0739 or 083\u00a0630 6187)<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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Ad Hoc Group for the Protection of Property Rights EXPROPRIATION WITHOUT COMPENSATION The\u00a0Ad Hoc Group for the Protection of Property Rights has taken note of the motion recently passed in Parliament to reinstate the\u00a0parliamentary ad hoc committee for the amendment of section 25 of the Constitution.\u00a0The\u00a0Ad Hoc Group for the Protection of Property Rights has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news-english"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t