{"id":2251,"date":"2019-11-26T07:30:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T07:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/?p=2251"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:30:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T07:30:32","slug":"take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a stand against land expropriation without compensation, asks TLU SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>TLU SA today launched a campaign to convince South Africans to raise their voices against the amendments of Article 25 of the constitution regarding expropriation without compensation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cPresident Ramaphosa\u2019s government decided unilaterally to change the constitution despite inputs spelling out the negative consequences of such amendments clearly,\u201d says Mr Louis Meintjes, the president of TLU SA. \u201cOur viewpoint is, and have always been that land expropriation without compensation endangers private ownership and the free-market system.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u201cThe amendment will ruin the South African economy and will have a fatal effect on food security. We cannot and will not be part of this destructive process. Land expropriation is not more important than food on the table.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span>The public has until February to comment on the wording of the amendments.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u201cParliament is rushing the draft bill,\u201d says Mr Meintjes. \u201cWith our campaign we are making an urgent appeal to President Ramaphosa, and the chairperson of the ad hoc committee tasked with the wording of the bill \u2013 Dr Mathole Motshekga \u2013 to rather focus on how the amendments and wording should read to strengthen ownership and prevent expropriation without compensation. It is the interest of every resident of South Africa.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span>South Africans can support the campaign by following this link:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tlu.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=adc4c65effcd620d61c96c9ca&amp;id=ecdbb2bc11&amp;e=c5f5748a1b\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/tlu.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dadc4c65effcd620d61c96c9ca%26id%3Decdbb2bc11%26e%3Dc5f5748a1b&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1574839525423000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE6H5rDJcvwo599SHGsnp9VrIrklg\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/land-<wbr \/>expropriation\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TLU SA today launched a campaign to convince South Africans to raise their voices against the amendments of Article 25 of the constitution regarding expropriation without compensation. \u201cPresident Ramaphosa\u2019s government decided unilaterally to change the constitution despite inputs spelling out the negative consequences of such amendments clearly,\u201d says Mr Louis Meintjes, the president of TLU [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2212,"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,"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news-english"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Take a stand against land expropriation without compensation, asks TLU SA - TLU SA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Take a stand against land expropriation without compensation, asks TLU SA - TLU SA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TLU SA today launched a campaign to convince South Africans to raise their voices against the amendments of Article 25 of the constitution regarding expropriation without compensation. \u201cPresident Ramaphosa\u2019s government decided unilaterally to change the constitution despite inputs spelling out the negative consequences of such amendments clearly,\u201d says Mr Louis Meintjes, the president of TLU [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TLU SA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-26T07:30:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-11-26T07:30:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dv3blmt4r\/images\/f_webp,q_auto\/v1761583664\/ENGELS-LAND-EXPROP_221332dd8_2213800b2\/ENGELS-LAND-EXPROP_221332dd8_2213800b2.?_i=AA\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michellie Olivier\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michellie Olivier\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/en\\\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/en\\\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michellie Olivier\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e837ab92967bd7abacca2a6765e73c19\"},\"headline\":\"Take a stand against land expropriation without compensation, asks TLU SA\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-26T07:30:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-11-26T07:30:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/en\\\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":223,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/en\\\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/res.cloudinary.com\\\/dv3blmt4r\\\/images\\\/f_webp,q_auto\\\/v1761583664\\\/ENGELS-LAND-EXPROP_221332dd8_2213800b2\\\/ENGELS-LAND-EXPROP_221332dd8_2213800b2.?_i=AA\",\"articleSection\":[\"Press Releases\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/en\\\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/en\\\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/en\\\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\\\/\",\"name\":\"Take a stand against land expropriation without compensation, asks TLU SA - TLU SA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/en\\\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/en\\\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/res.cloudinary.com\\\/dv3blmt4r\\\/images\\\/f_webp,q_auto\\\/v1761583664\\\/ENGELS-LAND-EXPROP_221332dd8_2213800b2\\\/ENGELS-LAND-EXPROP_221332dd8_2213800b2.?_i=AA\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-26T07:30:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-11-26T07:30:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e837ab92967bd7abacca2a6765e73c19\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/en\\\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/en\\\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/en\\\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/res.cloudinary.com\\\/dv3blmt4r\\\/images\\\/f_webp,q_auto\\\/v1761583664\\\/ENGELS-LAND-EXPROP_221332dd8_2213800b2\\\/ENGELS-LAND-EXPROP_221332dd8_2213800b2.?_i=AA\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/res.cloudinary.com\\\/dv3blmt4r\\\/images\\\/f_webp,q_auto\\\/v1761583664\\\/ENGELS-LAND-EXPROP_221332dd8_2213800b2\\\/ENGELS-LAND-EXPROP_221332dd8_2213800b2.?_i=AA\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/en\\\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Take a stand against land expropriation without compensation, asks TLU SA\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/\",\"name\":\"TLU SA\",\"description\":\"Die vesting vir die kommersi\u00eble boer in Suid-Afrika\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e837ab92967bd7abacca2a6765e73c19\",\"name\":\"Michellie Olivier\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/050c737811da99fff8d136537e6767f60851d163e06192ac51e16f1d6f1f928c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/050c737811da99fff8d136537e6767f60851d163e06192ac51e16f1d6f1f928c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/050c737811da99fff8d136537e6767f60851d163e06192ac51e16f1d6f1f928c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Michellie Olivier\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tlu.co.za\\\/en\\\/author\\\/michelle\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Take a stand against land expropriation without compensation, asks TLU SA - TLU SA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Take a stand against land expropriation without compensation, asks TLU SA - TLU SA","og_description":"TLU SA today launched a campaign to convince South Africans to raise their voices against the amendments of Article 25 of the constitution regarding expropriation without compensation. \u201cPresident Ramaphosa\u2019s government decided unilaterally to change the constitution despite inputs spelling out the negative consequences of such amendments clearly,\u201d says Mr Louis Meintjes, the president of TLU [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\/","og_site_name":"TLU SA","article_published_time":"2019-11-26T07:30:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-11-26T07:30:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dv3blmt4r\/images\/f_webp,q_auto\/v1761583664\/ENGELS-LAND-EXPROP_221332dd8_2213800b2\/ENGELS-LAND-EXPROP_221332dd8_2213800b2.?_i=AA","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michellie Olivier","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michellie Olivier","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\/"},"author":{"name":"Michellie Olivier","@id":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/#\/schema\/person\/e837ab92967bd7abacca2a6765e73c19"},"headline":"Take a stand against land expropriation without compensation, asks TLU SA","datePublished":"2019-11-26T07:30:06+00:00","dateModified":"2019-11-26T07:30:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\/"},"wordCount":223,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dv3blmt4r\/images\/f_webp,q_auto\/v1761583664\/ENGELS-LAND-EXPROP_221332dd8_2213800b2\/ENGELS-LAND-EXPROP_221332dd8_2213800b2.?_i=AA","articleSection":["Press Releases"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\/","url":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\/","name":"Take a stand against land expropriation without compensation, asks TLU SA - TLU SA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dv3blmt4r\/images\/f_webp,q_auto\/v1761583664\/ENGELS-LAND-EXPROP_221332dd8_2213800b2\/ENGELS-LAND-EXPROP_221332dd8_2213800b2.?_i=AA","datePublished":"2019-11-26T07:30:06+00:00","dateModified":"2019-11-26T07:30:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/#\/schema\/person\/e837ab92967bd7abacca2a6765e73c19"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dv3blmt4r\/images\/f_webp,q_auto\/v1761583664\/ENGELS-LAND-EXPROP_221332dd8_2213800b2\/ENGELS-LAND-EXPROP_221332dd8_2213800b2.?_i=AA","contentUrl":"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dv3blmt4r\/images\/f_webp,q_auto\/v1761583664\/ENGELS-LAND-EXPROP_221332dd8_2213800b2\/ENGELS-LAND-EXPROP_221332dd8_2213800b2.?_i=AA","width":1200,"height":628},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/take-a-stand-against-land-expropriation-without-compensation-asks-tlu-sa\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Take a stand against land expropriation without compensation, asks TLU SA"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/","name":"TLU SA","description":"Die vesting vir die kommersi\u00eble boer in Suid-Afrika","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/#\/schema\/person\/e837ab92967bd7abacca2a6765e73c19","name":"Michellie Olivier","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/050c737811da99fff8d136537e6767f60851d163e06192ac51e16f1d6f1f928c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/050c737811da99fff8d136537e6767f60851d163e06192ac51e16f1d6f1f928c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/050c737811da99fff8d136537e6767f60851d163e06192ac51e16f1d6f1f928c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Michellie Olivier"},"url":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/author\/michelle\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tlu.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}