CASE DISCUSSION: EXPROPRIATION BY STEALTH? ARUN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT (PTY) LTD V CITY OF CAPE TOWN
2015-02-20
What is the difference between a deprivation and an expropriation?
What is the difference between a deprivation and an expropriation?
Section 25 of the Constitution, the property clause reflects a delicate balancing act between the protection of private property rights on the one hand and serving the public interest largely in the realm of land reform on the other hand. Arguably, the provisions in the property clause strike a proportionate balance between the two latter functions. This may well be about to change should the governing party’s policy proposals, most recently echoed by President Zuma during his 2015 State of the Nation Address, be passed into law.
The Centre for Constitutional Rights (the CFCR) notes with great concern the events of 12 February 2015 surrounding the joint sitting of Parliament, and State of the Nation address.
On 4 February, 2015, the Centre for Constitutional Rights (the CFCR) and the School of Public Leadership at Stellenbosch University, with the financial support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), hosted the first event of the year in what will continue to be a series of constitutional discussions and public dialogue focused on good public leadership and the Constitution.
The FW de Klerk Foundation and its Centre for Constitutional Rights (the CFCR) note with concern and strongly condemn acts of violence and other crimes committed against foreign shop owners in Soweto and elsewhere in Gauteng.
The Centre for Constitutional Rights (the CFCR) welcomes the North Gauteng High Court ruling which set aside the Minister of Police’s suspension of the Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) – the “Hawks” – as unlawful and invalid.
THE CONSTITUTION AND GOOD PUBLIC LEADERSHIP: BREAKFAST DISCUSSION SERIES 2015
TOPIC: JUSTICE, PEACE, SAFETY AND SECURITY – INTERNATIONAL AND SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES
On this Day of Reconciliation, the Centre for Constitutional Rights (the CFCR) celebrates the people of South Africa.
Public enterprises are in shambles.