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EXCLUSIVE: Cronin lifts veil on new draft expropriation law | Fin24:
A task team on expropriation, previously led by Cronin, identified land and property that could be expropriated without compensation as abandoned buildings, unutilised land, commercial property held unproductively and purely for speculative purposes, underutilised property owned by the state, and f land farmed by labour tenants with an absentee titleholder
The Empty Land Myth | South African History Online:
The Empty or Vacant Land Theory is a theory that was propagated by European settlers in nineteenth century South Africa to support their claims to land. Today this theory is described as a myth, the Empty Land Myth, because there is no historical or archaeological evidence to support this theory. Despite evidence to the contrary a number of parties in South Africa, particularly right-wing nationalists of European descent, maintain that the theory still holds true in order to support their claims to land-ownership in the country.
Ramaphosa hands out title deeds in Tembisa during Thuma Mina campaign – The Citizen:
He said through handing over title deeds, the government was giving people their dignity back, giving them a store of wealth and empowering them economically.
“A house is the most important asset that one can own,” Ramaphosa said.
He urged title deed holders to treat their certificates as valuable assets, adding that title deeds would be handed out throughout the country.
