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Expropriation abuse ‘must be punishable’

Crisis: The Bank­ing As­so­ci­a­tion of SA says ex­pro­pri­a­tion with­out com­pen­sa­tion could spark a fi­nan­cial crisis and lead to pri­vate lenders not pro­vid­ing loans with land-based prop­erty as se­cu­rity.

The expropriation bill, which would allow for the seizure of private property for the first time in SA in a bid to speed up land reform, should include civil and criminal consequences for officials who misuse it, says think-tank and advocacy organisation the Centre for Development and Enterprise.

The expropriation bill, which would allow for the seizure of private property in a bid to speed up land reform, should include civil and criminal consequences for officials who misuse ...