Bill public hearings move to Gauteng! Expropriation Bill

 

After successful hearings in Limpopo, North West and Mpumalanga, Gauteng has now launched public hearings on the expropriation bill. propertyfinder qatar

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A four-day public consultation program was resumed in Gauteng on Thursday in order to gather public input on the expropriation bill.

The first stage of the Gauteng hearings is hosted on Friday by the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality at Bronkhorstspruit Sports Centre, followed by Orange Farm Fine Town's Johannesburg Multipurpose Center on Friday.

The hearings will take place on Saturday at the Chief Mogale Community Hall in Kagiso, Mogale Municipality. The Committee will conclude its program in the province by public hearings on Sunday at the Germiston City Hall in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.

The Expropriation Bill aims to provide for the expropriation of property for public or public purposes and to provide for certain instances where the expropriation may be appropriate without compensation.

Nolitha Ntobongwana, the Chair of the Committee, expressed satisfaction at the quality of input received from the provinces reached by the Committee.

"When the Committee reaches all the provinces, all opinions expressed by citizens are considered," Ntobongwana said on Thursday.

Strict COVID-19 protocols are used to conduct the hearings.

Didiza's District Six Land Claims Commended

Meanwhile, the Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Portfolio Commission commended Thoko Didiza, the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform, and Rural Development, for her engagement with the District 6 land claims process and urged her to intervene urgently and speed up its claims.

Committee Chairman Inkosi Zwelivelile Mandela said the committee is in favor of Didiza's efforts to ensure that all government spheres and the relevant institutions, including the CRLR, speed up the settlement of land claims, particularly the resolution of old order claims.

"It is a transgression of justice that District Six still has a large number of unsettled claims and that those involved with political games have to be dealt with at the expense of our people. We consider any further delay in resolving outstanding claims in District Six and all claims for restitution as a defeat of duty and a failure to respond to our responsibility to all requesters and recipients," said Mandela.

The Committee called on all stakeholders in the District 6 process to work together to speed up the process.

The Committee also welcomed the commitment of Didiza to increase the CRLR's capacity to fulfill this requirement, as well as to focus the CRLR on investigating and settling land claims while the department deals with broader aspects of sustainable agricultural reform and agrarian transformation.

"The Portfolio Committee will ensure that it fulfills its supervisory obligation and ensures recipients that restitution and land reform objectives are achieved," said Mandela.

A story of two property markets: the housing market has a pandemic lift and the rental market is unpleasant!

In the face of the Covid-19 pandemic and the economically impaired lock-down measures imposed to prevent it, South African housing markets were surprisingly resilient, according to FNB's latest property barometer. However, the rental market is a different story.

If there is a For Sale sign right now in front of your home in South Africa, it may not take long to sell. But if you are a rental landlord, you might fight to find tenants. And don't wait too long to put this sign up for sale because there can be a supply glut.

According to the latest property barometer published by FNB, on Tuesday 19th January, "...industrial data continues to demonstrate robust home buying. In fact, in 2020, the highest volume of mortgage approvals in over a decade is expected. This is despite the lenders' relative caution: approval rates were lower in 2020 than in 2019."