AfriForum’s land expropriation application to be heard on Thursday
The Western Cape High Court will
hear AfriForum’s bid to set aside Parliament’s report on land expropriation
without compensation on Thursday.
The lobby group wants the court to set aside the report by the joint constitutional review committee on amending section 25 of the Constitution.
The committee adopted its final report which calls for the property clause to be amended to allow the state to expropriate land without compensation
The court postponed the case on Monday until it could be heard by a full bench of judges.
Last week, Parliament filed an answering affidavit to AfriForum's application, in which it asked the court to dismiss the application with punitive costs.
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"Parliament believes the application is ill-advised, abusive to the court processes, premature and is intended to gag both Parliament and thousands of South Africans who expressed their views through the public participation process," said Parliament’s spokesperson Moloto Mothapo.
Mothapo said Parliament will file its heads of argument on Tuesday.
“Parliament believes the application is intended to frustrate the constitutional process of parliament. We believe there is no merit to the case," he adds.
Mothapo believes the case is only a disruption tacticLISTEN HERE: