The Committee met to deal with the two proposed amendments that had been made by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on the Expropriation Bill [B4B-2015]. The first amendment aimed to increase the number of days in which the municipal manager must inform the expropriating authority, in writing, of charges from 20 days to 30 days, if land which had been expropriated is subject to municipal rates.
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Library ResourceLegislation & PoliciesMay, 2016South Africa
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Library ResourceLegislation & PoliciesSeptember, 2016South Africa
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) on the performance of Communal Property Associations for March to December 2015. In all, 1 483 Communal Property Associations (CPAs) had been registered since the passing of the Act and 48 were registered in the 2015/16 financial year. The CPAs had been afflicted by a number of problems and the Department had taken steps to address them by the establishment of CPA District Fora to serve as a platform to share experiences.
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Library ResourceRegulationsSouth Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
These Regulations implement provisions of the Land Survey Act with respect to, among other things: field measurements and observations; connection to the National Control Survey System; manner and methods of survey; marking; testing of survey by the Surveyor-General; general plans; and arbitration proceedings.
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Library ResourceLegislationSouth Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
"Labour tenant" is defined in section 1 as a person who: (a) is residing or has the right to reside on a farm; (b) who has or has had the right to use cropping or grazing land on the farm, referred to in paragraph (a), or another farm of the owner, and in consideration of such right provides or has provided labour to the owner or the lessee; (c) whose parent or grandparent resided or resides on a farm and had the use of cropping or grazing land on such farm or another farm of the owner, and in consideration of such right provides labour to the owner or the lessee of such or such other farm,
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Library ResourceLegislationSouth Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
These amendments concern legal proceedings with the Land Claims Court, the settlement of disputes between interested parties, the enforcement of land restitution and the use and disposal of land that is affected by a notice in the sense of subsection 11 (1) of the Act.
Amends: Restitution of Land Rights Act (No. 22 of 1994). (1994-11-25)
Amends: Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act 1996 (No. 3 of 1996). (1996-03-12) -
Library ResourceLegislationSouth Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
These amendments concern various legal proceedings in and outside the Land Claims Court in relation with land claims and related matters such as the appointment of regional land claims commissioners.
Amends: Restitution of Land Rights Act (No. 22 of 1994). (1994-11-25)
Amends: Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act 1996 (No. 3 of 1996). (1996-03-12) -
Library ResourceLegislationSouth Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
These amendments, being part of a general revision of various acts relating to land, concern the regulation of land claims and in particular negotiation and mediation, duties of institutions in relation with the survey of lands, special land courts, and legal proceedings.
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Library ResourceLegislationSouth Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Section 2 defines the land to which the provisions of this Act apply. The provisions of the Subdivision of Agricultural Land Act, 1970 shall not apply to land on which a development is undertaken in terms of this Act. Consent to an occupier (defined in section 3) to reside on or use land shall only be terminated and the occupier evicted in accordance with conditions set out in section 8. Rights and duties of an occupier are defined in section 6. Section 7 concerns the impounding of animals.
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Library ResourceLegislationSouth Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Section 3 formulates a prohibition of receipt or solicitation of consideration in respect of unlawful occupation of land. Section 4 makes provision for the eviction of unlawful occupiers of land. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4, the owner or person in charge of land may institute urgent proceedings for the eviction of an unlawful occupier of that land pending the outcome of proceedings for a final order, and the court may grant such an order if it is satisfied that conditions set out in section 5 are met. Section 6 provides for eviction at the instance of an organ of state.
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Library ResourceLegislation & PoliciesJurisprudenceJuly, 2016Africa, South Africa
In this case, which was heard before the Constitutional Court of the Republic of South Africa, The Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act 15 of 2014 was declared invalid. The Act, among other things, sought to extend the period in which land restitution claims could be lodged. However, the court found that the Parliament did not sufficiently consult with key stakeholders including those who had successfully lodged claims under the previous Act of 1994.
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