The constitutional review committee (CRC) has recommended to parliament that the Constitution be amended to allow expropriation without compensation (EWC). There have been negative reactions from many sources.
The Institute for Race Relations (IRR) has now announced that they are briefing lawyers in preparation for taking the procedurally flawed work of parliament’s Constitutional Review Committee on judicial review.
The IRR says that such a change will have disastrous economic, social and political consequences for all South Africans. More than 720 000 written submissions were sent in to the committee, of which about 80% were opposed to EWC. The committee has failed to consider these comments and is likely to make its EWC recommendation without ever having looked at 99,9% of them. – Press release
