The Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill is a double-edged sword
6 June 2017
The Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill was not properly thought through and can have many unforeseen and negative consequences particularly for landowners, says adv. Anton Alberts, chairperson of the FF Plus.
Today, with the Second Reading debate on the bill, adv. Alberts said that these consequences become evident when one considers the bigger picture of the government’s disastrous land reform program, which has been characterised by poor execution, corruption, animosity towards farmers and the failures of emerging black farmers.
He says that very few title deeds have been handed over to black farmers, they received very little to no support with their farming ventures and the fact that the greater majority have, thus far, preferred money over land indicates that the program is a failure.
“The ideal of the old ESTA legislation was to protect people on rural land and it is illustrative of the ANC’s obsession to try and solve social problems by means of legislation.