#SOUTHAFRICA: Group Says It Has List Of 195 White-Owned Farms Government Plans To Take Without Compensation

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AfriForum, a lobby group which mainly represents white South Africans, says it has obtained a list of 195 farms which the government is planning to seize from white farmers without compensation. The chair of the African National Congress is on record as saying the government should take land from those who own more than 3,000 acres of land. The Rand, South Africa's currency, fell on financial markets after ANC chair Gwede Mantashe, an ally of President Cyril Ramaphosa, said this week that major landowners should have their land taken without compensation. Ramaphosa, for his part, has publicly denied the existence of the list.

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#UGANDA: MPs Vow To Sink "Land Grabbing" Constitutional Amendment Bill

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 A section of Members of Parliament are vowing to rally their colleagues in Uganda’s Parliament to shoot down a proposed land acquisition amendment to the Constitution that they fear, if enacted into law, instead of helping government acquire land for development, will lead to more land grabbing and evictions in the country.

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#MALAWI: New Law Offers Greater Compensation For Land Taken By Eminent Domain

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Malawi's parliament has passed a land acquisition bill designed to benefit poor Malawians whose lands are subject to be taken by the government by eminent domain for developmental projects and urbanization. The new legislation will offer affected families better compensation than the current law, which only takes into account how land will be developed and how many trees are on the property.

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