Land Matters and Rural Development: 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25159/2522-6800/12375Keywords:
land reform distribution, tenure reform, section 25 of the Constitution, Land Court Bill, housing, rural development and land reform, unlawful occupation of land and evictionAbstract
While the report period was dominated by the review process of the property clause, aimed at enabling the expropriation of land for land reform purposes at nil compensation, various other important developments occurred in 2021, dealing with land. Included herewith was the publication of various bills, dealing inter alia, with the Land Court and housing-related matters; the publication of the long-awaited Upgrading of Land Rights Amendment Act, as well as the handing down of critical judgments within the domains of redistribution, tenure reform and restitution respectively. Given that the review process did not result in an amended property clause, the underlying difficulties in land reform continue to be addressed holistically under the extant, unchanged section 25 of the Constitution.
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Abahlali Basemjondolo Movement SA v Premier of the Province of Kwazulu-Natal [2010] (2) BCLR 99 (CC).
Adendorff NO v Kubheka [2022] ZASCA 29 (24 March 2022).
Cindi Family v Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform (LCC115/2008; LCC026/2007) [2021] ZALCC 7; 2021 (6) SA 133 (LCC) (19 May 2021).
City of Cape Town v Those persons attempting and/or intending to settle on the erven in District Six the details of which are identified in Annexure A to notice of motion 7349/2021) [2021] ZAWCHC 98 [19 May 2021].
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KwaZulu-Natal Elimination and Prevention of Re-emergence of Slums Amendment Bill, 2020.
KwaZulu-Natal Ingonyama Trust Act 3 of 1994.
KwaZulu Land Affairs Act 11 of 1992.
KwaZulu Land Affairs (Permission to Occupy) Regulation KwaZulu GN 32 of 1994.
Land Administration Act 2 of 1995.
Land Court Bill [B11-2021].
Land Reform (Labour Tenant) Act 3 of 1996.
Land Reform: Provision of Land and Assistance Act 126 of 1993.
Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act 19 of 1998.
Property Valuation Act 17 of 2014.
Rental Housing Act 50 of 1999.
Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994.
Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act 108 of 1991.
Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Amendment Act 6 of 2021.
Government Gazettes
The Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill GG 42902 (13 December 2019).
Proposed Rental Housing Tribunal Regulations GG 44333 (26 March 2021) GN 262.
An explanatory summary of the Land Court Bill GG 44480 (23 April 2021).
Proposed Rental Housing Tribunal Regulations GG 44383 (1 April 2021) GN 296.
KwaZulu-Natal Elimination and Prevention of Re-emergence of Slums Amendment Bill PG 2256 (5 March 2021) PN 2 (KwaZulu Natal).
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