UAT criticises the expropriation bill as insufficient for land justice

The United Africans Transformation (UAT) party says the Expropriation Bill, which was signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa this week, falls short of addressing the historical injustices of land dispossession.The political party said the law, presented as a solution to South Africa’s land crisis, reinforced the unequal patterns of land ownership that were established through colonialism and apartheid.It said the new law aligned itself with section 25 of the constitution, which prioritised compensation for expropriated land. “This approach fails to confront the root causes of…