THE National Assembly has voted against the ANC’s bid to expropriate land without compensation, denying the governing party to secure the two-thirds majority required to amend the section 25 of the Constitution.
ANC has 230 seats in parliament and required at least 267 votes to pass the bill.
But out of the MPs present in the house and on the virtual platform, 145 members voted against the bill and 204 were in support.
Arguing in support of the amendment bill, the ANC’s Mathole Motshekga said the party believed the adoption of the bill was the only mechanism to undo the original sin committed by land invaders.
“This original sin shaped land occupation by African people and the administration of the affairs of African people. We can see that there was a grave injustice done to the African majority in particular and black people in general,” he argued.
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