Human Settlements Will Be 1st In Line When Land Expropriation Bill Passes

Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says her department would like to be the first to benefit from draft legislation on the expropriation of land without compensation.

Introducing her department’s budget vote Tuesday, Sisulu said: “I’m glad that Parliament has finally got to this point where we are able to expropriate land and I would like to be the first taker.”

“The draft legislation determines that land would not be expropriated for any other reason except for public interest,” she added.

Sisulu said government has delivered more than four million houses in housing opportunities, but added that “I cannot see that there is any greater public interest than that we represent in Human Settlements.”