COSATU Disappointed by Parliament’s Failure To Pass Section 25 Constitutional Amendment Bill

LABOUR federation COSATU said on Wednesday that it was deeply disappointed by the National Assembly’s failure to pass the Section 25, Constitutional Amendment Bill.

While an outright majority of the National Assembly voted in favour of the bill’s adoption, it did not reach the two-thirds majority required for a constitutional amendment.

The ANC failed to muster the required two-thirds majority as neither the DA nor the EFF supported the amendment.

In the end, 204 MPs voted in favour of the bill and 145 against, with no abstentions. A total of 267 votes is required for a two-thirds majority. 

“COSATU applauds the pain-staking efforts of the African National Congress to draft a pragmatic and progressive Constitutional Amendment Bill that would have gone a long way to empower the state to expropriate land in support of land reform and address the legacies of apartheid and colonialism,” said COSATU in a statement.

“Countless