By Thapelo Molefe
The Democratic Alliance has officially launched a legal challenge against the recently signed Expropriation Act, citing its unconstitutionality both substantively and procedurally.
The party filed papers electronically in the Western Cape High Court, seeking to nullify the Act in its entirety.
The Act has caused much controversy, with US President Donald Trump issuing an order to stop funding to South Africa over what he believes is race-based politics, especially concerning the new land expropriation law.
The DA Federal Council chairperson Helen Zille explained the party’s stance on Monday saying: “We reject this Act because we believe that no government in a democratic country should be given such sweeping powers to expropriate property without compensation. Our history under apartheid has taught us that property rights must be protected to ensure that no government can misuse expropriation powers again.”
The Presidency announced in last month that the Expropriation Act
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