Fighting ELWC, IRR takes Parliament committee on judicial review

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JOHANNESBURG — Fewer issues than land expropriation without compensation elicit such highly, emotionally charged feelings among South Africans. So, when a Parliament committee on Thursday controversially announced that it would start the process of changing the Constitution to affect so-called land 'ELWC', the likes of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) were already waiting in the wings to fight back. The battle has started with the IRR launching a legal process to take the committee on judicial review. And as Anthea Jeffery - who is the Head of Policy Research at the IRR - explains in this podcast, her organisation is of the view that there is a good chance of successfully reviewing the committee's decision because the committee has ignored 99% of all written submissions on the matter. - Gareth van Zyl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15 Nov 2018 5AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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