Expropriation without compensation is here: Piet le Roux on the Driefontein test case

Ekurhuleni seized a 34-hectare site for zero rand - Piet le Roux says the Driefontein case is ground zero for expropriation without compensation

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22 Sept 2025, 11:53 am

Sakeliga has become involved in a previously low-profile seven-year legal battle over a 34-hectare farm worth an estimated R60m, which was expropriated for nil compensation by the ANC/EFF controlled Ekurhuleni Metro. Here’s Sakeliga’s CEO Piet le Roux who says the case has massive political, economic and social implications.

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