How to fight back against land EWC - Advocate Mark Oppenheimer

JOHANNESBURG — Advocate Mark Oppenheimer of the Johannesburg Bar is probably the most sensible and rational voice you'll hear when it comes to those opposing a current process to change the Constitution to allow for expropriation of land without compensation in South Africa. After attending a recent summit where various interested parties came together to discuss their opposition to land EWC, Oppenheimer had an opportunity to chat to us at BizNews again about what can be done now to fight back against a recent move by Parliament to amend the Constitution. What makes this situation tricky is that there's a lot of uncertainty around what the wording of an amendment would entail exactly. President Cyril Ramaphosa has previously tried to allay fears around threats to private property rights and suggested the changes might only entail a clarification of what exists currently in the Constitution. But by changing the Bill for Rights itself for the first time in our young democracy's history, we are entering risky waters as Oppenheimer explains in this interview. - Gareth van Zyl