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Government to strengthen law against land invasions

    JOHANNESBURG

    The South African government plans to outlaw land invasions and make it an offence to invade or grab land. Housing Minister Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele told journalists on Monday that the government had decided to “strengthen” the Prevention of Illegal Eviction and Unlawful Occupation Land Act of 1998. The law states that it is illegal for a person to accept money or any other reward for instigating invasions. The government wants to make land grabbing illegal - whether it is for money or out of a need for shelter.

    “Government believes that land invasions are no solution to addressing the question of landlessness and homelessness. We regard the land invasions as unacceptable. Government is not going to tolerate any unlawful act in the allocation of shelter and we are determined to stamp our authority to prevent that,” Mthembi-Mahanyele.

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