EFF supporters celebrate as Mashaba expropriates 37 abandoned factories

[ɹǝuuᴉM]

The EFF are celebrating the outcomes of a process they don't understand, just like they celebrate communism.

Do they understand anything?

 

[Zoomzoom]

And see the PRESENT law allowed for this, as it always has.

 

[Jings]

If an owner forfeits property due to outstanding rates, why is it termed expropriation? Why is the appropriate term not asset or property forfeiture.

 

[rietrot]

If an owner forfeits property due to outstanding rates, why is it termed expropriation? Why is the appropriate term not asset or property forfeiture.

Expropriation is the correct legal term when it comes to property.

As someone said earlier, the other option is the have the sheriff attached the properties and auction it off(this would have been best) but the COJ wants to keep the property for themselves and only tender out the development and management.

Assets forfeiture is to do with criminal activity.

 

[Jings]

Expropriation is the correct legal term when it comes to property.

As someone said earlier, the other option is the have the sheriff attached the properties and auction it off(this would have been best) but the COJ wants to keep the property for themselves and only tender out the development and management.

Assets forfeiture is to do with criminal activity.

You would think forteiture is part of the municipality by-laws for credit control, ie in the policy. I doubt it's documentated as expropriation but could stand corrected.

Edit: Seeing as the document is available on the net, how smart would it be to link it in the article.

https://www.google.com/url?q=[URL]h...FjAAegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw3Vuc0rPFDBJOncA5ADqueU

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[Hemi300c]

Hopefully not. A lot more needs to be done to cleanup the shîthole.

The cause of the sithole is exactly what they catering for.

 

[Willie Trombone]

So more squatter camps? I can't see COJ investing anything in Alex. They haven't done much till now, why would this get the ball rolling?

 

[rietrot]

The cause of the sithole is exactly what they catering for.

Not exactly.

 

[Stokstert]

If the owner cannot be found, it hasn't been used in years and is basically abandoned and falling apart, no rates being paid, why must it just sit there?

Where are the records of the municipality? Owners don't just vanish from the earth.

 

[ForceFate]

Where are the records of the municipality? Owners don't just vanish from the earth.

If cremated and ashes are spread in a river...

 

[rietrot]

Where are the records of the municipality? Owners don't just vanish from the earth.

They do. Likely owned by legal entities who went insolvent years ago and everyone involved just gave up on the worthless property.

 

[RedViking]

Brilliant.

Step 1: Hijack factory and kick out its lawful occupants. Don't enforce the law or anything.
Step 2: Factory goes to $hit. Owners are not allowed to evict squatters because of stupid eviction laws.
Step 3: No point in owner paying for electricity, water and rates for a property they cannot use.
Step 4: City can now expropriate property without compensation.
Step 5: Screech about the failure of capitalism to create jobs whilst you expropriate factories.

Well, look at the bright side. There is a process.

 

[RedViking]

We also have a couple of abandoned buildings, most of them are goverment buildings though and supposed to give a service.

 

[RedViking]

So they going to chuck people into abandoned factories?

 

[Wut]

So they going to chuck people into abandoned factories?

Worked pretty well for Negan and the saviors. Oh crap I'm confusing Joburg with the Walking Dead (not much difference though )