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expropriation
- The taking over of private property by a government, often without fair compensation but usually with a legal assertion that the government has a right to do so.
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The dispute over the budget is the latest sign of the sharp differences between the two parties, with the DA also challenging in the courts three other pieces of legislation - including the land expropriation act.
South Africa has previously said that Trump has misunderstood the country's new land expropriation act.
"This history teaches us that true redress requires protecting property rights, ensuring that no government is ever given unchecked expropriation powers ever again," the party said in a statement.
South Africa's new law allows for expropriation without compensation only in circumstances where it is "just and equitable and in the public interest" to do so.
Two political parties - the African Transformation Movement and the Pan Africanist Congress - are calling for the expropriation of Mr Stoman’s farm following the incident.
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