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Making headlines: Law change plan to allow land expropriation fails to pass, ATM resubmits motion of no confidence against President Cyril Ramaphosa and, African Union calls for end to Omicron travel curbs on some African nations

Law change plan to allow land expropriation fails to pass
A proposal to change South Africa's constitution to explicitly allow expropriation of land with no compensation failed to win the two-thirds of parliamentary votes that it needed yesterday.

Lawmakers debated whether to change Section 25 of the constitution to enable authorities to seize land to address racial land inequalities left over from colonialism and white minority rule.

Redressing them has been a flagship promise of the ruling ANC but little progress has been made on it nearly three decades since the end of apartheid.

The amendment's main champion, Justice Minister Roland Lamola said his party wanted to complete the fight against the original sin of land dispossession.

ATM resubmits motion of no confidence against President Cyril Ramaphosa

The African Transformation Movement has resubmitted a motion of no confidence in President Cyril Ramaphosa to National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.

In an email to her, dated 7 December 2021, ATM president Vuyolwethu Zungula argued that since Ramaphosa took the reins, "irregular expenditure in government and state-owned entities increased to R61.35-billion in the 2018/2019 audit period, from R50.1-billion in the previous year.

He also said SOEs continue to collapse, without anyone being held accountable.

Zungula submitted that Ramaphosa misled the nation about load-shedding when he promised that it would be a thing of the past.

He said the ATM acknowledges that its challenges regarding the president are heavy but stands by its complaints about the president and his conduct.

The African Union has called for an urgent end to travel restrictions imposed on some of its member states.

It said the measures effectively penalize governments for timely data sharing in line with international health regulations.

The AU said the measures act "as a disincentive for information sharing in the future, potentially posing a threat to health security on the continent and globally.

Late last month, European Union states, the United States and Britain, among other nations such as Israel, imposed travel curbs on seven southern African countries after they reported several cases of the Omicron variant, which is considered highly infectious.

That’s a roundup of news making headlines today
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