While some political parties have welcomed the enactment of the Expropriation Bill, some including those in the GNU, have voiced strong opposition with the DA threatening legal action against the government it is a part of. This follows President Cyril Ramaphosa's signing of the contentious Expropriation Bill into law on Thursday. The DA's very own Dean Macpherson will be responsible for enforcing the Expropriation Act as minister of public works and infrastructure. Some legal experts and agricultural economists seem more relaxed about the bill than politicians who doubt whether the Act provides for adequate and fair compensation. While the law will be tested in court millions of South Africans, who have waited 30 years, will have to wait a little longer to see if the Act will redress land ownership.

To discuss whether the newly enacted Expropriation Bill will fundamentally overhaul land ownership in South Africa Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Nkanyiso Gumede,  Researcher at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies and Siya Sithole,  Strategy Manager at the Association for Rural Advancement - AFRA - a land rights advocacy organisation working to support marginalised black rural people