Real Estate Investor Magazine August/September Edition | Page 139

PROPERTY RIGHTS

Karl Marx said that the definition of communism is very simple : it is the abolition of private property . The ANC , in its Strategy and Tactics document , says that property ownership and relations are at the centre of all social systems . Many other commentators have held that one cannot have a free and successful society without property rights .

Part 1 of the conference looked at ways and means of extending property rights to all South Africans , while the afternoon ’ s session focused on ways of defending these rights , particularly in light of the threat posed by the Expropriation Bill , which is about to be signed into law .
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