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However, there are certain safety requirements which must be complied with.

What are they?

A swimming pool can represent a very real safety risk, and many a swimming pool owner has experienced a near drowning.

It is for this reason that the legislature has seen fit to provide regulations that govern the safe operation of swimming pools.

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• expropriation without compensation
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Expropriation without Compensation: Part 2:

We continue where we left off last week with a continuation of the interpretation of section 25 of the Constitution.

Section 25 subsection 4 reads:

“For the purposes of this subsection:-

• (a) The public interest includes the nation’s commitment to land reform and to reforms to bring about equitable access to all South Africa’s natural resources; and
• (b) Property is not limited to land.”

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• Property Law
• Land expropriation
• expropriation without compensation
• Posession
• landowner
• SA Legal System

What is expropriation? Part 1:

The definition of the verb “expropriate” is usually couched as follows: “To take possession of (property), especially for public use, thus divesting the title of the private owner eg the government expropriated the owners land for a road, electricity pylons or for a public recreational area. In plain words, it means “to take something from one person’s possession for another one’s use and benefit.”

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