Abstract The passage of the motion to expropriate land without compensation in the National Assembly on the 27 February 2018 sparked numerous discussions on how this would be legally implemented. On 5 December 2018, the National Council of Provinces agreed that s 25 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 should be amended to provide for the expropriation of land without compensation. Of course, a key question that needs to be answered relates to how this envisaged amendment will be made, its nature as well as its specific provisions. This paper suggests that the social-obligation norm theory of ownership should be the underlying guide for amending s 25 to allow for expropriation of land without compensation. I argue that because land is a unique form of property from which we derive our livelihood, whatever constitutional amendments that might be adopted to allow for its expropriation without compensation should ensure that it is ultimately utilised actively, productively and sustainably. This can be achieved through the inculcation of the social-obligation norm of ownership into the property clause. The classical idea that ownership is a sacrosanct and inviolable real relationship cannot be accepted rigidly when it comes to land. Even the ius abutendi, a key entitlement of ownership, which allows owners to do as they please with their property, never envisaged wasteful neglect of a resource such as land.

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修改南非宪法第 25 条以允许无偿征用土地：所有权的社会义务规范的一些理论考虑

摘要 2018 年 2 月 27 日国民议会通过无偿征收土地的动议，引发了关于如何合法实施这一动议的众多讨论。2018 年 12 月 5 日，全国省议会同意修改 1996 年南非共和国宪法第 25 条，规定无偿征用土地。当然，需要回答的一个关键问题是如何进行这一设想的修订、其性质以及其具体规定。本文建议所有权的社会义务规范理论应该成为修改第 25 条以允许无偿征用土地的基本指南。我认为因为土地是我们赖以谋生的一种独特的财产形式，无论可能通过何种宪法修正案以允许无偿征用，都应确保其最终得到积极、有效和可持续的利用。这可以通过将所有权的社会义务规范灌输到财产条款中来实现。土地所有权是一种神圣不可侵犯的真实关系的经典观点，不能一概而论。即使是 ius abutendi，一项关键的所有权权利，允许业主随心所欲地处理他们的财产，也从未设想过对土地等资源的浪费性忽视。这可以通过将所有权的社会义务规范灌输到财产条款中来实现。土地所有权是一种神圣不可侵犯的真实关系的经典观点，不能一概而论。即使是 ius abutendi，一项关键的所有权权利，允许业主随心所欲地处理他们的财产，也从未设想过对土地等资源的浪费性忽视。这可以通过将所有权的社会义务规范灌输到财产条款中来实现。土地所有权是一种神圣不可侵犯的真实关系的经典观点，不能一概而论。即使是 ius abutendi，一项关键的所有权权利，允许业主随心所欲地处理他们的财产，也从未设想过对土地等资源的浪费性忽视。