Namibian property law

Article 16(1) of the Constitution of Namibia protects the right of all persons to acquire, own and dispose of all forms of immovable and movable property, but grants the Parliament of Namibia the authority to regulate or prohibit the right of non-citizens to acquire property.^[1] Article 16(2) allows the government to expropriate property in the public interest so long as compensation is paid.^[2]

The Affirmative Repositioning political movement wants to ban foreign nationals from owning land.^[3]^[4]

References

Citations

^ Amoo & Harring 2010, p. 299.
^ Amoo 2023, p. 5.
^ "AR wants law to ban foreign land ownership". The Namibian. Free Press of Namibia. 19 March 2019.
^ Endjala, Martin (15 March 2022). "AR bill against sole foreign land ownership". Windhoek Observer. Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.

Sources

Amoo, Samuel K. (2023). Property Law in Namibia (2nd ed.). Pretoria University Law Press. ISBN 978-1-991213-19-8. OCLC 1429904028.
Amoo, Samuel K.; Harring, Sidney L. (18 November 2010). "Intellectual property under the Namibian Constitution" (PDF). Constitutional Democracy in Namibia - A Critical Analysis After Two Decades. Konrad Adenauer Foundation. ISBN 978-99916-2-439-6. OCLC 699003547.