After a three-year-long battle between lawmakers, the parliamentary vote to amend section 25 of South Africa’s constitution that would expressly allow for expropriation of land without compensation has failed. 

The ammendment didn’t get the two-thirds support it needed in parliament, and this week Annelize Crosby, head of land and legal affairs at Agri SA, agricultural law expert Katlego Ngwane and Dr Jack Armour, commercial manager of Free State Agriculture. share their reactions to the outcome. They also look ahead at what the future looks like for land reform in South Africa.