The Expropriation Act challenge reached the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town on Monday, as the Democratic Alliance pushed ahead with its legal bid against the law signed by President Cyril Ramaphosa in January 2025, Cape {town} Etc reports. The DA argues the law allows government to take property without compensation in certain cases and gives the state powers it says are too vague. In a post shared on X, the party said it was in court to defend ‘South Africans’ right to own property’. Source🏚️The DA is in the Western Cape High Court to defend private property rights. The case now places property rights and land reform back at the centre of a national debate that still cuts deep across South Africa.