"My daughter unfortunately died on a 60mph road with no footpath, with no bus shelter and basically got off her bus on a mucky, grass verge - so the bus pass that she [was] issued, I thought was a death sentence," she said.
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa is at the centre of a political firestorm after he approved a law that gives the state the power to expropriate some privately owned land without compensation for owners.The law, which is yet to be implemented, has drawn the ire of US President Donald Trump, who sees it as discriminating against white farmers.
Centre-right political parties and lobby groups in South Africa have also opposed it, saying they will challenge the Expropriation Act – as the law is named – in court on the grounds that it threatens property rights.Ramaphosa's government says the law provides for compensation to be paid in the vast majority of cases – and the changes are needed to increase black ownership of land.Most private farmland is still owned by white people.
When Nelson Mandela came to power more than 30 years ago, ending the racist system of apartheid, it was promised that this would be rectified through a willing-buyer, willing-seller land reform programme – but critics say this has proved too slow and too costly.In rare circumstances it would be land that was needed for the "public interest", legal experts told the BBC.
According to South African law firm Werksmans Attorneys, this suggested it would mainly, or perhaps only, happen in relation to the land reform programme.
Although it could also be used to access natural resources such as minerals and water, the firm added,Trump has described these taxes as payback for unfair trade policies.
On Friday, Trump announced thefrom 25% to 50%, beginning on Wednesday.
Like with most of the announced tariffs, Trump said the move would help boost local steel industry, while reducing US reliance on China.US steel manufacturing has decreased in recent years and countries like China, India and Japan have become the world's biggest producers.