The South African government has announced plans to fast-track a bill barring foreigners from buying land.
The Regulations of Land Holdings Bill would mean foreigners will only be able to lease land for 30 years.
However it will not allow for the expropriation of land currently owned by people from outside the nation. An estimated 7% of land in South Africa is owned by foreigners.
The government hopes that the bill will become law within five years.
The weaker rand and lenient property laws make the country, which prides itself as the most developed economy in Africa, a top choice for property buyers from abroad.
But now the government is looking to put a stop to that trend.
Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Gugile Nkwinti, announced that within the next five years, purchase of new land would be restricted to locals only under the new bill.
The department said the bill would be submitted to parliament in November, and could come into law in 2019.
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