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Trendy Research Design: An introduction to Google Trends and how it can be exploited to understand the issue of Expropriation Without Compensation
By: Devon Hsiao, Lillian Mauldin, and Savannah Whitmer

​What is EWC? Why does it matter?
EWC stands for Expropriation Without Compensation. This is the practice that allows a government to take ownership of an individual’s private property without having to pay any compensation. Currently, a constitutional amendment allowing for EWC is making its way through South Africa’s Parliament. The policy change is being justified as a policy of land reform that would correct for the land equity issues that stem from Apartheid.

According to the November 2017 Land Audit Report published by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, white individuals own a 72% of the hectarage of individually owned farms and agricultural holdings.
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