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Vumelana Advisory Fund is a non-profit, public-benefit organisation that was established in 2012 to support land reform beneficiary communities who acquired land under South Africa’s Land Reform Programme put their land to effective economic use.
We help communities and private investors create mutually beneficial agreements to develop community-owned land
This is done through the facilitation of partnerships between land reform beneficiary communities and investors, who come together to negotiate and agree on mutually beneficial arrangements that enable restituted land remain productive and economically active.
Transaction Advisory Support Programme
The Transaction Advisory Support Programme is designed to support the provision of advisory services to Communal Property Institutions and investors to conclude Community Private Partnerships.
Communal Property Institution Support Programme
The Communal Property Institution Support Programme is designed to support the development of well-governed institutions for the implementation of settlement agreements and the building of partnerships.
Our Impact
Since our inception, we have spent just under R40-million to support 19 land reform beneficiary communities under both the Transaction Advisory and the Communal Property Institution support programmes.
R1-Bn
Investment Mobilised
Vumelana enables communities who acquire land under the Land Reform Programme to put that land to effective economic use
Vumelana in the news
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Land reform should unlock economic freedom to drive inclusive growth
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- Vumelana Advisory Fund
South Africa needs a human rights-based approach to land reform
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- Vumelana Advisory Fund
Make land productive – focus on resolving issues impeding the productive use of restituted land – urges non-profit in land reform Vumelana Advisory Fund
Latest News on Land
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The Business Trust and the Maruleng and Bushbuckridge Economic Development Initiative
The Maruleng and Bushbuckridge Economic Development Initiative (MABEDI) aimed to pilot a market-based approach to economic development. Part of this initiative focused on working with land reform beneficiary communities responsible for the management of land acquired under the Land Reform Programme.
In the end, MABEDI benefitted 3 300 families and created 4 975 jobs.