Industry stakeholders have expressed concern over the lack of tenure security provided for in a new bill on communal land.
Peter Setou, chief executive of the Vumelana Advisory Fund, argues that all stakeholders in the land reform programme should demonstrate their commitment to the strategy in order to drive its success.
The Mswati CPA in Mpumalanga was one of the earliest beneficiaries of the new South African government’s land reform programme. More than 20 years later, the community is still struggling to get the…
Committee chairperson, Dr Mathole Motshekga, said the publication of the Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill now opened the door for public participation.
The participation of women in the agricultural sector should be promoted, in order to create much-needed employment opportunities and ensure food security.
Both organisations said they disagreed with the proposal to expropriate excess land in between the three categories of smallholder farmers (1 000ha), medium (2 500ha) and large commercial farmers (5 000ha).
He said government is willing to engage and farmers should come up with their own counter proposals as to how best this can be done.
Land reform in South Africa has and will continue to be a contentious topic. In resolving the inequalities of the past, the SA government undertook in 1994 to make sure landownership was more…