Lack of post-settlement support is a barrier that the Vumelana Advisory Fund has highlighted as one of the key impediments to successful land reform.
NGO says it is crucial that a fund is created to finance transaction advisory and other post-settlement support services to attract private investment into the programme.
The land reform panel emphasised that land reform can no longer be postponed, with over 60% of South Africans’ land and/or property rights not recorded or registered.
Since the landmark announcement at the ruling party’s 54th national policy conference, land reform has dominated public conversation in 2018. Throughout the year, the conversation on land reform became a national talking point, even…
Chief executive officer of Vumelana Peter Setou said it was concerning that a large part of claimed land was not productive, leading to a huge challenge in land reform.
A cash injection of R100 million from a Russian investor has helped to rescue a disastrous land restitution venture from collapse, saving hundreds of jobs and providing a financial lifeline to a poor…
According to a report in Afrikaans weekly Rapport, the new approach to the controversial project of land reform in South Africa has been failing, and government is so concerned about new research findings…