Viable partnerships are the prerequisite for a successful land reform programme. However, all stakeholders, comprising beneficiary communities, government and investors, need to play their part to ensure the long-term sustainability of these joint…
A multi-pronged post-settlement support approach is required to give claimant communities a leg up, which must include access to finance, markets, and water usage rights. 20 July 2022: Land Reform – Post settlement…
“CPAs and other land-owning structures should adopt an inclusive approach. They should include younger people in key positions to ensure that the baton can be passed from older people to youth over time,”…
Restored land can be made profitable by drawing investors into the land reform programme, says Peter Setou Chief Executive of the Vumelana Advisory Fund. 12 May 2022: Land Reform – ‘After climbing a…
Efforts to redress black people’s dispossession of their land have yielded limited progress 28 years into democracy, despite policy changes. 26 April 2022 – Land Reform – Efforts to redress the dispossession of…
Since its inception, Vumelana has maintained that partnerships between beneficiary communities of land reform and the private investors are crucial to ensure that land is used productively. 19 April 2022: Land Reform –…
Land ownership and rights are integral to human rights argues Vumelana Advisory Fund. 10 March 2022: Every year, on 21 March 1960, South Africa remembers the 69 people killed, and hundreds more injured,…
Over the years, we have learned that it is possible to create mutually beneficial partnerships in land reform, says the Vumelana Advisory Fund. 14 February 2022: Land Reform – Partnerships have the greatest…
A significant development last year was the introduction of the Land Expropriation Bill after considering all public comments. 13 January 2022: The past year was a mixed bag for the land reform programme.…
Land reform beneficiaries can now access funding from the Industrial Development Corporation to develop their land productively. 06 December 2021: Land Reform – The outbreak of COVID-19 and a challenging economic environment which…
Sanlam injects R5m into land reform to foster collaboration between landowners and investors to fulfil land reform objectives. 18 November 2021: Land Reform – The Vumelana Advisory Fund, a non-profit organisation that helps…