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/ 17 February 2012
Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti says the idea of claiming land without compensation is "out of touch with reality".
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/ 12 September 2011
Until government has completed an audit of what land it owns and in what condition it is in, land reform will be seriously compromised, says the DA.
SA has reversed gains in its goal of transferring 30% of commercial farmland to blacks by 2014 after aspirant farmers resold land bought for them.
The draft green paper on land reform, released on Wednesday, proposes a single reconfigured four-tier system of land reform.
Acquiring 30% of arable land by 2014 is impossible, Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti says, after a "refreshing" meeting with by farmers’ unions.
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/ 18 January 2011
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New Bill would make it more difficult to evict farm workers, but critics say it is unfair.
The government has failed to pay R3,4-billion in post-settlement grants to beneficiaries of land reform, Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti says.
Agri SA on Wednesday reiterated requests for urgent and in-depth discussions with the government to remove obstacles hampering land reform.
The supremacy of the Constitution should not be taken for granted, but nationalisation is not an option, Land Minister Gugile Nkwinti says.
Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti on Wednesday dismissed suggestions government intends to nationalise land.
The "use it or lose it" principle will be applied to redistributed farmland to ensure agricultural output does not decline further.
Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti said on Friday it was impossible for the government to meet its land-reform target.
The government will introduce a new draft policy on land tenure aimed at speeding up its programme to give land to landless black South Africans.
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/ 10 November 2009
The government won’t abandon its aim of transferring 30% of land to black owners because failure to do this risks Zimbabwe-style polarisation.