‘The Lekgotla focused on a number of issues, including the current status of our economy, job creation and land reform’
The overwhelming sentiment in the North West is to give land to the people not traditional authorities
Aside from land grabs by greedy elites, a notable spinoff has been the successful subdivision of farms
Present were white landowners with their 4x4s and landless black people from shantytowns, who came in minibuses
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While there were those opposed to the proposed amendment, many spoke in favour of it
An Ingonyama Trust challenge to the land reform process could see a landmark ruling
AfriForum delivered a petition made up of approximately 300 000 signatures of people opposed to expropriation without compensation
Secure tenure in rural areas, access to urban land and educating new farmers will help policy succeed
Jeremy Cronin has ascribed the "pathetic" pace of land reform to factors like weak policy, corruption, lack of will and a lack of capacity
The deputy minister of rural development and land reform may assist more than 20 000 farm dwellers facing eviction in the Drakenstein municipality
In 1994, 86% of land was white-owned. There had been an agreement that 30% would be transferred by 1999, the date has been shifted to 2025.
The National Assembly in February adopted a motion for a constitutional review allowing for the expropriation of land without compensation
Current land reform policy is so bogged down by bureaucracy that there’ll be no quick-fix solution
They live on the land and till the land, but don’t own the land. Expropriation could remedy this
South Africa’s land reform programme will fail if it continues to neglect smallholder farming
The party has reputed a report by the M&G, defending its land reform policies in the Western Cape as being the most successful in the country
Despite a court ruling the descendants of labour tenants in Hilton have still not got their land back
A resident, who said she feared reprisals if named, said: ‘Ever since the ‘squatters’ came… we are facing a torrid time…’
The land will be returned to people within the confines of the law, said President Ramaphosa during a Good Friday sermon
She intends fighting to ensure land comes with water rights
Among the issues are the need to ensure food security in the future and whether expropriation of without compensation can happen through just the law
South Africa’s land policy is flailing around in the dark, with the haziest of understandings of how well or how badly land reform is doing
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The crisis caused by land expropriation without compensation will be resolved by opening up the economy and addressing historical inequalities
‘Dignity is not some manufactured sense of entitlement. Affirming a person’s dignity is to affirm their humanity’
But the ANC does not yet have a policy for its decision to expropriate land without compensation
The land debate has to be approached calmly and responsibly says Barclays Africa Group chief executive Maria Ramos.
Lamola said it was worrying that this had to be done by a party outside of the ANC but celebrated the fact that it was finally happening
Malema also emphasised that there was no turning back on their call for the state to own all the land in the country
The EFF proposes that a committee be established to make it possible for the state to expropriate land in the public interest, without compensation
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