NEW RESEARCH
Land ownership significantly up for disadvantaged people
Agri Development Solutions research shows white farmers now own 73.3% of all farmland compared to 85.1% they owned in 1994
Research by Agri Development Solutions in conjunction with AgriSA and Landbouweekblad has found that previously disadvantaged groups now own close to 27% of all farmland in SA, significantly more than the 14% they owned in 1994. The research, published on Wednesday, showed that white farmers now own 73.3% of all farmland compared to 85.1% they owned in 1994. The government has been under a lot of pressure to conclude a comprehensive land audit to reflect an accurate record of all public agricultural land and to enable an assessment of the performance of its land-reform programme. Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti has said that phase two of the land-audit report would be processed by the Cabinet and released to the public before year-end. Meanwhile, groups including AgriSA have launched their own investigation into land ownership patterns in the country. AgriSA contributed R1m towards the purchase and processing of deeds office data for the period 1994 to 2010...
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