LETTER: Is land needed, or jobs?
The assumption is that land equals wealth, but my neighbours are selling their big houses as fast as they can and farmers are moving off their land
13 August 2019 - 05:00
If anyone needs reminding that the question of land redistribution in SA is complicated, they need only read Prof Johann Kirsten’s article (“Practical steps towards a radical but sustainable redistribution of land”, August 7).
Among the mass of information (and this is only part one) there are a few interesting excerpts. In the first bullet point he notes that “the failure of the state to bring about effective land reform over the last 25 years due to … poor systems … meddling … price manipulation … corruption”. Later he mentions “identifying state land” and “conducting a land audit” as desirable...
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