LETTER: Land reform issue
Deputy President David Mabuza says the government will soon release criteria for redistributing state-owned land
15 September 2019 - 19:33
The announcement by deputy president David Mabuza that the government will soon release criteria for redistributing state-owned land is, potentially, an important and positive development.
Whether this is indeed the case will depend on those criteria. The main question — among many others — is whether the government intends to confer title on the beneficiaries. Will it grant them property, or merely a truncated “access to land” as perpetual tenants of the state?..
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