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Land Reform and Rural Development
Agricultural Land Holding Account focusing on lease management, transfer of land and property management generally; MIs update
19 Mar 2025
Report of the meeting to follow.
Land Reform and Rural Development
Implementation of the District Six Redevelopment Plan and intergovernmental coordination; Finalisation of the Solomons Family land claim
12 Mar 2025
Report of the meeting to follow.
Land Reform and Rural Development
Legal Aid SA services provided to farm dwellers, labour tenants and other land reform beneficiaries; with the Minister
5 Mar 2025
The Portfolio Committee received a presentation from Legal Aid SA on the work of its Land Rights Management Unit (LRMU), which provides legal services to farm occupiers, labour tenants and land claimants. The unit was established in January 2022 after the entity received a new mandate to include help for ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Status report on interventions to address the challenges of the Ingonyama Trust Board; with the Minister and Deputy Minister
21 Feb 2025
The Portfolio Committee on Land Reform and Rural Development received a briefing from the Minister on the status of interventions to address the challenges confronting the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB).
The Minister said that after his appointment, he had met with His Majesty King Misuzulu KaZwelithini at the King’s ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Development of legislative measures to ensure equitable access to land, with Minister
19 Feb 2025
The Portfolio Committee on Land Reform and Rural Development received a briefing from the Department of Land Reform and Rural Development on the progress in the development of the proposed Equitable Access to Land Bill.
The Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development noted that it is not only ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Ingonyama Trust and Ingonyama Trust Board: Parliamentary Legal Services briefing
12 Feb 2025
The Portfolio Committee on Land Reform and Rural Development received a comprehensive briefing from the Parliamentary Legal Services on the legal foundations of the Ingonyama Trust and Ingonyama Trust Board. The briefing addressed key legal and governance issues, including the ownership and management of trust property, the powers and ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Recent developments at Ingonyama Trust Board
29 Jan 2025
The Portfolio Committee on Land Reform and Rural Development convened virtually to discuss the postponement of an oversight visit to the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB) in KwaZulu-Natal, and its implications for the Committee’s programme.
The Chairperson provided background on the planned oversight visit, pointing out that it had initially ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Governance issues and recent developments at Ingonyama Trust; with Minister
14 Jan 2025
The Committee held an urgent meeting with the Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development to be briefed on the latest developments regarding the governance of the Ingonyama Trust Board following the recent media reports about the King of the Zulu Nation’s suspension of its members. During the discussion, ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Land Reform and Rural Development & Ingonyama Trust Board 2023/24 Annual Reports; with Minister
27 Nov 2024
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
The Ingonyama Trust Board briefed the Committee on its 2023/24 annual performance report,
which highlighted both the achievements and areas of concern. On the positive side, the Trust had surpassed its target for tenure rights approvals, granting 865 approvals against a target of 800. ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Farm dwellers/labour tenants inclusion in the claimant verification lists; Violation of land and human rights on farms and lack of enforcement in Mpumalanga; with Deputy Minister
20 Nov 2024
SAPS presentation (awaited document)
The Portfolio Committee met with the Commission for the Restitution of Land Rights (CRLR) and the South African Police (SAPS) to consider the plight of farm dwellers whose rights were being violated by landowners in Mpumalanga. This followed an oversight visit by the Committee, and its ...