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Rural Development and Land Reform
Gelukwaards Farm invasion; Committee Reports: Canada Study Tour & MalaMala; Legacy Report; with Deputy Ministers
13 Mar 2019
In the presence of two Deputy Ministers, the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) gave a status report on the illegal invasion of the Gelukwaarts Farm Project on the West Coast.
The Gelukwaarts Farm was upgrade by the Department of Agriculture with piggery infrastructure to the value of ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
MalaMala land settlement progress report, with Deputy Ministers
27 Feb 2019
In the presence of the two Deputy Ministers, stakeholders gave a progress report on the MalaMala land settlement including the N’wandlamarhi Communal Property Association (CPA), Mintirho Trust, Mondzo, the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights and Gilfillan Du Plessis Attorneys.
The N’wandlamarhi CPA reported that government purchased MalaMala from the ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Elandskloof Communal Property Association: DRDLR update; Annual & Legacy Report; with Deputy Minister
5 Dec 2018
The Committee met with a team from the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) and citizens from the Elandskloof community to discuss the current status of its Communal Property Association (CPA), its challenges and the way forward. It also briefed the Committee on progress on the Elandskloof CPA’s ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Agri-Parks & Blended Funding Model: DRDLR briefing with Minister and Deputy Minister
31 Oct 2018
The Committee received briefings from the Land Bank on the ‘Blended Funding’ model for the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) and from Agri-Parks, which presented its annual report for the 2017/18 financial year. Prior to the commencement of the meeting there was an issue from matters arising ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Bill: public hearings; Communal Property Associations Annual Report; Rural Development BRRR; with Minister and Deputy Minister
17 Oct 2018
The Committee received submissions from various stakeholders on the Electronic Deeds Registration Systems (EDRS) Bill, the objective of which was to reduce the deeds registration time through changing from a manual to an electronic system.
The Law Society of South Africa (LASA) supported the Bill with a ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill: deliberations
5 Sep 2018
The Committee continued its deliberations on the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill [B 19 – 2017] and started the clause-by-clause reading of the Bill. Members were reminded of the three-day rule before the second reading of the Bill which was scheduled for Tuesday of the following week.
On clause ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: public hearings day 2
5 Sep 2018
VIDEO: Constitutional Review Committee: Oral Presentations 5 September 2018
The meeting was the second phase of facilitating public consultation on the proposed amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution to clearly provide for expropriation without compensation. The first phase had already been conducted by the Committee in the various South ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Restitution of Land Rights Amendments Bill: Content Advisor briefing & Motion of desirability
22 Aug 2018
The Committee received a briefing on the highlights of the public participation processes the Committee embarked on recently in relation to the Restitution of Land Rights Amendments Bill.
The Content Advisor informed the Committee there was both support and objections to the reopening of lodgements. The latter group felt the ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Restitution of Land Rights Bill: stakeholder consultation day 2
15 Aug 2018
Report of the High Level Panel on the assessment of key legislation
The status of the Mothlanthe High Level Panel (HLP) report again became the focus of strong commentary during the second day of the Committee’s stakeholder consultative meeting. Allegations that the majority opinion on the Committee was hostile to ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
MalaMala land claim settlement; Communal Property Associations without Title Deeds; Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill
13 Jun 2018
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) presented the steps that will be taken to assist CPAs to acquire their land and/or title deeds in each of the provinces. It has made interventions in most of the CPAs but some interventions will be finalised by the end of ...