Chairperson and honourable members, in tabling Vote 24 and Vote 39, we need your support, because the budget is an instrument through which we can attempt to address the challenges of landlessness in our country and the productive use of the land for human settlement, industry development and agriculture. Land has a multifaceted function in any society including ours. It is an economic asset from which we build industries. It supports food security and livelihoods. It is the space in which we build our homes and through which we can build integrated human settlements. Therefore land reform in our country should not be seen as a vehicle for agrarian reform alone, but rather a program through which we can change our special patterns that move us towards integrated settlements. It is through better allocation of land that we can attract industrial development in our townships and rural areas thereby addressing the challenge of underdevelopment.