6.12 Categorization of land needs of beneficiaries and matching land delivery with needs of the beneficiaries is a significant step in South African land reform. Categorisation should be complemented by planning processes that address the needs of the people. There is a key and vitally important question around sub-division of land so that even the landless people as a category to be reached by land reform are catered for in terms of secure land access. The Sub-division of agricultural land act of 1979 requires to critical consideration during the overhaul of the legislative framework for rural development and land reform.