The Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee on land reform and redistribution will this week embark on nationwide public consultation programme as part of the process to facilitate the re-opening of the land reform and redistribution.
The week long consultations, which get underway on Monday, 2 September and end on Saturday, 7 September, form part of the coordinated oversight activities by Parliament to reverse the legacies of the Native Land Act (1913), will take place in three identified provinces, namely: Limpopo, North West and KwaZulu-Natal respectively.
During these visits, the Parliamentarians will be joined by members of the Provincial Legislatures, the public, traditional leaders and other stakeholders to enquire about the systems put in place and to monitor processes towards the re-opening of the lodgment of land claims so that the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights can implement a programme that is fair and transparent to all South Africans.
Several projects will be visited to get inputs and feedback from those who previously benefited during the first phase of lodgment. The oversight will assist the parliamentarians in relation to land restitution. At the end of the consultation process there will be recommendations on the removal of blockages preventing the restitution of land. These recommendations will be tabled before the National Assembly later this month.
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