The Minister for Rural Development and Land Reform, Mr Gugile Nkwinti (MP) cordially invites members of the media to the National Land Reform Consultative Workshop to be held at Saint George Hotel on Sunday, 28 May 2011.
The media briefing follows the outcomes of a two day consultative conference that will be held by the department on the 27 to 28 May 2011. The purpose of the workshop is to look at the challenges facing Land Reform Programmes and also to give feedback to different stakeholders on various workshops that have been held with farmers at the national level. The workshops were on the farm Equity Schemes; Land Redistribution and Agricultural Development (LRAD), Settlement Land Acquisition Grant (SLAG), Settlement Production Land Acquisition Grant(SPLAG), Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy (PLAS) and Restitution.
The workshop will focus on six critical issues:
- Policy and legislation reforms
- Institutions to support land reform
- Communication
- Monitoring and evaluation of the land reform programme
- Continuous capacity building for beneficiaries and officials
- Development of efficient, transparent systems and procedures.
The briefing will be held under the following details:
Date: Saturday, 28 May 2011
Time: 11h00
Venue: Birchwood Hotel, Gauteng
The event will also be attended by the Deputy Minister for Rural Development and Land Reform Thulas Nxesi, Director-General Mdu Shabane, Deputy Director General Moshe Swart, Acting Deputy Director-General Vusi Mahlangu and other senior managers from the department.
Accreditation: Journalists who will be attending the media briefing will be required to provide their press cards for their media organisation or any form of Identity.
For RSVP and further information regarding the briefing kindly contact the following officials:
Sehloho Mphati
Tel: 012 312 8112
Cell: 083 977 4040
Tshepo Diale
Tel: 012 312 8532
Cell: 071 850 1751
For more information contact:
Eddie Mohoebi
Tel: 012 312 9648
Cell: 082 550 1445
