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Green Paper on Land Reform 12 October 2011

Green Paper on Land Reform 12 October 2011. Jannie de Villiers. Points of departure. Constitution and Ideology Land reform should take place: correction period Apartheid destroyed people, similar action in opposite direction will too Economic and Social Goals

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Green Paper on Land Reform 12 October 2011

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  1. Green Paper on Land Reform12 October 2011 Jannie de Villiers

  2. Points of departure • Constitution and Ideology • Land reform should take place: correction period • Apartheid destroyed people, similar action in opposite direction will too • Economic and Social Goals • Job creation, Food Security, rural development & poverty alleviation • Privately owned land most productive • Food security = land + skills + finances • Free market = profits + investments • Growth needed for jobs and poverty • National goal, nationally funded

  3. Points of departure • Land Reform Status • Current policy failed • “Willing buyer, willing seller” did not fail • Corruption & capacity problems • Absence of land audit • PPP proposals • Time frames • Phase I 1994 to 2020 Correction period • Phase II 2021+ New Normal

  4. Proposal Phase I: Corrections • Land Council (LC) • Objectives: advise Gov, implement policy, manage PPP’s, achieve goals • Composition: ±15, representative, own appointments • Functions: valuations, id farmers, monitor support, land audit, Land Fund, Recap, Land Bank • Administration: DRDLR, national budget, clean audits • Accountability: Minister & Portfolio Committee

  5. Proposal Phase I: Corrections • Land ownership: State owned • Minimum • Lease: supported – 5 years max, criteria by LC • Auction unused land (12 months fallow) • Banks reposes defaults • Land Bank to assist • Lease agreements: Names, period, Land Bank subsidy (-2%), support services, recap, criteria for success/failure , etc

  6. Proposal Phase I: Corrections • Land ownership: Privately owned • Maximize • Policy to optimize usage • No cap on individuals, consider at expropriation • Mining vs food security

  7. Proposal Phase I: Corrections • Land ownership: Foreign owned • Support limits • Special tax for Land Reform • Land ownership: Communal land • Respects concept • Life style • Funding problems • 30% in surplus production by 2014 • 50% in surplus production by 2020

  8. Proposal Phase II: New Normal • 2021 and beyond • No Government interventions based on race • Constitution rules • Agriculture policy drives markets

  9. Conclusion • Thanks for opportunity • To comment • To assist • To be part of solution • Willing to unpack proposal in details

  10. Thank You Re a leboga • Dankie

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