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Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability

SUCCESSFUL LAND REFORM IN NAMIBIA. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability. SUCCESSFUL LAND REFORM IN NAMIBIA. 2030 VISION EQUITABLE ACCESS TO LAND. (20%) 3. DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNAL AREAS (80%) Ownership is a prerequisite.

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Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability

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  1. SUCCESSFUL LAND REFORM IN NAMIBIA Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability

  2. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability SUCCESSFUL LAND REFORM IN NAMIBIA 2030 VISION EQUITABLE ACCESS TO LAND.(20%) 3. DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNAL AREAS (80%) Ownership is a prerequisite. In a developed economy only 4-5 % of population owns farmland for Agricultural production purposes.

  3. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability

  4. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability Issues for Vision 2030 Formulation Inequalities & Social Welfare Peace & Political Stability External Environment NAMIBIA VISION 2030 Knowledge Information & Technology Human Resources, Institutional & Capacity Building Macro-Economic Issues Natural Resources & Environment Population Health & Development

  5. National Development Process Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability 8 Thematic Report 4 3 5 6 2 7 1 8 Vision 2030 Broad, unifying vision that provides sectors with strategic direction that they must each operationalise through the development of strategies, and monitor through indicators NDP 3 By monitoring long-term indicators, NPC coordinates A sectoral and inter-sectoral analysis of progress towards Achieving vision 2030 NDP 4 Updated sector policies, plans and projects that follow An integrated, sustainable development and approach NDP 5 NDP 6 NDP 7

  6. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability Land and Agricultural Production Sub-Vision • Land is used appropriately and equitably, significantly contributing towards food security at household and national levels, and supporting the sustainable and equitable growth of Namibia’s economy, whilst maintaining and improving land capability

  7. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability Land and Agricultural Production Where we want to be (2030) • Equitable access to land. • Declining rates of land degradation. • Appropriate tenure over natural resources. • Unpolluted soils and agricultural water run-off. • Optimal land-use ad livelihood options. • Improved economic development options.

  8. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability 2. Equitable access to land.(20%) 2.1. Reasons for a Positive attitude towards Land Reform. 2.2. Macro economic picture after 14 years. 2.3. Movement of capital from the Agricultural sector to other sectors for economic development.

  9. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability 2.1. Reasons for a Positive attitude towards Land Reform. 2.1.1. Namibia has a common vision as a Nation. 2.1.2. Ownership is excepted and protected by the constitution. Tilt Deed as well as Lease Hold. 2.1.3. Government promise and proof to stick to rules on Land Reform.

  10. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability 2.2. Macro economic picture after 14 years.

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  16. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability • Meat Board plan to appoint a consultant to do a proper investigation on the effects of Land Reform.

  17. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability 2.3 Movement of capital from the Agricultural sector to other sectors for economic development 2.3.1. With a positive climate, farmers who are also business people, who lose their land, will reinvest their capital in Namibia to create wealth in other spheres of the economy. 2.3.2. International Investors will be positive towards the country and invest in Namibia

  18. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability 3. DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNAL AREAS (80%) 3.1 Lease Hold Ownership/ Land Boards 3.2 Water development. 3.3 Infrastructure development ( roads, telecommunication, houses, fences etc.) 3.4 Pasture development. 3.5 Animal development. 3.6 Market development. 3.7 Irrigation development. 50 000 ha.

  19. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability GENERAL REMARKS Guidelines from the 1991 Land Conference. Technical Team busy to develop a Land Reform Master Plan.

  20. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability • Injustice Conference concludes that there was injustice Concerning the acquisition of land in the past and that something practicable must be done to rectify the situation.

  21. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability 2. Ancestral rights: Conference concludes that given the Complexities in redressing ancestral land claims, restitution of such claims in full is impossible.

  22. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability 3. Foreign-owned farmland: Conference resolves that foreigners should not be allowed own farmland, but should be given the right to use and develop it on a leasehold basis in accordance with Namibia’s ‘open door’ policy towards foreign investment.

  23. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability 4. Underutilised land: Conference resolves that abandoned and underutilised commercial land should be reallocated and brought into productive use.

  24. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability 5. Absentee landlords: Conference resolves that land owned by absentees should be expropriated, but that there should be a distinction, in respect of owners who do not live on their farms, between foreign and Namibian owners.

  25. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability 6. Farm size and numbers: Conference resolves that very large farms and Ownership of several farms by one owner should Not be permitted and such land should be expropriated.

  26. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability 7. Land tax: Conference resolves that there should be a land tax on commercial farmland.

  27. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability 8. Technical committee on commercial farmland: Technical committee should be established to Evaluate the facts regarding underutilised land, absentee ownership, viable farm sizes in different regions and multiple ownership of farms, to make appropriate recommendations for the acquisition and reallocation of such land identified, and to assess possible forms of taxation on commercial farmland and the economic units to which taxation should apply.

  28. Prosperity, Harmony, Peace and Political Stability 9. Land tenure: Conference recommends that in order to realise this objective a technical committee should be established to evaluate the legal options concerning possible forms of land tenure consistent with the Constitution.

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