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Land Reform and Rural Development
Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform briefing
20 Feb 2019
The Presidency hosts Second National Land Reform Colloquium
The Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform briefed a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform, the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation. The Advisory Panel had asked ...
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Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Bill: public hearings; Communal Property Associations Annual Report; Rural Development BRRR; with Minister and Deputy Minister
17 Oct 2018
The Committee received submissions from various stakeholders on the Electronic Deeds Registration Systems (EDRS) Bill, the objective of which was to reduce the deeds registration time through changing from a manual to an electronic system.
The Law Society of South Africa (LASA) supported the Bill with a ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Restitution of Land Rights Bill: stakeholder consultation day 2
15 Aug 2018
Report of the High Level Panel on the assessment of key legislation
The status of the Mothlanthe High Level Panel (HLP) report again became the focus of strong commentary during the second day of the Committee’s stakeholder consultative meeting. Allegations that the majority opinion on the Committee was hostile to ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
High Level Panel on land reform and rural development: Dr Aninka Claassens briefing
14 Mar 2018
Report of the High Level Panel
The Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform received a briefing from Dr Aninka Claassens, a member of the high level panel that had been led by former president Kgalema Motlanthe, regarding the findings and recommendations of the panel.
Dr Claassens said there ...
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Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: deliberations; with Minister
21 Feb 2018
The Members of the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform met to continue with their clause by clause deliberations on the Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill, and highlighted issues for clarity, recommendations and suggestions.
The main issues addressed in the Bill were the proposal for the delineation of ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: deliberations; with Minister
14 Feb 2018
The Committee met with the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) to discuss the amendments to the Communal Property Associations (CPA) Amendment Bill. It asked for clarity regarding the use of the words “community”, “labour tenants” and “property”, and phrases such as “public interest” and “disadvantaged communities”. Members ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Communal Property Associations (CPA) Amendment Bill: Clause by Clause deliberation
1 Feb 2018
The Members of the Portfolio Committee met for the third day to continue their deliberations on the issues raised during public hearings on the Communal Property Association (CPA) Amendment Bill. The agenda of the day was to read the Amendment Bill clause by clause to see where and how the ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: stakeholder engagement: day 2
31 Jan 2018
Deliberations on the issues raised during the public hearings on the Communal Property Associations (CPA) Amendment Bill continued for the second day. Although the agenda of the day was to receive presentations from the content adviser, the researcher, a Parliamentary legal adviser and a state legal adviser on the submissions ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: stakeholders’ engagement; with Deputy Minister: day 1
30 Jan 2018
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) came before the Committee to respond to some of the issues that had been raised during the public hearings on the Communal Property Association (CPA) Amendment Bill.
The presentation was a response to the fears expressed by communities on the possibility ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill: Department response to submissions; with Deputy Ministers
22 Nov 2017
The Institute of Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) recommended that the Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill be withdrawn and redrafted and that a public debate be held on whether black South Africans should receive land with full ownership rights when they are beneficiaries of land reform processes, including land ...