Hon Deputy Speaker, clearly, we are implementing the recommendations that has been put forward which Cabinet will discuss, are going to be very mindful of precisely the issues that the hon member has alluded to. Obviously we got to have a very balanced approach. Expropriation of land without compensation is part one of the instruments that is going to be used to effect land reform in our country. That is what the panel has also said.
And in doing so, we will need to look at a plethora of methods and processes and that is why I also said the
minority report that was put forward by other panel members comes into play because they have taken a different view and the majority took a different view. So, we will be looking at all what has been proposed and see how best we do it.
Obviously we will need to take into account the context; the current conditions and actually, the panel said we need to have a set of criteria as well as we implement the recommendations that they have put forward. I think we are going to have quite a lot of scope and the ability to move forward on this. But the main thing is that in the end we must make sure that the land is returned to the people of our country. That we are going to make sure and we will utilise a variety of measures.
From 1994 until now, we have utilised certain measures but many of those have worked and some have not worked and we now need to embolden our efforts and make sure that we include other measures that will take us further so that the land is returned to our people. As I have said before, we are not going to do it in a reckless
manner; we are going to make sure that land reform is done responsibly.
In all this, we will also be guided by the resolution that was adopted by the governing party at its conference because it said that we should opt for expropriation of land without compensation, taking into account the issue of the impact on the economy, productivity of land and food security.
Those are the issues that need to be taken into account. As we move forward with this; we obviously need to use those as filters; to use those as issues that we need to pay attention to as we return land to our people. And that we are going to do and we will not turn away from returning the land to our people. Thank you very much. [Applause.]