NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 2333
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER [No 29-2009]
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 20 November 2009
2333. Mrs A Steyn (DA) to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land
Reform:
Whether his department is engaging with the private sector on the scrapping
of the willing buyer, willing seller model; if not, why not; if so, what
sectors are involved in the discussions?
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THE MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM:
Yes. The sectors involved include organised agriculture, the academic
sector (comprising property and constitutional law experts), property
developers and estate agents, as well as civil society, including private
citizens who are knowledgeable on property matters.