Hon Chair, in the budget policy speech to the House, we proposed a three-tier system on land tenure reform and that will be tabled before the House. We have debated this with farmers and have said that this is the best way to go. Under the circumstances prevailing now, and given the history of the leakage of land that would have been returned by government to those from whom it was acquired, moving forward, the land - which belongs to the state and the public entities - will be leased rather than sold. To protect the acquisitions and gains we are making in terms of land reform, the tenure system will be leasehold. But in terms of privately owned property, it will be freehold and, as we have said, we will retain that with limited extent.
The extent to which a commercial farming entity will be limited, that is, whether it will be a large-scale, medium-scale or small-scale commercial farming entity, will firstly depend on the commodity that is found in the entity. Secondly, it will be determined through debate in the Green Paper.
The last tier concerns foreign landownership. Again, that is privately- owned, whether domestic or international. Thus, we say that it will emerge and also be affected and its extent limited by this Act. Additionally, they will have to comply with particular conditions and obligations with respect to their compliance with the land reform regime that will come into place. Thank you, Chair.
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