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1 Restitution, Redistribution and Farm Tenure Reforms
Ruth Hall Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform 2 February 2016

2 “The massively unequal distribution of land is not just the unfortunate legacy of apartheid, it is the totally unacceptable continuation of apartheid.” Cyril Ramaphosa, Secretary-General of the ANC, at the Land Redistribution Options Conference, Johannesburg, October 1993

3 What land, to be shared by whom, how, and with what outcomes?

4

5 Tenure rights in South Africa
Overview Tenure rights in South Africa Critical review of policy shifts Policy outcomes Implications for oversight

6 Tenure rights in South Africa
Restitution Tenure rights in South Africa Property clause: Section 25(7) of the Bill of Rights says: “A person or community dispossessed of property after 19 June 1913 as a result of past racially discriminatory laws or practices is entitled, to the extent provided by an Act of Parliament, either to restitution of that property or to equitable redress.”

7 Land restitution: - own calculations, based on Chief Land Claims Commissioner, 19 August 2013

8 Nearly 30,000 claims not yet finalised (2013)
Status of claims Number of claims Number of projects Number of claimants Ungazetted 7226 - Gazetted but not yet settled 1507 Settled (claims as lodged) – claim forms 59415 Settled (claims as settled) – combination of claim forms and rights 79582 In process of being implemented 20592 Implementation finalised 58990 - Chief Land Claims Commissioner, 19 August 2013

9 Outstanding claims per province
Number of ungazetted claims Number of gazetted but not yet settled claims Number of claims partially settled (in phases) Number of fully settled claims (but not finalised) Number of finalised Eastern Cape 844 164 213 1885 14528 Free State 14 8 148 2743 Gauteng 227 43 1929 1747 9907 KwaZulu-Natal 1463 665 1244 3053 11540 Limpopo 580 176 849 447 2324 Mpumalanga 2396 289 578 374 1894 North West 5 82 303 914 2730 Northern Cape 99 37 562 2685 Western Cape 1612 2802 3454 10639 TOTAL 7226 1507 8008 12584 58990 - Chief Land Claims Commissioner, 19 August 2013

10 Tenure rights in South Africa
Redistribution Tenure rights in South Africa Property clause: Section 25(5) of the Bill of Rights says: “The state must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources, to foster conditions which enable citizens to gain access to land on an equitable basis.”

11 Three cycles of land redistribution
: the SLAG years R16,000 household grants Large group, whole-farm projects Priority on settlement and multiple livelihoods : the LRAD years R20-100,000 individual grants Small group, whole-farm projects Priority on commercial farming, but also ‘safety net’ 2006 to the present: the PLAS / SLLDP years State purchase of land (exclusively from 2011) Allocation on leasehold with option to purchase (then not) Priority unclear; same as (as broad as) LRAD?

12 Mapping policy trends

13 Tenure rights in South Africa
Tenure reform Tenure rights in South Africa Property clause: Section 25(6) of the Bill of Rights says: “A person or community whose tenure of land is legally insecure as a result of past racially discriminatory laws or practices is entitled, to the extent provided by an Act of Parliament, either to tenure which is legally secure or to comparable redress.”

14 Estimated no. of people displaced & evicted
from farms Evicted 1984 to end 1993 1 832 000 737 000 1994 to end 2004 2 351 000 942 000 Total 4 183 000 1 679 000 Now on other farms 469 000 93 000 Permanently off farms 3 716 000 1 586 000 Wegerif, M., B. Russell, and I. Grundling Still searching for security: The reality of farm dweller evictions in South Africa. Johannesburg & Polokwane: Social Surveys Africa and Nkuzi Development Assoc.

15 Questions Upcoming legislation ESTA Amendment Bill Expropriation Bill
CPA Amendment Bill PDALF Bill Regulation of Landholdings Bill Communal Land Tenure Bill [Note: nothing on redistribution]

16 Questions Oversight priorities Where is the White Paper?
How much money for what? What is going on on the ground?

17 Budgets (inflation adjusted)
Questions

18 Budgets Questions

19 Questions Oversight priorities Where is the White Paper?
How much money for what? What is going on on the ground?

20 Thank you

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