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Grondverdeeling en hoeveel is beskikbaar. [boodskap #32309]

Fri, 14 July 2000 00:00

Ernst v Biljon
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Wel, daar was soveel gereedekabel oor hoeveel grond is beskikbaar en
hoeveel die regering het tot sy beskikking. Hier volg 'n artikel. Kan
enigeen vir my sê hoeveel van die grond is in die boer se hande?

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Didiza reportedly told the National
Council of Provinces on Tuesday, June
20, that the expropriation of white-
owned farmland was possible in terms
of the Constitution, and further called
for a debate on the determination of
"market-value" compensation.
The National Land Committee, a `net-
work of eight land rights organisations
working with poor rural communities
across the country, considers this an
important breakthrough in govern-
ment's approach to the mammoth task
of equitable land redistribution.
Six years into South Africa's new dis-
pensation, the country's skewed land
ownership patterns remain virtually
unchanged, with about 86% of the land
owned by whites, while millions of
black South Africans struggle to eke
out a living from the remaining 14%.
The Minister has promised to in-
crease the pace of land reform to ad-
dress this. Her promise cannot be met
without reversing the "willing-seller,
willing buyer" framework whch has
thus far stalled land reform efforts. The
use of the expropriation clause is a wel-
come step forward in this regard.
The NLC would, however, call on
the Minister to go beyond verbal ref-
erences to expropriation and to actually
implement this clause.
Expropriation should not be used
merely as a scare tactic to induce white
landowners to sell land, but should be
seen as a viable mechanism Albeit a
last resort to obtaining land simply
because it is needed for the public good
of land reform.
The NLC is similarly pleased by the
Minister's call for a rethink on the val-
uation methods currently used to de-
termine the "market value" compen-
sation paid to current landowners.
As Didiza correctly stated, the con-
stitution merely requires the payment
of "equitable" compensation.
The NLC has called on current
landowners to contribute to land re-
form by accepting minimal compensa-
tion for land used for this purpose.
In this regard, "equitable" compen-
sation should take into account the pro-
ductive value of the land, previous
state subsidies paid for the past acqui-
sition, development and use of the
land; and the public interest in the use
of the land for land reform.
Scarce land reform resources will
simply not prove sufficient for equi-
table land redistribution if the bulk of
these resources are paid out to current
landowners.
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