Land panel report looks post-apartheid failures square in the eyes

shy away from the corruption, patronage and nepotism that have often dogged post-apartheid land reform, writesThe excellent and very timely 144-page report of President Ramaphosa's advisory panel on land reform and agriculture has just been released. It reminds us of the urgency and constitutional imperative of land reform. Anyone who cares about our country and its future should read the report.

One of the many strengths of Ramaphosa's expert panel report is that it does not shy away from the corruption, patronage and nepotism that have often dogged supposed, post-apartheid land reform in South Africa. The report flags market opportunism, bribery, land-price manipulation, fronting, the meddling of government officials and politicians, and unaccountable and illicit transactions on communal land in the former homelands.

Among the many important recommendations is greater legislative emphasis on land redistribution, and not just land restitution. The report calls for clear policy on the principal target groups. Land reform cannot be a Zimbabwe land grab for the politically connected. In our current South Africa reality, what is especially encouraging is the diversity of the panel, drawn from a representative array of experts, academics, practising farmers both white and black, lawyers specialising in land reform, an agricultural economist with the Agricultural Business Chamber, and the president of AgriSA.

And we’ll keep wondering why the economy is in a total nosedive. Because the likes of ebrahim patel have been in charge of the economy. And the anc/sacp communist policies have broken South Africa. Broke eskom. Nhi and ewc will be the end. Capital is fleeing. None so blind etc.

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