New Bill proposes establishment of a Land Commission

Cape Town – Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti says the department will soon table a Bill that will enable the establishment of a Land Commission that will help the state to conduct a comprehensive land audit.

The Minister said this when he briefed the media at the Imbizo Centre in Parliament on Tuesday.

He said the Regulation of Agricultural Land Holdings Bill has been put out for public comment and will soon – in the course of the current financial year – be introduced in Parliament. 

“The Bill introduces a Land Commission because people who own land in South Africa must register with that Land Commission … so that we know who owns South Africa so that we can use that as a measure to determine the extent to which land is being redistributed in the country,” he said.

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