Green Paper on Land Reform 12 October 2011 Jannie de Villiers

Points of departure Constitution and Ideology – Land reform should take place: correction period – Apartheid destroyed people, similar action in opposite direction will too Economic and Social Goals – Job creation, Food Security, rural development & poverty alleviation – Privately owned land most productive – Food security = land + skills + finances – Free market = profits + investments – Growth needed for jobs and poverty – National goal, nationally funded

Points of departure Land Reform Status – Current policy failed – “Willing buyer, willing seller” did not fail – Corruption & capacity problems – Absence of land audit – PPP proposals Time frames – Phase I 1994 to 2020 Correction period – Phase II New Normal

Proposal Phase I: Corrections Land Council (LC) – Objectives: advise Gov, implement policy, manage PPP’s, achieve goals – Composition: ±15, representative, own appointments – Functions: valuations, id farmers, monitor support, land audit, Land Fund, Recap, Land Bank – Administration: DRDLR, national budget, clean audits – Accountability: Minister & Portfolio Committee

Proposal Phase I: Corrections Land ownership: State owned – Minimum – Lease: supported – 5 years max, criteria by LC – Auction unused land (12 months fallow) – Banks reposes defaults – Land Bank to assist – Lease agreements: Names, period, Land Bank subsidy (-2%), support services, recap, criteria for success/failure, etc

Proposal Phase I: Corrections Land ownership: Privately owned – Maximize – Policy to optimize usage – No cap on individuals, consider at expropriation – Mining vs food security

Proposal Phase I: Corrections Land ownership: Foreign owned – Support limits – Special tax for Land Reform Land ownership: Communal land – Respects concept – Life style – Funding problems – 30% in surplus production by 2014 – 50% in surplus production by 2020

Proposal Phase II: New Normal 2021 and beyond – No Government interventions based on race – Constitution rules – Agriculture policy drives markets

Conclusion Thanks for opportunity – To comment – To assist – To be part of solution Willing to unpack proposal in details

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