South Africa: Govt Explores Ways to Unlock Rural Wealth

Johannesburg — Government says it will use the two-day Communal Property Association (CPA) workshop to explore ways in which communal land located in rural areas can benefit those who live on it by unlocking the underlying mineral wealth.

Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti told SAnews at the two-day gathering, which kicked off in Boksburg today, that communal land in rural areas, which were formerly known as homelands, had a lot of untapped resources.

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