South Africa: With Billions Budgeted for Land Reform, Major Beneficiaries Have Been Wealthier Men, Parliament Hears

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On the same day that Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's Budget allocated R18.4bn to accelerate land reform, Parliament was told that the major beneficiaries of the government's land reform programme to date have been 'better-off men' - often urban businessmen. Women and the rural poor, meanwhile, continue to be short-changed by a system in need of radical overhaul.

An advisory panel on land reform appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa in September 2018 gave a provisional report-back to Parliament on Wednesday - and their conclusions so far are sobering.

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