South Africa to Seek Single Law on Land Restitution?
The government is planning to conduct an audit to transform the historic patterns of ownership, use and occupation of land and should aim to develop a single law that will address the issue of land restitution without compensation, the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform Gugile Nkwinti has said.
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South Africa:
Government to Conduct Pre-Colonial Land Audit
SAnews.gov.za, 15 February 2017
Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti says government will conduct a colonial land audit to transform the historic patterns of ownership, use and occupation. Read more »
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