Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi has told Parliament that land restitution has not been very helpful over the last 25 years
CAPE TOWN - Prominent advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi says the government has wasted billions of rand on land reform and needs to rethink its approach.
Ngcukaitobi has told Parliament that land restitution has not been very helpful over the last 25 years. “We also know that we’ve basically wasted money on land reform. We’ve spent R54 billion, what have we got in exchange? 7% of commercial agriculture?”
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