President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasised the importance of speeding up landreform as a means of restoring the dignity of those dispossessed. WeekendArgus
Cape Town - Ramaphosa was speaking at an event at Matzikama Municipality, in the northernmost part of the Western Cape yesterday, flanked by Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and Premier Helen Zille.
“It is a priority of this government to ensure that we provide the necessary support to communities who have had their land returned to them in order for it to be utilised productively and effectively, and to support our broader goals of agricultural growth and economic transformation. “There are already various agricultural activities, including livestock farming, taking place on some of the farms, and three harvests have been completed so far.”
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