Mdu Shabane, director general of rural development and land reform, told this to a parliamentary portfolio committee this week.

Shabane was taken to task by Democratic Alliance MP Athol Trollip, because of the government’s ongoing assertions that only a small percentage of land was in the hands of blacks, while black people were increasingly buying land on the open market.

Shabane said that since the 1996 adoption of a Constitution with non-racial principles, the deeds office no longer kept records based on race.

The State therefore only knew how much land had been acquired by black owners as a result of the government’s redistribution process, as the government kept records of the race of people land had been given to, Shabane said.

Trollip pointed out that it was impossible for the State to determine to which degree its stated goal of placing 30% of agricultural land ownership in the hands of black owners could be achieved, if private purchases by black owners were not factored in to the equation.

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May 25, 2012

Papage

Easy to count, employ me, i will monitor such records as long as you allow me to your list of ownerships.
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May 26, 2012

shaharazad

I bet Shabane has kept his (and his fat-cat friends) title deeds on record
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May 28, 2012

eisleben

Because some of the little pieces of land we 'own' belong to the so-called tribal authority.
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May 28, 2012

somaartakeit

exactly!!! simply bcoz there is non to little anc regime is so pathetic it makes me want to puke.
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