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Citizens must be less dependent on state

South Africans, stop depending on the government. The duty of government is merely to uplift you and not to do everything for you. People should learn to do things for themselves, to achieve their goals .

The Department of Land Affairs is trying to return land to those people who were dispossessed by the apartheid regime so that those who are not educated can make a living.

Land Affairs Minister Lulu Xingwana introduced the "use it or lose it" clause as a weapon to overcome the problem of people not using the farms productively.

Refilwe Mohale,GaMogoboya Village

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