Advisory Panel on Land Reform Colloquium
10 December 2018
The Advisory Panel on Land Reform hosted a Colloquium on 7-8 December 2018 at Birchwood Hotel, Boksburg, Gauteng Province of South Africa. The Colloquium was attended by close to 200 delegates from across the public sector (including parliamentarians), private sector, civil society, academia, and other concerned citizens.
The Colloquium consisted of participants with diverse views as the Panel is framing discussion papers towards formulating policy proposals. The latter will be presented to a bigger, more representative audience in February 2019, prior to the submission of the Final Report to the Presidency in March 2019.
In attendance were also Members of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Land Reform, which are - Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane of Rural Development and Land Reform. The Deputy Minister Andries Nel of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, and Deputy Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga of Transport were also present. Minister Dlamini-Zuma acknowledged the important work of the Panel its contribution towards refining the modalities of an effective Land Reform process in order to secure the dignity of the landless and the restoration of the birth-right of all South Africans.
Dr Vuyo Mahlati, Chairperson of the Panel indicated that; “We have no formulated positions or scenarios as yet. We have been engaged in data collection and analysis, and were only presenting questions and emerging conceptual ideas from inputs considered. The Colloquium was used to solicit responses to these, and learn more about international experiences, as well as fill-in data gaps.”