eviction of farm workers
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Eviction of Farm Workers. Briefing to the Select Committee 21st August 2007 DDG: Land and Tenure Reform, Mr. Mduduzi Shabane. Renewing our Pledge A national partnership to build a better life for all. Outline of presentation. Background Current interventions New interventions - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
DEPARTMENT: LAND AFFAIRS
Eviction of Farm WorkersEviction of Farm Workers
Briefing to the Select Committee
21st August 2007
DDG: Land and Tenure Reform,
Mr. Mduduzi Shabane
Briefing to the Select Committee
21st August 2007
DDG: Land and Tenure Reform,
Mr. Mduduzi Shabane
Renewing our Pledge
A national partnership to build a better life for all
Renewing our Pledge
A national partnership to build a better life for all
DEPARTMENT: LAND AFFAIRS
Background
Current interventions
New interventions
Conclusions
Outline of presentationOutline of presentation
DEPARTMENT: LAND AFFAIRS
Background Background
Two pieces of legislation enacted to deal specifically with people on farms (ESTA and LTA)
DLA leads the implementation with different stakeholders collaborating.
No adequate data has been available to assess the impact of these interventions.
DEPARTMENT: LAND AFFAIRS
Background continuedBackground continued
DLA partnered with Nkunzi Development Association on a study to obtain accurate information on the nature, extent and impact of evictions from farms.
Assessing the period between 1984 to 2004. Intended to inform policy debates and interventions. Findings – just below 2 million people were evicted
from farms.1% were illegal evictions. Main drivers: drought, interventions of legislation
such as sectoral determination of salaries, change of farm operations into game farming
DEPARTMENT: LAND AFFAIRS
Current interventionsCurrent interventions
Current interventions are basic and inadequate due to among other things:• Limited capacity within DLA
• Few attorneys willing to act on behalf of farm dwellers
• Weak land NGO’s – funding
• Poor organization of farm dwellers
DEPARTMENT: LAND AFFAIRS
Current interventionsCurrent interventions
Legal Representation and mediation services as an interim;• DLA partnered with the Rural Legal Trust and the
Legal Aid Board.
• Funded the provision of these services.
• Services offered through provincial affiliates of the RLT.
• Where necessary PLRO’s do instruct private attorneys through internal budget.
DEPARTMENT: LAND AFFAIRS
New interventions New interventions
Land Summit called for the review of both ESTA and LTA.
Three studies were commissioned by DLA to:• One: To establish near accurate information on
farm dwellers and their living conditions – country wide.
• Two: To look at how much the legislative intervention meets the Constitutional promise of providing tenure security.
• Three: To look into the enforcement and compliance environment.
DEPARTMENT: LAND AFFAIRS
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Findings of the study one• Farm Dweller estimation survey completed
and the following are some of the findings.
DEPARTMENT: LAND AFFAIRS
Estimates from the surveyEstimates from the survey
138,974
160,705
207,333
286,333
303,399
379,631
401,934
482,444
495,345
0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000 350,000 400,000 450,000 500,000
NORTHERN CAPE
GAUTENG
EASTERN CAPE
LIMPOPO
NORTH WEST
FREE STATE
WESTERN CAPE
MPUMALANGA
KWAZULU-NATAL
DEPARTMENT: LAND AFFAIRS
Provincial densityProvincial density
MPUMALANGA
KWAZULU-NATAL
NORTHERN CAPE
WESTERN CAPE
EASTERN CAPE
FREE STATE
NORTH WESTNORTH WESTNORTH WESTNORTH WESTNORTH WESTNORTH WESTNORTH WESTNORTH WESTNORTH WEST
GAUTENG
LIMPOPO
DEPARTMENT: LAND AFFAIRS
New Interventions cont…New Interventions cont…
• These findings now guide further interventions and assist in meeting the Presidential Priorities re: land delivery and provision of long term tenure security through proactive land acquisition.
• PLRO’s will also overlay this information on their
Area Based Land Reform Plans (ABP) initiatives.
DEPARTMENT: LAND AFFAIRS
New Interventions cont…New Interventions cont…
Findings of the study two and three• Still to be presented to the Department
• Studies still work in progress
DEPARTMENT: LAND AFFAIRS
New InterventionsNew Interventions
Land Rights Management Facility Objectives
• To offer a basket of options on land rights and tenure issues.
– Legal Representation,– Mediation of disputes and settlement thereof,– Evictions Monitoring, and – Raising Land Rights Awareness and promoting
access to services and products offered by the DLA through Call Centre.
– Training of stakeholders on applicable legislations and policies
– Establishment of District, Provincial and National Fora
DEPARTMENT: LAND AFFAIRS
New InterventionsNew Interventions
Land Rights Management Facility
Internal consultation on the concept conducted. DG’s of Land Affairs, Justice and National Treasury to
agree that DLA will fund from its voted funds for legal representation of farm dwellers.
Design and establishment of land rights facility by end of September.
An agreement between DLA and DOJ to use the NYS for training of new attorneys.
DEPARTMENT: LAND AFFAIRS
ConclusionsConclusions
Many Farm Dwellers are yet to enjoy the fruits of freedom.
monitoring of evictions and rapid response should improve will the role out of the LRMF which will have a Call Centre (Toll-Free number).
Farm Dwellers will become the priority focus of the DLA in land acquisition.
New land acquisition model for farm dwellers has been developed and is subject to approval by relevant authorities
Awareness on land rights and products to people on farms is getting a focus.
DEPARTMENT: LAND AFFAIRS
END
Thank you