Land Policy

Land reform was introduced by the Government in 1994, and is derived from Section 25 of the Constitution of South Africa, 1996 (Act 108 of 1996), which determines that:

  • A person or community dispossessed after 19 June 1913 as a result of past racially
    discriminatory laws or practices is entitled, to the extent provided by an Act of Parliament, either to restitution of the property or to equitable redress;
  • The Government must take reasonable legislative and other steps, within its available resources, to foster conditions that enable citizens to gain access to land on an equitable basis; and
  • A person or community whose tenure of land is legally insecure as a result of past racially discriminatory laws or practices is entitled, to the extent provided by an Act of Parliament, either to tenure which is legally secure or to comparable redress.

A UCDP-led government will ensure that:

  • The process of restitution will be speeded up. There is a legitimate need by the poor, labour tenants, farm workers, women and emergent farmers for agricultural and housing land; and
  • Orderly and responsible market-led land redistribution, including unused state-owned land.