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Original Post Date: 2002-07-05 Posted By: Jan
From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 7/5/2002 2:42:39 PM
225 Farms in South Africa “earmarked for redistribution”
The Limpopo Land Claims Commission has informed farmers that 225 farms near Tzaneen have been earmarked for land restitution.
But farmers said on Thursday that the economy of the area could be compromised if the land, covering 31,000 hectares, was handed over to people who had no farming skills.
Although the notice has sparked a war of words between the commission and farmers, it has not caused panic. Farmers say claimants still have to prove the land belongs to them.
‘The farmers are involved throughout the process’
Legal procedure says that once the commission has satisfied itself of the validity of claims, it must inform farmers that the original landowners want their land returned.
An agricultural representative in the area, Louis van Rooyen, said farmers were not opposed to the resettlement: “We want those who claim to prove their claims. If the claims are legally correct, then we will allow the processes to go further.
“What we found from recently purchased farms is that most of those who bought the land did not receive adequate financial support from the government. This could result in poor production and the economy of the area being affected,” Van Rooyen said.
Regional land claims commissioner Mashile Mokono said: “We dismiss as disingenuous, malicious and ill-informed insinuations that once land has been restored to its rightful owners, its economic value will degenerate because the new owners would use it for subsistence farming.
“Equally puzzling is the contention that restoration would result in job losses among farmworkers currently employed on some of the affected farms.”
‘We are very far from the Zimbabwean situation’
The commission said it was confident the announcement would not cause fears of a Zimbabwe-style land grab.
“In this case, the farmers are involved throughout the process. They have a choice to sell the farm, lease it from the owners or go into partnership with the farmers.
“We are very far from the Zimbabwean situation, where farmers were given an ultimatum to leave and were not compensated. We are not saying they should go away, we are saying blacks should be given a chance to make a living from farming,” said the commission’s spokesperson Moses Rannditsheni.
Author: Rapule Tabane