Durban – Farmers in KwaZulu-Natal have dismissed as ridiculous a proposal by the government that they hand over as much as half of their land to employees to create racial and economic balance in South Africa.
Rural Development and Land Reform Minister, Gugile Nkwinti, completed the final draft of the “relative land rights proposal” in February, under the “Final policy proposals on ‘Strengthening the relative rights of people working the land’”.
Land stakeholders have 10 months left to support or fight proposed legislation.
The draft legislation reads: “The regime being proposed here is based on the relative contribution of each category of people to the development of defined land portions or farm units.
“The historical owner of the land automatically retains 50 percent of the land, while the labourers on the land assume ownership of the remaining 50 percent, proportional to their contribution to the development of the land, based on the number of years they had worked on the land.”
Dire warnings have been issued about the proposal.
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