Conference Papers

Political Parties in Parliament
Regional Experience
NGOs/CBOs
Organised Agriculture
Academic Reports
Provincial Summit Reports
Financing of Land Reform
International Experience
South African Government
Reports from Commissions

Recommendations on the Summit

Political Parties in Parliament

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ANC

Speech by the Secretary General of the ANC at National Land Summit, 27 - 31 July 2005, NASREC

AZAPO Speech delivered at the Land Summit by Molefe Phete on behalf of AZAPO
DA A Collaborative Proposal for Agriculture-based Economic Development in Communal Areas along the Eastern Seabord of South Africa.
DA proposal A democratic alliance proposal prerequisites for effective and successful Land Reform
ID Independent Democrats Submission to the National Land Summit 27 July
Lance Greyling: MP
IFP IFP position on land issues in S.A. presented by Prof, CT Msimang Deputy Secretary-General at the Land Summit. Nasrec: 27-31 July 2005
NNP

Speech by Daryl Swanepoel, Secretary General of the New National Party: Land Summit, 27 - 31 July 2005, Johannesburg

PAC The Land Question in South Africa - The Africanist Perspective
Ngila Michael Muedane

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Regional Experience

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African Institute for Agrarian Studies

Land question and land reform in southern Africa
Sam Moyo

Kenya Regional Experience with focus on Kenya
Mr. George K. Mburathi, FAO Representative in Republic of South Africa
Namibia Land Reform in Namibia: Implementation and challenges
Presented by Mr FK Tseehama: Permanent Secretary

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NGOs/ CBOs 

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ALARM Memorandum of demand to the National and Agrarian Reform Summit 17 - 31 July 2005
Border rural committee The Vulamasango Singene campaing
BUSA BUSA presentation. Land Reform Summit
CS & Karoo Submission from various landless rural people in the Southern Cape to the National Land Summit
EC Reff Farmers Submission to the Land Summit
Landless people's movement Memorandum of demands to the National Land Summit held in Johannesburg on 27 - 31 July 2005
NHTL Presentation by Kgoshi MS Dikgale on the National Land Summit to be held at NASREC, Johannesburg, 27 to 31 July 2005
TCOE Problems of Land Redistribution: A perspective of an affected person
Douglas Ntamo
SACP In memory of Nelson Chisale: SACP input to the National Land Summit - 27 July 2005, Johannesburg
SPP West Coast Submission to the Land Summit
Women on Farms Women on farms project

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Organised Agriculture

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AgriSA Land & Agrarian Reform Summit
JF (Hans) van der Merwe
National African farmers union NAFU presentation to the National Land Summit on Land Reform
TAU The Statement of the TAU South Africa on the Land and Agrarian Reform

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Academic Reports

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University of Fort Hare, Bhisho

The Land and Agrarian Question in Africa in the 21st Century: An Historical Review
Sipho Buthelezi

University of Venda

Understanding land occupation and the land reforms: Implementation Strategy in South Africa
Prof GM Nkondo

University of the Western Cape

Where are we? Where to from here? Towards on agenda for policy debate
Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies: Ruth Hall

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Provincial Summit Reports

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Eastern Cape MEC report of the Eastern Cape Summit
Free State Report by the Free State
Gauteng Report on recommendations of Gauteng Provincial Land Summit presented by Gauteng's MEC for Agriculture, Conservation and Environment. Mr Khabisi Mosunkutu, at the National Land Summit held 27th July 2005 at the Nasrec Expo centre Johannesburg
North West Provincial Mini Land Summit report and Land March held on the 13th June and 19th 2005
Limpopo Province Land Summit resolutions 24 May 2005 
Mpumalanga Province Provincial Land Summit Report, 11 - 12 July 2005
Northern Cape Resolutions of the provincial Land Summit held 13 - 14 July 2005
Western Cape Executive summary of the proceeding of the Western Cape Land Summit. 18 - 31 July 2005 at Nasrec
Cobus Dowrey MEC for Agriculture in the Western Cape

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Financing of Land Reform

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Land Bank Financing Land Reform
P&DM Wits

Issues and alternatives in implementing the agricultural Land Value Tax in South Africa
David Solomon

World Bank Financing land reform: International experience
Rogier van den Brink and Hans Binswanger
  Economic consideration of "willing buyer, willing seller" approach

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International Experience

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Brazil Brazil's Land reform Programs
Eugenio Peixoto  Secretary of Agrarian Reform

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South African Government

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Departments of Land Affairs and Agriculture

Land and Agrarian Reform in South Africa:
An Overview in preparation for the Land Summit, 27 - 31 July 2005

Departments of Land Affairs and Agriculture OPENING SPEECH: Address by Ms Thoko Didiza, MP Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs at the National Land Summit, NASREC, Johannesburg, Gauteng 27 - 30 July 2005
Departments of Land Affairs and Agriculture Address by Adv Dirk du Toit MP, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs at the Ministerial Dinner 
Departments of Land Affairs and Agriculture

CLOSING SPEECH: Closing address by Ms Thoko Didiza MP, Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs at the Land Summit 31/07/2005

Hon. Ms Phumzile Mlamabo-Ngucka The Deputy President of the RSA

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Reports from Commissions

Commission 1 Land Redistribution: Urban & Rural Development
Commission 2 Consensus on Restitution Issues
Commission 3 Recommendation to the Saturday Plenary of the Land Summit 2005
Commission 4 Security of tenure on commercial farms and in communal areas
Commission 5 Land Use Management and Spatial Planning

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Recommendations on the Summit

  Recommendation on the principle of 'willing seller - willing buyer' and government's approach to Land Reform