Chief Directorate Land Tenure Reform and Support Services

Directorate: Public Land Support Services

MISSION

• To provide value added public land information and support services to clients and to ensure the efficient administration of state land.

OBJECTIVES:

• To obtain, gather and maintain relevant information on public land (including state land) in order to identify superfluous land for land reform.
• To promote and oversee the administration of (state) land under the control of the Minister of Land Affairs, including the acquisition, disposal and vesting thereof, and
• To supply relevant information and cartographical services to clients.

FUNCTIONS

• Supplying information on public land, including state land & tribal areas.
• Identifying public land and plotting it spatially correctly on a map (with the aid of a GPS). 
• Supplying information on the juridical and geographical status of land. 
• Supplying value added information on public land parcels with regard to legal encumbrances, land use, land potential. 
• Assist with conducting land use investigations and land audits in order to identify superfluous land for land reform. 
• Providing and maintaining Internet land administration system with various modules for managing state land under control of the Department and accessing the Public Land Inventory (maps and alpha numeric data). 
• Assisting clients (other departments, provinces) in developing similar systems. 
• Producing thematic maps. 
• Assisting with confirming the vesting of ownership of state land (item 28(1) of Schedule 6 to the Constitution, 1996). 
• Managing of title deeds on DLA land. 
• Issuing of certificates of registered title. 
• Instructing the survey of unsurveyed land under the control of the Department. 
• Providing Land administration support and advice (e.g. disposal, servitudes, prospecting /mineral leases, leases, issuing certificates of registered title). 
• Providing policy / guidelines on state land administration. 
• Providing legal advice on state land administration. 
• Providing capacity building and training on state land administration. 
• Rendering assistance and support on National Forums dealing with state land issues.
• Providing support and advice to the 9 Provincial State Land Disposal Committees (PSLDCs). 

POLICIES

http://dla.pwv.gov.za/pli/

CONTACT INFO

Director: CJ Schalkwyk
Tel : (012) 312 9397
E-mail: CJSCHALKWYK@dla.gov.za

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Directorate: Land Tenure Reform Implementation Systems

MISSION

• To provide access to land and extend tenure rights to the disadvantaged communities / individuals.

FUNCTIONS

• Amendment/Repeal of existing legislation and policy
• Develop new policies and legislation

POLICIES

• Memorandum on the Objects of the Cummunal Land Right Bill 2003
• Transformation of Certain Rural Areas Act 94 of 1998
• Extension of Security of Tenure Act 62 of 1997
• Communal Land Rights Act 11 of 2004

CONTACT INFO

Director:: Dr SMD Sibanda
Tel: (012) 312 9705
E-mail: SMDSIBANADA@dla.gov.za

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Directorate: Redistribution Implementation Systems

MISSION

To develop efficient products, systems and procedures for:

• A more equitable distribution of land;
• Addressing the problem of landlessness; and
• Enhancing household income security, employment and growth throughout the country. 

FUNCTIONS

• Create redistribution products, systems and procedures
• Training and communication with regards to products, systems and procedures
• Offer policy advice

OBJECTIVES

 The following are the programmes of RIS

• LAND REDISTRIBUTION FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (LRAD)

This programme is a joint venture with the Department of Agriculture. Through this programme qualifying beneficiaries may acquire land for agricultural purposes.

Department of Land Affairs +27 12 312-8911