Contents

1 The chapter at a glance

2 Background

3 Proposals emerging from reviews and strategy development processes

3.1 LRAD review

3.2 Commonage review

3.3 Limpopo Partnership for Sustainable Land Reform proposals

3.4 Land Summit proposals

3.5 The idea of a ‘one-stop shop’

3.6 Provincial models from a workshop undertaken as part of the SIS strategy development process

3.7 Proposals from the SDC provincial consultative forums

3.7.1 Political authority for land reform and SIS

3.7.2 Planning and co-ordination structures at a national, provincial and district level

3.7.3 Enhancing collaboration

3.7.4 Improving systems within the DLA: RLCCs and PLROs

3.8 Strategy development processes currently taking place in DLA

3.8.1 The Area-Based Planning approach

3.8.2 The Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy

3.8.3 A special purpose vehicle

4 SDC’s institutional proposals

4.1 Identifying functions and determining responsible actors

4.2 The central role of DLA

4.2.1 Specific DLA functions

4.3 Front-end ward-level support

4.3.1 Local institutional arrangements

4.3.2 Establishing ward-level associations

4.3.3 Ward-based SIS service teams

4.3.4 SIS support entities at the local municipality level

4.4 District-level co-ordination

4.5 National and provincial configurations and responsibilities

4.5.1 Making land and agrarian reform a joint government programme with Presidential oversight

4.5.2 Provincial intergovernmental forums

4.6 The SIS function: DLA or SPV?

4.6.1 A new DLA SIS Chief Directorate

4.6.2 The SPV option

4.7 Establishing a specialist CPI and Business Entity Support Unit within DLA

5 Staffing

6 Conclusion

7 Chapter references