| ABC | Agricultural Business Chamber |
| ABP | Area-Based Planning [a DLA programme approach] |
| ABPS | area-based planning and support |
| ABPs | area-based plans |
| ACB | Agricultural Credit Board |
| Act 126 | Provision of Land and Assistance Act 126 of 1993, as amended (formerly the Provision of Certain Land for Settlement Act 126 of 1993) |
| AGIS | Agricultural Geo-referenced Information System |
| AGM | annual general meeting |
| AgriBEE | Broad-Based Black Economic Framework for Agriculture [NDA] |
| Agri-SETA | Agriculture Sector Education and Training Authority |
| ANC | African National Congress |
| ARC | Agricultural Research Council |
| AsgiSA | Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa |
| BBBEE Act | Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act 53 of 2003 |
| BEE | black economic empowerment |
| Biodiversity Act | National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act 10 of 2004 |
| BOP | bottom of the pyramid |
| BRC | Border Rural Committee |
| BTC | Belgian Technical Cooperation |
| CARA | Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act 43 of 1983 |
| CASE | Community Agency for Social Enquiry |
| CASP | Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme |
| CBO | community-based organisation |
| CC | close corporation |
| CDW | community development worker |
| CLCC | Chief Land Claims Commissioner |
| CLRDP | SADC Centre for Land-Related Regional Development Law and Policy, University of Pretoria |
| CMA | commonage management association |
| CMC | commonage management committee |
| COMBUD | commercial farming budget |
| Constitution | Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 108 of 1996, as amended |
| CPA | communal property association |
| CPA Act | Communal Property Associations Act 28 of 1996 |
| CPI | communal property institution |
| CRLR | Commission on Restitution of Land Rights |
| CSIR | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research |
| DACE | [provincial] Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment |
| DACs | district assessment committees |
| DBSA | Development Bank of Southern Africa |
| DDG | Deputy Director-General |
| DEAT | Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism |
| DFA | Development Facilitation Act 67 of 1995 |
| DFI | development finance institution |
| DFID | UK Department for International Development |
| DG | Director-General |
| DIFs | district intergovernmental forums |
| DLA | Department of Land Affairs |
| DLRO | district land reform office |
| DME | Department of Minerals and Energy |
| DoA | National or provincial Department of Agriculture, usually specified as NDA or PDoA |
| DOH | Department of Housing |
| DPLG | Department of Provincial and Local Government |
| DPW | Department of Public Works |
| DSC | district screening committee |
| DSS | M&E and Decision Support System [proposed] |
| DTI | Department of Trade and Industry |
| DWAF | Department of Water Affairs and Forestry |
| ECA | Environmental Conservation Act 73 of 1989 |
| EI&MP | Environmental Implementation and Management Plan in terms of NEMA |
| EIA | environmental impact assessment |
| EIA Regulations | Government Notice R385, Government Gazette 28753, 21 April 2006 |
| EPWP | Extended Public Works Programme |
| ESAT | Environmental and Sustainability Assessment Tool |
| ESTA | Extension of Security of Tenure Act 62 of 1997 |
| FAO | Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations |
| FET colleges | further education and training colleges |
| FSRDA | Free State Rural Development Agency |
| GCIS | Government Communication and Information System |
| GEAR | Growth, Employment and Redistribution macro-economic strategy |
| GIS | geographic information system |
| GITO | Government Information Technology Office |
| HRD | human resource development |
| ICTs | information and communication technologies |
| IDP | integrated development plan |
| IGF | intergovernmental forum |
| IGRFA | Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act 13 of 2005 |
| IMC | interministerial committee |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IMU | Information Management Unit, CRLR |
| INRM | integrated natural resource management |
| IPDM | integrated pest/disease management |
| ISP | SIS Strategy implementation service provider |
| ISNM | integrated soil nutrient management |
| ISRDP | Integrated Sustainable Rural Development Programme |
| ISRDS | Integrated Sustainable Rural Development Strategy |
| IT | information technology |
| IUCN | The World Conservation Union [International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources] |
| KPIs | key performance indicators/key personnel interviews |
| LADA | Land and Agricultural Development Agency [proposed] |
| LAR | land and agrarian reform |
| LARIGF | land and agrarian reform intergovernmental forum |
| LCC | Land Claims Court |
| LDOs | land development objectives (in terms of the DFA) |
| LEAP | Legal Entity Assessment Project |
| LED | local economic development |
| LEFTEA | Less Formal Townships Establishment Act 113 of 1991 |
| LES | Local Equitable Share |
| LGC | Local Conditional Grant |
| LRAD | Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development |
| LRC | Legal Resources Centre |
| LRPP | Land Reform Pilot Programme |
| LSU | large stock unit |
| LTA | Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act 3 of 1996 |
| LUPO | Land Use and Planning Ordinance 15 of 1985 [Cape Province] |
| M&E | monitoring and evaluation |
| MAFISA | Micro Agricultural Financial Institute of South Africa [NDA agricultural credit scheme administered through the Land Bank] |
| MEC | Member of the [Provincial] Executive Council [a provincial minister] |
| MIG | Municipal Infrastructure Grant |
| MinMEC | Meeting of the national Minister and nine provincial MECs (see NIFAL) |
| MISP | Master Information Systems Plan [DLA] |
| MLRA | Marine Living Resources Act 18 of 1998 |
| MOU | memorandum of understanding |
| MPRDA | Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 |
| MST | Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra [Brazil] |
| MTEF | Medium-Term Expenditure Framework
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| Municipal Structures Act | Local Government: Municipal Structures Act 117 of 1998, as amended |
| Municipal Systems Act | Local Government: Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000, as amended |
| MVOC | monetary value of claim [a Restitution term] |
| NAMC | National Agricultural Marketing Council |
| NDA | National Department of Agriculture |
| NEMA | National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998, as amended |
| NFA | National Forests Act 84 of 1998, as amended |
| NGO | non-governmental organisation |
| NHRA | National Heritage Resources Act 25 of 1999 |
| NIFAL | National Intergovernmental Forum for Agriculture and Land |
| NRM | natural resource management |
| NSDP | National Spatial Development Perspective |
| NSIF | National Spatial Information Framework |
| NVFFA | National Veld and Forest Fire Act 101 of 1998, as amended |
| NWA | National Water Act 36 of 1998 |
| NWRS | National Water Resource Strategy |
| PAC | project approval committee |
| PAL | Promotion of Agribusiness Linkages Programme [USAID and ECI Africa] |
| PCG | Provincial Conditional Grant |
| PDoA | provincial department of agriculture |
| PES | Provincial Equitable Share |
| PFMA | Public Finance Management Act 1 of 1999, as amended |
| PIF | Premier's intergovernmental forum |
| PLAAS | Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape |
| PLARIGF | provincial land and agrarian reform intergovernmental forum |
| PLAS | Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy |
| PLRF | Provincial Land Reform Forum [Limpopo] |
| PLRO | provincial land reform office |
| Protected Areas Act | National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act 57 of 2003 |
| PMA | Phomolong Makgulo Association |
| PSE | producer support estimates |
| PSLR | Partnership for Sustainable Land Reform [Limpopo] |
| PSS | post-settlement support |
| PSSU | Post-Settlement Support Unit (CRLR) |
| PTO | Permission to Occupy certificate |
| QOL | DLA Quality of Life surveys |
| RAPID | Research and Policy in Development programme, (Overseas Development Institute, London) |
| RCA | Ritchie Commonage Association |
| RDG | Restitution Discretionary Grant |
| RDP | Reconstruction and Development Programme |
| Restitution Act | Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994, as amended |
| RIS | DLA Directorate: Redistribution Implementation Systems |
| RLCC | Regional Land Claims Commission |
| SADC | Southern African Development Community |
| SADT | South African Development Trust |
| SAFM | South African Farm Management |
| SAHRA | South African Heritage Resources Agency |
| SALGA | South African Local Government Association |
| SANParks | South African National Parks |
| SAPS | South African Police Service |
| SARS | South African Revenue Service |
| SASDI | South African Spatial Data Infrastructure |
| SASRI | South African Sugar Research Institute |
| SCLC | Southern Cape Land Committee |
| SDC | Sustainable Development Consortium |
| SDF | spatial development framework |
| SDI Act | Spatial Data Infrastructure Act 54 of 2003 |
| SEDA | Small Enterprise Development Agency [of the DTI] |
| SETA | sector education and training authority |
| SIS | settlement and implementation support |
| SIS Strategy | Settlement and Implementation Support Strategy for Land and Agrarian Reform in South Africa |
| SITA | State Information Technology Agency |
| SLAG | Settlement/Land Acquisition Grant |
| SMMEs | small, medium and micro-enterprises |
| SOA | service-oriented architecture [a software term] |
| SOE | State of the Environment Report |
| SPG | Settlement Planning Grant |
| SPI | DLA Chief Directorate: Spatial Planning Information |
| SPSS | Statistical Package for the Social Science [software] |
| SPV | special purpose vehicle |
| StatsSA | Statistics South Africa |
| STRATCOM | DLA Strategic Committee |
| Structures Act | Local Government: Municipal Structures Act 117 of 1998, as amended |
| Systems Act | Local Government: Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000, as amended |
| TB | tuberculosis |
| TDT | Tsitsikamma Development Trust |
| TEA | Tsitsikamma Exiles' Association |
| TOR | terms of reference |
| UNRISD | United Nations Research Institute for Social Development |
| URS | Umhlaba Rural Services |
| USAID | US Agency for International Development |
| VIP | ventilated improved pit latrine |
| WSA | Water Services Act 108 of 1997 |
| WSWB | willing seller, willing buyer |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
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