{"id":266643,"date":"2018-08-22T09:55:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T07:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=266643"},"modified":"2018-08-22T09:55:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T07:55:12","slug":"6-new-land-promises-made-by-the-anc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/266643\/6-new-land-promises-made-by-the-anc\/","title":{"rendered":"6 new land promises made by the ANC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday (21 August) Agri SA met with senior ANC officials to discuss a way forward on South Africa&#8217;s plans for land.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released by Agri SA, the association said it was encouraged by the &#8216;productive discussion&#8217; regarding agrarian reform and agricultural property.<\/p>\n<p>It added that it was pleased by a number of specific policy commitments which where made by the ANC.<\/p>\n<p>According to Agri SA these include among others:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No land grabs will be allowed;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The protection of productive agricultural land will remain a priority;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Optimising the use of fallow land in deep rural areas;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Property rights will remain a key priority in agrarian development;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Government is finalising an audit of state land for transfer to black farmers;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Initiating production on 4,000 farms currently in government possession to unlock commercial value and create farming opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Agriculture is asking for a collaborative framework for growth, similar to what the motor industry has achieved,&#8221; said Francois Strydom, Agbiz chairman. &#8220;All the players in agriculture are keen to take this process forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This historic meeting sets a foundation for a lasting partnership with the aim to sustainably transform and grow agriculture,&#8221; said Omri van Zyl, Agri SA executive director. &#8220;However, our focus will remain on negotiating for tangible benefits for producers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>All agreed that those factions who are purposefully polarising society with regards to land question, should be resisted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The commitments from the ANC is important, but Agri SA also committed to assist with the roll out of a pragmatic plan to grow the sector and assist black farmers,&#8221; said Christo van der Rheede, Agri SA deputy executive director.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Read<strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/266607\/south-africa-is-on-the-path-to-becoming-another-zimbabwe-and-may-require-us-intervention-analyst\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Africa is on the path to becoming another Zimbabwe \u2013 and may require US intervention: analyst<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday Agri SA met with senior ANC officials to discuss a way forward on South Africa&#8217;s plans for land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":86192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-266643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266643"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266673,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266643\/revisions\/266673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}