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    Oversight visits were made to 11 farms in Limpopo, five in the Free State, and two each in the Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga. "Of the farms we visited, most went wrong ... there was no farming activity" Steyn said. The report paints a dire picture of resettled farms in Limpopo, where, to date, a total of 195 farms have been "restituted" in terms of the LRAD programme. Full Article at Mail & Guardian Online
    Of the farms we visited, most went wrong ... there was no farming activity
    SOURCE: Mail & Guardian Online 4 months ago
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DA paints bleak picture of SA's land reform
  1. Of those reviewed, 29% have failed, and productivity at a further 22% is declining. Should those in the latter category also fail, more than half of farms redistributed by government will have failed.
    SOURCE: Mail & Guardian Online 4 months ago
  2. The farms visited by the DA were, before transfer ... financially and agriculturally productive. Five years after transfer, the picture is very different, and some are in dire condition. Houses have been left to rot due to lack of maintenance and criminals steal copper pipes, electricity transformers an...
    SOURCE: Mail & Guardian Online 4 months ago
  3. White farmers cannot be seen as 'the enemy' and must be made partners in this whole process
    SOURCE: Mail & Guardian Online 4 months ago
  4. No post-settlement support [has been] received from the Department of Land Affairs. The farm is not doing well as it needs a cash injection, and they do not have [a] loan facility. They are also struggling with maintenance and equipment.
    SOURCE: Mail & Guardian Online 4 months ago
  5. Eighty percent of the people [given farms] just wanted land
    SOURCE: Mail & Guardian Online 4 months ago
  6. Basically... there were no criteria
    SOURCE: Mail & Guardian Online 4 months ago
  7. At none of the farms visited was there evidence of constructive, significant assistance from the state. As a result, many of the farms are on the verge of collapse.
    SOURCE: Mail & Guardian Online 4 months ago

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