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Land claims not on target
14/02/2008 14:50 - (SA)
Cape Town - Only 4.7% of land intended for redistribution has so far gone back to black farmers, Agriculture Minister Lulu Xingwana said in Cape Town on Thursday.
In an effort to reach its 30% target by 2014, it intended to acquire five million hectares of land next year.
"We are saying that if we acquire five million next year we will be on target."
She thought this was "realistic" and said strategies previously used to achieve this were being reviewed.
"We also need financial resources. The willing buyer, willing seller (principle) is not working.
"The public works minister is tabling the Expropriation Act, so we hope that with all these we can fast track the process."
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