Spatial planning bill approved

The National Assembly has given the nod to legislation aimed at providing a uniform and effective system of spatial planning and land use management.

• Questions over land reform timing
• Working class lose out on SA's land
• SA speeds up land reform

Working class lose out on SA's land

The state owns 22% of the country's land with 78% of land parcels in private hands, says Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti.

• SA speeds up land reform
• Law to bar foreign ownership of SA farms
• Willing buyer, willing seller principle to go

Nxesi asked to explain 'obscene' spending

Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi must explain how R65m was spent renovating ministers' houses, the DA has said, calling the expenditure "obscene".

• R65m spent to spruce up ministers' homes
• MEC admits Nkandla 'over budget'
• Nxesi: Public works over-prices

ANCYL spokesperson nominated for NEC

Former Gauteng Housing MEC Humprey Mmemezi and former ANCYL spokesperson Magdalene Moonsamy were on the list of nominations for the ANC's NEC at the party's Mangaung conference.

• ANC nominates 295 NEC members
• Fransman says no to NEC nomination
• ANC to nominate NEC candidates

Land reform proposals to be implemented

Proposals for the redistribution of land found in the land reform green paper would come into effect as early as March, the rural development minister says.

• Dept blamed for land tensions
• Union: Land reform plan is blackmail
• Their own piece of pie

Dept blamed for land tensions

The rural development and land reform department should take responsibility for tensions over land reform in South Africa, says AfriForum.

• Land reform obsession 'wasted money'
• Nkwinti spells out land reform target
• 'ANC will amend constitution if needed'

Date set for District 6 residents' return

Former residents of District 6 will soon be able to start returning to their suburb, flattened four decades ago by apartheid bulldozers, the land reform minister says.

Commissioner denies land reform invite

Deputy land claims commissioner Thami Mdontswa has denied that he was invited to a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the reopening of the land claims process.

• New land claims process: Meeting to be held
• Calls for land claim deadline exemption
• Land claims commissioner appointed

Land reform obsession 'wasted money'

The state's fixation with having 30% of agricultural land under black control by 2014 "wasted a pile of money", the land reform minister is quoted as saying.

• Nkwinti spells out land reform target
• New thinking necessary on land reform
• Call for land grabs with compensation

Zuma does e-tolls damage control

President Jacob Zuma has made sweeping changes in the transport department, replacing both the the minister and his deputy, following the government's embarrassing handling of the Gauteng e-toll debacle.

• Cabinet reshuffle announced
• No holding back as Zuma makes bold moves
• Sexwale set to get the boot - report

Calls for land claim deadline exemption

Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Gugile Nkwinti is considering asking Cabinet to consider exceptions to the 1913 land claim cut-off date.

• Land grabs not an option, minister insists
• More land claims made: Nkwinti
• Nkwinti sets land reform deadline

Land grabs not an option, minister insists

The idea of claiming land without compensation is "out of touch with reality", says Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti.

• Tread carefully on land issues, Mulder warned
• Mulder denying our history: DA
• Mulder stirs hornet's nest in land debate

Top brass to sort out PE problems

A senior contingent of ANC officials have arrived in Port Elizabeth to try to quell tensions among its members in Nelson Mandela Bay.

• Mandela Bay ANCYL REC disbanded
• Ratepayers choose courts over boycotts
• Ignore upstarts, ANC tells Mandela Bay

TAU SA worries over Constitution claims

Food shortages will be the first consequence if the ANC changes the Constitution for the sake of land reform, farmers' union TAU SA says.

• DA, minister at odds over land reform
• SAIRR slams land reform green paper
• DA: Land Green Paper will cause instability

DA, minister at odds over land reform

If aspects of the Green Paper on land reform are unconstitutional, then change the Constitution, Minister Gugile Nkwinti has said in reply to a grilling by a DA MP.

• DA: Land Green Paper will cause instability
• Black farmers selling land back to whites
• SAIRR slams land reform green paper

Nkwinti concerned about valuation

There is a serious problem with the property valuation system in South Africa, according to Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti.

• New BEE property fund makes waves
• Estate agents’ board chief suspended
• New home buyers paying more

Black farmers selling land back to whites

Black farmers have resold nearly 30% of the farmland bought for them by the government, often selling back to the previous white owners, Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti says.

• Cosatu against taking land without paying
• Land grab talk 'may lead to anarchy'
• Zuma quells land grab fears

DA warns Nkwinti on land seizure

Remarks by Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti suggesting land expropriation without compensation is a possibility, are an ill-considered attempt to appease the ANC Youth League, says the Democratic Alliance.

• Malema: Our land plan not like Mugabe’s
• Malema: ANCYL wants more radical land policy
• Zuma must clarify land reform

Zuma must clarify land reform

The DA says President Jacob Zuma should urgently clarify the government's position on land expropriation after reports of an illegal farm occupation in the Free State.

• Cape Town warns on land invasions
• Malema: Our land plan not like Mugabe’s
• Malema: ANCYL wants more radical land policy

AgriSA hold talks with Nkwinti

AgriSA says it has started a series of discussions with Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti to find consensus on the future of commercial farming.

• New plan to help farmers for 5 years
• SA farmers lack competitiveness: PwC
• IDC grants R750m for farmer relief

Longer deadline for land bill

Minister for Rural Development and Land Reform Gugile Nkwinti has extended the consultation period for the land tenure security bill.

• New law to close land tenure loopholes
• Verdict in winemaker, Land Bank case soon
• 'Pragmatic solutions needed for land reform'

Nkwinti: Black farmers must speak out

South Africa needs to hear from black commercial farmers who are passionate about what they do, Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti has said.

Ministers announce health agreement

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, other ministers and provincial health MECs want South Africans to live long and healthy lives.

• Attitudes must change - Motsoaledi
• Motsoaledi to improve health stats

Land reform: 'Give Jordaan the job'

An exasperated Fanie van Zyl wants an independent body to manage the land reform process - like the World Cup - adding that if need be, Danny Jordaan can be its chair.

• ANC set to shake up land policies
• Agri SA slams Malema over land call
• Land reform not working - Malema