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The Constitutional Assembly (CA) was formally established on 24 May 1994. This report is produced on the first anniversary of this historic occasion. This Annual Report records the most important milestones and charts the way forward in terms of its vision.

Summary of key findings on the study on willing buyer, willing seller approach and sharpening land acquisition strategies.

The report is the product of two reports already presented to the Minister in 2005 and 2006, as well as investigations done since those reports. It also incorporates the Panel’s response to the public and media comments on the interim report. It further incorporates elucidation of some aspects in response to the observations and directive of Cabinet following its initial consideration of the draft Report on 24 July 2007.

The Implementation Evaluation of the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP) has been informed by a wide range of evidence obtained from various sources including: 18 CRDP site case studies (involving 110 community interviews and 52 focus group workshops involving over 500 CRDP participants and beneficiaries), interviews with government officials, a national CRDP participant institutional survey (responded to by 60 participants in CRDP institutions), a literature review of peer reviewed articles and CRDP programme documents, and international case study papers on other rural development programmes in middle income countries.

To assess the progress on these issues, this document addresses the context, the historical evolution, the post-1994 policies and the weaknesses in their implementation. Proposals are made for both substantive and institutional reforms to address some of these limitations in the implementation of previous policies and resolutions

The formulation of this policy forms part of Government's commitment to implement a Land Redistribution Programme that seeks to address historical exclusion, inequitable access to land, insufficient participation in the agrarian economy and household food insecurity.

Commissioned Report for High Level Panel on the Assessment of Key Legislation and the Acceleration of Fundamental Change, an initiative of the Parliament of South Africa.

The Joint Constitutional Review Committee was mandated to investigate possible amendments to Section 25 of the Constitution and held public hearings in all provinces.

To amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, so as to provide that where land and any improvements thereon are expropriated for the purposes of land reform, the amount of compensation payable may be nil; to provide that national legislation must provide circumstances where the amount of compensation is nil; to provide for land to be the common heritage of all citizens that the state must safeguard for future generations; to require that conditions should be fostered to enable state custodianship of certain land in order for citizens to gain access to land on an equitable basis; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

To repeal or amend certain laws so as to abolish certain restrictions based on race or membership of a specific population group on the acquisition and utilization of rights to land; to provide for the rationalization or phasing out of certain racially based institutions and statutory and regulatory systems; for the regulation of norms and standards in residential environments; and for the establishment of a commission under the name of the Advisory Commission on Land Allocation; and to provide for matters connected therewith.