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The content of the White Paper ranges from general statements of principle to detailed information on the state financial assistance programme which will make it possible for more people to own land. It includes programmes to provide security of tenure to people who are vulnerable, and to prevent unfair evictions. A central concern has been to translate the government’s commitment to social justice and the alleviation of poverty into a set of concrete land reform and land development programmes, legislation and procedures.

This collection spans a selection of the research that PLAAS as an independent Policy Research Institute within the Faculty for Economic and Management Sciences at the University of the Western Cape have produced and contributed to. PLAAS focuses on research, policy engagement, teaching and training about chronic poverty, economic marginalisation and structural inequality in Southern Africa. Their research concentrates on the role of land, agriculture, and natural resources in the livelihoods of marginalised and vulnerable people.

This document - The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) - is the end of one process and the beginning
of another. The document is the result of many months of consultation within the ANC, its Alliance partners and other
mass organisations in the wider civil society. This consultation has resulted in the policy framework contained in this document.

To provide for the designation of certain land; to regulate the subdivision of such land and the settlement of persons thereof and to provide for matters connected therewith.

To provide for the establishment of a Land Court and appeals against decisions of the Land Court; to make provision for the administration and judicial functions of the Land Court; to provide for the jurisdiction of the Land Court and Magistrates’ Courts for certain land related matters; to provide for mediation procedures; to amend certain laws relating to the adjudication of land matters by other courts; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

The Integrated and Sustainable Rural Development Strategy (ISRDS) is designed to realize a vision that will “attain socially cohesive an stable rural communities with viable institutions, sustainable economies and universal access to social amenities, able to attract and retain skilled and knowledgable people, who equipped to contribute to growth and development ”.