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.

Flyer with concept note for National Land Tenure Summit

Foreword

The Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy is a strategic land reform intervention that involves the acquisition of land and other property (movable and immovable) that is then held by the state for the use by lessees of the programme. They will then enter into a long term lease with the Department – the length of the lease will depend on the land use, the commodity and the intention of the lessee, among other things.

A Gap Analysis Report setting out the extent to which the core content of Economic, Social and Cultural rights have
been reflected in the current South African policy and legislative framework, with recommendations of further policy
and/or legislative reform.

Many communities across South Africa are characterised by dire socio-economic conditions such as poor housing, inability to access health care, and the lack of amenities like water and electricity. Given the backdrop of very high poverty and inequality in a society that can essentially be typified as upper middle-class, SPII has produced an analysis of the 2019 General Household Survey.