South Africa's land donation policy aims to increase land ownership opportunities for underrepresented groups and to develop sustainable communities. The policy also aims to ensure that land is available for immediate use by land reform recipients.

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 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.

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 ”.