The much awaited
summit on land and agrarian reform 2005 was held in Johannesburg from 27th July to 31st July, 2005. The agrarian reform beneficiaries, government and other formations like landless communities and civil societies participated in this summit.
Objectives
The primary objective of the summit was to discuss land policy and its implementation. The summit acted as a common place of discussion about various issues regarding land reform movement.
The objectives of the summit on land and agrarian reform 2005 can be put down as follows:
- Communicating to the people of South Africa about the progress of agrarian reform movement
- Recognizing the future challenges of agrarian reform movement
- Encouraging the people of South Africa to actively participate in agrarian reform movement
- Analyzing the availability and potentiality of land market
- Enhancing the delivery procedure
Targets of the summit on land and agrarian reform 2005
The summit on land and agrarian reform 2005, primarily targets to provide equal rights, specifically to the landless. The other significant target included providing access to land rights, improving the living standards of the rural people and designing plans to reduce poverty. The gist of this summit was to speed up land reform movement in South Africa, so that the people of South Africa are able to contribute in the country's resources.
Summit on land and agrarian reform: An approach
In short, the approach of the summit can be written as follows:
- Identifying the target groups
- Registering lands
- Integrating land and agrarian reform
- Enhancing the security of tenure
- Implementing land tax