The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform, and Rural Development (DALRRD) crisscrossed the country in December 2023, informing farmers that they will be receiving title deeds for the farms they are leasing from the department. This has brought delight not only to the leaseholders but to the wider agricultural fraternity, who have argued that the lease arrangement was disadvantaging black farmers.
CONTEXT OF LAND REFORM
Restitution, redistribution, and tenure