THE Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Thoko Didiza, has announced that in the next two weeks, government will issue advertisement notices of 896 farms measuring 700 0000 hectares of underutilised or vacant State land.
At a media briefing on Thursday, Didiza announced the process to be followed by members of the public in applying for available agricultural state land as part of the government’s contribution to the land reform programme.
“The advertisement notices will be in the local, district and provincial newspapers, websites and local radio stations. Application forms will be made available in the district offices and provincial offices of the Departments of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development as well as Municipal District offices,” said Didiza.
Didiza said after the closing date, all applications received will be compiled and captured in a database per district in each province.
“The District Beneficiary Screening Committee (DBSC) will screen
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