By Simon Nare
Deputy President Paul Mashatile has committed the government to availing resources to help land claim beneficiaries farm to avoid arable land being wasted as witnessed in the past.
Answering questions in the National Council of Provinces on Thursday, Mashatile admitted that there was a considerable amount of land that was returned to its original owners through land claims, but that land lay fallow.
Mashatile said he had witnessed firsthand how beneficiaries were not able to work the land. This was concerning, especially when it was farming land.
He said the government has now made it its mission to ensure that those who had been given their land back through the restitution process, had the skills to ensure land was productive.
“What we have decided to do is that when we do land reform, we distribute land and we ensure land restitution, we need to make sure that
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