Johnathan Paoli
Deputy President Paul Mashatile announced in the National Assembly on Friday, amid harsh and critical questions, the expected intervention of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Land Reform and Agriculture in facilitating land restitution and outstanding land claims.
Mashatile was in parliament to report and engage on progress achieved by the government in resolving land claims as part of the Land Reform programme and efforts to find lasting peace for the people of South Sudan.
He said as of June this year there remained 5 407 outstanding claims that the IMC is actively engaged in swiftly bringing to a just conclusion.
The deputy president praised the Land Court Amendment Bill, and said the Bill includes provision for communal land transfer, registration, title and appointment of a land rights inquiry and aims to regulate the administration and use of communal land by communities within the framework of the applicable laws
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