The Minister of Public Works, Nathi Nhleko has urged young people to take a keen interest in land ownership and productive farming. Nhleko made the call when he handed over letters confirming the transfer of 197 hectares of land to 33 historically marginalised black farmers in the Groblersdal district of Limpopo over the weekend.
"We are confident that farmers who are receiving subdivided portions of four farms which were previously allocated to white soldiers on their return from the Second World War are going to succeed as commercial farmers and serve as role models for emerging farmers," Minister Nhleko told jubilant farmers who received individual letters of intent at the packed community hall on Saturday.
Nhleko said that unlocking processes for the transfer of state land to other farmers with similar requests is a priority of his department to empower communities.
"Operation Bring Back will be intensified to recover land and other properties which were looted from the state prior and immediately after the 1994 democratic breakthrough," he underscored.
Nhleko said that law enforcement agencies need to get to the bottom of the sophisticated network responsible for the theft of farms, vacant plots and other valuable properties.
source: allafrica.com
