South Africa - 2004 - Land, Housing and Natural Resources

Communal Land Rights Act

Ministry of Rural Development and Land Reform, South Africa

The act provides for the security of tenure by transferring communal lands to communities, or by awarding comparable redress. It also provides for the democratic administration of communal land, and for the conduct of a land rights enquiry to determine the transition from old order rights to new order rights.

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January 2022

The act provides for the security of tenure by transferring communal lands to communities, or by awarding comparable redress. It also provides for the democratic administration of communal land, and for the conduct of a land rights enquiry to determine the transition from old order rights to new order rights.

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