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1. Department of Rural Development and Land Reform’s key programmes and policies intended to benefit women and persons with disabilities in South AfricaPresentation to the Portfolio Committee on Women in the Presidency4 August 2015

2. THE PRESENTATION OUTLINE • Overview of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRLDR) • Women Benefitted Form Land Reform • Rural Development • Land Acquisition • Recapitalization and Development • Profile of Women (Selected) • Ms. Candice Bostander • Ms. Fourie • An Approach towards Mainstreaming Gender and Designated Persons Matters in the DRDLR • Policy Development and the Further Anchoring of Gender and Other Designated Persons Matters in the DRDLR

3. Strategic Direction Vision • Vibrant, equitable, sustainable rural communities. Mission • To initiate, facilitate, coordinate, catalyse and implement an integrated rural development programme. Strategy • Agrarian Transformation

4. Objectives of Agrarian transformation The following are DRDLR agrarian transformation objectives: • Social mobilisation to enable rural communities to take initiatives • Sustainable settlements (access to basic services and economic opportunity, meeting of basic human needs, infrastructure); • Establishment of cooperatives and enterprises for economic activities; • Non-farm activities for strengthening of rural livelihoods • Skills development and employment creation (youth, women, people living with disabilities).

6. DRDLR Strategic focus: Virtuous Cycle • “What” to buy: • Proactive acquisition of land based on SPLUM reports • Determine ‘Where” to implement: • SIPs • 23 Districts • CRDP sites • PGDS • District IDPs • LM IDPs • Statssa Info (analysis) • LMC (Functions to be identified) • “Who” to assist • “When” to assist • “How” to assist: • Community organisation into economic units of production • Training of communities • Provision of production inputs • Enter into strategic partnerships to support • Identify community and on farms infrastructure required • Skills development and training (Narysec) DRDLR Virtuous Cycle Strategic Projects Infrastructure Projects i.e. When and what infrastructure to deliver is determined by community readiness to produce in the identified areas that maximize governments investment. Projects relating to the socio-economic, regeneration of small towns, ICT, and special projects will also be initiated by RID.

7. Strategic Objectives In line with the new developments in government and within the department, the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform has identified seven strategic goals it seeks to achieve in the five-year period of this plan and beyond.

8. Legal mandates and analyses

9. Legal Mandates and Analyses

10. Departmental Policies

11. Departmental Policies

12. Roles and Responsibilities Programme 2: Geospatial and Cadastral Services Focus is on the following areas: • Provision of geo-spatial information in support of spatial equity and sustainable development; • Provision of technical support to Municipalities through the development of Spatial Development Frameworks; • Provision of training to augment the scarce skills in geomatics; and • Investment in the development of the e-Cadastre system, which will enable a holistic view of land ownership, and to answer the question of who owns South Africa.

13. Roles and Responsibilities Programme3: Rural Development Focus is on the following: • Provision of infrastructure to support access to basic services in order to promote rural livelihoods; • Establishment of Agri-parks in 44 poorest district municipalities; • Implementation of the Animal and Veld Management Programme; • Revitalisation of irrigation schemes (RVCP)to enhance food production; • Promotion of skills development and job creation with a bias to the youth in rural areas; and • Support rural enterprise development in the agricultural and non-agricultural value chain.

14. Roles and Responsibilities Programme 4: Restitution Focus is on the following areas: • Settlement of land claims and finalising backlog claims; • Contribute to the priority of sustainable land reform through restoration of land rights; and • Planning and administration of the re-opening of restitution lodgement process.

15. Roles and Responsibilities Programme 5: Land Reform Focus is on the following areas: • Acquisition and allocation of strategically located land; • Security of tenure; • Provision of support to emerging farmers through the Recapitalisation and Development Programme; and • Provision of skills development and training support for emerging farmers and the creation of job opportunities in land reform projects.

16. Links to other plans Public Entities: The Department is responsible for the following public entities

17. Structure of DRDLR DRDLR consists of a number of components representing and supporting the mandate namely: • The Ministry • The Office of the Director-General • Branch: Restitution • Branch: Land Redistribution and Development • Branch: Land Tenure and Administration • Branch: Spatial Planning and Land Use Management • Branch: Rural Enterprise and Industrial Development • Branch: Rural Infrastructure Development • Branch: Deeds Registration • Branch: National Geomatics Management Services • Branch: Corporate Support Services • Branch: Financial Services • Each Branch has provincial offices within the Provincial Shared Centre across all 9 provinces

18. MACRO LEVEL ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform Director-General: DRDLR Chief Directorate: Strategic and Management Support Chief Directorate: Internal Audit Chief Directorate: International Relations and Community Liaison Ministerial Support Staff Annexure 1 Chief Directorate: Cluster Coordination, Special Programmes and Intergovernmental Relations Chief Directorate: Safety and Security Services Chief Directorate: Policy Research and Development Chief Directorate: Risk Management Branch: Rural Enterprise and Industrial Development Branch: Rural Infrastructure Development Branch: Deeds Registration Branch: National Geomatics Management Services Branch: Corporate Support Services Branch: Financial Services Branch: Restitution Branch: Land Tenure and Administration Branch: Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Branch: Land Redistribution and Development Provincial Shared Services Centre (X 9)

19. GENERIC STRUCTURE FOR THE CHIEF DIRECTORATE: PROVINCIAL SHARED SERVICES CENTRE CHIEF DIRECTORATE: PROVINCIAL SHARED SERVICES CENTRE Provincial Shared Services Centers Gauteng North West Limpopo Mpumalanga Kwa-Zulu Natal Free State Eastern Cape Western Cape Northern Cape Directorate: Service Delivery Coordination Directorate: Provincial Support Services Regional Shared Service Centres Directorate: Provincial Financial Services Directorate: Rural Enterprise and Industrial Development Directorate: Social Organisation and Youth Development Surveyor-General Office Deeds Office Directorate: Spatial Planning Services Directorate: Strategic Land Acquisition Directorate: Rural Infrastructure Development Chief Directorate: Land Restitution Support Directorate: Recapitalization & Development Directorate: Property Management Directorate: Tenure Systems Implementation

20. Employment Equity Target Gender Parity • The Department is fairly balanced in terms Gender in the middle and lower levels. • Gender representation at senior management level is 59% Males, and 41% Females. • Gap of 9% that needs to be addressed in order to reach 50% women representation at senior management level. • Department is committed to achieving equitable representation of women at senior management level, and preference is given to suitably qualified women in the filling of senior management positions.

21. Number of Women and Men at SMS level

22. Adherence to 2% Target for Persons with Disabilities • Disability Policy of the Department is aligned to support the creation of a user-friendly environment for People with Disabilities. • Policy further supports employment of People with Disabilities in order to achieve equitable representation in the staffing levels. • Disability Forum of the Department advocates the interests and rights of employees with disabilities. • Forum meets regularly to address issues that affect them in the work place. • Project Plan is currently being implemented to fast-track the recruitment of People with Disabilities in order to achieve the set target of 2%.

23. Employees with disabilities in the Department

24. Adherence to 2% Target for Persons with Disabilities • National target for Persons with disabilities is 2% and current representation of employees with disabilities is 1.7 %. • The under-representation has been noted, and management will intensify efforts and ensure that this target is achieved. • Projects in the process of being submitted to the executive management for consideration is for each branch to identify certain posts at various salary levels exclusively for persons with disabilities; and, targeted recruitment campaigns; • The achievement of disability equity remains an HR priority of the Department.

25. Directorate Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities • Located in the Office of the Director General in the Chief Directorate Policy Development • The unit is headed by a Director; • Each Provincial Office has a Deputy Director post allocated to deal with Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities;

26. Overview of departmental programmes work wrt women

27. SUPPORT TO RURAL WOMAN • Support of rural arts and craft cooperatives • to participate in various exhibitions and markets, e.g. Decorex, SARCDA, Rand Show, Grahamstown Festiva; international marketsl : preparation, training and produce, orders and supply; (930 women participating) • Training for arts and craft cooperatives in issues of governance; • Retail shop opened for Arts and Crafts Co-ops in Durban • Arts and Crafts coops currently in process of establishing a cooperatives bank • Support to various women owned/managed rural enterprises in the agricultural and non-agricultural value chain, in all 9 provinces towards sustainable enterprise development and participation in the rural economy, example • AbafaziBesintu Agricultural Cooperative in the Eastern Cape; • Women in Poultry and Multi purpose Cooperative in Free State and • Women in Poultry Cooperative, Thembelani Bakery and Akwande crop production cooperatives in Gauteng • ReamatKreaxions sewing cooperative and Temothuo Essential Oils cooperative in Limpopo • Women and Youth vegetables, fruit and crop production cooperative in Mpumalanga • Rearoka Sewing cooperative in Northern Cape • Boinelo Tailoring and fashion designing Cooperative in North West

28. SUPPORT TO RURAL WOMEN • Infrastructure Development • Provision of water; sanitation; housing and energy to rural households; • Provision of bridges and roads (EC: Mvezo); ensures that women from surrounding villages have improved access and safety and dignity. • Training in ICT at schools and community level; • Animal and Veld Management programme [AVMP] • Several projects implemented across the country in soil rehabilitation; de-bushing to improve land for production; • National Rural Youth Service Corps • Youth recruited for a two year period and undergo various training (leadership training in partnership with SANDF; a minimum of NQF level two training at FETs; community service); the principle of the programme is to ensure that 50% are female; • Several young women have also been part of the international exchange programme with China;

29. (a) Land Acquisition and Allocation By Gender

30. (a) Land Acquisition and Allocation by Gender: Cont`d

31. Land Acquisition Summary • Overall progress regarding the redistribution of white owned agricultural land in South Africa (82 million ha); - from 1994 to 31 March 2015, 4 555 995 million ha under have been delivered through Land Redistribution through 5 184 projects, benefiting 235 609 beneficiaries , of which: • 50 882 (21%) are women, • 33 108 are youth and • 678 are people with disability. • Comparatively, from 2009 to 31 March 2015 there were 1 488 241 million ha under Land Redistribution through 1 467 projects, benefiting 20 001 beneficiaries of which 8 297 (41%) are women, 6 149are youth and 49 are people with disability. The above statistics suggests that there is 50% improvement (From 21% to 41%) in benefitting women under this programme in a form of either groups, individuals and black emergent farmers obtaining grants as well as land acquired under lease hold

32. Restitution Land Delivery by Gender Since 1994 to December 2013

33. Summary of Land Restitution Delivery by Gender The table that draws from data as of December 2013 indicates the following: • 77610 Claims were Settled; • This involved 3 078 948 Hectares; • This further involved a total of 371140 households, of which • 138 456 were female Headed Households (37,3% of all households)

34. Recapitalization and Development Projects by Gender

35. Summary on Recapitalization and Development Despite challenges in the implementation of the Recapitalization and Development programme but significant progress has been made: • The key strategic objective of the programme is to: Provide comprehensive farm development support to smallholder farmers and land reform beneficiaries for agrarian transformation by 2019. • There are 1 496 farms under the programme in terms of the 5 year funding model. This constitutes 1 421 846 million hectares under the programme. • Payment for the interventions is done in tranches based on the approved business plans. • Expenditure of R 3, 378, 248,129 billion for recapitalization and development incurred from 2009 to March 2015. There are currently 651 strategic partnerships secured to provide technical, financial and Infrastructure support to farmers. • The support varies from production inputs, Infrastructure, machinery and implements. • There are 5 473 Jobs Created of which 2 523 (46%) are women received different kinds of jobs. Also 2 202 farmers are capacitated in the form of training and 1 207 of such farmers are women

36. An Approach towards Mainstreaming Gender and Designated Persons Matters in the DRDLR The Constitutional Promise The Constitution of South Africa and its intent suggests that women, children, persons with disabilities and elderly are amongst priority beneficiaries: The Preamble of the Constitution states as follows: • We, the people of South Africa, • Recognize the injustices of our past; • Honour those who suffered for justice and freedom in our land; • Respect those who have worked to build and develop or country; and • Believe that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, united in our diversity. • We therefore, through our freely elected representatives, adopt this Constitution as the supreme • law of the Republic so as to: • Heal the divisions of the past and establish a society based on democratic values, social justice and fundamental human rights; • Lay the foundations for a democratic and open society in which government is based on • the will of the people and every c citizens is equally protected by law; • Improve the quality of life of all citizens and free the potential of each person; and • Build a united and democratic South Africa able to take its rightful place as a sovereign state in the family of nation

37. An Approach towards Mainstreaming Gender and Designated Persons Matters in the DRDLR The Constitutional Promise [Cont`d] The Founding Provisions [in Chapter 1]of the Constitution states, amongst others that: Republic of South Africa is one, sovereign, democratic state founded on the following values: • Human dignity, the achievement of equality and the advancement of human rights and freedoms; • Non-racialism and non-sexism, and • Supremacy of the constitution and the rule of law. The Bill of Rights (Chapter 2) of the Constitution further states that: • This Bill of Rights is a cornerstone of democracy in South Africa. It enshrines the rights of all people in our country and affirms the democratic values of human dignity, equality and freedom.; • The state must respect, protect, promote and fulfill the rights in the Bill of Rights. • The rights in the Bill of Rights are subject to the limitations contained or referred to • in section 36, or elsewhere in the Bill. The Bill of Rights applies to all law, and binds the legislature, the executive, h e .judiciary and all organs of state.

38. An Approach towards Mainstreaming Gender and Designated Persons Matters in the DRDLR The Constitutional Promise [Cont`d] With Respect to Equality and discrimination the Constitution (under Chapter2 on the Bill of Rights) states as follows: • Everyone is equal before the law and has the right to equal protection and benefit of the law. • Equality includes the full and equal enjoyment of all rights and freedoms. • To promote the achievement of equality, legislative and other measures designed to protect or advance persons, or categories of persons, disadvantaged by unfair discrimination may be taken. • The state may not unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on ……. grounds, including race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth With respect to the Property Clause in Section 25: Section 25 (5) states that “The state must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources, to foster conditions which enable citizens to gain access to land on an equitable basis” .

39. An Approach towards Mainstreaming Gender and Designated Persons Matters in the DRDLR The Constitutional Promise [Cont`d] Sections 26, 27, 28 and29 of the Constitution is also instructive in areas that affect women and designated persons directly: With respect to Housing : • Everyone has the right to have access to adequate housing and the state must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources, to achieve the progressive realisation of this right. • No one may be evicted from their home, or have their home demolished, without an order of court made after considering all the relevant circumstances. • No legislation may permit arbitrary evictions. With respect to Health care, food, water and social security: Everyone has the right to have access to health care services, including reproductive health care; sufficient food and water; and social security, including, if they are unable to support themselves and their dependants;

40. An Approach towards Mainstreaming Gender and Designated Persons Matters in the DRDLR The Constitutional Promise [Cont`d] With Respect to Children; every child has the right to care and basic nutrition, shelter, basic health care services and social services; With respect to Education: Everyone has the right to Basic education, including adult basic education; . The Principles of the Green Paper on Land Reform: The 2011 Green paper on Land Reform commits to three fundamental principles for the review of land reform policies and programmes: • Deracializing the Rural Economy; • Democratic Land Allocation Across Race Class and Gender; • Sustainable production discipline for food security (and food sovereignty)

41. An Approach towards Mainstreaming Gender and Designated Persons Matters in the DRDLR The Core Problem Being Addressed: The Triple Challenge of high levels of inequality, unemployment and poverty are central to the problem being addressed: The 2014 Statistics South Africa Poverty Trends Report Points to the following: • High Inequality, particularly amongst blacks as compared to whites; • Despite advances made through Social Grants there are still 23 million South Africans citizens that continue to live on or below the food poverty line (i.e. 45% of our total 2011 Population); • 10,2millin South African live in extreme poverty (+ 20% of citizens); • Poverty is highest in rural areas with the largest rural Provinces (KwaZulu Natal, Eastern Cape and Limpopo) Accounting for 65% of all poverty in South Africa. • Poverty is thus most pronounced amongst: • Rural Populations; • Children; • Women; • Youth and • The Poorly educated

42. An Approach towards Mainstreaming Gender and Designated Persons Matters in the DRDLR Hence the approach is one that: Takes cognizance of the Constitutional Protection of women and other designated persons (children, elderly and persons with disability) that tend to be the burden of women as is based on prevailing and present community social norms; Mobilizes women and other designated persons to inform rural development and land reform policy developments; Ensures that they partake actively in structures created by policy and legislation that are aimed at guiding and administering the policies and programmes of rural development and land reform. These include: • Councils of Stakeholders for rural development; • Land Rights Management Committees to be established locally to address tenure security challenges in commercial farming areas and find lasting social solutions to this problem; • District Land Reform Committees established in terms of the NDP and aimed at redistributing 20% of all farm land in every of our 44 District Municipalities.

43. An Approach towards Mainstreaming Gender and Designated Persons Matters in the DRDLR Women In Agriculture and Agrarian Transformation as the Basis for Broader Rural Development . • The 2013 Statistics SA Report on South African Households in Agriculture, presents, amongst others, the following showing statistics: • Despite study covering all households in Agriculture women led households in agriculture predominate in KZN, Limpopo and E/Cape where poverty is highest

44. EXAMPLES OF POLICIES THAT WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT ON WOMEN All policies being reviewed and legislation being developed will impact directly on women: As indicated, the Principles of the 2011 Green Paper on Land Reform. Amongst others calls for, “Democratic Land Allocation Across Race Class and Gender”. The policies that will be highlighted are the following: • The Rural Economy Transformation Model; • The Regulation of land Holdings Policy; • The Land Tenure Security Policy for Commercial Farming Areas; and • The Communal Land Tenure Policy

45. Case Study Briefs MS. CANDICE BOSTANDER (8511210187082) BACK GROUND: • Ms. Candice Bostander is a young female farmer from Griekwastad farming at Banksfontein Farm leased to her by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform. Ms. Candice Bostander was born on the 21 November 1985 in Griekwastad and she is the eldest daughter out of the (5) siblings in her farming family. She completed her Grade 12 at Northern Cape Technical High School in 2004 and ventured full time into farming business as a family inherited or imbedded culture. • Ms. Candice Bostander has been farming for approximately ten (10) years and has gained extensive practical farming experience from her late grandfather. She was previously farming with 125 small stock (consisting of dorper sheep and boer goats) and 24 Afrikaner Cattle at a 200ha congested and overgrazed commonage farm with little prospect of growth. She has since managed to grow her livestock to 250 within four months of occupation of Banksfontein Farm and now owns 150 dorper sheep and 100 boer goats. • Furthermore, she is in possession of a branding certificate in her own name and markets her livestock every six months at GWK. Ms. Candice Bostander in two years, she is planning to increase her number livestock to 800, which is the full carrying capacity of the Farm. She has created employment by employing one permanent Farm Worker and two casual Farm Workers who will assist her during critical times of the year. • The Farm Banksfontein is located 16 km North from Griekwastad in the Siyancuma Local Municipality under the Pixely Ka Seme District Municipality and measured 2576.7680 (two five seven six point seven six eight zero) hectares in extent was bought by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform through Pro-Active Land Acquisition Strategy in 2014 / 2015 financial year for the sum of R 5 526 000.00 (Five Million Five Hundred And Twenty Six Thousand Rand) and Ms. Candice Bostander was recommended by the District Beneficiary Selection Committee as a potential lessee to lease the Farm from the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform in March 2015.

46. Case Study Briefs PROFILE OF MS. CANDICE BOSTANDER (8511210187082) - CONTINUED CURRENT FARM SITUATION: • Ms. Candice Bostander is currently farming at Banksfontein Farm, which is measuring 2576.7680 (two five seven six point seven six eight zero) hectares in extent. The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is also assisting the farmer with extension services. The Average rainfall in the area of the farm is between 100mm to 300mm per annum. The grazing capacity of the Farm is 13ha per LSU and the carrying capacity is 120 LSU or 720 SSU. The recommended number of livestock for the farm is 20 cattle and 600 sheep. The Farm is having (14) fourteen camps, (5) five windmills equipped with (5) boreholes, seven (7) water dams and eleven (11) drinking water troughs. • The Farm is located 16 km North from Griekwastad in the Siyancuma Local Muncipality under the Pixely Ka Seme District Municipality. The advantage of the Farm is that it is also situated next to the following Department’s Farms: Membys Vlakte, Bonteheuwel, Vaalpan, Kranshoek and De Bult, which were previously acquired by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform. The Farm Banksftonein is essential as it will be clustered together with the above mentioned Department’s Farms in terms of the Recapitalization and Development Programme. TRAINING/INFORMATION SESSIONS: • Ms. Candice Bostander will be capacitated through various trainings and information sessions to be conducted by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform and the Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development. The trainings that Ms. Candice Bostander will be required to attend includes amongst others bookkeeping, financial management, utilisation and management of human and natural resources, animal husbandry, farm management, sheep grading, veld management and fence maintenance. FARMING PRACTICES: • Ms. Candice Bostander is practising rotational grazing system. She is also having a vaccination program in place for livestock which basically about dipping, dosing, castration, dehorning, mating, weaning etc. she is also keeping records of her farming which is basically about the income and expenditure of her farming. MARKETING: • Ms. Candice Bostander is marketing her livestock at GWK and also sells to the local community members and emerging farmers.

47. Case Study Briefs PROJECT PROFILE FOR PLOT 264 – Case 2 PROJECT BACKGROUND • Plot 264 is situated in the Francis Baard District Municipality, Phokwane Local Municipality, Northern Cape Province with property description Plot 264,a remainder of Plot 167, Vaalharts Settlement , measuring 26.6827 hectares and was purchased with R 1 900 000 on 15 August 2013. The farm is only used for irrigation purposes. • There are 25.7 hectares of water use entitlement attached to the property and water is supplied by Vaalharts Irrigation scheme. The subject property is irrigated through flood irrigation system. • The farm is currently leased to Ms Mmapule Fourie (581205 0876 088). Prior to Ms Fourie being appointed as a lessee for Plot 264, she was farming on a 4 hectare piece of land leased from the Tedcaster Primary School since 2006 and paying a rental amount of R800 on a monthly basis. She was the Provincial female farmer of the year 2009 in the subsistence category. She was selling her produce at Boxer Supermarket in Taung, V&V Co-operative in Hartswater and the local community. She had a market supply contract for spinach with Boxer Supermarket. CURRENT SITUATION • Ms Fourie is currently marketing her produce at Senwes. She had a challenge in terms of producing the good quality spinach to Boxer Supermarket as a result her contract is terminated. • The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform has assisted her with maize inputs cost amounting to R 420 000.00 for the 2013/14 financial year. • She was also assisted with the following implements; tractor, trailer, fertilizer sprayer and generator. • The Department of Agriculture has also assisted her with the crop input costs i.e. wheat and maize for the past two (2) planting seasons. Currently the department is still in a process of installing a center pivot at the farm. • Ms Fourie received training on marketing, basic financial management, SWOT analysis and characteristics of an entrepreneur facilitated by SEDA PRODUCTION • She has produced a total of 625 tons of grains i.e. (maize -500 tons and wheat @125 tons) • Income generated from the produce to date amounts to R 667 000.00

48. RURAL ECONOMY TRANSFORMATION MODEL (RETM) 5. IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY • Agricultural Transformation is seen as the key to transforming the rural economy and thus fundamental to the nation’s progress. • Core element in agricultural transformation is the empowerment of people through land; • Model proposes: • A share-equity enterprise framework to develop this potential and ensure a substantive share for community; • Establishment of Rural Investment and Development Finance Facility (RIDFF) to acquire the substantive majority share for community in such investments/projects. • Variety of local structures and processes to ensure active participation of citizens to determine the application of their land rights and their social and economic advancement through rural development. These include: • Councils of Stakeholders at local/ ward levels; CPAS/ Land Trusts; traditional councils; household forums in traditional communal land areas; elected counselors in wall-to-wall municipal areas; and investment and development structures.

49. RURAL ECONOMY TRANSFORMATION MODEL (cont’d) 5. IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY • RETM will be implemented though the Agrarian Transformation System (which summarises the mandate of the DRDLR). • Agrarian Transformation denotes “a rapid and fundamental change in the relations (systems and patterns of ownership and control) of land, livestock, cropping and community”. • Presents four Development Measurables, laid out in phases and meant to run sequentially and simultaneously: a) Meeting basic human needs; b) Rural enterprise development; c)Agro-village industries, sustained by credit facilities/ value-chain markets; d) Improved land tenure systems.

50. Rural Development Framework (cont’d) • Also proposes to establish a ‘Development Support System’ comprising: • A reformed communal tenure system (as proposed by the CLTP); • A democratised rural administration system; • A Rural Development Agency; • A Rural Investment and Development Financing Facility; • The National Rural Youth Service Corps; • The Animal and Veld Management Programme; • The River Valley Catalytic Programme; and • Programmes to revitalise rural towns and villages.