One of the many complicated issues with the Transformation process is the legal requirement in Act 94 for the residents to be given reasonable preference to acquire land (section 4(2)), the very clear assumption being that such acquisition represents a benefit, and that the residents, mutually and individually (section 3(2)) are the beneficiaries. The community must agree with the process of determining details of the distribution of the rights of tenure and of land use.
Part 9: Farm 39 lost 18 years – Land Tenure
