[OSGeo Africa] FW: Final Report of the Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture

[Hester Badenhorst]

Dear Colleagues

Thank you Aslam, for sharing the document.   It being a "Final Report", is
it still open for comments and discussions from the public?  If yes, where
can comments be lodged?

Kind regards,
Hester

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On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 11:50 PM Aslam Parker <Aslam.Parker at drdlr.gov.za>
wrote:

> Dear colleagues
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> The  Final Report of the Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform and
> Agriculture is available at
> https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201907/panelreportlandreform_1.pdf
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> I would like to encourage everyone to  engage with this document, as its
> recommendations will have a profound effect on policy, legislative
> initiatives and the future of South Africa and economy.
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> We as Geomatics practitioners can either play a pivotal role and shape
> this evolving discussion or sit back and let events overtake us.
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> The summary of views on the very topical issue of expropriation of land
> without compensation is in Part 6, page 66 - 76.
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> The first recommendations, amongst many,  of the panel is a *
> Consolidated Integrated Planning and Land Information System*. The
> recommendation (for immediate action) requires that we develop a single,
> national data portal (Land  repository or Observatory) for all land related
> information as the first step towards developing infrastructure for the
> ultimate integration, holding and maintaining of all land rights records.
> Through this, begin to populate an integrated land e-cadastre with all
> other land-based information contained in separate government registers
> (water rights, land claims, mineral rights etc.). *This establishes the
> foundation for a comprehensive land recordal and administration system,
> linked with a need for a reliable land audit.*
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