Организация AfriForum требует от департамента Limpopo объяснений по поводу задержки передачи земли общине Dennilton

AfriForum slams Department over failure of land transfer to Dennilton community 25 August 2026 AfriForum today demanded answers from the Limpopo Department of Land Reform and Rural Development after the Department failed to deliver a progress report on the transfer of land to members of the Dennilton Landowners Association. This step follows correspondence the civil rights organisation sent on the matter in April and May this year after the Landowners’ Association approached AfriForum for support. The first applications for the transfer of land were submitted as far back as July 2017, with no demonstrable progress made since. The landowners have requested that their land be transferred to them in terms of the Land Titles Adjustment Act 111 of 1993. “Members of the Dennilton Landowners Association are facing serious challenges because they do not hold title deeds to their properties. The installation of a water pipeline and the construction of a solar power plant are currently under way, but the lack of title deeds results in violations of the owners’ land rights. They are also facing challenges arising from the unlawful occupation of their commonage and are concerned about property being transferred to individuals with no legitimate claim to it,” says Barend Uys, Head of Intercultural relations and cooperation at AfriForum. The Department’s conduct raises serious questions about the ANC-led government’s commitment to property rights and land ownership. Uys says this community has been waiting for nearly a decade for their land to be transferred to them. “Actions speak louder than words — it is clear that the authorities are not serious about these citizens’ right to own their land. This confirms AfriForum’s serious concerns about the government’s continued efforts to empower officials at various levels of government to expropriate property without compensation.” According to Uys, the authorities’ failure to make optimal use of existing legislation to transfer land to individuals and communities is a worrying trend. “The government is also failing to utilise the Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act 112 of 1991, and several attempts have been made to repeal the Act. This is despite the fact that the Act is ideally suited to transferring traditional communities’ land to them. It is clear that the ANC-led government is deliberately obstructing the transfer of land in an attempt to exert undue control over communities,” he says. AfriForum urges traditional and other communities to set in motion the process of transferring land in terms of this legislation, in order to protect their land for the benefit of future generations. “Private land ownership is a key to the creation of prosperity,” Uys concludes. Statement issued by Barend Uys, Head: Intercultural Relations and Cooperation, AfriForum, 25 August 2026