South Africa: There are two million hectares of state farmland sitting idle, just waiting for black owners

In his Opening of Parliament Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa stated that the government “will increase funding to land reform, prioritise the transfer of state land and improve post-settlement support by strengthening the institutional capacity of responsible structures”. 

This profound statement is at the heart of South Africa’s agricultural inclusive growth agenda. Over time, the South African government has amassed more than two million hectares of land that have never been…