Govt to release 14 000 hectares of state-owned land for housing
17 October 2019
The government has approved the release of 14 105 hectares of state-owned land for the development of human settlements.
It has also approved a moratorium on government bodies and state-owned entities to prevent it from releasing any of its land.
This was announced in a statement following a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
"Cabinet was apprised of the progress made by the IMC (Inter-Ministerial Committee on Land Reform) on accelerating land reform and redistribution through the release of state-owned land for human settlements development," the statement read.