The MEC for Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Mr Norman Shushu will commemorate the 1913 Natives Land Act Centenary at Koeboes in the Namakwa District outside Richtersveld. This year mark the 100th year since the enactment of this brutal systematization of land alienation from the black indigenous majority. This Act, Act /27/13, was the first of a number of discriminatory laws that reinforced the massive dispossession of land from Black South Africans. This Natives Land Act contributed a lot in creating triple challenges of poverty, unemployment and equality confronting South Africa today. These challenges are felt by majority of our people particularly 12 million South Africa’s living in rural areas.
Members of the Media are invited to the event and details are as follows; Date: 07 August 2013 Time: 10H00 Venue: Kuboes Enquiries: Phemelo Manankong - External Communications Officer Tel: 053 839 7881 Cell: 071 889 5112 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.