822 hectors of land for land resettlement

Agriculture ministry acquires 33,822 hectares for land resettlement

Agriculture ministry acquires 33,822 hectares for land resettlement

Erasmus Shalihaxwe The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform has last year acquired a total of 33,822 hectares of land at the cost of N$ 91,439,268.02 with the purpose of resettling landless Namibians. Minister Calle Schlettwein, announced this last week in the National Assembly in his budget speech. Stating that the said hectors are equal to seven farms, and a total of 23 beneficiaries were resettled, of which one unit of the farms was allocated to four generational farm workers. The also highlighted that a total of 7 821 Communal Land Right registrations were ratified by Communal Land Boards.…
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