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1、LivingconditionsandCommunications599LIVINGCONDITIONSANDCOMMUNICATIONSKerwinLebone●In2011some25%oflandinSouthAfricawasownedorcontrolledbytheStatewhile75%wasprivately-owned.●In2010Africans,colouredpeople,andIndianscollectivelyownedanestimated44%ofprivately-ownedland.●BytheendofMarch2010,theGovernme
2、nthadredistributed12%ofagriculturallandtoemergingfarmersandsettled95%oflandrestitutionclaims.●In2011theDepartmentofRuralDevelopmentandLandReformreleasedagreenpaperonlandreform.Amongitsproposalswerethecreationofa“landmanagementcommission”thatwoulddecidewhethertitletolandshouldbenullified;a“landval
3、uer-general”whowoulddeterminefinancialcompensationintheeventoflandbeingexpropriated;anda“landrightsmanagementboard”thatwouldoverseetheenforcementoflandrightslaws.ThegreenpaperalsosuggestedthatalotmorelandcouldincreasinglybeplacedunderownershipoftheState[SAIRRResearchandPolicyBrief,‘Greenmonster’c
4、ouldwreckbothpropertyrightsandtheruleoflaw,1September2011].●Between2001and2011,some1500SouthAfricanfarmersestablishedfarmsin23Africancountries,accordingtoAgriSA.Mostfarmersciteduncertaintyaroundlandrestitutionclaimsasthemainreasonforfarminginothercountrieswhileotherreasonsincludedshortageofafford
5、ablelandandacutewatershortages[DailyNewsEgypt12January2012].●InMarch2011theministerofruraldevelopmentandlandreformintroduced“farmequityshareschemes”underwhichtheStatewouldacquiresharesincommercialfarmsonbehalfoffarmworkers.Underthescheme,farmworkerswereexpectedtoown50%ofthecommercialfarmsthatempl
6、oyedthem[TheNewAge14March2011].●Between1996and2010thenumberofhouseholdsresidinginformaldwellingsincreasedfrom5.8millionto11million,orby90%.Duringthesameperiod,thenumberofhouseholdslivingininformaldwellingsincreasedfrom1.5millionto1.9million,orby28%.●Between1997and2011theStateandtheprivatesectorco
7、llectivelyconstructed,orwereintheprocessofconstructing,some3.8millionformaldwellings.●In2010,some20%ofallhouseholdsresidedinReconstructionandDevelopmentProgramme(RDP),orstate-subsidised,housing.●In2009,some60%of13.8mil