# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says government is accelerating the Land Reform Programme while supporting agricultural production and investment in the land. The deputy president, who chairs the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Land Reform and Agriculture, conducted an oversight visit to the Western Cape this week. Mashatile says as part of the State Land Transfer Project, the Department of Land Reform and Rural Development is in the process of transferring state-owned farms across the country to lessees who meet specified criteria:
Mashatile says government is committed to expediting land restitution and redistribution [SOUND]
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