The purpose of this briefing to help community representatives to prepare for the National Conference on Land Policy which will start later today. One of the main purposes of the conference is to discuss how land reform can be planned and implemented to help people who need land. You represent and speak for the people who need land. Your advice is therefore of the greatest importance. The Government can not carry out land reform on its own.
Community organisations are vital to land reform.
Without you, real land reform is not possible. We see community organisations as vital partners in the process of land reform. I will say something more about that later. Let me start by explaining the purpose of this conference. We have now done a lot of work to formulate a new land policy for the country.