The significance and importance of land to our society is self evident. In ours, like all other countries, land is the most fundamental of resources. The notion of personal dignity and empowerment is often enshrined in the extend to which the state recognises that legitimate occupation.
Land provides the platform for most development.
Elected governments have a duty of care to the community that elects them to ensure the security of the citizens in their rightful occupation of the land. A thoughtfully planned and far sighted policy for the administration of the land resource is vital for both that security and an adequate and equitable supply of land for human socio-economic uses for both the present and future generations. So fundamental is this duty that there is a continual need to monitor the policy dimensions of the administration of land by focussing on the issues of access to land, securtiyof tenure rights in land, mechanisms of the allocation and transfer of land through both market processes and administrative arrangements and land use planning. The Principles A fair, accessible, transparent, efficient and secure land administration system is necessary for a prosperous community. The land administration system of the state must reflect the cultures of the community it serves, providing and administrative infrastructure which satisfies the need for agriculture, industry, personal and family space, shelter, industry, recreation, worship and protection for all sections of the population.