South Africa: Department to act "drastically" against uncooperative landowners

Agriculture and Land Affairs Minister Lulama Xingwana said her department would "deal drastically" with landowners who deliberately delayed the land restoration process. The Minister's remarks come amid the revelation by the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (CRLR) that, in the North West alone, it had been experiencing resistance from landowners who deliberately delayed the restoration process.