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Agriculture, land reform and rural development minister Thoko Didiza will ask Parliament to put her in direct control of technical decisions at the Deeds Office, a new amendment Bill from her department shows.
That will include exactly how information on the foreign ownership of land, and the race of land owners, is collected.
On Friday, Didiza formally gave notice of her intention to put the Deed Registries Amendment Bill before the National Assembly soon, with the publication of an explanatory memorandum on the legislation.
The full text of the Bill shows that, if it were passed in its current form, it would remove the power of the Deeds Registries Regulations Board to make any actual regulations. It would, instead, become an advisory body that makes recommendations to the minister in charge of land affairs.
The minister may call on the board for specific advice, or the board could take it upon itself to proffer advice on how the deeds office runs, but there will be no obligation for the minister to heed any advice.
Govt is preparing to take more direct control of the deeds office, and gather better race data | News24
The minister of agriculture and land reform will take direct control of technical aspects under the new Deed Registries Amendment Bill, relegating a current regulations board to advisors.