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Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality policy

Karoo Hoogland Local MunicipalityRef: https://www.karoohoogland.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/KHM-2024-2025-Commonage-Policy.pdf

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Source domain: karoohoogland.gov.za

Collected on 16 July 2026

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What this means

This is the Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality’s commonage land development policy, prepared with several agricultural, rural development and commonage bodies. It sets out the municipality’s commonage land programme, including its focus on poverty alleviation, small-farmer development and land reform. The policy states that commonage land will be made available to emerging and small-scale farmers and to especially disadvantaged residents, including women, youth and persons with disabilities.

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Meentgrond projekte

The municipality makes commonage land available to empower emerging and small-scale farmers, alleviate poverty among women and poor residents including youth and persons with disabilities, and support local economic development and land reform.

Who it is for: Emerging and small-scale farmers, especially historically disadvantaged people, women, poor residents, youth and persons with disabilities in the municipal area

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1.4 Die Karoo Hoogland Munisipaliteit verbind hulle om meentgrond vir die volgende doeleindes te gebruik: a) Die bemagtiging van opkomende/kleinskaal boere in die gebied; b) Die verligting van armoede deur grond beskikbaar te stel aan veral vroue en arm inwoners binne die munisipale gebied wat insluit jeug en persone met gestremdhede.

Facts

Reference

https://www.karoohoogland.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/KHM-2024-2025-Commonage-Policy.pdf

Parties

It sets out the municipality

Key Takeaways

Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality commonage land development policy
53 540.3455 hectares of municipal commonage land
Traditional and additional commonage land in Sutherland, Fraserberg and Williston
2008 decision to progressively make traditional commonage available to historically disadvantaged small farmers over five years
Commonage land to support emerging and small-scale farmers, women, poor residents, youth and persons with disabilities
KAROO HOOGLAND MUNISIPALITEIT
DEPARTEMENT LANDBOU OMGEWING SAKE LANDELIKE ONTWIKKELING EN GRONDHERVORMING
PEOPLE'S SURPLUS PROJECT
MEENT KOMITEES VERENIGINGS