Symposium
Land Redistribution in Southern Africa

Burgers Park Hotel
Pretoria, South Africa
6-7 November 2002
Organizing Committee

Mr Mikko Uimonen (Finland), chair
Mr Apie van den Berg (South Africa)
Mr Paul van der Molen (The Netherlands)
Mr Sam Zhou (Zimbabwe)
Mr. Paul Munro-Faure (Italy)
Mr Christiaan Lemmen (The Netherlands)
Ms Pauline van Elsland (The Netherlands)

With the kind support of UN/FAO, Cadastre and Land Registry Agency (The Netherlands),
International Institute of Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation ITC (The Netherlands)
and the International Federation of Surveyors FIG

Programme and proceedings

Programme as pdf-file

List of participants

Report as published on FIG Web site

Report as published in GIM

Tuesday November 5, 2002

18:00-19:00


19:00-21:00

Registration Symposium
Ms. Pauline van Elsland & Ms Marie Niemand

Buffet Dinner (Commission 7 and participants of the Symposium who have already arrived)

Wednesday November 6, 2002

08:00-11:00 Registration
Ms. Pauline van Elsland & Ms Marie Niemand
09:00-09:10

 

09:10-09:30

Opening of the Symposium
Mr Paul van der Molen
Chair of Commission 7 of FIG

History of Settling Southern Africa
- .ppt slides
Ms Nozizwe Makgalemele
Department of Land Affairs
South Africa

09:30-12:30

 

09:30-09:50


 

09:50-10:10



 

10:10-10:30

Symposium - Land redistribution - First Session
Orientation to the Land Redistribution Issue

Chair: Paul van der Molen (The Netherlands), Chair of Commission 7

Land Policy and Land Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa: Consensus and Controversy
Mr Rogier van den Brink
World Bank Land Reform and Land Policy Co-ordinator (Pretoria)

The Quest for Institutional Harmony to Deliver Zimbabwe’s Land Reform Program
- .ppt slides
Mr Rhodwick Chigumete
Surveyor General of Zimbabwe

Reviewing Conventional Land Administration Approaches and Proposing New Alternatives: Peri-urban Customary Tenure and Land Readjustment
- .ppt slides
Ms Clarissa Fourie
University of Cape Town, South Africa

10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:20


 

11:20-11:40


 

11:40-12:30

Land Allocation, Acquisition and Readjustments, Different Techniques for Land Redistribution
- .ppt slides
Mr Tommy Österberg, Swedesurvey (Sweden)

Activities of the FAO Land Tenure Service in Southern Africa
- .ppt-slides
Mr Paul Munro-Faure
FAO Chief Land Tenure Service, Rome (Italy)

Discussion

12:30-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-18:00
 

14:00-14:20



 

14:20-14:40




 

14:40-15:00

Symposium - Land Redistribution - Second Session
Chair: Mr Apie van den Berg, Surveyor General South Africa

Capacity Building in Land Management in southern Africa: the Namibian experience
- .ppt slides
Mr Vence Uisso
Head Dept Land Management Polytechnic of Namibia

Opportunities in Land Reform: experience within customary tenure land in South Africa
- .ppt slides
Mr Rudi Hillermann
Director Survey Services
KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)

Looking backwards, looking forward with land Tenure in Zimbabwe
- .ppt slides
Mr D. Goodwin
University of Zimbabwe

15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-15:50


 

15:50-16:10


 

16:10-16:30


 

16:30-18:00

South African Experience of Land Reform
- .ppt slides
Mr John Obree
Department of Land Affairs (South Africa)

Insights into the Policy and Legislation on Land Reform in Zimbabwe
- .ppt slides
Mr Sam Zhou
Survey Institute of Zimbabwe

Technology as a problem in South African Land Reform
- .ppt slides
Mr Jonathan Jackson
University of Natal (South Africa)

Discussion

19:00-21:00 Buffet Dinner (Commission 7 and participants of the Symposium)

Thursday November 7, 2002

09:00-12:30
 

09:00-09:20



 

09:20-09:40


 

09:40-10:00

Symposium - Land Redistribution - Third Session
Chair: Mr Mikko Uimonen, Finland

Land Restitution and Compensation Procedures in Central Eastern Europe
- .ppt slides
Mr András Osskó, Vice Chair Commission 7
Head Budapest Land Office (Hungary)

The Potential of the Land Readjustment Technique in Africa
- .ppt slides
Mr Robert Home
Anglia Polytechnic University (United Kingdom)

Impact of new legislation in Mozambique
- .ppt slides
Mr Simeăo Cambaco
Director National Training School of Geodesy and Cartography (Mozambique)

10:00-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-10:50


 

10:50-11:10


 

11:10-11:30

 

11:30-12:30

Brazil´s World Bank assisted State Land Reform Programs
- .ppt slides
Mr Rogier van den Brink
World Bank, Pretoria (South Africa)

Experience with Land Reform in Bolivia
- .ppt slides
Mr Christiaan Lemmen
Cadastre and Land Registry Agency (The Netherlands)

Land Reform in Malawi
Mr Daniël Gondwe
Chief Staff Surveyor Malawi

Discussion

12:30-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-18:00
 

14:00-14:20



 

14:20-14:40


 

14:40-15:00

Symposium - Land Redistribution - Fourth Session
Chair: Mr Sam Zhou, Zimbabwe

The Role of Land Taxes in Redistribution: Experience in Namibia
- .ppt slides
Ms Nashilongo Shivute
Valuer General
Dept. Valuation and Estate Management (Namibia)

Survey methods and Datamanagement for the demarcation and management of informal rights in South Africa
Mr Mark van den Berg
President Federation of Institutes of Land Surveyors in South Africa

Land Reform and Distribution in Namibia
- .ppt slides
Mr Karim Olowabi
Surveyor General Namibia

15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-15:50


 

15:50-16:10


 

16:10-16:30


 

16:30-18:00



 

18:00

 

Global Rhetoric versus Local Realities: Land Reform in Zimbabwe
- .ppt slides
Mr Ivan Farayi Muzondo
University of Zimbabwe

Land Redistribution in Practice
- .exe slides
Mr Karl van Rensburg
Land Tenure Services, South Africa

Cadastral Reform for Sustainable Land Redistribution in Zimbabwe
- .ppt slides
Mr Dorman Chimhamhiwa
University of Zimbabwe

Concluding Discussion:
Land redistribution as a target of development co-operation and poverty alleviation
Representatives of WB, FAO, AfDB, FIG, Aid Organisations
Comments by Mr Sam Moyo (Zimbabwe)

Closing Remarks
Mr Paul van der Molen
Chair of FIG Commission 7

19:00-21:00 Buffet Dinner (Commission 7 and participants of the Symposium)

© International Federation of Surveyors,  2003

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