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=Landless People’s March to the Land Summit= · Date – Wednesday, 27 July 2005 · NASREC, Johannesburg · Initiated by the Landless People’s Movement · Endorsed by the Alliance of Land and Agrarian Reform Movements (ALARM) · The civil society memorandum and petition to the Summit will be submitted to government through this march.

=Civil Society Caucus Meeting before the Land Summit= · Tuesday, 26 July 2005 · 13h00 to 15h00 · Open to land organisations, community delegates, labour, religious organisations & other progressives attending the summit · Proposed Agenda ü Discussion & endorsement of civil society memorandum to the summit ü Discussion & adoption of proposed media strategy interventions at the summit ü Discussion of the way forward beyond the summit

=Civil Society Demands to the Land Summit= · Fundamental & comprehensive review & overhaul of land & agrarian reform within 1 year involving rural communities, the landless, land rights organisations, labour & other stakeholders · Moratorium on all evictions on all farms until there is a single law on tenure security · The closing date for submitting restitution claims must be re-opened. This demand is based on the following motivations: ü insufficient information was made available & did not reach all affected communities ü the restitution process was biased to urban areas ü restitution is an historic opportunity for redress and not something to get rid of by bureaucratic fiat · Cancellation of monetary compensation for restitution & its replacement with land restoration in the original land or in alternative land · Single tenure legislation to promote effective measures for the security of tenure of farm dwellers, residents of informal settlements & other landless people. This must also mean security of tenure must not be tied to a farm dweller providing labour to a farmer. · Rapid land release of all unused land to the landless by the state, churches, farmers & other land owners · Effective implementation of the sectoral determination for farm workers immediately (through deployment of sufficient inspectors, regular & effective inspection of farms, prosecution of farmers who violate the sectoral determination, and a programme of education of farm workers) · The redrafting of the Communal Land Rights Act after an extensive process of consultation with affected communities and other stakeholders.

Up to now, the participating organisations in ALARM are: 1. ANCRA 2. Association for Rural Advancement 3. Free State Rural Development Association 4. Land Access Movement of South Africa 5. Landless People’s Movement 6. Lawyers for Human Rights 7. Nkuzi Development Association 8. Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies 9. Rural Legal Trust 10. South African Communist Party 11. Southern Cape Land Committee 12. Surplus People’s Project 13. Transkei Land Service Organisation 14. Transvaal Rural Action Committee (Mpumalanga) 15. Trust for Community Outreach and Education 16. Women on Farms Project