Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy (PLAS)

PLAS is focused on assisting rural poor people and is involves the government buying land with good potential for agricultural use. The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform then selects beneficiaries who can lease the land with the option to purchase it.

Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development (LRAD)

LRAD is joint venture between the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform. Through the programme, qualifying beneficiaries may acquire land for agricultural purposes.

Settlement Production Land Acquisition Grant (SPLAG)

SPLAG is a grant which provides for the settlement/housing needs of people as well as their and agricultural production land needs of people living and/or working on rural land.

Land Acquisition for Sustainable Settlement (LASS)

The LASS programme has two objectives:

• To enable municipalities to acquire land to implement schemes involving the productive use of the land resources
• To enable municipalities to acquire land for residential development/ urban development