Fields of wheat are seen on farmland on the banks of the Orange River near Van der Kloof, South AfricaFields of wheat are seen on farmland on the banks of the Orange River near Van der Kloof, South Africaare planning to use their communal land to fight poverty and create employment opportunities in their respective communities. Two villages have received title deeds of their land from the Department of Land Reform.
“Now that we received the land, we want to develop it to such an extent that we are able to farm productively producing crops so that we are able to feed ourselves, neighbours we also want to breed livestock,” says Dube chairperson Edward Maseti. “We are happy that we received the land, we want government to assist us with developing the land,” says representative of Cwaru village Vuyani Tshaka.