DEPUTY DIRECTOR: TENURE REFORM IMPLEMENTATION REF NO: 3/2/1/2023/261
Directorate: Tenure Reform Implementation

CENTRE : Western Cape (Cape Town)

DUTIES : Provide support to communal land tenure programmes. Liaise with stakeholders, Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (CONTRALESA), National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL) to ensure dispute resolution between parties. Ensure rights holders on communal areas are not being violated. Monitor Agreements on communal. Liaise on the interim measures on an annual basis as governed by Interim Protection of Informal Land Rights Act (IPILRA). Assist the District in mediation between community members and traditional councils in land rights violation cases. Provide support to land rights programmes. Update and monitor database for land rights cases. Assist the District in mediation between the farm occupiers and farm owners in land rights violation cases. Negotiate an offer to sell with the farm owners. Facilitate out of court settlement between the parties. Engage the relevant stakeholders, regarding land rights matters. Facilitate the relocation of farm occupiers. Refer the land rights violation cases to court through the Land Rights Management Facility (LRMF). Provide support to the legal representatives during court process. Facilitate the upgrading of tenure rights in terms of Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Amendment (ULTRA). Conduct land rights awareness and capacity building to internal and external stakeholders (farm dwellers, farmers associations labour tenants Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), municipality, Department of Labour etc.). Establish, maintain and support communal property institutions. Facilitate the establishment of Communal Property Association (CPAs). Establish and maintain the CPA database. Conduct CPA workshops during and after registration of a CPA. Monitor the functionality of the CPAs. Intervene in the affairs of CPAs and serve as a conciliator during dispute resolution process. Attend to all CPA inquiries. Compile the CPA annual report on the functionality of CPAs to be tabled in Parliament. Establish and chair the district CPA forums. Conduct mediation, negotiations and round table conference for CPAs and Similar Entities. Assist the CPAs wherein their property is being executed for non-payment of water irrigation bills. Refer non-compliant CPAs to the LRMF to intervene and mediate disputes and ensure regularisation. Monitor the panellist appointed by LRMF. Facilitate land dispute resolutions. Promote capacity building land dispute matters. Promote awareness on land rights. Facilitate the implementation of land rights policies, procedures and guidelines. Provide support to land tenure upgrading. Facilitate the involvement of Surveyor General Office in boundary dispute matters.

ENQUIRIES : Mr J Swart Tel No: (021) 409 0300
APPLICATIONS : Applications can be submitted by post to: Private Bag X10, Mowbray 7710 or hand delivered during office hours to: 14 Long Street, 5th Floor, Cape Town, 8001.

NOTE : African, Coloured, Indian and White Males and African, Coloured, Indian and White Females and Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

CLOSING DATE : 11 April 2023 at 16:00