Importance Of Land Reform

What is land? Land is that part of earth’s surface that is not covered by water, it can also said to be the solid surface of the Earth that is owned by someone, a country or nation. Land in economics, is the resource that encompasses the natural resources used in production, in classical economics, the three factors of production are land, labour and capital. It was considered to the original and inexhaustible gift of nature. The payment to land is called rent.
What are the importance of land? Land are very important to humans in so many ways because everything we use can be traced ultimately to land. Land may be rightly called the original source of all material wealth. It can be used for agriculture, for building purpose (habitats) for living,

The common characteristic of all land reforms, however, is modification of existing institutional arrangements governing possession and use of land. Thus, while land reform may be radical in nature, such as through large scale transfers of land from one group to another, it can also be less dramatic, such as regulatory reforms aimed at improving land administration. . The land reform process base on three areas, restitution, land tenure reform and land redistribution. (1) Restitution, where the government compensates (monetary) individuals who had been forcefully removed, has been very unsuccessful and the policy has now shifted to redistribution with secure land tenure.(2) Land tenure reform is a system of recognizing people 's right to own land and therefore control of the land.There are some laws that governed a land in different parts of the world, indigenous land right are recognized by international law as well as the national legal system of common law. Land right are an integral part of land laws, as they socially enforce group of individuals right to own land in concurrence with the land law of a nation, this land law addresses the legal mandate set forth by a country in regards to land ownership, while land right is refers to the social acceptance of land ownership.it is important for such laws concerning land ownership and right of a country to be written or in an agreement. See Restitution of Land Right Act (Act 22of 1994 a-b). In southAfrica as a case study under colonialism and apartheid, the ruling white minority stolen some land from the black Africans in southAfrica, reclaiming this land became a cry for liberation in the country after the white minority rule ended, (3) Redistribution is the most important component of land reform in South Africa. Initially, land was bought from its owners that are willing sell by