COMMUNAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATIONS
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DIRECTOR-GENERAL’S OVERVIEW<br />
When the Department engages in the final drive, to ensure<br />
that all CPAs comply with the Act and Regulations, special<br />
emphasis will be placed on those that have been regularized<br />
to ensure that they don’t retrogress. This will be done through<br />
sustained capacity building exercises in all provinces. At the<br />
core of such exercises will be the building of capacity within<br />
provinces to ensure that support becomes available where it<br />
is needed, at the time it is needed and with minimal costs to<br />
the CPAs.<br />
The picture of CPAs that has emerged from the pilot phase of<br />
regularization, shows that the solutions to the problems<br />
facing none-compliant CPAs are varied. The challenges<br />
encountered during the regularization phase include the<br />
following: inappropriate CPA constitutions, no sense of<br />
community amongst members, fights over CPA resources, CPA<br />
committees fighting with tribal authorities, lack of<br />
management skills, uncertainty about CPA membership, land<br />
invasions, delayed transfer of land to CPAs, disregard for<br />
allocated individual rights, unceasing litigation amongst<br />
members, lack of institutional support, lack of operating<br />
capital and poor information management.<br />
It is clear that some challenges lie with the entity itself<br />
whereas others were created by lack of monitoring and<br />
evaluation of the activities of the CPAs.<br />
Proposed amendments to the Communal Property<br />
Associations Act are aimed at addressing challenges<br />
emanating from this lack of institutional support. There will<br />
be stricter enforcement of the sanctions provided for in the<br />
Act where the departmental efforts are deliberately<br />
obstructed by individuals within and outside the CPA in order<br />
to create a climate within which the resources of the CPAs can<br />
be plundered to the detriment of its members. Both civil and<br />
criminal action will be applied where the provisions of the Act<br />
are deliberately circumvented. When a CPA has been<br />
regularized, the focus will shift to the developmental aspect<br />
to ensure that the members derive maximum benefits from<br />
the operations of their entity while they make a meaningful<br />
contribution to the economy and lessening their dependence<br />
on the social welfare programmes of government.<br />
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