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Part 2
‘Mind the gap’: discrepancies between policies and practices in South African land reform
4
Consultants, business plans and
land reform practices
Francois Marais
I visited the Lethu-Sonke farmers in September 2007, accompanied by Willem, the agricultural specialist employed by the provincial agricultural ministry. He had been involved with the Lethu-Sonke beneficiaries since the inception of the project. ‘These
