Heavyweight venture capitalist and ex-banker Michael Jordaan likes to share his views on X, starting 2026 with a post on the controversial issue that government must give legal title to people staying on communal land.
Some 13 of land in SA is held by tribal authorities. 17 million people or a third of our population live on these communal lands. Giving title deeds would turn poor rural dwellers into property owners, he says in his post, which links to a longer discourse published on the website of his investment firm, Montegray Capital.
There is one major initiative that would move the earth: giving legal title to many millions of families who are living freely and openly on land that notionally does not belong to them.
