23 December 2020 | Agriculture
HARD TO GET: It would take the government up to six years to acquire 1.3 million hectares of land if the projected budget of the lands ministry is approved. Photo: file
JEMIMA BEUKES
WINDHOEK
Article 16 of the Namibian Constitution prohibits government from abolishing the much-criticised willing-buyer, willing-seller policy, dealing a heavy blow to aspirations of the 2018 second national land conference.
Article 16 falls under the Bill of Rights provision in the constitution and cannot be amended – not even through a referendum.
Government s plan to prevent Namibians from owning multiple farms, as per the resolution of the 2018 conference, will also not succeed as Article 16 would not allow this to happen.