INFORMING THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE: Land distribution, restitution, and socio-economic cohesion in post-apartheid South Africa
By FG Tsibani: (From the University of Johannesburg, writing in his personal capacity)
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced 15 August as the day of the first national convention as a build-up to the National Dialogue. (Image: GCIS)
The National Dialogue, announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 10 June 2025, represents a critical moment in South Africa's Nation Building Plan (Tsibani, 2020), aligned with Section 83(c) of the RSA Constitution. This all-inclusive, people-led, and society-wide process seeks to reconstruct, redevelop, review, reconsider, rethink, and reimagine the country's future, forging a new national ethos and common value system.
Through the National Dialogue, utilising Integrated Rural and Urban Infrastructure Investment Programmes (IR&am...