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Tenure type
Area and population
Legal recognition and characteristics
Issues and potential overlaps
Communal use of rural land; customary communal tenure
Area: 35 million ha Population: 3 million
Legal recognition: Recognized under 1999 VLA Registration: Not recorded except for a few villages with land use plans Boundaries: No demarcation Transferability: No
Overlaps with individual villages and reserved land (parks, game reserves, conservation areas) are unclear. Many disputes between pastoralists and farmers occur. Pastoralists are frequently removed from “their� land.
Reserved land Informal occupation of reserved land (legal squatting)
Area: 7.6 million ha Population: 300,000 to 1 million
Legal recognition: Much not surveyed and not titled Registration/recording: Recorded (gazetted) Transferability: No
Reserved land overlaps with pastoral lands, village lands, and state lands. Conflicts occur with farmers and pastoralists.
Source: Various sources; compiled by L. Kironde. Note: CCRO = certificate of customary right of occupancy; CRO = certificate of right of occupancy; CVL = certificate of village land; ha = hectare; LA = Land Act (1999); RL = residential license; s.t. = strata title (condominium); VLA = Village Land Act (1999).