Participatory GPS and GIS mapping is a mapping process that involves the active participation of local communities with the help of external collaborators who are experts in the field. A basic communal land management system is a land management structure responsible for the management of a local, core jurisdictional area (village) occupied by a tribe whose rights to land are derived from common rules that determine access and is usually led by an Induna. The study was designed to analyze the basic systems of communal land administration and develop a methodology for their mapping.
A successful implementation of the Municipal Land Rights Law, 2004 required spatial and linked information on land administration structures. 6.4 2 Comparative Analysis of the Role Played by the Municipal Land Administration System and the Role to be Played by the Envisaged. Interim Procedures - Interim Procedures Governing Land Development Decisions that require the consent of the Minister of Land Affairs as the Nominal Owner of the Land.
Royal family means the customary core institution or structure consisting of immediate relatives of the ruling family within a traditional community. Bakgomana are the councilors appointed by Chief of Chieftaincy who assist in the administration of the tribal authority.
Introduction
From time immemorial, indigenous peoples remained together in communes, where each household had exclusive rights to designated areas, while enjoying common use rights to other parts of the land such as pastures, forest lots and water sources/points. law (Marongwe, 2003) Colonial conquest of indigenous people gave rise to major disruptions to indigenous administrative practices Repressive laws were introduced to undermine, humiliate and dehumanize indigenous people. The indigenous customary systems of land administration were modified to suit the needs and interests of the colonial political economy. The Communal Land Rights Act, 2004 (Act No. 11 of 2004) (CLaRA) intends to transfer communal land to communities and to establish democratic land administration structures to manage communal land.
It is necessary to take stock of existing land administration structures and understand how they function. This study analyzes and develops tools for mapping basic municipal land management systems using participatory GPS and GIS. Before mapping common lands, the extent of the common area must be defined by the community.
The study presents the general process to be followed in obtaining information from the community that defines the boundaries of their territory and presents the result in the form of a map developed by the community.
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The l\Jeed for Mapping Communal Land Administration Systems .10
Challenges Associated with the System of Communal Land
The development and operation of informal land administration systems in communal areas caused by the breakdown of land administration systems in communal lands from 2 April 1994. One of the aims of this research was to develop a participatory GPS methodology for identification and mapping. boundaries of the communal land administration. However, none of the original lighthouses have been identified as described in an overview diagram prepared in 1953.
A hard copy of a 1,50,000 topographic map was used to identify the boundaries of the common land administration area. Bakgaga Traditional Authority responded to another set of questions related to the wider operation of the land administration system. Induna Shogole and members of the Makurung land administration team were interviewed about their common land administration practices.
Bakgomana are appointed by the Chief or High Priest to assist in the administration of traditional authority. Comparative Analysis of the Role of the Municipal Land Administration System and that to be Played by the Anticipated Land Administration Committee. Analysis of the Structural Composition of the Municipal Land Administration System versus the Land Administration Committee, provided by CLaRA.
The scenario outlined by the above deliberations calls for a revision of the current system of communal land management so that it comes into line with the provisions of the law. In terms of the provisions of the Communal Land Rights Act, 2004 (CLaRA), the community must make and adopt its community rules and have them registered (Section 19(1)). CLaRA advocates governance by the people. Criteria for land allocation include community membership, age of the applicant and fidelity to the land management system.
Following the identification of the common land administration boundaries on the topographic map by the Land Administration Team, GPS surveys of coordinate points marking common land area were taken. The ability of communities to define and map their communal land administration areas is central to the successful implementation of the Community Land Rights Act. The Makurung Communal Land Administration Team also participated in the boundary marking of the recently allocated croplands.
The collected data in the form of GPS recorded coordinates of points marking the border of the communal land administration was transferred to topographic data. Public participation was enhanced through the active participation of the Makurung land management team in defining and identifying the boundaries of their municipal land administration. The case study of Makurung village provided an analysis of existing land administration systems on communal land.
Analysis of the status quo In comparison with the planned Land Administration Committees, CLaRA presented a broader view of the challenges ahead.
