Land reform, in South Africa, remains a critical imperative for social and economic development for redressing past injustices and addressing the problem of poverty and underdevelopment. Empirical evidence, however, suggests that a large number of land reform beneficiaries have not been able to meaningfully use their land due to limited post-settlement support provided by government. The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) introduced the extension recovery plan, in 2009, to strengthen extension delivery to smallholder farmers. Despite the role of extension being that of improving farming efficiency, the public sector extension services is perceived to be ineffective and inadequate in improving sustainable smallholder farming. Several attempts have been made to improve the agricultural extension sector of the South African economy. However, there is still a growing concern for the provision of effective and sustai