People's Assembly

2022-w4483 - 15 December 2022

Noko Phineas Masipa to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

What are the relevant details of funding provided by her department to private companies that are responsible for supporting emerging farmers with technical support for each commodity and in each province throughout the Republic in the past 10 years; (2) whether she will furnish Mr N P Masipa with a detailed report on the progress made through such support for each (a) farm, (b) commodity and (c) year; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 15 Dec 2022

The Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) is collating the information required and will tabled a response as soon as possible.

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2022-w4572 - 15 December 2022

Lorato Florence Tito to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

Which forms of assistance have been offered to small-scale farmers, especially at Rooiwal Village in the North West, who can no longer farm due to cable and farming equipment theft?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 15 Dec 2022

The Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) is collating the information required and will tabled a response as soon as possible.

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2022-w4020 - 15 December 2022

Noko Phineas Masipa to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

What (a) percentage and (b) hectarage of communal land in the Republic is currently occupied under (i) apartheid-era Permission to Occupy certificates and (ii) other forms of non-registrable tenure?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 15 Dec 2022

(a)(i),(ii) and (b)(i),(ii)

The Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) is collating the information required and will tabled a response as soon as possible.

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2022-w3814 - 15 December 2022

Noko Phineas Masipa to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

What (a) are the (i) detailed estimates and (ii) all important variables of the long-term damage of the KwaZulu-Natal floods on the sugar sector and (b)(i) total number of farmers ceased operations and exited the market due to losses incurred in the floods and (ii) is her department doing to help them; (2) what (a) are the details of other crops that were affected by the KwaZulu-Natal floods and (b) actions are being taken to support affected farmers?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 15 Dec 2022

The Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) is collating the information required and will tabled a response as soon as possible.

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2022-w4019 - 15 December 2022

Noko Phineas Masipa to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

Considering that at the Subtrop Transformation Summit held in Tzaneen on 26 May 2022, she pointed out that the Government was ready to deal with the contentious issue of national communal land tenure and in taking steps towards the regularisation of communal land rights, what (a) percentage and (b) hectarage of communal land is currently not surveyed in (i) the Republic and (ii) each of the nine provinces?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 15 Dec 2022

(a)(b),(i),(ii) The Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) is collating the information required and will tabled a response as soon as possible.

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2022-w3511 - 15 December 2022

Noko Phineas Masipa to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

Whether she will provide a standard protocol of the maintenance of agricultural colleges in the Republic; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether she has found that all colleges are adhering to the required standards and protocol; if not, what measures has she put in place to impose compliance; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether there have been colleges that were given notices for not complying with the required standards; if not, why not; if so, which colleges?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 15 Dec 2022

The Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) is collating the information required and will tabled a response as soon as possible.

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2022-w4485 - 15 December 2022

Noko Phineas Masipa to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

What are the relevant details of (a) Onderstepoort Biological Products purchase price of vaccines from Botswana for each unit and (b) the price that the specified units are being sold to the South African government?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 15 Dec 2022

The Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) is collating the information required and will tabled a response as soon as possible.

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2022-w4268 - 15 December 2022

Nthako Sam Matiase to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

In light of the fact that the High-Level Panel report discovered that only 5% of employed people work in agriculture, what plans and strategies has she put in place to improve the capacity of the agricultural sector to create more jobs in order to increase the employment rate in the sector?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 15 Dec 2022

The Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) is collating the information required and will tabled a response as soon as possible.

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2022-w3684 - 15 December 2022

Nthako Sam Matiase to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

Whether she has found that the (a) public and (b) private sector is succeeding in maintaining current agricultural market access and look towards new market access in order to broaden the exporter base and diversify exports, as well as increase the export of value-added products; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 15 Dec 2022

The Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) is collating the information required and will tabled a response as soon as possible.

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2022-w3758 - 15 December 2022

Nthako Sam Matiase to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

Whether her department and the private sector is succeeding in maintaining current market access and looking towards new market access in order to (a) broaden the exporter base and diversify exports and (b) increase the export of value-added products; if not, why not, in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 15 Dec 2022

The Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) is collating the information required and will tabled a response as soon as possible.

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