2024-w699 - 04 April 2024

Wendy Robyn Alexander to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

Whether she will furnish Mrs W R Alexander with a (a) list and (b) full description of all events planned by her department to take place before 29 May 2024 in celebration of the 30 years of democracy in the Republic, including the (i) projected total cost or expenditure of each event and (ii) breakdown thereof in terms of expenditure for (aa) catering, (bb) entertainment, (cc) venue hire, (dd) transport and (ee) accommodation; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 4 Apr 2024

(a), (b) No.

(i), (ii), (iii),(aa),(bb),(cc),(dd),(ee) Falls away.

The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is not aware of any events planned to celebrate 30years of democracy before the 29th of May 2024.

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2024-w651 - 04 April 2024

Mzwanele Manyi to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

What are the full, relevant details of land ownership by category in the Republic post the Land Audit Report of 2017?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 4 Apr 2024

There is no further information available regarding land ownership by category in the Republic post the Land Audit Report of 2017. However, the Department is in the initial stages of planning the next audit, aiming to refresh the 2017 report and provide detailed insights into land ownership by various categories, including entities such as companies, trusts, and community-based organizations. Once this new analysis is ...

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2024-w672 - 04 April 2024

Veronica Van Dyk to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

(1) Whether she will furnish Mrs V van Dyk with a copy of the (a) report from Independent Elections Facilitators of Southern Africa that the Richtersveld Communal Property Association (CPA) election process was declared free and fair and that all objections have been attended to and resolved as submitted to the Office of the Director-General and (b) proof that the CPA membership list was updated to the date before the election in 2021; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether she will furnish Mrs V van Dyk with the (a) documents submitted to the office of the Director-General, (b) attendance registers of persons who were eligible to vote and (c) number of persons who voted, (d) counted votes; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 4 Apr 2024

(1),(2)(a),(b),(c),(d) No. In terms of section (8)(3)(c) of the Communal Property Associations Act No. 28 of 1996, on request and on payment of the prescribed fee, the Registration Officer shall provide members of the public with information contained in the register and with a copy of the constitution of any registered association or similar entity. The Promotion of Access to Information Act No. 2 ...

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2024-w532 - 03 April 2024

Mothusi Kenneth Montwedi to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

Considering that her department has finalised previous order claims in the Free State, (a) by what date does she intend to start with new order claims for the (i) Free State and (ii) rest of the provinces and (b) what time frames have been put in place to attend to new order claims?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 3 Apr 2024

 

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT:

(a)(i),(ii) The Constitutional Court interdicted the Commission from processing the new order claims until the Commission has finalised the old order claims lodged by 31 December 1998. The order did not direct the Commission to process new order claims in provinces where the 1998 claims have been finalised. Currently the Commission has total ...

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2024-w652 - 03 April 2024

Mzwanele Manyi to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

(a) How much land was transferred as part of redistribution and restitution from 1 February 2018 up to the latest specified date for which information is available and (b) what are the relevant details in this regard?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 3 Apr 2024

 

(a) 330 046 and 462 745 hectares were acquired as part of land redistributed and restitution respectively

(b) Please refer to the table below:

Provincial Breakdown of hectares acquired:

Province

Redistribution Hectares Acquired

Restitution Hectares Acquired

Eastern Cape

17 605

9 479

Free State

10 305

1 219

Gauteng

2 612

41

KwaZulu Natal

34 482

118 525

Limpopo

16 080

89 471 ...

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2024-w522 - 03 April 2024

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

Whether, with reference to her reply to question 3764 on 22 November 2023, in which she confirmed that the settlement of the land claim of the residents of Lower Zingcuka in Keiskammahoek in the Eastern Cape was almost complete, she will furnish Mr N S Matiase with the timetable of activities and the final payment of the financial compensation to the community; if not, why not; if so, by what date and/or month does she envisage the community to be paid the financial compensation due to them?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 3 Apr 2024

 

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT:

The claim for Lower Zingcuka was approved for settlement by the Minister on the 29th November 2023.

Current and planned roll out of activities for finalize payments for the claim as follows:

  • An information session with all three villages in the Lower Zingcuka community took place on 29 – 30 January 2024 to ...
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2024-w653 - 03 April 2024

Mzwanele Manyi to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

What total amount (a) has the Government spent on land redistribution and restitution from 1 February 2018 up to the latest specified date for which information is available and (b) is in her department’s projections for the 7th administration to spend?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 3 Apr 2024

(a) Government spent R3 038 billion on land redistribution and R18,480 billion on land restitution from 1 February 2018 to 15 March 2024.

(b) The Department’s land acquisition projections for the 7th administration to spend is reflected in the Mid-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) allocation for the next three years as R 1 605 billion for redistribution and R13,354 billion for the next five years ...

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2024-w328 - 25 March 2024

Leonard Jones Basson to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

What are the full details of all (a) sponsorships, (b) donations and (c) financial transfers provided for lawfare and/or any other purposes to (i) her, (ii) her department and (iii) officials of her department by any (aa) Qatari, (bb) Iranian and/or (cc) Russian organ of state, organisation and/or resident since 1 January 2021 up to the latest date in 2024 for which information is available?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 25 Mar 2024

(a),(b),(c) None.

(i)(aa),(bb),(cc) (ii)(aa),(bb),(cc) (iii)(aa),(bb),(cc) Falls away.

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2024-w470 - 25 March 2024

Veronica Van Dyk to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

Whether, with reference to the Rooiwal Communal Property Association (CPA), she will furnish Mrs V van Dyk with a copy of their (a) constitution, (b) financial statements since the 2015-16 financial year, (c) updated membership register and (d) title deed from the Regional Land Claims Commission to the Rooiwal CPA; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 25 Mar 2024

(a)(b),(c) Any member of the Communal Property Association (CPA), can make a request to the CPA executive to access CPA information. A request must be formally made to the CPA executive committee and the Department can assist if the Committee fail to provide the copy of the constitution, financial statements, and updated membership register.

(d) A request must be formally made to the Land ...

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2024-w547 - 25 March 2024

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

What are the relevant details regarding the production of vaccines as it relates to freeze drying at the Onderstepoort Biological Products since the new board took over?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 25 Mar 2024

The freeze dryer was not operational over the December period due to technical issues which required the services of a specialist service provider. Finding the specialist took some time with an appointment only made in January 2024. The freeze dryer has been operational since the third week of February 2024.

Six batches of vaccines have been freeze-dried to date. Production is continuing over seven ...

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