What (a) number of title deeds for agricultural developments did her department hand over under its (i) rural development and (ii) land reform programmes in each province since her departments inception in 2009 and (b) are the (i) dates on which title deeds were transferred, (ii) names of beneficiaries, (iii)(aa) names and (bb) contact details of the previous owners and (iv) exact GPS co-ordinates in respect of each title deed?
(a)(i),(ii) 302 title deeds directly transferred for agricultural developments from 1 April 2009 until 31 March 2018. Please refer to the table for provincial breakdown.
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Provincial Department
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Number of Tittle Deeds transferred
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Eastern Cape
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39
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Free State
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56
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Gauteng
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15
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KwaZulu Natal
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26
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Limpopo
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78
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Mpumalanga
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23
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Northern Cape
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9
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North West
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36
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Western Cape
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20
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(b)(i),(ii),(iii)(aa),(bb),(iv) Please refer to Annexure A.
Whether her department commissioned any audits of state-owned land in each of the provinces (a) in each of the past three financial years and (b) since 1 April 2018; if so, (i) in which province was the audit conducted, (ii) which firms were contracted to perform the audit, (iii) what did each audit cost and (iv) who authorised the audit in each case?
(a),(b) No.
(i),(ii),(iii),(iv) Falls away.
(a) How much land is (i) owned and/or (ii) in the custodianship of traditional leaders in the country, (b) what (i) are the details of the land owned and/or in the custodianship of each traditional leader and (ii) is the location of the land, (c) what is the size of each specified piece of land and (d) what is the (i) name and (ii) title of each specified traditional leader?
(a) (i) Approximately 202 613 Ha (excluding Ingonyama Trust land).
(ii) Approximately 7 580 951 Ha.
(b) (i) Annexure A.
(ii) Column A, Annexure A.
(c) Column G in the first two sheets, and column F in the third sheet of Annexure A.
(d) (i),(ii) The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform does not keep details of traditional leaders.
{1) With reference to the Mala Mala Game Reserve land claim in Mpumalanga, what was the (a) role of a certain person (name and details furnished) in the awarding of the claim and (b) total amount of (i) shares held by the specified person in the game reserve at the time of the land claim settlement and (ii) money the person earned when Mala Mala was restituted;
(2) whether her department provided any post settlement support; if so, (a) what assistance was provided, (b) who were the intended beneficiaries, (c) what were the outcomes of the support and (d) will any assistance be provided in the future? NW2139E
(1) (a) The individual was involved in the process of negotiations and was part of the delegation with the previous landowner, his management team and his legal representatives.
(b) (i) The Department has no knowledge of shares that were held by the individual in the game reserve at the time of settlement.
(ii) The Department has no knowledge of money earned by the individual ...
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With reference to the statement of the Deputy Minister during the Debate on Vote 24 on 16 May 2018, that the department delivered 62 tractors to the Eastern Cape Province, (a) who was the recipient of each tractor and (b) was it the intention of her department to deliver them to subsistence, communal or small holder farmers?
(a) Please refer to Annexure A.
(b) The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR), is leading the implementation of the Agri-parks programme, which aims on transforming the rural economy through agricultural production and processing in the rural areas. Central to the Agri-parks programme is the establishment of Farmer Production Support Units (FPSUs), which are the first line of contact for farmers. Fully ...
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(1) What (a) is the total number of incidents of sexual harassment that were reported to the human resources offices of (i) her department and (ii) entities reporting to her in (aa) 2016 and (bb) 2017 and (b) are the details of each incident that took place;
(2) was each incident investigated; if not, why not in each case; if so, what were the outcomes of the investigation in each case? NW2092E
(1) (a) (i) (aa),(bb) No official incidents of sexual harassment were reported to human resources within .the Department.
(ii) (aa),(bb) Entities
- Commission on Restitution of Land Rights: 0
- lngonyama Trust : 0
- Office of the Valuer General: 0
(b) Falls away.
(2) Falls away.
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(1) Whether, with reference to the Mala Mala land claim in Mpumalanga, her department instituted any investigations with regard to the alleged irregularities in the land claim process; if so, (a) what were the findings of the investigations, (b) who authorised the investigations and (c) was any disciplinary action recommended and taken against officials and/or others implicated in investigations;
(2) whether the N'wandlamahari Communal Property Association (NCPA) (a) is currently registered in compliance with the applicable Act, (b} has a properly constituted structure, (c) has an appropriate bank account and (d) members have been receiving their fair share of income generated on land administered by the NCPA;
(3) whether her department has approved any development applications for the NCPA; if so, (a) on what date was the application for the intended development received by her department, (b) who applied on behalf of the NCPA, (c) what does the development entail and (d) what is the impact of the intended development on the members of the NCPA and the larger community? NW2138E
(1) No. According to information at our disposal there were no irregularities which occurred during the settlement of the Mala Mala land claim.
(a),(b),(c) Falls away.
{2) (a) Yes. The N'wandlamharhi Communal Property Association is a properly constituted legal entity registered in terms of the Communal Property Association Act, No. 28 of 1996.
(b) Yes.
(c) Yes.
(d) No. The Department is aware that ...
(a) What is the total number of (i) bonded and (ii) non-bonded properties that are registered at the Deeds Office and (b) for what purpose is each property used in each (i) province and (ii) metropolitan municipality?
a) (i) 1 768 270
(ii) 5 177 013
b) (i),(ii) The competency for this function lies with a municipality in terms of Section 24 of the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013 (Act No 16 of 2013). A municipality as part of its land use scheme is required to record the use of land as part of its land use scheme. Therefore, the DRDLR Deeds ...
(a) What number of cases relating to the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, Act 12 of 2004, as amended, have been referred to the (i) SA Police Service (SAPS) and (ii) Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) by (aa) her department and (bb) each entity reporting to her for further investigation since the Act was assented to and (b) what number of the specified cases have (i) been investigated by SAPS and DPCI, (ii) been followed up by the respective accounting officers and (iii) resulted in a conviction in each specified financial year since 2004?
(a) (i) 2
(ii) 8
(aa) 10 (8 from PLAS ALHA, 1 from Branch Land Tenure and Administration, 1 from Deeds.
(bb) 0 from Commission on Restitution of Land Rights
0 from Office of the Valuer General
0 from Ingonyama Trust.
(b) (i) The South African Police Services is investigating 2 cases that were referred to them by ...
Whether the Government has (a) determined and/or (b) developed measures to determine the land that will be earmarked to be expropriated without compensation; if not, by what date will the determination be made; if so, what (i) criteria will be used to determine the land that will be expropriated without compensation, (ii) is the detailed breakdown of the various categories of land to be so expropriated and (iii) amount of land will be expropriated without compensation in each category;
(2) whether the Government is still aiming to transfer 30% of agricultural land to black emerging farmers; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) Will the target of transferring 30% of agricultural land be adjusted when the Government’s policy to expropriate land without compensation is introduced; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
1. (a),(b) No. In his State of the Nation Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa clearly stated “…that expropriation without compensation should be implemented in a way that increases agricultural production, improves food security and ensure that the land is returned to those from whom it was taken under colonialism and apartheid. Government will undertake a process of consultation to determine the modalities of the implementation of ...
