2024-w673 - 12 April 2024

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

Whether she will furnish Mrs V van Dyk with proof that the (a) ward councillors were removed from the Communal Property Associations Committee and (b) Director-General has issued Certificates of Appointment with stipulated appointment dates; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 12 Apr 2024

No.

a) In terms of section (8)(3)(c) of the CPA Act, 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 however, the Promotion of Access to Information Act, Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA) provides a ...

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2024-w543 - 11 April 2024

Annacleta Mathapelo Siwisa to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

What are the reasons that (a) students who are offering their services doing geographic information systems work at one of her Offices in Cape Town were made to sign a contract that stipulates that they will not be remunerated and (b) her department does not pay the students for working a full day, as some of them use transport and have to pay for their own accommodation since her department does not provide them with transport or accommodation?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 11 Apr 2024

a) The students in question are not offering their services in the office in Cape Town but they are receiving training under the Work Integrated Learning (WIL) programme offered, either in partial fulfilment of their academic qualifications and / or in meeting the requirements for registration with the South African Geomatics Council (SAGC). These conditions are explained to them prior to commencement of the ...

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2024-w589 - 11 April 2024

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

With reference to her reply to question 102 on 28 February 2023, what are the details of the (a) make, (b) model, (c) year of manufacture, (d) date of purchase and (e) purchase price paid for each vehicle purchased by her department for (i) her and (ii) each Deputy Minister since 8 May 2019?

2024-w291 - 11 April 2024

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

(1)Whether she will furnish Mr N P Masipa with a comprehensive report regarding farms owned by the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) in each province, including details of the farms (a) currently utilised for research purposes and (b) leased to small-scale farmers from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2023; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) what is the latest update on farms that have been invaded and vandalised including the (a) actions taken by her department to address the issue of invaded farms, (b) number of evictions that have been carried out on invaded farms and (c) strategies that are in place for farms that are not actively engaged in research and are lying fallow; (3) what are the details of the individuals who are responsible for overseeing the activities of the research farms; (4) whether any accountability measures are in place; if not, why not; if so, what are the details of the actions taken to address underutilisation and invasion of some of the ARC farms?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 11 Apr 2024

(1)(a) Yes. Annexure A contains an inventory of all farms owned by the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), which are linked to specific research campuses.

(b) ARC has implemented a new strategy that involves professional property management agents to better manage its properties and agricultural land portfolio. This approach aims to cater to small-scale farmers by providing them with leasing opportunities.

(2) Since 2013, ...

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2024-w136 - 11 April 2024

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

Considering that Cabinet’s approved a R334,41 million reduction in her department’s baseline for Programme 3: Food Security, Land Reform, and Restitution due to unforeseeable economic and financial events, what (a) strategies and plans has she put in place to achieve the land reform targets and (b) are the further relevant details of the strategies and plans?

Reply from the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on 11 Apr 2024

a) The following strategies and plans have been put in place to address the 334.41 million reduction in Department’s baseline for Programme 3: Food Security, Land Reform and Restitution:

  • Restitution:

Due to the declining budget, the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (the Commission) reduced its Annual Performance Plan targets from 355 claims settled in 22/23 financial year to 349 in the 23/24 financial ...

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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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