(1) Whether a certain person (name furnished) signed an agreement with her department to lease the Richtersfontein farm near Kamhlushwa in the Nkomazi Local Municipality in Mpumalanga; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) on what date was the agreement signed and (b) what (i) is the term and (ii) are the conditions of the agreement; (2) whether the existing agreement will be terminated and/or not renewed; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether the specified farm was purchased as part of her department’s redistribution programmes; if not, was it restituted; if so, what (a) was the purchase price, (b) is the size of the farm and (c) portion is arable and is currently being farmed; (4) (a) what grants have been given to groups after the purchase of the property, (b) who are the groups that have occupied and received these grants and what amount has each group received and (c) according to which programme has each group received these grants?

Whether the Government has earmarked any land (a) for foreign investment projects and/or (b) to serve as security for deals with foreign business investments (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018; if so, (aa) what number of hectares of land have been earmarked in each case, (bb) where is each parcel of land situated, (cc) is the parcel of land owned by the Government, (dd) how will the land be expropriated if privately owned and (ee) which foreign investment companies are involved in each case?

Whether she will furnish Mr K P Robertson with the updated list of beneficiaries of the Somhlolo Trust, which was verified by the University of Pretoria in March 2018?

(a) What is the total amount in rental income that her department received from the leasing of farms (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018, (b) what is the (i) name and (ii) location, including global positioning system co-ordinates, of each farm, (c) under which land reform programmes of her department is each farm leased, (d) why has full ownership of each farm not been transferred to the beneficiaries to date and (e) by what date does her department intend to transfer the ownership of each farm? NW2655E

Whether, she has officially or unofficially met with any member of the Gupta family at any time between 1 January 2009 to date; if so (a) what was the nature of the specified meeting and (b) where was it held?

(a) What is the total number of (i) deputy directors-general and (ii) chief directors that are employed in (aa) an acting and (bb) a permanent capacity in her department and (b) what is the total number of women in each case; (2) (a) what is the total number of (i) chief executive officers and (ii) directors of each entity reporting to her and (b) what is the total number of women in each case?

What (a) amount did (i) her department and (ii) each entity reporting to her borrow from any entity in the People’s Republic of China (aa) in each of the past three financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2018, (b) is the name of the lender of each loan, (c) conditions are attached to each loan and (d) are the repayment periods for each loan in each case?

Whether she has found that the pace and quality of land reform had been weak and pathetic as a consequence of weak policy, corruption, lack of will and a lack of capacity; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details? NW2368E