NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 74
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER [NO 15-2009]
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 18 SEPTEMBER 2009
74. Mr R A Lees (DA-KZN) to ask the Minister of Rural Development and
Land Reform:
(1) Whether, with regard to the 437 507 ha of under utilised communal
cropping land (details furnished), the persons who have authority over
this land have been consulted about its intended use; if not, why not;
if so,
(2) whether all of these persons consented to its proposed use for the
mentioned programme; if not, why not; if so, how will the programme be
implemented?
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THE MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM:
(1)-(2) The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform has
established that this matter falls within the jurisdiction of the
KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and
Rural Development.