House Chair, Deputy Minister, during the apartheid administration, farmers mostly, had the privilege of owning more than one farm and in some cases, three to five farms. If I may ask, is there a
policy now in your department which restricts each farm owner to have more than one farm in his position, so as to allow an opportunity for every interested farmer to have piece of land to produce in this country? Thank you very much.
The DEPUTY MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT: Parliament would recall that during the fifth administration, the President in a state of the nation address spoke about the hectares that each individual should own our country. In that regard, he also spoke about restrictions of land ownership in our country by foreigners.
Therefore, if we are creating an equal society, we are fighting against a monopoly in relation to land because if we allow individuals to own as much land as they want or depending on the fatness of their pockets, it will defeat the issue of creating an equal society. Thank you.