Thank you so much to be so educative tonight, Deputy Chair. The Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform is predicating its plans to alleviate the land issue on data and statistics that are inaccurate. In fact, the recent report by the Presidential Panel on Land Expropriation suggests that decent audit be done to establish exactly how much land is owned by the state.
Afrikaans:
Ons kan nie 'n begroting goedkeur as 27% van die geld op projekte spandeer word waarvan die data nie akkuraat is nie. Dit is gevaarlik om iemand die sonnebok te maak, as jy nie die korrekte feite het nie.
Ek gaan dit kort hou. Sedert 2012 was daar oproepe en versoeke is gerig dat daar bepaal moet word aan wie die grond behoort en hoeveel van die grond aan die staat behoort. Die vraag is dus nou: ...
English:
... The question is: Has the land audit being done? If yes: Where is it?
The other question is: The outcome of that audit; was the ANC satisfied with it or not? The department was unable to fulfil its legislative mandate last year. We cannot accept this budget.