(1)Whether, according to recent media reports alleging that the Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa is taking harsher measures against the clients of the bank who default on loans, he will furnish Mr N P Masipa with the details of the processes that the specified bank is following to recover the loans; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether the National Treasury has put measures in place in order to support struggling commercial and emerging farmers who are struggling to honour their loan repayments; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) (a) what is the average interest rate that farmers at the bank had to pay for their loans, (b) how does the interest compare with the commercial bank loans and (c) what measures has the National Treasury put in place to ensure that the interest rates are affordable for farmers who are struggling and yet provide food security?