Agb Adjunkspeaker, in die aanloop tot die verkiesing het die Minister van Landelike Ontwikkeling en Grondhervorming, die agb Nkwinti, uitsprake gemaak in terme van grondhervorming, en aangekondig dat hulle met 'n 50% aandeleskema gaan kom in terme van grondherverdeling.
Die VF Plus wil s dat dit 'n onverantwoordelike uitspraak was. Dit is 'n uitspraak wat nie behoorlik deurdag is nie, want hierdie tipe van voorstelle skep totale onsekerheid in die landbougemeenskap. Die boere kom na ons toe en s dat hulle nou eerder in Australi en in ander lande gaan boer, want daar is onsekerheid of hulle nog hul grond het.
Dit het ook 'n nadelige effek op kommersile banke, wat produksielenings aan boere toestaan waar die grond as sekuriteit moet dien. Hierdie produksielenings word dan bevraagteken in terme van daardie sekuriteit.
Ons doen 'n beroep op die ANC om eers te verseker dat die hervedeling van grond wat reeds gedoen is, en waarvan die Minister erken het 90% 'n mislukking was, eers 'n sukses van gemaak word alvorens daar verder gegaan word met die verdeling van grond.
Tweedens vra die VF Plus dat die agb Minister asseblief, asseblief, nou vir ons die grondoudit moet bring sodat ons kan sien hoeveel wit boere kommersile landbougrond het, en hoeveel swartes kommersile landbougrond het. As dit nie daar is nie, kan hy nie teikens stel nie, want dan tas hy in die duister en voel hy in die wolkies rond. Dankie. (Translation of Afrikaans paragraphs follows.)
[Dr P J GROENEWALD (FF Plus): Hon Deputy Speaker, in the run-up to the election the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, the hon Nkwinti, made statements regarding land reform, and announced that they would be coming with a 50% sharing system in terms of land distribution.
The FF Plus wishes to say that this was an irresponsible statement. It is a statement that was not thought through properly, since this type of proposal creates complete uncertainty in the agriculture community. The farmers approach us and tell us that they would now rather go farming in Australia and in other countries, since uncertainty exists as to whether they still have their land.
This also has a detrimental effect on commercial banks, who grant production loans to farmers where the land must serve as security. These production loans are then questioned in terms of that security.
We appeal to the ANC to ensure first of all that the redistribution of land that has already been done, and about which the Minister admits 90% has been a failure, first be made successful before further steps are taken to redistribute land.
Secondly, the FF Plus requests the hon Minister please, please to bring us the land audit so that we can see how many white farmers have commercial agricultural land, and how many blacks have commercial agricultural land. If it is not available, he cannot set targets, as he would be casting about in the dark and feeling around in the little clouds. Thank you.]