Chairperson, I want to start by saying to the hon Minister that he has missed a golden opportunity this afternoon to give clarity on the whole issue of privately owned land in the farming community. There were high expectations among people outside who listened to your Budget Vote this afternoon. Unfortunately, you were too vague.
To recognise state land, freehold land and foreignheld land is good, but that is the de facto situation out there. We know that, but the people of South Africa want clarity. The people out there who own land want to know exactly what is going to happen to section 25 of the Constitution. I want to urge the Minister to speak to his public servants. A public servant is there to ensure that government policy is executed, not to make policy. Your Thozi Gwanya wants to make policy and it is causing confusion and anger among people outside this House.
U amptenare weet nie waarvan hulle praat nie. Hulle s byvoorbeeld wildplase moet eintlik genasionaliseer word, want produktiewe landbougrond is nou omskep en is nie meer produktief nie. Daardeur ontbloot hulle eintlik hulself. Hulle wys hoe onkundig hulle is.
Ek het verlede jaar in November 'n vraag aan u in die Parlement gevra. Ek het gevra hoeveel hektaar en watter persentasie van produktiewe landbougrond oorgedra is en as wildplase bedryf word. U het tot vandag toe nie vir my 'n antwoord gegee nie. As u departement nie eers vir my 'n antwoord kan gee nie, hoe kan hulle uitsprake maak en s dat wildplase voedselsekerheid bedreig?
Ek wil nou vir u s, die boere bel my. Hulle s hulle is nou moeg daarvoor dat die ANC-regering alles vat wat werk, want hulle moet die land voed. Volgens hulle vat die ANC alles en breek dit, want dan werk dit nie meer nie. (Translation of Afrikaans paragraphs follows.)
[Your officials don't know what they are talking about. For instance, they say that game farms ought to be nationalised, because productive agricultural land has now been transformed and is no longer productive. Thereby they actually expose themselves. They show how ignorant they are.
Last year in November I put a question to you in Parliament. I asked you how many hectares and what percentage of productive agricultural land have been transferred and are now being operated as game farms. Up to today you have not given me a reply. If your department cannot even give me a reply, how can they make statements and claim that game farms compromise food security?
I want to tell you now that the farmers are phoning me. They say they are now tired of the ANC taking everything that works, because they have to feed the country. According to them the ANC takes everything and breaks it, for then it no longer works.]
Hon Minister, you admitted it. Ninety percent of "land reform" land does not work.
Ek wil vandag vir u s, as ons van produktiwiteit praat, moet u sorg dat daar produktiwiteit is op daardie grond wat produktief was en wat deur grondhervorming daargestel is. U sal dn suksesvol wees. (Translation of Afrikaans paragraph follows.)
[I want to tell you today, if we talk about productivity, you must ensure that there's productivity on the land that was productive and that was set aside for land reform. Then you will be successful.]
I want to conclude by saying to the hon member on the other side that he is still talking nonsense, because he doesn't know what is going on. [Laughter.]