House Chair, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that black farmers across the country, with specific reference to farmers in the Re thuse re dire Co-operative in Taung are operating in an area of 1054 hectares under sprinkler irrigation without consistent water supply or any form of support from government in the current planting season;
2) acknowledges that black farmers contribute to food security in the country, and without water, their various crops plantations will be a failed exercise;
3) also recognise that they rely on an old infrastructure that has not been maintained and continue to dilapidate because of neglect. Effectively it means farmers are losing between four to six tons of production which amounts to about R26 000 that could have gone to their income at the end of the harvesting season;
4) further recognises that government has failed to revitalise irrigation scheme all over the country, and this has affected and will continue to affect food security;
5) understands that the land reform fails because black people are given land without post settlement support of fertilisers, tools, tractors and marketing and distribution of their produce; and
6) calls on the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land and Rural Development together with the Portfolio Committee on Water to investigate the scale of failing irrigation scheme due to lack of water and a clear programme on what is to be done.