(1) (a),(b),(c) Please refer to Annexure A.
d) Agri-Parks funding is directed to production and physical infrastructure, and aligned to the development plans developed by each district.
e)(i),(ii),(ii) The Agri-Parks are currently being managed by the Provincial Offices of the DRDLR working closely with District Municipalities, whose Mayors have been appointed by the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform as Political Champions.
1. As I have already stated publically in response to these allegations, there is no list of arms earmarked for “land expropriation without compensation”. We will however continue to implement land reform in terms of existing laws including the Expropriation Act 63 of 1975 and the Property Valuations Act 17 of 2014 as well as existing provisions in section 42E of the Restitution of ...
1. (a)(i) The Department is currently facing 48 (those with more than one applicant counted as one) disputes.
(a)(ii) No disputes are currently being faced by the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB) and the Office of the Valuer-General, both entities under the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform
(b) These vary but include the following:
1. No. The current lease agreement between (names furnished) is a private document which involve third parties and therefore the Minister is not in a position to furnish such documents without the consent of the parties.
2. (a),(b) No. (name furnished) is a private company and does not report to the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform.
3. (a) Please refer to Annexure ...
The size of the land is only determined when claims are processed and researched, as some of the claims could be found to be invalid. Part of the process requires that inspections in loco be conducted. It is only after such inspections that the correct size of the claimed land will be determined.
More »1. (a),(i),(ii),(b) The office is currently waiting for the recommendations of the valuation from the Office of the Valuer General. The community will receive financial compensation. The State Land Unit will upgrade their tenancy rights to ownership.
2. (a),(b) The people occupying the claimed land will not be removed or relocated; the claimants have agreed to continue residing with them.
3. The Department is ...
1. The farms Lukin 643 MS and Salaita 188 MT are amongst the farms that were claimed by Mr. Nthambeleni Hendrick Musekwa, on behalf of the Musekwa Community, before 31 December 1998. This claim was gazetted in 2006, long before it was known that there are coal deposits on the land under claim, and before the Government declared the area a Special Economic Zone. ...
a) 72 000 beneficiaries participated in the programme.
b) (i) 2 400 farms.
(ii) 1 167 000 hectares.
(aa),(bb) Please refer to Annexure A.
c) 1 167 000 hectares were transferred; land acquired through the Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development (LRAD) programme is not leased.
1. No.
(a),(b),(c) Falls away.
2. Falls away.
3. Falls away.
4. No.