2017-w1856 - 14 August 2017

Ken Peter Robertson to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform

With reference to ward 6 in the Koukamma Local Municipality, what are the reasons of the Eastern Cape provincial department for taking 16 years to verify the authentic beneficiaries of the Thornham claim; (2) (a) who are the beneficiaries of the Thornham Trust, (b) on what date was the last meeting of the board with the trustees, (c) are there any government employees who are (i) beneficiaries and/or (ii) board members of Thornham Trust, (d) what is the role of Government in the Thornham Trust, (e) why are residents of Thornham stopped from developing residential and/or business properties on the land and (f) who serves on the current board of (i) trustees and/or (ii) interim committee?

Reply from the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform on 14 Aug 2017

1. On 02 September 2002, the then Department of Land Affairs (DLA) appointed Mr J Benade as a Commissioner for designation of Farms No. 466 and 467 and Portion 1 of Farm No. 469 known as Thornham and currently registered in favour of HW Botha and others. On 29 November 2002 and 7 November 2003, Mr Benade advertised in a Jeffrey’s Bay newspaper (“Our ...

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2017-w1070 - 14 August 2017

Sejamotopo Charles Motau to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform

(a) How many registered communal property associations (CPA) exist in areas (i) administered, (ii) controlled and/or (iii) governed by traditional councils in each (aa) province and/or (bb) district and (b) what is the name of each (i) CPA and/or (ii) trust, respectively?

Reply from the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform on 14 Aug 2017

(a)(i),(ii),(iii)(aa),(bb),(b)(i),(ii) The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform’s Communal Property Institutions (CPI) Directorate only maintains a database of CPAs according to provinces. The database does not contain information on specific location of a CPA, or whether they are located within areas governed and controlled by traditional councils. The Department has registered 1513 CPAs to date. Details are submitted with National Assembly, Question 1068 ...

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2017-w1609 - 14 August 2017

Ngwanamakwetle Reneiloe Mashabela to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform

(a) What amount of money has the government spent in buying land for land reform purposes since 1994 and (b) which programme of land reform has been the most expensive?

2017-w1579 - 14 August 2017

Shahid Esau to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform

(a) What has he found to be the stumbling blocks in addressing land reform in the country, as the relevant legislation does not seem to bring about satisfactory progress in this regard and (b) what steps does his department intend to take to bring about more land reform, as it is one of the issues that needs to be addressed through the process of radical economic transformation?

Reply from the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform on 14 Aug 2017

(a) Our biggest challenge remains the answer to the question – Who owns South Africa? We have just concluded Phase Two: Land Audit in terms of land ownership by race, gender and nationality but still face further challenges as a result of the absence of information in respect of institutions, such as trusts, private and public organisations and companies, as well as sectional title ...

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2017-w1066 - 31 July 2017

Thandeka Moloko Mbabama to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform

What is the total number of trusts that are administered by (i) traditional councils and (ii) communal property associations that have been registered with his department in each (aa) province and (bb) district, and (b) what are their names?

Reply from the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform on 31 Jul 2017

(i) The Department does not have records on information relating to Trusts. Such information can be obtained from the Master of High Court.

(ii) The Department has registered 1513 CPAs to date.

(aa),(bb),(b) Please refer to Annexure A for details of CPAs per province.

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2017-w1610 - 31 July 2017

Ngwanamakwetle Reneiloe Mashabela to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform

What amount of land has been transferred to black people between 1994 and 2016 through (a) Land Restitution, (b) Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy (c) Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development (d) Settlement and (e) Land Acquisition Grant?

Reply from the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform on 31 Jul 2017

a) 2 033 199 hectares.

b) 1 979 966 hectares.

c) 1 160 065 hectares.

(d),(e) 698 226 hectares. It is assumed that the honourable member is referring to the Settlement Land Acquisition Grant (SLAG).

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2017-w1501 - 13 July 2017

Choloane David Matsepe to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform

Whether (a) his department and (b) each entity reporting to him procured any services from and/or made any payments to (i) a certain company (name furnished) or (ii) any other public relations firms; if not, in each case, why not; if so, in each case, what (aa) services were procured, (bb) was the total cost, (cc) is the detailed breakdown of such costs, (dd) was the total amount paid, (ee) was the purpose of the payments and (ff) is the detailed breakdown of such payments?

Reply from the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform on 13 Jul 2017

(a),(b)(i),(ii),(aa),(bb),(cc),(dd),(ee),(ff) Please refer to the table below.

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2017-w1734 - 10 July 2017

Hendrik Christiaan Crafford Krüger to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform

Whether any staff of (a) his department and (b) each entity reporting to him were awarded any contracts or agreements to conduct business with any state entity in the (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17 financial years; if so, what are the (aa)(aaa) names and (bbb) professional designations of the staff members and (bb)(aaa) details of the contract(s) and/or agreement(s) awarded and (bbb) amounts in each case?

Reply from the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform on 10 Jul 2017

(a),(b)(i),(ii),(iii),(aa),(bb),(aaa),(bbb) Please refer to the table below.

Financial Years

Department/ Entities

(aa)

(bb)

(i) 2014/15

(a) Department

(aaa) Names

(bbb) Professional Designation

(aaa) Detail of Contract Awarded

(bbb) Amounts

   

Mr Johannes Siphamandla Mtonga

Registry Clerk

Supplier Name: Rhino JZ Catering and Projects

State Entity: Gauteng PSSC

Contract Description:

Catering Services

R20 030.00

 

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2017-w1611 - 10 July 2017

Nthako Sam Matiase to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform

Whether there is evidence that agricultural production has decreased as a result of land transfers from white land owners to black land owners; if so, how many (a) farms have been transferred and (b) hectares have been left derelict as a result of land transfers from white farmers to black farmers?

Reply from the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform on 10 Jul 2017

No. The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform did not pronounce that the agricultural production has decreased as result of land transfers.

a) Falls away.

b) Falls away.

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2017-w1855 - 10 July 2017

Ken Peter Robertson to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform

With reference to the reply to question 642 on 10 April 2017 regarding the beneficiaries of Somhlolo Trust in Lothair, Mpumalanga, what (a) is the role of Government in the trust, (b) role would Government play in assisting the beneficiaries of this trust and (c) was the role of the Mpumalanga provincial government in the reply to the specified question; (2) whether there are officials of the Mpumalanga government who are beneficiaries or trustees of the board of Somhlolo trust?

Reply from the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform on 10 Jul 2017

( 1 ) (a) No role, the Trust run its own affairs.

(b) The Commission on Restitution of Land Rights together with the Trustees are currently in the process of verifying the beneficiaries again with the aim of organising an election AGM to elect new Trustees.

( c ) No role, The Commission on Restitution of Land Rights responded to some questions and other ...

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