2017-w4005 - 14 December 2017

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

Whether the Gwatyu Communal Property Association (CPA) has been established since his undertaking to set up a ministerial task team to look into the establishment of the CPA in 2016; if not, (a) why not, (b) by what date will the CPA be established and (c) what action will he take against the task team for failure to fulfil its mandate; if so, what are the relevant details?

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

No. The CPA has not been registered yet.

a) There are overlapping land rights between former lessees, occupiers and invaders; hence it has not yet been agreed as to who will be allocated the land in Gwatyu.

b) The date will be communicated once the land rights enquiry is concluded and it is finalised as to who will be allocated the land in Gwatyu. ...

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2017-w4004 - 14 December 2017

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

What is the total number of farms that make up the Gwatyu Farms situated in the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape; (2) whether land claims have been lodged for any of the specified farms; if so, (a) what number of land claims have been (i) received and (ii) finalised, (b) what number of title deeds of the finalised claims have been handed over and (c) what are the reasons that the outstanding land claims have not been finalised?

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

1. 58 Farms

2. Yes

(a) (i) Four land claims lodged.

  • Claims lodged by R. Qengqeleka and N. Bhangazile on behalf of Bolotwa Community
  • N. Bhangazile lodged a claim on behalf of Qineni which is part of Bolotwa.
  • Papiyana Family claim
  • Gwatyu Community lodged by Chief Gungubele

(ii) None have been finalised

(b) None

(c) Bolotwa Community claim research report has been approved; currently ...

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2017-w1560 - 14 December 2017

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

With reference to a report submitted to him in 2016 after a fact-finding visit to the Laphumilanga Trust (IT 1372/2007), (a) what recommendations were made by the report, (b) by what date will the recommendations be implemented, (c) by what date will the report be made available to the public and (d) why has no feedback been provided to the beneficiaries of the trust to date; (2) whether, with reference to the four trustees of the specified trust (names furnished), who have been serving on the trust since its establishment in 2008, any action will be taken in terms of section 5.1 and section 5.7.6 of the specified trust’s deed against any of the four trustees for serving as trustees in contravention of the specified trust’s own deed; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case; (3) whether any steps will be taken by his department to revive the specified trust’s project; if not, why not; if so, (a) by what date will the new board of trustees be established and (b) what are the further relevant details in this regard?

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

 

1. The Department is not in possession of the report referred to.

(a),(b),(c) Falls away.

2. There are six trustees whose names appear on the Letter of Authority. One of them, Cornelius Johannes Vlok, has since died. The remaining five are still active. The Trust has not had an Annual General Meeting (AGM) for quite some time, hence the intervention by the Department ...

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2017-w3507 - 08 December 2017

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

(1)What number of employees of (i) his department, (ii) each provincial Department of Rural Development and Land Reform and (iii) each entity reporting to him are currently on suspension, (b) what are the reasons for the suspensions in each case, (c) what amount has been paid to each suspended employee for the period of suspension and (d) for what length of time has each specified employee been on suspension; (2) What number of employment contracts of employees of (a) his department, (b) each provincial Department of Rural Development and Land Reform and (c) each entity reporting to him were terminated due to them being found guilty of corruption since 1 April 2014? NW3934E

Reply from the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform on 8 Dec 2017

1. (a) (i),(ii) National and Provincial Offices of Department of Rural Development and Land Reform : 12

(iii) Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB): 6

Land Claims Commission (LCC): 2

Deeds: 2

(b),(c),(d) Refer to the table below for details regarding the reasons, the amounts paid, and the length of time of suspension for the employees of the Department, provinces and entities reporting to the Minister ...

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2017-w3802 - 30 November 2017

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

In view of the fact that in 2004 the farm Rietkloof (Maleoskop) JS166 was restituted to the Bakgaga Ba Kopa traditional authority, on what date will his department establish a communal property association in order to complete the restitution process?

Reply from the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform on 30 Nov 2017

As soon as conflicts amongst the Beneficiaries are resolved and verification completed the land would be transferred to a legal entityof the beneficiaries ‘choice.

 

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2017-w3751 - 30 November 2017

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

(1)Whether (a) his department and/or (b) entities reporting to him procured services from a certain company (name furnished); if so, (i) what services were procured in each case and (ii) what is the total amount that was paid to the specified company in each case; (2) whether the specified company provided services related to international travel to (a) his department and/or (b) entities reporting to him; if so, (i) what is the name of each person who travelled, (ii) what was the travel route and (iii) what is the total amount that was paid for each person?

Reply from the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform on 30 Nov 2017

1. (a) Yes.

(i),(ii) Please refer to Annexure A.

(b) Yes – on one occasion.

(i),(ii) R 171.00: Admin fee for car-hire.

2. (a)(i),(ii) Yes.

(b) No.

(i),(ii),(iii) Please refer to Annexure A.

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2017-w3504 - 20 November 2017

Désirée Van Der Walt to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform

What is the current status of the transaction to transfer the Towoomba agricultural land to the Bela-Bela Local Municipality in Limpopo?

Reply from the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform on 20 Nov 2017

Upon conducting research it was established that Towoomba in Bela-Bela is situated on Portion 1 of the farm Roodekuil 498 KR measuring 589.3366 hectares. The property vests with the National Department of Public Works (NDPW); it was confirmed on 11 November 1994.

The property is used by the Limpopo Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (LDARD) as a research station and to accommodate ...

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2017-w3457 - 20 November 2017

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

(1)How many officials and/or employees in his department were granted permission to have businesses and/or do business dealings in the past three financial years; (2) are any of the officials and/or employees that have permission to have businesses and/or do business dealings doing business with the Government; if so, (a) what was the purpose of each business transaction, (b) when did each business transaction occurs and (c) what was the value of each business transaction?

Reply from the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform on 20 Nov 2017

1. Please refer to the table below.

Financial Year

Employees granted permission

2016-2017

38

2015-2016

21

2014-2015

10

(2) No.

(a),(b),(c) Falls away.

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2017-w3319 - 20 November 2017

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

(1)Whether the (a) chief executive officer and (b) chief financial officer of entities reporting to him are employed on a permanent basis; if not, (2) whether the specified officers are employed on a fixed term contract; if so, (a) what are the names of each of the officers and (b) when (i) was each officer employed and (ii) will each officer’s contract end?

Reply from the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform on 20 Nov 2017

(1)(a),(b) There are currently five (3) entities reporting to the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR). The respective chief executive officers and chief financial officers employment status is outlined in the table below:

Entity

Position 1 (a)

Position 1 (b)

Nature of Appointment

Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB)

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Financial Officer

N/A

Registration of Deeds Trading Account

Chief Registrar of ...

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2017-w3332 - 13 November 2017

Marshall Mzingisi Dlamini to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform

(a) What total number of farms did the State purchase under the restitution programme since 1 January 1994, (b) what is the (i) name and (ii) location of each specified farm, (c) at what cost was each farm purchased and (d) what number of the specified farms have been transferred to the beneficiaries?

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

(a) 5 334  

(b) (i)(ii) (c)Attached as Annexure A respectively

(d) 5 334

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