- The farms are situated in different districts in all the nine province with the total 73232.1959ha. The properties are leased to Land Reform Beneficiaries for mainly agricultural activities such as livestock grazing and some for planting of crops. (Attached is a table with detailed information – Annexure 2 )
Question:
Whether his department derives any income from any of the pieces of land, if so (a) from which pieces of land and (b) what amount of income did his department derive in each case (i) in the past three financial years and (ii) since 1st April 2018?
Reply:
- The Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries is collecting rentals from the leased farms which are paid through the departmental Standard Bank. (Attached is a spread sheet from Finance regarding the rental collected for the past three financial years and since 1st April 2018 – Annexure 3).