a) The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) has not quantified the losses but relied on the comprehensive information submitted by the affected provinces. The extent of losses reported for the past three years since 2020/21 is approximately R1 054 000 000 attributed to floods and drought combined. This amount excludes fires and small incidents that are not reported.
b) DALRRD supported the affected provinces with:
Provinces |
Purpose of funding |
Allocations |
Eastern Cape |
Borehole development and fodder production |
R35 000 000 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
Dam rehabilitation, re-scooping silted dams |
R4 000 000 |
Limpopo |
Siting, drilling, testing, equipping, water tanks and drinking troughs, wind mills, installation of reservoir, ground reservoirs with troughs, installation of pump cage and generator, stands and energy source |
R18 640 000 |
Mpumalanga |
Production inputs, ripping, ploughing, planting, rolling, spraying herbicides, fire breaks, fencing, cutting, racking, bailing, discing, swathing/ windrower, transport and piling of bales, drilling and equipping of boreholes, provision of animal feed. |
R12 160 000 |
Northern Cape |
Fodder provisions; extension of fodder bank irrigation, clearing of prosopis, transportation of fodder to all districts |
R35 689 000 |
North West |
Provision and transportation of fodder |
R8 000 000 |
Western Cape |
Vouchers for provision of fodder |
R25 000 000 |
Total |
R138 489 000 |
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Furthermore, DALRRD continues to issue early warning information and advisories as well as awareness to assist farmers with their preparedness plans. For the 2023 floods, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces have submitted the request for funding to the NDMC with the support from DALRRD. The NDMC is yet to respond to these applications.