DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NCOP
QUESTION FOR Oral REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 209
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 16 October 2013
(209. Mr R A Lees (DA-KZN) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises:
Whether he will provide a (a) comprehensive list of land purchases that
were acquired by Eskom in the Kouga municipal area (i) in the 2012-13
financial year and (ii) from 1 April 2013 up to the latest specified date
for which information is available and (b) breakdown indicating the (i)
name, (ii) hectares and (iii) price that was paid in each case; if not, why
not; if so, what are the relevant details? CO597E
Reply:
According to Eskom:
Potential sites suitable for nuclear power generation are a scare national
resource. The viability of identified sites is protected as set out in the
Nuclear Energy Policy for the Republic of South Africa (June 2008) which
states, inter alia, that âGovernment through Eskom shall identify, acquire
and licence under the NNR Act potential nuclear sites to ensure a
strategic reserve of nuclear sitesâ.
Eskom is in a position to disclose the list of properties it owns and those
where the transfer is in process but registration is not complete. However,
disclosure of the prices and properties that are earmarked will prejudice
the commercial negotiations. The negotiations are based on a fair market
value as determined by independent valuation.
Annexure A contain a list of land purchases that were acquired by Eskom in
the Kouga municipal area in the 2012-13 financial year and from 1 April
2013 up to the latest specified date:
Annexure A â PQ 209 List of land acquired by Eskom in the Kouga
municipality
| |Property Description |Hectares |Acquired in|Comment |
| | | |FYE | |
|1 |Buffelsbosch 742, |16.8217 |2013 |Registered in|
| |Portion 20 | | |Eskom name. |
|2 |Buffelsbosch 742, |21.4133 |2013 | |
| |Portion 18 (-/17) | | | |
|3 |Farm 793, (Humansdorp |119.5519 |2014 | |
| |District) | | | |
|4 |Ongegunde Vryheid 746,|21.4133 |2014 |Acquired and |
| |Portion 23 | | |in process of|
| | | | |registration |
|5 |Ongegunde Vryheid 746,|36.6296 |2014 | |
| |Portion 11 | | | |
|6 |Ongegunde Vryheid 746,|34.6031 |2014 |87% of the |
| |Portion 5 | | |property |
| | | | |registered in|
| | | | |Eskomâs name.|
| | | | |See * below |
| | | | |regarding the|
| | | | |remainder. |
|7 |826, Portion 1 |7.2901 |2014 |Acquired and |
| | | | |in process of|
| | | | |registration |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
|8 |Welgelegen 735, |31.3938 |2014 | |
| |Portion 18 (ptn of ptn| | | |
| |4) | | | |
|9 |Welgelee 743, Portion |15.2386 |2014 | |
| |8, (-/3) | | | |
|10 |Welgelee 743, Portion |12.2772 |2014 | |
| |6, (-/2) | | | |
|11 |Buffelsbosch 742, |301.1565 |2014 | |
| |Portion 14 | | | |
|12 |Buffelsbosch 742, |32.0347 |2014 | |
| |Portion 22 (-/7) | | | |
|13 |Buffelsbosch 742, |32.6532 |2014 |Acquired and |
| |Portion 12 | | |in process of|
| | | | |registration.|
|14 |Buffelsbosch 742, |17.1353 |2014 | |
| |Portion 21 | | | |
|15 |809, Portion 36 |14.9998 |2014 | |
* Agreed to purchase from joint owners, 87% has been transferred. The
remaining 13%âs finalisation is subject to completion of two deceased
estates for 6.5% each.