(a) (i),(ii) The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform received and processed 47 applications for the registration of Communal Property Associations from the 2016-17 financial year to date.
(aa),(bb) Breakdown per province appears below:
(b) (i) (aa) All 47 applications received were approved.
(bb) None. The Department is not rejecting CPA applications, but returns them for corrections if they are non-compliant with registration requirements prescribed by the Communal Property Associations Act, 1996 (Act No 28 of 1996).
(ii) Breakdown per province of non-compliant applications returned to the Provincial Offices for corrections and later approved appears below: