NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 966
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER [NO 12-2009]
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 28 AUGUST 2009
966. Mrs A Steyn (DA) to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land
Reform:
(a) Whether any land claims that were gazetted were later found to be
invalid; if so, how many in each province and (b) how many claims were de-
gazetted? NW1165E
THE MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM
a) Yes. Please refer to the table hereunder which indicates the number of
gazetted land claims per province that were found to be invalid.
|Province |Gazetted land claims found |
| |to be invalid |
|Free State |3 |
|Northern Cape |1 |
|Eastern Cape |1 |
|Gauteng |2 |
|North West |7 |
|Mpumalanga |3 |
|Western Cape |Â 1 |
|Limpopo |11 |
|KwaZulu-Natal |Â 1 |
|TOTAL |30 |
b) 29 claims were de-gazetted.