NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 965
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER [NO 12-2009]
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 28 AUGUST 2009
965. Mrs A Steyn (DA) to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land
Reform:
(1) Whether any movable assets were bought through the Settlement Land
Acquisition Grant (Slag) and other land reform programmes; if so, what
is the total value of such acquisition;
(2) whether his department keeps a register for all movable assets bought
through the Slag and other land reform programmes; if not, why not; if
so,
(3) whether this register is available to the public; if not, why not; if
so, how regularly is it updated?
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THE MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM
| |Proactive Land Acquisition|Settlement Land Acquisition Grant (SLAG) |
| |Strategy (PLAS) |& |
| | |Land Redistribution for Agricultural |
| | |Development (LRAD) |
|(1)|Yes. |Yes. However, for SLAG and LRAD projects,|
| |R68 937 934.47 |movable assets were purchased by the |
| | |beneficiaries themselves, with their |
| | |grants and were transferred together with|
| | |the land. |
|(2)|Yes. |No, since assets that are purchased |
| | |through |
| | |SLAG and LRAD are transferred directly to|
| | |the |
| | |beneficiaries together with the land. |
|(3)|Yes. The PLAS movable |No register is maintained of assets |
| |asset register is |purchased by beneficiaries with their |
| |available on request and |LRAD and SLAG grants. |
| |is updated upon | |
| |acquisition of movable | |
| |assets. | |