Okay! Is hon Deputy President prepared to intervene with that process to speed it up?
THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: Hon
Speaker, yes, I am prepared to intervene. You will be aware that I am chairing the IMC on Land Reform. We want to work with farmers and because you have mentioned farmers in the Eastern Cape, the Northern Cape and the Free State, we spoke with the Minister about this matter. I have indicated my interest to visit those farmers so that I can hear from them what the bottlenecks are - what the problems are - because in order to support farmers to ensure that we use our land
productively, we must deal with all the bottlenecks that are between ourselves and the farmers on the ground.
So, we want to set up integrated support at a district level, which will support farmers. That, we will do together with the provinces and those municipalities involved. However in this case, I will be glad if I take the first visit to go and discuss with those farmers and see the conditions of the affected farms and the extent, scope and scale of the drought. Thank you.
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