Thank you, Speaker. Well, you are going a bit too far into the future, I would say.
U gaan bietjie ver in die toekoms in. Kyk, u moet asseblief verstaan dat die 30% `n teiken is vir `n bepaalde tydperk. Dit kan nie die einde van die proses wees nie. Jy kan nie s dat, met 'n bevolking van x teenoor y - op die oomblik - jy op 30% gaan stop nie. Dit is net `n teiken wat ons gaan behaal en ek dink grondhervorming is 'n kontinue proses wat baie, baie lank nog sal aanhou tot die regte getalle bereik is.
Sedert die vorige Minister in 1999 in die pos gekom het, word daar ekonomies gedink, en u weet dit goed. Die samewerking wat ons met landbou- unies het, is in die algemeen daarop gerig om ekonomies-vatbare eenhede te kry.
Eintlik moet ek vir u s dat daar `n ander vraag van u is wat bietjie verder aan is - dis vraag 246 - wat eintlik basies dieselfde vraag is as wat u nou vra. Die antwoord daarop is ook "Nee", maar ek dink nie ons gaan vandag daarby uitkom nie.
Die hele punt is dit: Jy kan nie in Suid-Afrika s soveel hektaar gaan jy per persoon uitdeel nie, want die land verskil soveel. Jy kan wel van gemiddeldes praat en dit is hoofsaaklik vir begrotingsdoeleindes. Nee, ek dink nie hierdie proses sal ooit by 30% kan ophou nie. (Translation of Afrikaans paragraphs follows.)
[You are going a bit too far into the future. You have to understand that the 30% is a target for a specific period of time. It cannot be the end of the process. One cannot say, with a population of x to y - at the moment - that one is going to stop at 30%. It is merely target that we want to reach and I think land reform is a continuous process that is going to continue for a long, long time until we reach the correct figures.
Since the former Minister came into the position in 1999, we have started to think in terms of economics manner and you know that very well. The co- operation that we have with the agricultural unions in general is aimed at getting economically viable units. I really have to point out that there is another question posed by you further down on the Question Paper - it is question 246 - that asks basically the same question that you are asking now. The answer to that is also "No", but I do not think we will get to that today.
The point is: In South Africa one is not able to say that you are going distribute so many hectares per person, since the country differs so much. One is able to talk about averages and that is primarily for budgeting purposes. No, I don't think that this process can ever stop at 30%.]
And I'm sure that is the policy of this government, that we will have a continuous land reform process. Also, agriculture itself must be attended to. Our production in this country, as you well know, must increase considerably. Thank you, Madam.