NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 1937
DATE OF PUBLICATION: MONDAY 26 JULY 2010 [IQP No 17 -2010] SECOND SESSION,
FOURTH PARLIAMENT
Question 1937 for Written Reply, National Assembly: Mr. E J Marais (DA) to
ask the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries:
(1) Whether the Nooitgedacht proof farm was the property of the Agriculture
department of Mpumalanga; if not, to whom did the property belong; if so,
what are the relevant details;
(2) Whether this farm was sold; if not, why not; if so, (a) to whom, (b) on
what date, (c) at what price and (d) what are the further relevant
details?NW2325E
REPLY:
(1) The Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land
Administration (Mpumalanga) is registered as the User Department of the
said farm, while the property physically belongs to the Department of
Public Works, Roads and Transport (Mpumalanga)
(2) The farm was not sold since it is still being utilised as a research
farm. It is however being threatened by mining development and the
Department is currently objecting to the application for coal prospecting
rights on the property.