(1)Noting that at a recent presidential imbizo in Paarl, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural DevelopmentError! Bookmark not defined., Mr Mcebisi Skwatsha, claimed that farmers in the Western Cape are artificially inflating the prices of their farms once they learn that their farms have been targeted for land reform (details furnished), what (a) are the full, relevant details regarding the claims made by the Deputy Minister that farmers in the Western Cape artificially inflate the prices of their farms, (b) is the list of farms of which the prices were inflated and (c) are the relevant details regarding (i) the locations of the farms in the Western Cape and (ii)(aa) their market value according to her department and (bb) the total amount by which each farm was inflated;
(2) whether she and/or her department has taken any steps to address the situation with the farmers; if not, what are the reasons that no steps were taken; if so, what steps were and/or will be taken? NW3230E