Speaker, I should like to thank the hon Ngonyama.
Land in rural areas is communal land which falls under the jurisdiction of traditional leaders. Its distribution and allocation are based on the principle of usufruct - that the land is yours for as long as you utilise it. If you don't utilise it, the community, under the leadership of the traditional leader, has the right to allocate the land to someone else within that community. That is my understanding of land rights for people in rural communities.
That extends to women as well. These norms are peculiar to certain communities and areas. For instance, in KwaZulu-Natal, a married woman is in charge of the household's assets, and that includes land. So, if you marry a woman and your wife comes from, say, Venda or Gauteng and you create tensions within the family, the extended family ensures that your wife and children remain in charge of the land and all the assets. If you are in a position to move out, you move out with your jacket, but the rest of the assets remain with the wife. So the land rights for women in rural communities are secured according to the traditional norms.
I will have to dig up information for you on the Small Enterprise Finance Agency in regard to how best we can ensure that the rural communities in the provinces that you alluded to get access to those services. Thank you.