Question NW2983 to the MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM:

Robertson, Mr K to ask the MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM:

(1) Whether a certain person (name furnished) signed an agreement with her department to lease the Richtersfontein farm near Kamhlushwa in the Nkomazi Local Municipality in Mpumalanga; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) on what date was the agreement signed and (b) what (i) is the term and (ii) are the conditions of the agreement; (2) whether the existing agreement will be terminated and/or not renewed; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether the specified farm was purchased as part of her department’s redistribution programmes; if not, was it restituted; if so, what (a) was the purchase price, (b) is the size of the farm and (c) portion is arable and is currently being farmed; (4) (a) what grants have been given to groups after the purchase of the property, (b) who are the groups that have occupied and received these grants and what amount has each group received and (c) according to which programme has each group received these grants?