Question NW301 to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
29 August 2019 - NW301
Steyn, Ms A to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What (a) number of hectares is currently sitting in the Agricultural Land Holding account and (b) is the annual income for the account?
Reply:
a) There are 85 325 total hectares currently sitting in the Agricultural Land Holding account for the financial year 2018/2019 and
b) The amount of R 15,038,040.58 is the annual income for the account in 2018/2019 financial year.
NB:
The hectares sitting in the Agricultural holding account refers to the total number of hectares acquired in the financial year 2018/2019 which is not related to the amount of annual income since not all farms/hectares acquired qualify for rental billing/collection