Question NW1014 to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
18 June 2020 - NW1014
Steyn, Ms A to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What amount has been (a) made available for drought relief since 1 April 2016 and (b) spent in each province; (2) whether any funds have not been spent; if so, what were the reasons for that; (3) whether her department received any applications from provincial departments for drought-relief funding since 1 January 2020; if so, (a) which provinces applied for drought-relief funding, (b) what amount was requested, (c) what amount was allocated and (d) what was the money spent on?
Reply:
(1)(a),(b) Please refer to Annexure A.
(2) The grant allocations were spent.
(3)(a),(b),(c),(d) Drought relief applications were received from 7 provinces. Table below depicts the amounts applied by each specific province and the allocated amount as well as projects earmarked. Please refer to Annexure B.
ANNEXURE A OF NA-QUES 1014 OF 2020
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ANNEXURE B OF NA-QUS 10 14 OF 2020 |
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(c) ALLOCATION R |
(d) PROJECTS EARMARKED |
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2020/2021 |
2020/21 |
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Eastern Cape |
395 000 000 |
35 000 000 |
Fodder production and boreholes |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
Not specified |
4 000 000 |
Desilting of dams |
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Limpopo |
117 000 000 |
18 500 000 |
Boreholes |
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Mpumalanga |
400 000 000 |
12 500 000 |
Boreholes and fodder provision |
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Northern Cape |
600 000 000 |
36 000 000 |
Removal of alien vegetation and provision of fodder |
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North West |
252 000 000 |
8 000 000 |
Provision of fodder |
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Western Cape |
123 000 000 |
25 000 000 |
Provision of fodder |
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Province |
ALLOCATION R |
EXP |
ALLOCATION R |
EXP |
ALLOCATION R |
EXP |
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2016/17 |
2018/19 |
2019/20 |
- |
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Eastern Cape |
29 000 000 |
29 000 000 |
20 000 000 |
20 000 000 |
- |
- |
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Free State |
31 000 000 |
31 000 000 |
13 500 000 |
13 500 000 |
- |
- |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
23 000 000 |
23 000 000 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Limpopo |
28 000 000 |
28 000 000 |
10 000 000 |
10 000 000 |
9 000 000 |
9 000 000 |
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Mpumalanga |
26 000 000 |
26 000 000 |
10 000 000 |
10 000 000 |
8 000 000 |
8 000 000 |
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Northern Cape |
25 000 000 |
25 000 000 |
43 000 000 |
43 000 000 |
34 000 000 |
34 000 000 |
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North West |
38 000 000 |
38 000 000 |
- |
- |
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Western Cape |
12 000 000 |
12 000 000 |
170 000 000 |
170 000 000 |
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Total |
R 212 000 000 |
R 212 000 000 |
R266 500 000 |
R266 500 000 |
R51 000 00 |
R51 000 00 |