Question NW2203 to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
29 June 2022 - NW2203
Matiase, Mr NS to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What (a) number of the land restitution claims lodged by the 1998 deadline have been settled (i) to date and (ii) by means of (aa) restoration of land, (bb) granting of alternative pieces of land and (cc) financial compensation, (b) number of hectares of land has been transferred to claimants since the beginning of land restitution and (c) amount has each of the forms of restitution cost her department since the beginning of land restitution?
Reply:
(a)(i) 82 549 claims have been settled, the figure excludes the report on urban claims from 2006 to 2011/12, the verification of the statistics is work in progress because during the various stages of settling the claims counting changed from counting land claims forms to counting land rights restored.
(ii)(aa) 8 938 claims settled through land restoration (the number is not a reflection of the extent e.g one claim can represent 2 hectares in the Western Cape but 20 000 hectares in North West.
(bb) Falls away, the restoration of land includes both alternative and original restored.
(cc) 69 933 claims settled through financial compensation.
b) 2 892 966 hectares transferred and 3835167 hectares settled.
(c) Land cost is R24,578,801,491.71
Financial Compensation is R17,361,570,718.22
Approved Development Grants is R 4,018,918,373.87
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