Question NW3068 to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
27 October 2022 - NW3068
Matiase, Mr NS to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What total number of women have benefited from the land reform programme to date?
Reply:
Since the inception of the Land Reform programme, a total of 2.8 million hectares had been redistributed to municipalities under Commonage grant (COMG), Settlement Land Acquisition Grant (SLAG) for settlement and Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development (LRAD) for agricultural purposes and this land is held in title by communities and individuals. This involves a total of over 67 000 women benefiting in the form of accessing land for various needs including agriculture and tenure security.
For the implementation of the Proactive Land Acquisition Policy (PLAP), the state has acquired over 2.4 million hectares of land which benefited about 5 000 women mostly in the form of allocation and leased agreements for a period of 30 years extendable for another 20 years.
The Restitution programme has settled 172 933 land claims to female headed households.