Question NW3117 to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

Reply:

1(a) Detailed breakdown of the 204 leased farms. Please refer to the table below.

a) Province and/or District or Region	Other Details (See Annexure A)
Province	Local Municipality/Metropolitan	No of fully leased farms	Hectares
Eastern Cape	Matatiele Local Municipality	8	3,374
Eastern Cape	Mnquma Local Municipality	1	267
Eastern Cape	Ngqushwa Local Municipality	1	396
Eastern Cape	Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality	1	278
Free State	Maluti a Phofung Local Municipality	7	1,144
Gauteng	City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality	2	929
Kwazulu-Natal	Dannhauser Local Municipality	1	165
Kwazulu-Natal	uMhlathuze Local Municipality	1	827
Limpopo	Bela-Bela Local Municipality	2	1,874
Limpopo	Blouberg Local Municipality	1	1,793
Limpopo	Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality	1	101
Limpopo	Modimolle/Mookgophong Local Municipality	9	6,039
Mpumalanga	Thembisile Local Municipality	13	2,385
North West	Kagisano-Molopo Local Municipality	81	106,977
North West	Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality	1	605
North West	Local Municipality of Madibeng	2	1,668
North West	Mafikeng Local Municipality	6	4,094
North West	Moses Kotane Local Municipality	14	12,270
North West	Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality	10	11,616
North West	Tswaing Local Municipality	2	962
Northern Cape	Dikgatlong Local Municipality	7	6,490
Northern Cape	Joe Morolong Local Municipality	33	45,921
Grand Total		204	210,175

(b) Cost of the lease for each farm and collection methods for the payments. Please refer to Annexure A.

2. No. The Lessees that have been allocated these 204 farms are Category 3 farmers who, in terms of the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development’s State Land Lease and Disposal Policy, can only obtain title deeds after purchasing the leased land at market value as required by the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 29 of 1999).

3. Details of the 72 partially leased farms:

a) Partially leased properties are farms which have land units, and not all units have been leased. There are 72 of these farms, consisting of 376 land units, of which 189 have active contracts.

Province	ACTIVE CONTRACTS - (PARTIALLY LEASED FARMS)
	Properties	Total Land Units	Land Units with Active Contracts
Limpopo	3	18	4
Mpumalanga	18	46	19
North West	51	312	166
Grand Total	72	376	189

Further detailed breakdown of the 72 partially leased farms: Please refer to Annexure B.

b) There is no budget allocated for each farm that has been partially leased.

(4)

a) Start-up support packages are based on the various commodities, e.g. livestock, crops and etc. The packages take into consideration the critical success factors of each commodity. It should be noted that this intervention is not a comprehensive support and as such farmers could still later apply for further support.

b) The implementation of these is expected to take place throughout the current financial year.

c) The names of the farms that will be supported under the current fiscal year will be available once the approval process is concluded.

d) An amount of R150m has been put aside for support to these farms, across the country. The budget details for the farms in the the three provinces will be available once the final approval and allocation for each farm has been concluded.

e) The amount spent on the 165 farmers in 94 farms that were trained in Business and Entrepreneurship is R1 188 000. The distribution of farms and budget spent is outlined below:

• Limpopo: 40 farms: 50 beneficiaries trained at total cost of R360 000;
• Mpumalanga: 30 farms: 45 beneficiaries trained at a total cost of R324 000; and
• Northwest: 24 farms: 70 beneficiaries trained at a total cost of R504 000.