Question NW4689 to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
15 December 2022 - NW4689
Cebekhulu, Inkosi RN to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
With reference to her department’s under-expenditure in the Presidential Employment Stimulus Initiative (PESI) and the complications surrounding the voucher programme under the PESI earlier in 2022, what are the relevant details of her department’s reasons for not being able to provide and secure a sustainable land reform and agrarian transformation for small-scale farmers to achieve a more integrated and inclusive rural economy?
Reply:
The Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) is collating the information required and will tabled a response as soon as possible.