Question NW14 to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
08 March 2023 - NW14
Masipa, Mr NP to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What are the details of the (a) breakdown of the total amount paid by her department to purchase Limburg Farming Enterprise for the Communal Property Associations (CPA), (b) breakdown of the amount paid by the department to support the CPA towards input and infrastructure costs since the start of the CPA to date and (c)(i) size of the farm, (ii) types of farming taking place on the farm, (iii) productivity levels and (iv) challenges faced by the CPA?
Reply:
a) The Land was bought in 1978 by Government prior to the democratic dispensation. The Department, under the current democratic dispensation did not pay any money for the acquisition of the land; a deed of donation was used to donate the land.
b) A detailed breakdown of the amount paid by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) to support the CPA towards input and infrastructure costs since the start of the CPA to date are:
- 2001: R11 584 000.00;
- May 2011: R5 895 846.00;
- October 2011: R354 706.62; and
- November 2011: R2 301 748.59.
(c) (i) Size of the farm is 25 700 hectares.
(ii) Citrus and Livestock production.
(iii) Currently, there is no production on the farm.
(iv) Challenges faced by the CPA are conflicts amongst members.