Question NW2019 to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
20 June 2023 - NW2019
Masipa, Mr NP to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What (a) percentage and (b) hectarage of communal land in the Republic is currently occupied under (i) apartheid-era Permission to Occupy certificates and (ii) other forms of non-registrable tenure?
Reply:
a) Approximately thirteen percent (13%) of land in South Africa is communal land.
b) Approximately 16 million hectares.
(i),(ii) There is currently no disaggregation of occupied communal land in terms of apartheid-era Permission to Occupy Certificates and other forms of tenure.