Question NW2652 to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
12 September 2023 - NW2652
Masipa, Mr NP to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
With reference to the land claim on the farm Syferfontein 80 JP and a number of other farms where an amended Government Gazette 37443 Notice 221, dated 20 March 2014 was published, being in contradiction to the Land Claims Commission’s 2020/21 Annual report (details furnished), what (a) are the details of the explanation that she, her department and the National Land Claims Commissioner furnished for the discrepancy and (b) was the (i) amount of financial compensation paid to the community and (ii) basis for the estimation?
Reply:
a) It must be noted that an error was committed at the time of the publication of the amended gazette Notice No. 221 of 2014 in the Government Gazette No.37443 dated 20 March 2014.
The purpose of publishing property in terms of section 11(7) of the Restitution of Land Rights Act, Act 22 of 1992, as amended, is to notify all the interested and affected parties of the land Restitution claim and should not include the Restitution award.
The error on the subject line of the Gazette notice in that the claim will be settled through financial compensation will be corrected through another Government Gazette.
b) (i). No payment has been processed.
(ii). Falls away.
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