Question NW2832 to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
27 September 2023 - NW2832
Kruger, Mr HC to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
(1) What has her department estimate the financial losses sustained by farmers because of the destruction of farmland by fires (a) in the (i) 2020-21, (ii) 2021-22 and (iii) 2022-23 financial years and (b) since 1 April 2023; (2) what is the breakdown of the losses in each province; (3) what are the relevant details of the methodology her department employed in calculating the specified estimates?
Reply:
1. (a)(i)-(iii), (b) Please refer to the table below.
|
FINANCIAL LOSSES |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
(b) 1 April 2023 |
|
TOTAL |
R636 576 200 |
R4 958 106 550 |
R3 611 996 300 |
R2 985 080 050 |
(2) Below is the financial breakdown of losses per province.
|
PROVINCE |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
2023 |
|
Eastern Cape |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
R3 563 000 |
|
Free State |
R43 420 000 |
R10 500 000 |
R10 000 000 |
R6 750 000 |
|
Gauteng |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
R3 050 000 |
|
KwaZulu Natal |
Did not submit / quantify financial losses. |
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|
North West |
Nil |
R4 798 963 000 |
R3 142 444 500 |
R2 391 363 000 |
|
Mpumalanga |
R578 000 000 |
R111 000 000 |
R403 000 000 |
R561 000 000 |
|
Limpopo |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
R13 640 700 |
|
Northern Cape |
R5 156 200 |
R37 643 550 |
R56 551 800 |
R5 713 350 |
|
Western Cape |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
TOTAL |
R626 576 200 |
R4 958 106 550 |
R3 611 996 300 |
R2 985 080 050 |
(3) The provinces used different methods to estimate the losses.