Question NW3988 to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
13 December 2023 - NW3988
Cebekhulu, Inkosi RN to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
(a) Which rural areas has she identified as priorities for rural development and (b) what prominent rural development projects are currently underway that are focused specifically on infrastructure development, considering that the National Development Plan and other development trajectories indicate the Republic’s ambitions to become a developmental state and noting that rural areas remain largely marginalised, with little or no infrastructure development, and high levels of pervasive poverty?
Reply:
a) The Department is focused on 44 district municipalities across all nine provinces in South Africa. The beneficiaries are rural households, communities living in villages and traditional authority areas, and agricultural farmers.
The Integrated Rural Development Sector Strategy (IRDSS) prioritises six pillars in implementing the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme through which the Department will co-ordinate, facilitate and implement catalytic projects to address the triple challenges of poverty, inequality, and unemployment in rural areas.
The objectives of the IRDSS are to:
- Provide a guiding framework and principles for executing government’s vision, plans and budget relating to rural development and revitalisation of the rural economy through the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme and Rural Development Sector Plans.
- Institutionalise rural development and strengthen intergovernmental relations at national, provincial, and local levels.
- Facilitate implementation and co-ordination through the District Development Model (One Plan) with clear monitoring and reporting systems. One Comprehensive Rural Development Programme for each District.
- Accelerate investment in, and maintenance of critical infrastructure: road, rail and port basic services, digital connectivity, education, health, and human settlement infrastructure to revitalise rural economic development and facilitate industrialisation, agricultural production, agro-processing, value chain management and access to markets.
- Support integrated spatial planning, land use management and economic integration.
There are six (6) pillars in the Strategy for standardisation of the rural development mandate across all provinces and national sector departments.
Pillar 1: Infrastructure Development, Maintenance, and Investment
- Increased infrastructure maintenance and investment in the following areas: Agriculture and Agro-processing, socio-economic, water and sanitation, energy and electricity, health, human settlements, and education (schools and TVET colleges), and police stations, thereby improving community access to basic municipal services.
Pillar 2: Economic Development Industrialisation and Job Creation
- Industrialisation, Agro-processing, and Manufacturing.
- Increased financial and non-financial support to the development of new and existing small, medium, and micro enterprises and cooperatives.
- Accelerated job creation programmes such as EPWP and TREP to reduce high unemployment levels.
Pillar 3: Education and Skills Development
- Increased training of rural learners and rural youth in line with the National Skills Development Strategy and the country’s required critical skills for the rural economy and to curb urban migration.
- Massification of programmes such as National Rural Youth Services Corps (NARYSEC), Youth Employment Service (YES) and other sector specific skills development programmes.
Pillar 4: Provision of Basic Municipal Services
- Increased access to potable water, electricity, roads, sanitation and refuse removal.
- Prioritised Small-Town Regeneration Strategy and National Rural Safety Strategy.
Pillar 5: Land, Agrarian Reform and Tenure Security
- Expanded irrigated agriculture and dry-land production for smallholder farmers.
- Conferred tenure rights to land reform beneficiaries through an adopted approach that recognizes a diverse range of communal land and financial support.
- Expedited establishment of Land and Agrarian Reform Agency.
- Land Administration and recordal of communal areas.
Pillar 6: Social and Community Development
- Empowered rural communities for active citizenry through social mobilisation initiatives.
- Accelerated poverty alleviation programmes and initiatives.
- Implemented social sector programmes to provide specialized social services (e.g. school nutrition and community-based care).
- Accelerated registration of births and issuance of identity documents.
- Creating safer communities through implementation of the National Rural Safety Strategy.
b) The Department has targeted to complete 63 infrastructure projects in the 2023/ 2024 financial year (please refer to Annexure A). Through the National Rural Youth Service Corps (NARYSEC) Programme, a total of 2 842 young people will be trained; 295 young people will be supported with business development and 485 young people will be linked to job opportunities.
ANNEXURE A TO NA-QUES 808 OF 2023
Rural Development 2023/ 2024 FY Projects
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NO. |
PROJECT NAME |
PROVINCE |
DISTRICT |
LOCAL |
VILLAGE |
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1 |
Construction of 14km fencing at Mvezo in King Sabatha Dalindyebo Local Municipality |
Eastern Cape |
OR Tambo |
King Sabatha Dalindyebo |
Mvezo |
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2 |
Equipping of boreholes at Kroonstad |
Free State |
Xhariep District Municipality |
Mohokare LM |
Kroonstad |
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3 |
Equipping of boreholes at Zastron |
Free State |
Xhariep District Municipality |
Mohokare LM |
Zastron |
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4 |
Equipping of boreholes at Springfontein |
Free State |
Xhariep District Municipality |
Mohokare LM |
Springfontein |
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5 |
Construction of 8km fencing handling facilities in Smithfield in Xhariep Municipality |
Free State |
Xhariep District Municipality |
Mohokare LM |
Smithfield |
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6 |
Refurbishment of 3 storey hall and 2 storey halls for Boiketlong Community Hall |
Free State |
Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality |
Dihlabeng LM |
Boiketlong |
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7 |
Construction of 35km fencing and Animal Handling Facility in Heilbron under Fezile Dabi Municipality |
Free State |
Fezile Dabi District Municipality |
Ngwathe LM |
Heilbron |
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8 |
Construction of Bekkersdal FPSU 20 x Production Tunnels |
Gauteng |
West Rand |
Rand West City LM |
Bekkersdal |
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9 |
Construction of Bekkersdal FPSU 800m2 Warehouse |
Gauteng |
West Rand |
Rand West City LM |
Bekkersdal |
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10 |
Construction of Carmel Estate FPSU 20 x Production Tunnels |
Gauteng |
West Rand |
Mogale City LM |
Carmel Estate |
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11 |
Construction of Tarlton FPSU 2,2km Asphalt Access Road |
Gauteng |
West Rand |
Mogale City LM |
Tarlton |
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12 |
Construction of Rust De Winter 80km, 6 Strand Barbed Wire Fence |
Gauteng |
Tshwane Metro |
Tshwane Metro |
Rust De Winter |
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13 |
Construction of 15 Cattle Handling Facilities at Rust De Winter |
Gauteng |
Tshwane Metro |
Tshwane Metro |
Rust De Winter |
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14 |
Equipping 23 Boreholes at Rust De Winter |
Gauteng |
Tshwane Metro |
Tshwane Metro |
Rust De Winter |
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15 |
Rehabilitation of 600 ha Mooi River irrigation scheme which comprises the 23 km long concrete canal that covers 14 blocks, 6 packing shed, 5 tractors shed |
KwaZulu-Natal |
Umzinyathi |
Msinga |
Muden & Kwanxamalala |
|
16 |
Rehabilitation of 600 ha Mooi River irrigation scheme which comprises the 23 km long concrete canal that covers 14 blocks, 6 packing shed, 5 tractors shed |
KwaZulu- Natal |
Umzinyathi |
Msinga |
Muden & Kwanxamalala |
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17 |
Construction Tugela Ferry Block 6 which comprises 150 ha with pump station, main and infield pipeline, sprinklers, pack shed, tractor shed and rehabilitation work on block 1 up to block 7 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
Umzinyathi |
Msinga |
Tugela Ferry |
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18 |
Construction Tugela Ferry Block 6 which comprises 150 ha with pump station, main and infield pipeline, sprinklers, pack shed, tractor shed and rehabilitation work on block 1 up to block 7 |
KwaZulu- Natal |
Umzinyathi |
Msinga |
Tugela Ferry |
|
19-22 |
Construction of 8 dip tanks in King Cetshwayo and Zululand District under livestock infrastructure phase 4 |
KwaZulu- Natal |
King Cetshwayo and Zululand District |
Nongoma, Pongolo, Lundi, Nkandla, Mlalazi, Mthonjaneni |
Various Villages |
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23-26 |
Livestock infrastructure phase 4: King Cetshwayo, Ilembe and Zululand - 8 dam re-scooping project |
KwaZulu- Natal |
King Cetshwayo and Zululand District |
Nongoma, Pongolo, Lundi, Nkandla, Mlalazi, Mthonjaneni |
Various Villages |
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27-30 |
Construction of 12 dip tanks in iLembe Harry Gwala and uThukela District under livestock infrastructure phase 4 |
KwaZulu- Natal |
Harry Gwala and uThukela District |
Nkosazana Zuma, Buhlebezwe, Mzimkhulu |
Various Villages |
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31 |
Construction of 15X25m shed to be used for as feed mixing facility with its associated work including drilling of boreholes to supply water to the shed and betterment of access road |
KwaZulu- Natal |
Harry Gwala |
uMzimkhulu |
St. Paul |
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32 |
Construction of two sales yard in Mandeni and Maphumulo, under livestock infrastructure phase 4 |
KwaZulu- Natal |
iLembe |
Mandeni & Maphumulo |
Macambini/ Amatigulu & Ngcolosi |
|
33 |
Construction of two sales yards in Mandeni and Maphumulo, under livestock infrastructure phase 4 |
KwaZulu- Natal |
iLembe |
Mandeni & Maphumulo |
Macambini/ Amatigulu & Ngcolosi |
|
34 |
Supply, erect 25 km 9 strand barbed wire for grazing camp in Mbizimbelwa grazing camp in Mandeni |
KwaZulu- Natal |
iLembe |
Mandeni LM |
Mbizimbelwa |
|
35-39 |
Construction of 6 sugar cane FPSUs in Jozini, Qwabe, Sezela, Noordsburg and Matikulu which comprises of admin block, packhouse, tractor sheds, mechanical shed, chemical sheds, betterment of access road, provision of portable water and security fence with gourd house |
KwaZulu- Natal |
Umkhanyakude |
Jozini |
Jozini, Qwabe, Sezela, Noordsburg & Matikulu |
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40 |
Vleeschboom FPSU: Construction of phase two: construction of a chemical area, installation of burglar doors and windows, installation of a backup generator, storm water drainage, paving around the facility etc. |
Limpopo |
Sekhukhune |
Makhuduthamaga |
Vleeschboom |
|
41 |
Bridges Moletjie Komape Bridges: Design and construction of a pedestrian and motorist bridge (design and construction) |
Limpopo |
Capricorn |
Polokwane |
Moletjie Komape |
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42 |
Lephalale Fencing: Supply, delivery, and installation of 54km fence for five farms in Waterberg district. |
Limpopo |
Waterberg |
Lephalale |
Lephalale |
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43 |
Tshiombo Fence: Erecting of fence around the nine earth dams for various irrigation schemes in Tshiombo |
Limpopo |
Vhembe |
Thulamela |
Tshiombo |
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44 |
Phase 2 Renovations of storage sheds and admin buildings in various villages for 22 small scale sugarcane growers’ farms within Malelane/ Nkomati |
Mpumalanga |
Ehlanzeni District Municipality |
Nkomazi LM |
Malelane/Nkomati |
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45 |
Erection of fencing- 10km Magogeni Village |
Mpumalanga |
Ehlanzeni District Municipality |
Nkomazi LM |
Magogeni |
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46 |
Erection of fence -10km Gomora Village |
Mpumalanga |
Ehlanzeni District Municipality |
Nkomazi LM |
Gomora Alnaagz |
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47 |
Plessis Vlakte FPSU: Construction of staff houses, office, boardroom, security office, storage shed, auction facility, fencing, water supply & renovation of shearing shed |
Northern Cape |
Pixley Ka Seme District Municipality |
Renosterburg LM |
Plessis Vlakte |
|
48 |
Supply, delivery, and erection of 106km fencing at Heuningvlei |
Northern Cape |
John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality |
Joe Morolong LM |
Heuningvlei |
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49-53 |
Supply, delivery, and erection of 75km boundary fencing at 5 Farm: Nylon, Kelso, Clyde, Lurie & Maas. |
Northern Cape |
John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality |
Joe Morolong LM |
Nylon, Kelso, Clyde, Lurie & Maas. |
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54 |
Construction of 1mw Solar Plant for Onseepkans Irrigation Scheme (350ha) |
Northern Cape |
Namakwa District Municipality |
Khai Ma LM |
Onseepkans |
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55 |
Pella FPSU: Construction of staff houses, office, boardroom, security office, storage shed, retail facility, fencing & water supply |
Northern Cape |
Namakwa District Municipality |
Khai Ma LM |
Pella |
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56 |
Mooifontein FPSU: Construction of ablution facilities, fencing and guardhouse |
North West |
Ngaka Modiri Molema |
Mahikeng |
Mooifontein |
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57 |
Thulwe AVMP: Construction of a cattle handling facility, drilling of a borehole, spray race dipping facilities and drinking troughs |
North West |
Bojanala |
Moretele |
Thulwe |
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58 |
Jericho FPSU: Paving of FPSU access road ±0.6km |
North West |
Bojanala |
Madibeng |
Jericho |
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59 |
Makweleng FPSU: Paving of FPSU access road ±0,8km |
North West |
Bojanala |
Moses Kotane |
Makweleng |
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60 |
Construction of boundary fence for the support of the Nduli piggery (1,6km) in Ceres, Witzenberg Local Municipality, Cape Winelands District Municipality. |
Western Cape |
Cape Winelands District Municipality |
Witzenberg LM |
Nduli (Ceres) |
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61 |
Construction of boundary and inner fence in Saron (27km), Drakenstein Local Municipality Cape Winelands District Municipality. |
Western Cape |
Cape Winelands District Municipality |
Drakenstein LM |
Saron |
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62 |
The supply and installation of fencing at the municipal commonage in Swellendam (6.2km), Swellendam Local Municipality, Overberg District Municipality. |
Western Cape |
Overberg District Municipality |
Swellendam LM |
Swellendam |
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63 |
Supply and delivery of water tanks to small scale farmers in Graafwater, Cederberg Local Municipality, West Coast District Municipality. |
Western Cape |
West Coast District Municipality |
Cederberg LM |
Graafwater |
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