Question NW2388 to the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform
03 October 2017 - NW2388
Steyn, Ms A to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform
With reference to his reply to question 1268 on 10 July 2017, (a) how much land for redistribution purposes has his department acquired in each province since the inception of his department’s land restitution programme in 1995, (b) what is the name of each programme through which his department acquired the specified land, (c) how much did each piece of land cost and (d) how much of this land has been transferred to beneficiaries in terms of the (i) number of projects and (ii) hectares in each case?
Reply:
(a)
PROVINCE |
HECTARES SETTLED |
EASTERTN CAPE |
143904 |
FREE STATE |
58104 |
GAUTENG |
13430 |
KWA ZULU-ATALN |
822758 |
LIMPOPO |
702201 |
MPUMALANGA |
518070 |
NORTHERN CAPE |
694202 |
NORTH WEST |
465012 |
WESTERN CAPE |
11028 |
TOTAL |
3 428 709 |
(b) Restitution
( c)
PROVINCE |
LAND COST |
EASTERTN CAPE |
55 007 350.29 |
FREE STATE |
80 189 402.95 |
GAUTENG |
107 796 273.57 |
KWA ZULU-ATALN |
7 005 455 262.58 |
LIMPOPO |
4 294 677 508.64 |
MPUMALANGA |
5 971 911 265.13 |
NORTHERN CAPE |
853 665 837.15 |
NORTH WEST |
2 555 579 674.16 |
WESTERN CAPE |
132 705 496.53 |
TOTAL |
21 056 988 071.00 |
(d)(i) None, Restitution transferred land per claims not per projects.
(ii)
PROVINCE |
HECTARES TRANSFERRED |
EASTERTN CAPE |
8201 |
FREE STATE |
52084 |
GAUTENG |
6387 |
KWA ZULU-ATALN |
466397 |
LIMPOPO |
439494 |
MPUMALANGA |
305163 |
NORTHERN CAPE |
461342 |
NORTH WEST |
286498 |
WESTERN CAPE |
7635 |
TOTAL |
2 033 199 |