Question NW2431 to the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform
30 October 2017 - NW2431
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 many pieces of the land that his department has acquired in each province for redistribution purposes since the inception of his department’s land restitution programme in 1995 were transferred to beneficiaries through (i) lease agreements, (ii) sale agreements and (iii) lease agreements with the option to purchase, (b) in how many instances has his department terminated agreements with beneficiaries and (c) why in each case?
Reply:
(a) A total of 775 PLAS land parcels were leased since inception. From the total of PLAS land parcels leased (775), 730 land parcels have lease agreements with the option to purchase.
(i),(ii) Please refer to the table below.
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NO OF PLAS LAND PARCELS TRANSFERRED THROUGH: |
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|
Province |
(i) LEASE AGREEMENTS |
(ii) SALE AGREEMENTS |
(iii) LEASE WITH AN OPTION TO PURCHASE |
|
Eastern Cape |
45 |
0 |
45 |
|
Free State |
76 |
4 |
67 |
|
Gauteng |
58 |
0 |
55 |
|
KwaZulu-Natal |
54 |
1 |
54 |
|
Limpopo |
57 |
3 |
52 |
|
Mpumalanga |
61 |
1 |
60 |
|
North West |
188 |
5 |
178 |
|
Northern Cape |
193 |
7 |
180 |
|
Western Cape |
43 |
0 |
39 |
|
TOTAL |
775 |
15 |
730 |
(b),(c) The Department requires additional time to respond to this question as not all data since 1995 has been kept electronically.