PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Total Land Delivered since 1994

Total size of land delivered from 1994 to 31 December 2004 is about 3,536,756.06 hectares. This includes land delivered through the restitution, redistribution and state land. The total number of household/individuals that have benefited from land reform is over 1,028,887.

Redistribution delivered 1,780,260,35 hectares, tenure reform contributed 171, 554.72 while 772, 626.00 hectares of Stateland was delivered. The Commission on Restitution of Land Rights had settled 57,257 claims by 31 December 2004, benefiting 164,103 households who now have access to a total of 812,315 hectares.

• There is not much state land available for land reform purposes, especially for redistribution
• State land comprises about 24,5 million ha or 20,3 % of the total area of the RSA.
• Approx 82,5 % of state land is national while 17,5% ha is provincial
• DLA controls 66,7% while Department of Public Works controls 33,3% of national state land.
• Only about 5% - 7% or 1,7 million ha is available for allocation to land reform beneficiaries, the rest is used for state domestic purposes,
• Vesting of state land is necessary to confirm which 'arm' of government owns it, before it can be used for land reform purposes. It is done by means of issuing a certificate by the Minister of Land Affairs.

• Since 1998, the following categories of state land were disposed of for the various land reform programmes through the facilitation of DLA:

Restitution of Land Rights

In an endeavour to meet the Presidential directive to complete the restitution process in the next three years, the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights has developed an implementation plan in conjunction with all Members of Executive Councils (MECs) responsible for land affairs, provincial departments of Agriculture, as well as provincial and district offices of the Department of Land Affairs, in a number of provinces the Premiers either participated actively or dedicated staff from their offices to contribute meaningfully towards the development of the provincial plans to enhance the prospects of success of the implementation plan.

By the end of December 2004, there were 22,437 claims yet to be settled. Of these, 13 237 are urban while 9,200 are rural. As indicated by the Minister, the Commission plans to complete all restitution claims within the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) period, with more emphasis on rural claims, which are much more complex and time consuming.