Department of Rural
Development and Land
Reform
Strategic Plan: 2011 – 2014
Presentation to the
Select Committee on Land and Environmental Affairs
24 May 2011
Presentation outline
 Purpose
 Introduction
 Part A: Strategic Overview
 Part B: Strategic Objectives
 Part C: Links to other Plans
 Annexure
Purpose
This presentation outlines the 2011-14 Department of Rural
Development and Land Reform strategic plan as tabled on 09
March 2011.
The emphasis of the plan is to implement the mandate of rural
development and Outcome 7.
Introduction
 The strategic plan was developed in line with the recently approved
National Treasury Framework for Strategic Plans and Annual Performance
Plans.
 The plan has incorporated the current strategic plan (2010-2013), Outcome
7 and its deliverables.
 The plan takes into consideration the department’s contribution to Outcome
4, 6, 9 and 10.
 The plan consists of three parts:
• Section A: Strategic Overview
•Section B: Strategic Goals & Objectives
•Section C:Links to other plans
Part A: Strategic Overview
Strategic Context:
Medium - Term Strategic Framework (MTSF)
The department’s mandate is derived from the 5 priorities of the ruling party, and
government’s MTSF :
 Creation of decent work and sustainable livelihoods
 Education
 Rural development, food security and land reform
 Health
 Fight against crime and corruption
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 The New Growth Path provides strategies for job creation. To this end, the
department will place emphasis on developing job creation strategies and
programmes with a particular bias towards rural communities
Strategic Context (cont)
State of the Nation Address (SONA)
In the State of the Nation Address, President Zuma highlighted the following:
The strategic importance of rural development and land reform as a lever for
improving the lives of the previously disadvantaged people’s lives.
Creation of 500 000 job opportunities in the rural sector over the next 10 years. To this
end DRDLR will focus on creating jobs through the CRDP, Land Reform
(Recapitalisation and Development Programme) and the National Rural Youth
Services Corps (Narysec)
Creating employment opportunities for the youth. To this end the department has
created innovative models for employment creation, one of these is the Narysec. Over
the next 3 years the department plans to create employment opportunities for 22 401
youth through the Narysec Programme.
Budget Speech
 Reduction in the unemployment rate
 Reduction in the vacancy rate
Government’s Outcomes approach
 The department continues to focus on the achievement of Outcome 7 and its
deliverables
Vision
Vibrant, equitable, sustainable rural communities
Overarching Goal
Social cohesion and development
Mission
To initiate, facilitate, coordinate, catalyze and implement an integrated rural
development programme
Strategy
Agrarian transformation, interpreted to denote “a rapid and fundamental
change in the relations (systems and patterns of ownership and control) of
land, livestock, cropping and community
Values
 Batho Pele
 Commitment
 Accountability
 Work Ethic
 Innovation
Key Priorities
1. To improve productivity in land reform projects through effective
implementation of the Recapitalisation and Development
programme;
2. To expedite the finalization of land claims;
3. Effective roll out of the CRDP to improve the livelihoods of rural
communities;
4. Improve corporate governance and ensure enhanced service
delivery;
5. Implement proper change management and innovation
strategies;
6. Enhance the efficiency of information management systems.
Strategic Goals (outcomes)
The five outputs of Outcome 7, have been incorporated into the
8 departmental strategic goals
8 STRATEGIC GOALS OF THE DEPARTMENT
1. Sound corporate governance and service excellence through
compliance with the legal framework achieved by 2014
2. Reformed policy, legislative and institutional environment by 2014
3. Effective land planning and administration that is biased towards
rural areas
4. Institutional arrangements for effective corporate governance and
stakeholder participation by 2014
5. Increased access to and productive use of land by 2014
6. Improved access to affordable and diverse food by 2014
7. Improved rural services to support sustainable livelihoods by 2014
8. Improved access to sustainable employment and skills
development opportunities by 2014
Legislative and Other Mandates
Constitutional Mandate
 Section 25 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
establishes the framework for the implementation of land reform
Legislative Mandates
 Legislation implemented by the Department is categorised according to:
Land Reform (Tenure Reform, Redistribution, Restitution), Geospatial and
Cadastral Services (Deeds Registration, Cadastral Surveys Management,
National Geospatial Information, Spatial Planning & Information); and other
general and relevant legislation.
Legislative and Other Mandates (cont.)
Planned Policy Initiatives
 Green Paper on Rural Development and Land Reform gazetted by May
2011
 White Paper on Rural Development and Land Reform approved by
Cabinet by May 2012
 Policy on:
 land ownership by foreign nationals (2011)
 the proposed Rural Development Agency (2011)
 the establishment of a Land Management Commission (2011/12)
 land valuation and the establishment of a Valuer-General (2011/12)
 land tax (2013/2014)
Situational Analysis
 The Department operates in a volatile environment which consists of a
number of factors that will influence its ability to deliver on its mandate.
 Some of these factors include: poor service delivery, high unemployment
especially in rural areas, slow economic growth and social fragmentation in
rural areas.
 In order to address these challenges, the Department has undergone a
thorough and robust strategic planning process. From the intensive
engagements it became apparent that the Department needs to consider
taking a different outlook in how it operates.
 The outcomes-based approach adopted by The Presidency and government
in general calls for a different modus operandi. The department has therefore
identified its "business as usual" – those things that it has been doing as part
of its previous and current mandate – as the sustained agenda; and its
business "unusual" – the things that it must now do because of the changes
affecting government, i.e. to deliver 12 outcomes – as the change agenda.
Outcome
X
X
Y
Change
Agenda
Dept
Strategic
Plan
Sustained
Agenda
Outcome
7
Change
Agenda
Situational Analysis (cont)
Performance environment
Performance in the 2010/11 financial year indicates the following:
 Between 1994 and 2010, approximately 7,4 million hectares of land were transferred
or redistributed to previously disadvantaged persons through the land reform
programme (Restitution and Redistribution) mainly for agricultural purposes.
 To date, the CRDP has been rolled out in 60 rural wards.
Organisational environment
 Due to the creation of the “new” Department in 2009, there has been re-configuration
of existing programmes and the addition of new ones. The original seven programmes
have been consolidated into five programmes; namely, administration, geospatial and
cadastral services, rural development, restitution and land reform.
 Approval of the final organisational structure is in progress
Strategic Planning Process
 The strategic plan was developed by the senior management of the
Department through a series of strategic planning sessions led by the Chief
Directorate: Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation.
 The first sessions entailed strategic discussions with top management that
set the strategic direction for the Department. During these sessions the
management outlined the Department's key priorities by taking into
consideration government's key priorities and the 12 outcomes of
government as identified in the MTSF (particularly Outcome 7, which is
coordinated by the Minister for Rural Development and Land Reform).
 This followed individual branch consultations with the relevant stakeholders.
Part B: Strategic Objectives
 This section covers objectives identified to achieve
the set goals.
 The strategic objectives are allocated to all 5 budget
programmes of the Department.
 The tables are a summary of Part B, which in the
strategic plan are depicted per programme (1-5)
Strategic
Goals
1. Corporate
governance and
service
excellence
Strategic Goal
Statements
Strategic
Objectives
Corporate governance 1. To provide and ensure effective, efficient and fair human resource
and service excellence
management practices
through compliance
2. To provide internal and external communication services
with the legal
3. Ensure facilitation, monitoring and mainstreaming of strategies for
framework achieved
women, children and older person’s rights, as well as people with
by 2014
disabilities
4. Facilitate, monitor and ensure compliance with both internal and
external regulatory frameworks for youth development
5. To coordinate, facilitate and operationalise Departmental
Management Information System (MIS) to ensure timely
availability of valid management information
6. To render legal services to the entire department
7. Improve service delivery within the Department and rural
communities through the provision of ICT, knowledge and
information management
8. To provide a comprehensive result based planning, monitoring and
evaluation that drives the organisation and ensure delivery on
expected outcomes
9. Effective and efficient financial services provided by 2014
Strategic
Goals
Strategic Goal
Statements
Strategic
Objectives
2. Reformed policy,
legislative and
institutional
environment
Reformed policy,
legislative and
institutional
environment by 2014
2.1 Develop rural development and land reform policies and
legislation by 2014
2.2 Institutional reforms (Valuer-General, Rural Development agency
and Land Management Commission) giving effect to the
Department’s new mandate in place by 2014
3. Spatial equity
Effective land planning
and administration that
is biased towards rural
areas
3.1 Promote an equitable, sustainable land use and allocation by
facilitating an integrated land planning and administration
system by 2014
3.2 Comprehensive Land Register verified and completed by2014
3.3 30 000 hectares of state and Trust land surveyed and registered
by 2014
4. Integrated
cooperative
governance
Integrated institutional
arrangements for
effective cooperative
governance and
stakeholder
participation by 2014
4.1 37 rural development delivery forums established and
operational by 2014
4.2 5 partnerships established and operational by 2014
Strategic
Goals
Strategic Goal
Statements
Strategic
Objectives
5. Sustainable
agrarian reform
Increased access to
and productive use of
land by 2014
5.1 1 030 000 hectares of strategically located land acquired and
allocated within MTEF baseline allocation by 2014
5.2 Restitution of land rights or awards of alternative forms of
equitable redress to claimants finalised within MTEF baseline
allocation
5.3 Recapitalisation and development support provided to black
farmers, rural communities and land reform beneficiaries by 2014
6. Improved food
production
Improved access to
6.1 Establish food gardens and agri-parks in CRDP wards by 2014
affordable and diverse 6.2 40% increase in technological innovations and indigenous
food by 2014
knowledge systems harnessed in rural communities to improve
food production in 2014
7. Rural livelihoods
Improved rural
7.1 Economic , social, public amenities and ICT infrastructure provided
services that support
in rural areas effectively reducing spatial inequalities by 5%
sustainable livelihoods 7.2 Innovative service delivery models developed and utilised in rural
by 2014
areas by 2014
7.3 Improved disaster management services provided in rural areas
and land reform projects by 2014
Strategic
Goals
Strategic Goal
Statements
8. Job creation and skills development Improved access to sustainable
employment and skills development
opportunities by 2014
Strategic
Objectives
8.1 53 000 jobs created in all CRDP
initiatives by 2014
8.2 Increase employment benefits for
youth through the NARYSEC
programme by 70% by 2014
8.3 Rural communities in CRDP wards
and land reform beneficiaries
skilled and capacitated by 2014
8.4 Provide scarce skills training
programmes by 2014
8.5 25 village industries and 300
enterprises established by 2014
Programme 1: Administration
Purpose
To provide strategic and logistical support in the form of executive,
corporate services. It also oversees departmental capital works and
makes a nominal contribution to the public sector education and
training authority
Priorities
 Improving corporate governance and enhance service delivery
 To implement proper change management and innovation strategies
 Enhance the efficiency of information management systems
 Reforming the policy, legislative and institutional framework.
Geospatial and cadastral services
Purpose
 To provide geospatial, cadastral surveys, spatial planning information
as well as technical services in support of sustainable land
development
Key priorities
Improving efficiency of cadastral surveys management, information
services and registration of deeds by:
• Reducing the turnaround times for the approval of cadastral documents
• Reducing the time taken to register deeds and documents
• Providing land registration services and information to support the
government’s development agenda
• Reducing spatial inequalities in rural communities
Programme 3: Rural development
Purpose
 To initiate, facilitate, coordinate and catalyse the
implementation of CRDP that leads to sustainable and vibrant
rural communities.
Key priorities
 Roll-out the CRDP in all rural municipalities
 Improving food security in rural communities by establishing
food gardens and improving technologies for food production
 Create jobs in rural areas through Narysec, infrastructural
projects, etc
Programme: Restitution
Purpose
To provide settlement of land restitution claims under the
Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994(Act No 22 of 1994), and to
provide settlement support to restitution beneficiaries
Key priorities
 Reduce the backlog of land claims
 Settle all outstanding land claims
Programme 5: Land Reform
Purpose
To provide sustainable land reform programmes in South Africa
Key priorities
 To improve productivity in land reform projects through the
effective implementation of the Recapitalisation and
Development Programme
 Acquire and allocate strategically located land
Part C: Links to other plans
This section shows the Department’s Public Entities and Private
Partnerships.
The Department has 2 entities:
Agricultural Land Holding Trading Account
 Ingonyama Trust Board
It also has the Kgolaganyo Public Private Partnership
Budget Summary
2011/12
Total to be
appropriated
Current
payments
2012/13
Transfers and
subsidies
Payments for
capital assets
Total
2013/14
Total
R thousand
MTEF allocation
Administration
606,104
583,180
12,925
9,999
615,082
648,766
Geospatial and Cadastral
Services
Rural Development
388,104
364,798
14,749
8,557
405,895
428,000
441,276
441,171
-
105
640,992
903,937
Restitution
2,497,293
413,842
2,083,351
100
2,619,922
2,763,667
Land Reform
4,191,469
721,140
3,453,719
16,610
4,392,209
4,636,763
Total expenditure
estimates
Executive authority
8,124,246
2,524,131
5,564,744
35,371
8,674,100
9,381,133
Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform
Accounting officer
Director-General of Rural Development and Land Reform
Website address
www.ruraldevelopment.gov.za
The estimates of National Expenditure booklets for individual votes are available on www.treasury.gov.za. They provide more comprehensive coverage of vote
specific information, particularly about goods and services, transfers, public entities and lower level institutional information.
Annexure: Strategic objective annual targets for
2011 - 2013
The annexure depicts annual targets for each of the strategic
objectives indicated in Section B
Reflection on past performance
To date the following has been achieved:
 7.4 m hectares have been redistributed to previously
disadvantaged South Africans
 CRDP has been rolled out over 21 rural municipalities
 Over 7 500 young people have been recruited for the Narysec
Programme
 411 farms are currently under the Recapitalisation and
Development Programme
 In the process of planning for revitalisation of 27 irrigation
schemes across the country
 Vacancy rate reduced from 16.7% to 10.24%
 21 prioritised posts filled (more than 17 in Senior Management)
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