NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 83 / CW109E
MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES:
Mr C F B Smit (DA-Limpopo) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries:
QUESTION
(a) Which state-owned farms are for (i) land reform purposes and (ii)
agricultural usage in each province, (b) for which agricultural sector is each
farm used and (c) in which municipal area is each farm situated? CW109E
REPLY
State owned farms that are administered by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries (DAFF) are agricultural state land categorized as Financial Assistance
Land (FALA) or Administrative Debt Management Act (ADMA) and are all intended
for disposal to the land reform beneficiaries. The use of all this state land is for
agricultural purposes and to date a total of 108 land reform beneficiaries have
benefited from 170 farms with an extent of 130 056ha (without decimals 130 051ha).
The summary of the state land information is herein provided and details of
municipal locations are provided as Annexure A.
In the North West a total of 16 properties with an extent of 15 232ha have been
allocated to 15 land reform beneficiaries. The Gauteng Province has 1 property with
8ha benefiting and 1 beneficiary; KwaZulu Natal has 37 properties with 7 281ha and
24 beneficiaries; Mpumalanga Province has 12 properties with 7 340ha and 11
beneficiaries; Limpopo has 14 properties that are 6 432ha with 7 beneficiaries;
Northern Cape has 10 properties with 42 085ha and 8 beneficiaries; Eastern Cape
has 22 properties with 27 103ha and 18 beneficiaries; Free State has 33 properties
with 4 863ha and 12 beneficiaries and the Western Cape has 25 properties with 19
707ha and 12 beneficiaries. The main use of land is for crop production and grazing.