PARLIAMENTARY REPLY
This is why
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 1710
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER [No 23-2013]
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 26 JULY 2013
1710. Mr K J Mileham (DA) to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform:
With reference to his statements during the debate on his department's Budget Vote, (a) when will he table the land audit document in Parliament and (b) why do the details of the land audit show significant differences in the amount of state-owned land in each province when compared to his reply to question 976 on 13 May 2011? NW2057E
THE MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM:
(a) The land audit report will be tabled in Parliament once it has been tabled and approved by Cabinet.
(b) The figures listed in the response to question 976 dated 13 May 2011 represented the percentage of the number of land parcels registered in the name of the State and those that are privately owned. The results in the final report of the audit indicate the percentage of the extent, in hectares, of land parcels registered in the State and private
Table 1 Figures as indicated in the reply to question 976 of the internal question paper No 8-2011
|
Province |
(a) Land in possession / under control of (%): |
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|
(i) State or its Organs |
(ii) Private Owners |
(iii) Traditional Authorities |
|
|
Eastern Cape |
28% |
72% |
All trust and communal Land is currently captured as state land |
|
Free State |
11% |
89% |
|
|
Gauteng |
55% |
45% |
|
|
Kwazulu-Natal |
41% |
59% |
|
|
Limpopo |
27% |
73% |
|
|
Mpumalanga |
24% |
76% |
|
|
Northern Cape |
8% |
92% |
|
|
North West |
42% |
58% |
|
|
Western Cape |
55% |
45% |
|
Table 2 Figures as presented by the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform during the debate on his department's Budget Vote
|
Province |
Province Extent |
State Owned Land Extent (Ha) |
Private Owned Land Extent (Ha) |
State Land % |
Private Land % |
Total Extent |
Unaccounted Extent |
Unaccounted Extent |
|
Eastern Cape |
16891700 |
1510553 |
11370084 |
9% |
67% |
12880637 |
4011063 |
24% |
|
Free State |
12982600 |
845084 |
11857160 |
7% |
91% |
12702244 |
280356 |
2% |
|
Gauteng |
1817800 |
304137 |
1181518 |
17% |
65% |
1485655 |
332145 |
18% |
|
KwaZulu-Natal |
9332800 |
4695245 |
4297235 |
50% |
46% |
8992480 |
340320 |
4% |
|
Limpopo |
12575600 |
2551790 |
8844083 |
20% |
70% |
11395872 |
1179728 |
9% |
|
Mpumalanga |
7649500 |
1875146 |
4805344 |
25% |
63% |
6680490 |
969010 |
13% |
|
North West |
10488100 |
2409778 |
7481942 |
23% |
71% |
9891720 |
596380 |
6% |
|
Northern Cape |
37288800 |
1829347 |
35210998 |
5% |
94% |
37040345 |
248455 |
1% |
|
Western Cape |
12946300 |
1040801 |
11502427 |
8% |
89% |
12543228 |
403072 |
3% |
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
Totals |
121973200 |
17061882 |
96550791 |
14% |
79% |
113612673 |
8360527 |
7% |
Issued by Parliament, August 21 2013
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