DEPARTMENT OF LAND AFFAIRS

1. DEPARTMENTOF LAND AFFAIRS PRESENTATION TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE 2005 STRATEGIC PLAN MR GLEN THOMAS ACTING DIRECTOR GENERAL 4 April 2005

2. Vision An equitable and sustainable land dispensation that promotes social and economic development Mission To provide access to land and to extend rights in land, with particular emphasis on the previously disadvantaged communities, within a well planned environment Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

3. POLICY CONTEXT Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

4. STRATEGIC CONTEXT (2005/2006) Framework for implementing land and agrarian reform • International: Millenium Development Goals • Regional: NEPAD • Subregional: SADC Land Technical facility • National:- • Vision 2014: Poverty Alleviation and Job Creation • Ten year review • 2005 Cabinet Lekgotla resolutions • 2004 & 2005 State of the Nation Addresses • 2005 Directives from the Executing Authority Consolidating the African Agenda Socio-economic development Rural Development Urban Renewal Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

5. STRATEGIC CONTEXT (2005/2006) • Integrated land and agrarian reform implementation strategy • Micro Economic Reform Strategy (MERS) • Comprehensive policy review process • Development planning within an African context • Contribution towards URP and ISRDP (land needs) • Facilitating development planning for land reform projects • Devolution of functions to local government • Skilling land reform beneficiaries Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

6. STRATEGIC CONTEXT (2005/2006) • State land disposal and management • Land for Housing • Land for human settlement strategy • CASP and LRAD • TRANCRAA • Decentralisaion of Land Planning and Information function (Project Mutingati) • e-Cadastre Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

7. STRATEGIC CONTEXT (2005/2006) Governannce • Increase the capacity of the International Relations Unit • Training on diplomatic relations and protocol • Project Mutingati • Internship and Leanership programme • Management development programme • Information security in terms of MISS • Human Resource Plan • Skills audit • Citizen Satisfaction Survey • Service Delivery Improvement Plan (Programme) Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

8. AMOUNT OF LAND TO BE DELIVERED • The total size of land in South Africa = 122 m (ha) • Total farmland = 100 million ha. • Total white-owned agricultural farmland = 82 million ha • The Government has set itself the target of delivering 30% of commercial agricultural land by 2014 • 22 million ha of agricultural land must have been delivered by 2014. • Therefore 20.6 million hectares must still be delivered • On average 1.87 million ha must be delivered per year to meet target Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

9. LAND DELIVERED SINCE 1994 • Total size of land delivered since 1994 is about 3,5 million ha ( 3 536 756.06 ha) • This includes land delivered through the restitution, redistribution and state land. • The total number of household/individuals that have benefited from land reform is 1 028 887 • The contribution per programme is as follows: Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

10. LAND DELIVERED SINCE 1994 • Redistribution: 1, 780, 260. 35 ha • Restitution: 854, 444.00 ha • Tenure Reform: 171, 554. 72 ha • Stateland: 772, 660. 00 ha Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

11. RESTITUTION • From 1999 to 28 February 2005: 57 908 claims settled • Benefited 170 485 households • Delivering to 854 444 ha of land. • 31 December 1998: Validation project ascertained that 79 696 claims had been lodged. • Total of 17 866 claims yet to be settled by 2007/2008 • 12 875 (urban and rural) claims to be settled by 2005/2006 • Remainder of 4 991 rural claims to be settled between 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 • These rural claims have an impact on the economy of South Africa, i.e. agriculture is the backbone of the economy in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo. Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

12. STATE LAND MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION • Contrary to a widely held view, 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. Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

13. DISPOSAL OF STATE LAND TO DATE • Since 1998, the following categories of state land were disposed of for the various land reform programmes through the facilitation of DLA: a) DLA‑land (former SADT‑land): (Agricultural land): 601, 276.00 ha b) Financial Agric. Land (Fala‑land): (Agricultural land): 50 000.00 ha c) other Public Works Dept land: (Agricultural land): 91 350. 00 ha d) Land for housing projects: 30 000.00 ha • Total: 772 626.00 ha disposed for land reform since 1998 Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

14. MEDUIM TERM OUTPUT TARGETS:SURVEYS & MAPPING Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

15. MEDUIM TERM OUTPUT TARGETS: CADASTRAL SURVEYS Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

16. MEDUIM TERM OUTPUT TARGETS:RESTITUTION – 2005/2006 Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

17. CLAIMS TO BE SETTLED:2005/2006; 2006/2007 AND 2007/2008 • The CRLR is committed to settle all outstanding urban claims in the 2005/06 financial year. • Of the 7803 outstanding rural claims, 2812 rural claims , which includes 583 claims on ISRDP Nodes (Nodal Areas) will be settled in the 2005/06 financial year. • In the 2006/07 financial year, 3538 rural claims will be settled. • In the 2007/08 financial year, 1453 rural claims will be settled. Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

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19. MEDUIM TERM OUTPUT TARGETS:LAND REFORM Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

20. MEDUIM TERM OUTPUT TARGETS:LAND REFORM (CONTINUED) Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

21. MEDUIM TERM OUTPUT TARGETS:SPI Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

22. 2005/2006 MTEFPER PROGRAMME Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

23. 2005/2006 MTEFPER PROGRAMME Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

24. CHALLENGES • Ensure implementation of land reform at a reasonable level • Finalising restitution process in 2007/2008 • Managing risks inherent in the restitution ‘high drive’ • Not much State land exists for redistributive or restitution purposes (most of it is already settled) Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

25. CHALLENGES • High land prices • Some uncooperative sellers • Organised agriculture must demonstrate more concrete commitment to land reform • Whilst expropriation is constitutionally possible, the most used approach is still the negotiation process and it is less costly. • Increasing the culture of respect for land rights of vulnerable groups like labour tenants, occupiers and other farm dwellers Sustainable Land and Agrarian Reform: A Contribution to Vision 2014

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