2013-2014 Annual Report of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform

2013-2014 Annual Report of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform Briefing to the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform 15 October 2014

Introduction In response to the committee’s request it was deemed prudent to provide four separate presentations in order to cover all aspects of the request: • DRDLR Financial Performance • DRDLR Non-Financial Performance • Commission on Restitution of Land Rights • Ingonyama Trust Board

Presentation OutlineNon-Financial Performance 2013/14 • Organisational concerns and options • Performance of the Department • Future performance • Key non-financial performance information • The achievement of desired outcomes • The delivery of planned outputs • Reports on all capital projects completed, started or still in progress • Employment equity • Report on financial misconduct and measures taken against officials guilty of misconduct • The role of the Department in assisting the IngonyamaTrust Board

Strategic Overview • The vision of DRDLR is to create vibrant, equitable and sustainable rural communities. • Positive strides have been made in addressing the triple challenges facing our country namely: poverty, unemployment and inequality through the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP) and Land Reform programmes. • The strategic thrust underlying land reform is that it should be carried out with minimal or no disruption to food security. • Government views the National Development Plan as its developmental framework and the New Growth Path as its strategy. • The programmes of the Department are aligned to the NDP through the 2014-2019 Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF).

Performance of the Department Programme 1: Administration

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Programme 2: Geospatial and Cadastral Services

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Programme 3: Rural Development

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Programme 4: Restitution

Programme 5: Land Reform

Future Performance Alignment of DRDLR’s plans to the MTSF and government’s overall aims

The National Development Plan (NDP) identifies the following policy imperatives, which will be the focus of the coming MTSF period: • Improved land administration and spatial planning for integrated development in rural areas; • Sustainable Land Reform contributing to agrarian transformation; • Improved food security; • Smallholder producers' development and support (technical, financial, infrastructure) for agrarian transformation; • Increased access to quality infrastructure and functional services, particularly in education, healthcare and public transport in rural areas; and • Growth of sustainable rural enterprises and industries – resulting in rural job creation.

Report on all capital projects completed, started or still in progress.

The Branch RID completed 222 rural infrastructure projects in the 2013/14 financial year and 147 rural infrastructure projects carried through to the 2014/15 financial year A detailed list of the projects is attached as an annexure to the presentation

Employment Equity

Employment Equity Report / 1 Workforce Profile (Persons with disabilities included)

Employment Equity Report / 2 Workforce Profile (Just Persons with disabilities)

Employment Equity Report / 3 Workforce Profile (Persons with disabilities as a percentage of total workforce)

EE Way forward • A new five year EE plan (2014-2019) has been developed and consulted with all relevant stakeholders with the aim of ensuring equitable representation of all race groups within the Department. • The Department has set new targets in line with National Economically Active Population data or statistics to ensure an equitable presentation of all race groups within its workforce. POINT TO NOTE: The minimum appointment target of 2 % was reached, during the reporting period, as far as the appointment of persons with disabilities were concerned.

Report on financial misconduct and measures taken against officials guilty of misconduct

Financial Misconduct cases – report / 1 • Financial misconduct cases are cases where there is a tangible amount that is recoverable • When an alleged misconduct case surfaces, an internal disciplinary hearing is instituted against the official as well as an external criminal case at SAPS is lodged against the accused • If found guilty, the employee’s assets may be attached • The aim is ALWAYS to have losses recovered, even if the employee resigns • During the reporting period 14 cases, that were concluded, were dealt with – seven other cases were also instituted, but not concluded (thus 21 cases in total – only one accused in the 21 is an SMS member )

Financial Misconduct cases – report / 2 • In the 14 cases, two of those accused resigned before the matter was concluded, one was acquitted (but criminal case still ongoing) and 11 were found guilty • Of the 11 found guilty, four were dismissed, the rest were given final written warnings or suspensions, depending on the severity and the amount of money the state had lost during the process • In all cases where the accused was found guilty, but not dismissed, a recovery process has been put in place

The role of the department in assisting the Ingonyama Trust Board

The role of the department in assisting the Ingonyama Trust Board / 1 • The IngonyamaTrust Board (ITB) is an entity responsible for administration of the IngonyamaTrust land, which is about 2.8 million hectares in extent, spread throughout the province of KwaZulu – Natal in the Republic of South Africa. • It is a public entity which reports directly to the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform as the Executive Authority. The Department continuously assists the Trust in the following areas: • Developing of their Policies. • The development and compilation of their Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan, Operational Plans and Annual Report.

2013-2014 Annual Report of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform