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Land Reform Empowerment Facility Annual Report Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture and Land Affairs. Presented by: George Mothoa Date: 12 November 2004. Background Information. The LREF is a BEE Programme. Background Information. Funders :
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Land Reform Empowerment FacilityAnnual Report Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture and Land Affairs Presented by: George Mothoa Date: 12 November 2004
Background Information The LREF is a BEE Programme
Background Information • Funders : • Department of Land Affairs (DLA) • European Union (EU) • Department of Environmental Affairs & Tourism (DEAT)
Background Information Purpose : Facilitate Access to financeTo leverage private Sector Finance into Land Reform Projects.Modus Operandi :Wholesale concessionary loans to Commercial banks and other Private Sector organisations for on-lending to Land Reform Projects.
Main Objectives • To support Black People who want to buy land for Agricultural purposes. To enable Farm Workers to participate in the ownership, management and control of Land-based Enterprises (partnerships/Joint Ventures)Enable the meaningful economic participation of communities living adjacent to Eco-Tourism establishments (Kruger Park, Madikwe)
Performance Indicators • Job creationSkills Development & Transfer at project levelOutreach and Provincial SpreadBroad lending base (Avenues)Development of a new Cadre of Black Agricultural Entrepreneurs
Performance Indicators • Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment of previously disadvantaged: - Minimum Wage - Participation of Women - Gender Equity (Managerial participation) - Preferential procurement/outsourcing to Black SMEs - Social infrastructure for Farm Workers
Retail Financial Intermediaries ParticipationRand Value (Rmillions)