DEPARTMENT OF LAND AFFAIRS

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DEPARTMENTOF LAND AFFAIRS

• PRESENTATION TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE
• ON THE 2005 STRATEGIC PLAN
• MR GLEN THOMAS
• ACTING DIRECTOR GENERAL
• 4 April 2005

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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
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POLICY CONTEXT
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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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MEDUIM TERM OUTPUT TARGETSSURVEYS MAPPING
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MEDUIM TERM OUTPUT TARGETS CADASTRAL SURVEYS
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MEDUIM TERM OUTPUT TARGETSRESTITUTION
2005/2006
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CLAIMS TO BE SETTLED2005/2006 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.

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MEDUIM TERM OUTPUT TARGETSLAND REFORM
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MEDUIM TERM OUTPUT TARGETSLAND REFORM (CONTINUED)
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MEDUIM TERM OUTPUT TARGETSSPI
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2005/2006 MTEFPER PROGRAMME
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2005/2006 MTEFPER PROGRAMME
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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)

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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

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