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1571 FRIDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 2008
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Targets for land redistribution
1553. Mr A H NEL (DA) asked the Minister
for Agriculture and Land Affairs:
(1) Whether targets for 2008 were set for
(a) land redistribution and (b) land
restitution for each province; if not,
why not; if so, what are the targets in
each case for each province;
(2) whether these targets will be met; if
not, (a) why not and (b) what will be
the backlog; if so, what are the
relevant details? NW2298E
The MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE
AND LAND AFFAIRS:
(1) (a) Yes. In terms of the targets indicated
in the 2008-11 Strategic
Plan of the Department of Land
Affairs presented to Parliament
early this year, 1,5 million hectares
have been earmarked for
land redistribution. The targets set
are as follows:
Province Targets set for
2008-09
(hectares)
Eastern Cape 184 107
Free State 178 677
Gauteng 48 565
KwaZulu-Natal 180 000
Limpopo 94 093
Mpumalanga 189 237
Northern Cape 329 107
North West 142 107
Western Cape 154 107
Total 1 500 000
(b) Yes.
Province Targets set for
2008
Free State and Northern Cape 241
Gauteng and North West 59
KwaZulu-Natal 809
Province Targets set for
2008
Limpopo 401
Mpumalanga 385
Western Cape 312
Eastern Cape 378
Total 2 585
(2) Inflated land prices may lead to delays
in negotiations, hence targets may not
be met.
Budget available for MIG in
Bushbuckridge Local Municipality
1638. Mr W P DOMAN (DA) asked the
Minister for Provincial and Local Government:
(a) What amounts were made available to
the Bushbuckridge Local Municipality
under the Municipal Infrastructure Grant
programme in the (i) 2006-07, (ii)
2007-08 financial years and (iii) during
the period 1 April 2008 up to the latest
specified date for which information is
available, (b) what amounts were actually
spent and (c) on which projects was the
grant spent in respect of each of these
financial years? NW2411E
The MINISTER FOR PROVINCIAL AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT:
(a) The amounts made available to the
Bushbuckridge Local Municipality under
Municipal Infrastructure Grant in
2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 (up to
end June 2008) are R91 12 000,
R98 167 000
spectively.
and R152 700 000 re-
(b) The amounts actually spent are
R91 212 000, R98 167 000 and
(c)
R16 751 000 respectively.
The grant was spent on the following
projects as shown in tables 1, 2 and 3
below: