DEPARTMENT OF LAND AFFAIRS

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DEPARTMENTOF LAND AFFAIRS

• PRESENTATION TO THE JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
• ON THE BUDGET EXPENDITURE
• MS C CHOANE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERMR T
  GWANAYA CHIEF LAND CLAIMS COMMISSIONER
• 23 MAY 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 address
• 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)

• Stateland disposal and management
• Land for Housing
• Land for human settlement strategy
• CASP and LRAD
• TRANCRAA
• Decentralisaion of Land Planning and Information
  finction (Project Mutingati)
• eCadastre

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STRATEGIC CONTEXT (2005/2006)

• Governance
• Increase the capacity of the International
  Relations Unit
• Training on diplomatic relations and protocol
• Project Mutingati
• Internship and Learnership 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 887,093.00 ha
• Tenure Reform 171, 554. 72 ha
• Stateland 772, 660. 00 ha

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Restitution

• From 1999 to 31 March 2005 59,345 claims settled
  
• Benefited 172,769 households
• Delivering to 887,093 ha of land.
• 31 December 1998 Validation project ascertained
  that 79 696 claims had been lodged.
• Total of 28 087 claims yet to be settled by
  2008/2009
• 18 238 claims to be settled by 2005/2006
• Remainder of 9 808 claims to be settled between
  2006/2007 and 2008/2009
• These 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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Restitution

• As part of its settlement process, the Commission
  developed an implementation plan that indicates
  how the process is to be finalised.
• The development of the plan involved MINMEC and
  other stakeholders
• The President approved a 3 year extension for
  restitution to be finalised by 31 March 2008
• Minister of Finance announced a R6billion
  increase in the budget for restitution over the
  next 3 years
• Commission has created 280 posts to be able to
  increase capacity to process claims

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Restitution Ctd.

• New strategies have been developed to fast-track
  the processing of claims e.g. batching/grouping
  of claims, standard settlement offer,
  outsourcing, use of interns and seconded
  officials
• Belgium Government has approved 6million Euros
  for fast-tracking settlement of claims and a
  further 6million Euros for post-settlement
  support
• To this end, the process is beginning to bear
  fruit for the much needed support in the Post
  settlement process i.e. some Provincial
  initiatives have even begun to commit funds
  towards this to guarantee a sustainable
  settlement.

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Restitution
SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS OVER SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS OVER SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS OVER SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS OVER SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS OVER
THE MTEF PERIOD THE MTEF PERIOD THE MTEF PERIOD THE MTEF PERIOD THE MTEF PERIOD
 PROVINCE 2005/2006 2005/2006 2006/2007 2007/2008
  Urban Rural Rural Rural
Eastern Cape 2,869 338 434 193
Free State and Northern Cape 1,536 269 268 0
Gauteng and North West 71 228 294 130
KwaZulu-Natal 3,311 746 960 426
Limpopo 56 448 577 256
Mpumalanga 215 415 533 237
Western Cape 2,005 368 472 211
TOTAL 10,063 2,812 3,538 1,453
         
  12,875 12,875    
All outstanding Urban claims are planned for settlement All outstanding Urban claims are planned for settlement All outstanding Urban claims are planned for settlement All outstanding Urban claims are planned for settlement All outstanding Urban claims are planned for settlement
The 2005/2006 FINANCIAL YEAR The 2005/2006 FINANCIAL YEAR The 2005/2006 FINANCIAL YEAR The 2005/2006 FINANCIAL YEAR  
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Budget for the MTEF period up to 2007/2008 -
Capital

Province Total Rural Urban 2005/2006 2006/2007 2007/2008
  Capital claims claims 1 2 3
  Budget (RM) claims claims Budget (RM) Budget (RM) Budget (RM)
Eastern Cape 1,108 965 2,869 381 382 345
Free State 238 143 893 116 91 31
Northern Cape 376 394 643 159 163 54
Gauteng 105 91 19 26 41 38
North West 551 561 52 137 213 201
Kwazulu/Natal 2,297 2,132 3,311 701 859 737
Limpopo 1,284 1,281 56 320 509 455
Mpumalanga 1,196 1,185 215 299 477 420
Western Cape 1,151 1,051 2,005 349 445 428
TOTAL 8,306 7,803 10,063 2,488 3,180 3,639
BASELINE       2,488 3,180 3,639
OPTION I.T.O MTEF            
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RESTITUTION (CONT.)

• BUDGET 2005/2006
• The commission has over the
• Years managed to spent its budget allocation.
• The past financial year was no exception
• the total budget spent by the branch was
• R1.18 billion.
• The original allocation was depleted in
  October 2004 and an additional allocation of
  R200m, was advanced by National treasury in
  January 2005

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BUDGET 2005/2006 (REST)

• For the new financial year the commission was
  allocated a total budget of R2,7 billion broken
  down as follows
• ? Capital R 2,5 billion ( 92 )
  
• ? Current - R 0.2 billion (0.08)

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BUDGET ALLOCATION PER PROVINCE
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BUDGET 2005/2006

• For the remainder of the claim settlement period,
  the commision is left a good number of complex
  and high valued claims
• The estimated prices range is between R120m to
  R250m.
• This the acquisition of land excluding the
  Business operations.
• Strategic partnering with the claimants is being
  advocated to mitigate against having to pay for
  the costly operations and in particular to ensure
  business continuity and skills transfer.

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Meduim term output targets Restitution
Measurable objective To resolve restitution claims through negotiated settlements that restore land rights or award alternative forms of compensation to claimants Measurable objective To resolve restitution claims through negotiated settlements that restore land rights or award alternative forms of compensation to claimants Measurable objective To resolve restitution claims through negotiated settlements that restore land rights or award alternative forms of compensation to claimants Measurable objective To resolve restitution claims through negotiated settlements that restore land rights or award alternative forms of compensation to claimants
Output Output Measure/Indicator Target 
All lodged claims settled as per the Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994, as amended All valid claims gazetted 18,239 claims  
All lodged claims settled as per the Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994, as amended All valid claims verified 18239 claims 
All lodged claims settled as per the Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994, as amended Number of urban claims settled 10,436 claims 
All lodged claims settled as per the Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994, as amended Number of rural claims settled 8,394 claims 
All lodged claims settled as per the Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994, as amended No. ha allocated 100 
All lodged claims settled as per the Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994, as amended No. of households benefited Approx. 300,000 households 
Sustainable development (Post settlement process) facilitated Implementation plans finalised as per identified land use. Improved models and packaging options for settlement Alignment of restitution projects with municipal IDPs Collaboration with DoA and PDALA for implementation of CASP and MAFISA (ACS) March 2006  Collaborate agreements reached by December 2005
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2005/06 MTEFper Programme
Econmic Classification 2005/06 R000 2006/07 R000 2007/08 R000
Administration 214 523 225 191 231 794
Surveys Mapping 75 256 81 255 85 854
Cadastral Surveys 86 043 90 815 97 215
Restitution 2 705 678 3 369 132 3 837 607
Land Reform 770 098 1 016 313 1 349 134
SPI 19 222 20 039 22 502
Auxilliary Services 10 693 12 526 13 077
Total 3 881 513 4 815 271 5 637 183
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2005/06 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 unco-operative sellers
• Organised agriculture must demonstrate more
  concrete commitment to land reform
• Increasing the culture of respect for land rights
  of vulnerable groups like labour tenants,
  occupiers and other farm dwellers
• Skilling of and technical support to land reform
  beneficiaries is critical for sustainable land
  agrarian reform

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CONCLUSION

• Significant progress has been made towards the
  implementation of the land policy in South Africa
• Additional resources are required to meet the 30
  target for 2014
• The Land Summit (27-30 July 2005) will help in
  identifying areas for policy reviews, such as the
  willing-buyer-willing-seller policy,
  international experience in land reform and the
  financing of land reform
• The role of Provincial departments of
  Agriculture, organised agriculture, NGOs and the
  private sector, is critical for post-settlement
  support to land reform beneficiaries

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