NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 976
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER [No 8-2011]
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 18 March 2011
976. Mr J H van der Merwe (IFP) to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform:
(1) What percentage of (a) land in each province is in possession of or under the control of (i) the State or its organs, (ii) private owners (iii) traditional authorities and (b) persons reside on land that is in the possession of or under the control of ((i) the State or its organs, (ii) private owners and (iii) traditional authorities? NW1094E
THE MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM:
(a)(i)-(iii) A desktop analysis on information from both the cadastral surveys Management and Deed Registration Branches was completed and revealed the following:
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Province |
(a) Land in possession / under control of (%): |
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(i) State or its Organs |
(ii) Private Owners |
(iii) Traditional Authorities |
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Eastern Cape |
28% |
72% |
All trust and communal Land is currently captured as state land |
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Free State |
11% |
89% |
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Gauteng |
55% |
45% |
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Kwazulu-Natal |
41% |
59% |
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Limpopo |
27% |
73% |
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Mpumalanga |
24% |
76% |
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Northern Cape |
8% |
92% |
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North West |
42% |
58% |
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Western Cape |
55% |
45% |
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(b) (i) The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, through its Cadastral Surveys Management and Deeds Registration Branches, only keeps information relation to surveyed and registered land parcels. It would be impossible at this stage to provide the information required. A state land audit is envisaged, whereafter this information would be available. This audit will commence in May 2011 and will be completed by December 2014. The project entails physical inspection of each land parcel.
(ii) The department can only provide information relating to ownership.
(iii) To be determined during the land audit discussed above.
Issued by Parliament, May 2011
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