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DEPARTMENT OF LAND AFFAIRS REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT OF LAND AFFAIRS ANNUAL REPORT 06/07 Presentation to the Select Committee on Land and Environmental Affairs 6 November 2007. DLA Annual Report 2006/07. Introduction
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DEPARTMENT OF LAND AFFAIRS REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT OF LAND AFFAIRS ANNUAL REPORT 06/07 Presentation to the Select Committee on Land and Environmental Affairs 6 November 2007
DLA Annual Report 2006/07 Introduction • The Department achieved a 99, 88% expenditure rate (2005/06: 73, 08% ) • Land delivery: land tenure and reform programme redistributed 258 890 hectares (05/06: 152 445ha) of productive, white-owned agricultural land to 9 425 black South Africans • The Commission settled 2 772 claims against its target of 3 243 claims
DLA Annual Report 06/07Strategic Overview and Key Policy Developments • Amendments to the White Paper on Land Policy as recommended by Land Summit, document Key Policy areas in the White Paper that need to be affirmed or amended, has been developed. • People living on commercial farms: a framework developed (October 2006), to separate management of evictions from issues of tenure security for farm dwellers. One of the major features of this framework is the leveraging and maximisation of existing redistributive measures to provide for tenure security (for people living on commercial farms).
DLA Annual Report 06/07Programme 4: Restitution Financial Perspective • The Commission’s expenditure for 06/7 was R2.3 billion, compared to R1.8 billion in 05/06. • Total cost of restitution awards was R4.6 billion: R2.8 billion for land acquisition, R1.1 billion for financial compensation and R649.7 million for development grants. • Total number of hectares approved for restoration was in excess of 579 000 ha, at land cost of R2.8 billion for 33,051 households. • R10 million, which came from the Belgian funding support, was spent on consultative and training processes and the development of the land reform Settlement and Implementation Support (SIS) strategy. • There are 5279 rural claims outstanding. • All outstanding rural claims to be settled by 2008. We acknowledge that we will not be able to settle claims that involve: • referrals to the Land Claims Court for adjudication; • conflicts with traditional leaders on issues such as jurisdiction (who is the rightful leader), land ownership (is land owned personally by the iNkosi or the community) as well as boundary disputes between communities; • disputes with current land owners on issues such as land prices or the validity of the claim; and • untraceable claimants (incomplete claimant verification list). • It is estimated that these complex cases constitute about one third of the outstanding rural land claims. It must be noted that all restitution cases are claims against the State and thus any outstanding claims must be processed.
DLA Annual Report 06/07Programme 7 Total number of registered land parcels on the Deeds Registration System database
