Purpose & Context

The purpose of this presentation is to provide progress in the medium term going forward in respect of land reform's contribution towards Government's policy aims and objectives of:

Government's policy aims and objectives:

· Reduce poverty by half

· Reduce unemployment by half

· Provide the skills required by the economy

· Ensure that all South Africans are able to fully exercise their constitutional rights and enjoy the full dignity of freedom

· Provide compassionate government service to the people

· Position South Africa strategically as an effective force in global

Performance Review

Looking at operational performance over the past 3 years, Restitution has been able to settle 28 675 claims against a target of 40 466, the next slide provides context

You will note that cumulatively we have exceeded the target of 56 925 by settling 59 345 claims [PMG Note : Graph not included]

With regard to Land Redistribution 448 085 hectares were transferred against 565 178 over the past 3 years. The target excludes targets of other programmes

With a cumulative figure of 1,827m hectares against the target of approx. 25m by 2014, this is a cause for concern and one of the main reasons for the recent Land Summit [PMG Note : Graph not included]

The following spending trends for the past 3 years clearly indicates Department's notable performance

The negligible variance of spending from appropriated funds in the past 3 years is clearly demonstrated by the bar chart [PMG Note : Graph not included]

Department's Strategic Framework

The Department will focus on:

1. Ensuring that the State intervenes and participates in the land market to accelerate redistribution

2. Land-based integrated and decentralised land use and development planning and implementation

3. Enhanced access to and /or ownership of land by farm dwellers to improve their livelihoods and economic opportunities

4. Development of capacity building models and programmes for land reform beneficiaries employees including those in other organs of state as well as the general public

Implementation Issues:

• Land acquisition models

• Pro-active land acquisition

• Expropriation
• Negotiated transfers and agency driven

• Community driven acquisition

• Resettlement models (underpinned by area based development planning and proactive land acquisition)

• Integrated rural and urban development models that are based on partnerships

• Participation and empowerment models for land reform beneficiaries and other stakeholders at local level

Core Strategic Objectives:

Redistribute 30% of white-owned agricultural land by 2014

• Provide tenure security that creates socio-economic opportunities for people living and working on farms

• Settle all outstanding land claims by 2008 and implement restitution awards

• Provide land for human settlements, industrial and economic development

• Provide efficient land use and administration services

• Provide tenure security that creates a conducive environment for economic development in communal areas and former Act 9 areas

• Provide efficient State Land management that supports development

Integrated Development Planning

The Department's contribution to the Built Environment in respect of Land for sustainable human settlement:

Key Outputs of the this MTEF Policy Option:

- Strategy

- Implementation plan for Special Purpose Vehicle

• Land acquisition

- This policy option was tabled jointly with the Dept of Housing at the recent MTEC hearings

Land and Agrarian Reform for Accelerated & Shared Economic Growth

• As part of integrated planning, a joint proposal has been made by the Department together with the Department of Agriculture on the concept of:

"Agricultural Development Corridors" with a view to consolidate projects to Increase impact as well as to massively increase delivery"

• The resource requirements will be included in the next 2007 MTEF

Proposed MTEF

Proposed Baseline allocation for the MTEF

Restitution and Land reform represents 88%, Land Planning & Information programmes: 5% Admin : 7%[PMG Note : Graph not included]

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