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Mariana Purnell Agricultural ServicesLand reform As at August 2004, a total of 3 457 662 hectares has been delivered through the various land reform pro- 42 Senwester, Julie 2005 update The Minister of Agriculture made revised figures of the land delivery process available on 18 October 2004. Of the almost 3,5 million hectares, some 354 421 ha is in the four provinces served by Senwes namely Free State, North West, Gauteng and Northern Cape. Mariana Purnell from Agricultural Services discusses the most recent figures. grammes (Figure 1). This is equivalent to 4,2% of the total commercial agricultural land in 1994. The official Figure 1: Only 4,2% of commercial agricultural land has been delivered since 1994. This includes non-agricultural land, state land and land already under black occupation to which tenure has been secured. target for redistribution is 30% of agricultural land by 2015. Land delivered, however, includes non-agricultural land (e.g. protected areas) and land already under black occupation to which tenure has now been secured. According to the quarterly bulletin tracking land reform in South Africa, Umhlaba Wethu, it also includes the close to 800 000 ha of state land that was not previously included in some reports. Progress with redistribution Between 1994 and September 2004, some 1 877 754 ha has been redistributed. This is an increase of 194 480 ha on the figure reported in the November issue of Senwester. Number of projects There were only 251 land delivery Figure 2: The progress with number of projects and area of agricultural land delivered since 1994.
projects during 2004 (until September) compared to the 502 and 742 in 2003 and 2002 respectively (Figure 2). The total number of projects that have been transferred to beneficiary households since 1994, currently stands at 2 686. In 1994 the first five land redistribution projects comprised some 14 331 ha on average. Since then the size of land per project has declined considerably (Figure 3) and currently the average size of a project is 731 ha. Over the entire ten years, 1994 to 2004, project size has been quite variable and in 2003 averaged only 316 ha each. However, since the inception of land reform, the longterm average is 699 ha. landbou in praktyk Progress with restitution Despite no change in the area of land reported for land restitution, total “land cost” has increased from R1 billion to R1,56 billion, or by over 50%. This represents either a major revision of historical costs or provision for future land purchases. The total value of awards has increased dramatically over the period, from R3 billion to R4,2 billion. Non-land costs account for 54,4% of total awards for the seven months March to September 2004 and 63% of the total since 1994. These figures exclude the operating costs of the commission. Figure 3: The size of projects has decreased since inception of the programme in 1994. Figure 4: Restitution costs of land and total awards in the provinces served by Senwes.
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