DEPARTMENT: RURAL DEVELOPMENT & LAND REFORM LAND AUDIT REPORT PRESENTATION TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM 23 OCTOBER 2013
DEPARTMENT: RURAL DEVELOPMENT & LAND REFORM INTRODUCTION 2 2 To report on the results of the Audit of Registered State Land and desktop analysis of private land ownership in the Republic of South Africa, conducted by the Chief Surveyor-General.
DEPARTMENT: RURAL DEVELOPMENT & LAND REFORM BACKGROUND 3 3 In 2010 the Department of Rural Development and Reform as the custodian of Cadastral information for the Republic of South Africa initiated Land Audit project. The audit was conducted for State owned land and Desktop analysis for Privately owned land
DEPARTMENT: RURAL DEVELOPMENT & LAND REFORM SCOPE OF WORK 4 4 State Land Audit The purpose of the audit of registered state land is to determine how much land is owned by state and what is it used for and who are the occupants/users. All spheres of government Former homelands Public land (Ingonyama) State owned enterprises The exercise excluded surveyed land not registered.
DEPARTMENT: RURAL DEVELOPMENT & LAND REFORM SCOPE OF WORK, cont’d 5 5 Private Land Audit Provide statistical information pertaining to land ownership in the Republic of South Africa in terms of: Gender Race (Not obtainable) Nationality/Citizenship (Yes) Percentage share - where an individual owns a land as a result of company ownership (Not yet available from CPIC) Marital Status Living Status (yes)
DEPARTMENT: RURAL DEVELOPMENT & LAND REFORM 6 6 DISTRIBUTION OF REGISTERED STATE LAND PARCELS PER PROVINCE Province Number of Land Parcels State Owned Land Extent (Ha) Percentage Eastern Cape % Free State % Gauteng % KwaZulu-Natal % Limpopo % Mpumalanga % North West % Northern Cape % Western Cape % Totals %
DEPARTMENT: RURAL DEVELOPMENT & LAND REFORM STATE LAND PARCELS CATEGORY - NATIONAL 7 7 DESCRIPTION Number of Land Parcels Extent (Ha) Percentage Government Entity % Municipality % National % Provincial % Not classified % Totals % Government Entities – Parastatals, other government entities Municipalities – Local, metropolitan and Transitional, old municipalities National – National Departments, RSA, Union of South Africa, former homelands etc. Provincial – Provincial Government Not Classified – appropriate category still to be identified
DEPARTMENT: RURAL DEVELOPMENT & LAND REFORM LAND USE OF STATE LAND- NATIONAL 8 8 Land UseTotalPercentage Agriculture & Fisheries % Commercial % Community Services % Conservation % Forestry % Industrial & Storage % Mining % Protection Services % Recreation & Leisure % Un-matched General Plan % Residential % Transport % Undeveloped Land( Vacant) % Utilities & Infrastructure % Water % TOTAL EXTENT (Ha) % “ Un-matched General Plan” are land parcels that could not be identified by field workers due to differences of the layout the ground compared to how it is represented on approved plans.
DEPARTMENT: RURAL DEVELOPMENT & LAND REFORM LAND USER RESULTS – NATIONAL 9 9 Land UserTotal Extent (Ha)Percentage Government Department % Municipality % Organization % Private Person % Public Entity % Traditional Authority % Unknown % TOTAL %
DEPARTMENT: RURAL DEVELOPMENT & LAND REFORM PRIVATE LAND OWNERSHIP PER CATEGORY 10 OWNER TYPEExtent in HaPercentage Individuals % Companies % Trust % Private Organisation % Not classified % TOTAL % Private Individuals– Natural persons Companies – Close Corporations, PTY LTD, etc (excluding State Companies eg Telkom PTY LTD, ESKOM ) Trust – All trust as registered by the Master of the high court Private Organisation – Churches, Not Classified – appropriate category still to be identified
DEPARTMENT: RURAL DEVELOPMENT & LAND REFORM INDIVIDUALS LAND OWNERS 11 ProvinceGender (Ha)Total MaleFemale Not Identified Eastern Cape3,364,966448,733144,8983,958,597 Free State3,054,269777,577139,3693,971,215 Gauteng221,760107,13511,193339,204 KwaZulu-Natal896,201177,720111,6631,185,584 Limpopo942,831304,71749,7111,297,259 Mpumalanga878,623255,21628,9701,162,810 North West1,821,884557,66296,5622,476,108 Northern Cape9,080,5902,083,258146,52011,310,369 Western Cape2,465,129479,14092,2103,036,478 Total22,726,2525,191,159821,09628,737,622
DEPARTMENT: RURAL DEVELOPMENT & LAND REFORM CONSOLIDATE LAND OWNERSHIP 12 ProvinceProvince Extent State Owned Land Extent (Ha) Private Owned Land Extent (Ha) State Land % Private Land % Total Extent Un- accounted Extent Eastern Cape %67% % Free State %91% % Gauteng %65% % KwaZulu-Natal %46% % Limpopo %70% % Mpumalanga %63% % North West %71% % Northern Cape %94% % Western Cape %89% % Totals %79% %
DEPARTMENT: RURAL DEVELOPMENT & LAND REFORM CONSOLIDATE LAND OWNERSHIP 13
DEPARTMENT: RURAL DEVELOPMENT & LAND REFORM Consolidate Land Ownership
DEPARTMENT: RURAL DEVELOPMENT & LAND REFORM PRIVATE SECTIONAL SCHEMES 15 PROVINCE SECTIONAL SCHEME SECTIONAL UNITS Eastern Cape Freestate Gauteng Kwa-ZuluNatal Limpopo Mpumalanga North-West Northern Cape Western Cape Total
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