1. Department of Land Affairs (Vote 30)
Presentation to the Joint Budget Committee on 2004 MTBPS 2 November 2004 DR G P MAYENDE – DIRECTOR-GENERAL
Apology for the DG
Intoduce Team

2. AREAS TO BE COVERED Policy Context Department’s Strategic Framework
Ten Year Review
MTEF Targets
Challenges
MTEF Funding

3. POLICY CONTEXT
In line with the Government's 2004 Manifesto of " A people' s contract to create work & fight poverty", the Medium Term Strategic Framework identifies land and agrarian support as one of the key interventions of government in the second economy to address the human basic needs of livelihood, shelter and security.
(Reflections on South Africa’s economic development path)

4. POLICY CONTEXT (cont.)
As government strive to fight poverty and inequality through work opportunities, income support and empowerment, the importance of land in facilitating economic activity in agrarian reform, housing and security cannot be overemphasised. This however has to happen within a sound land planning framework.

5. POLICY CONTEXT (cont.) Settlement Challenges
This slide illustrate the settlement challenges that we are faced with where in an urban context you will find blacks located in araes of insignificant economic activity as compared to whites who are in the minority

6. POLICY CONTEXT (cont.)
‘Without succeeding on…legal and political fronts, no nation can overcome the legal apartheid between those who can create capital and those who cannot. Without formal property, no matter how many assets they accumulate or how hard they work, most people will not be able to prosper in a capitalist society. They will continue to remain beyond the radar of policy-makers, out of reach of official records and thus economically invisible’.
In the words of Hernando De Soto:-
Hernando de Soto
(the Mystery of Capital, p167)

7. Support for Land Reform Programmes
POLICY CONTEXT (cont.)
Support for Land Reform Programmes
Programme
Depts. and spheres
Partnerships
Land & Agrarian Reform
DoA, DLA, DoH, DPLG
AgriSA, NAFU, GDS
Land Redistribution
Programme
Co-operation among various stakeholders in the public and private sector is key for pooling of resources and alignment of activities
Restitution
Programme
Labour
Tenant
Programme
State Land
Administration

8. DEPARTMENT’S RESPONSE TO POLICY
VISION
An equitable and sustainable land dispensation that promotes social and economical development
Our response to this policy framework as a Department we envision VISION AND we intend to achieve this through MISSION

9. MISSION To provide access to land and to extend rights in land,
with particular emphasis on the
previously disadvantaged communities,
within a well planned environment
The Departmental Objectives are supported by the following programmes:-

10. DEPARTMENTAL PROGRAMMES
Restitution
Land Reform
Redistribution
Tenure
Spatial Planning & Information
Land administration
Surveys & Mapping
Cadastral surveys
Deeds Registration
It is important taht we reflect on our perfromance in the 10 years before we can share with our plans going forward.

11. TEN YEAR REVIEW - ACHIEVEMENTS
POLICY & LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK
CAPACITY BUILDING
UNPRECEDENTED PEFORMANCE IN:
THE SETTLEMENT OF RESTITUTION CLAIMS
PARTICIPATION IN THE LRAD PROGRAMME
REMARKABLE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
We have been able to to formulate and develop policy and legislation to faciliate land and tenure reform as well as restitution, the most recent piece of legislation passed is the Communal Land Rights Act.
We have built the necessary capacity that is instrumental for our unprecendent performance in the settlement of restitution and participation in the Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development (LRAD)
Our remarkable financial performance underpins this.

12. TEN YEAR REVIEW: RESTITUTION}
16 380
This slide provides a graphic presentation of how deliver has been accelerated in Restitution
Cumulative figures

13. TEN YEAR REVIEW: REDISTRIBUTION}
Although there is still a long raod ahead in terms of redistribution, it is pleasing to note that LRAD programme which was implemented 3 yaers ago, has contributed hectares of the 1,683 million hectares distributed.
10 057
Cumulative figures

14. SPENDING TRENDS Programmes 2002/03 R’000 % spending 2003/04 % spending
Administration
99.05%
92.44%
Surveys & Mapping
56 324
97.33%
61 401
98.60%
Cadastral Surveys
72 507
97.42%
68 161
90.32%
Restitution
99.84%
99.91%
Land Reform
99.61%
97.50%
Spatial Planning
6 881
85.41%
11 866
65.74%
Aux. & Assoc Services
4 537
40.97%
10 390
61.84%
TOTAL
98.65%
97.19%
We have entrenched the culture of high financial performance and this evident from our spending trend for the past two financial years which is well over the 95% mark. Of note is that although from a cursory look of % it might seem that our spending level has dropped, in real terms spending increased by 49% that is R531 millioin from R1.077 billion in 2002/03 to R1.608 billion in 2003/04

15. SPENDING TO DATE (SEPT 2004) 2004/05 FINANCIAL YEAR
Programmes
Pre MTBPS
Budget
R’000
Spending to Sept
Available
budget
% spending
Administration
72 946
34%
Surveys & Mapping
73 617
24 916
48 701
Cadastral Surveys
80 886
34 413
46 473
43%
Restitution
75%
Land Reform
32%
Spatial Planning
19 262
5 639
13 623
29%
Aux. & Assoc Services
8 224
169
8 055 2%
TOTAL
54%
The trend has been set and is improving. Looking at current year, the Department's spending is at 54% with Resitution posting 75%. It is claer that the R200 million allocated by the Minister of Finance through the Adjusted Appropriation will become handy and we are most grateful.

16. DEPARTMENTAL PRIORITIES - MTEF
Restitution
Complete restitution programme
Interventions for failed projects.
Redistribution
Redistribute 30% of agricultural land by 2015
Tenure
Settlement of labour tenants claims
Implementation of the Communal Land Rights Act
Effective State Land Administration
Looking ahead and as informed by the MTSF, the Departmet wll be focussiong on the following priorities:

17. DEPARTMENTAL PRIORITIES – MTEF (continued)
Formalise co-operative arrangements with Dept of Agriculture to facilitate participation of:
land reform and restitution projects in the Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP).
Communal land projects in the Agricultural Credit Scheme.
Finalise and Implement BEE wrt land acquisition and facilitate skills development on technical and management expertise

18. CHALLENGES Public Pressure to deliver Resources
Post settlement support
Unsustainable land prices/ settlement packages
As the Minister of Finance indicated in his Speech on the 2004 Medium Term Budget Policy Statementand I qoute "Land redistribution and agricultural development need to be given greater impetus but completion of the restitution programme is the pressing claim on resources over the MTEF period".
CASP will provide the much needed support post settlement
Discussion inthe Department are underway to find solutionds for unsustainable land prices and settlement packages

19. 2005 MTEF TARGET - RESTITUTION
The next 4 slides illustrate the gap between "between targets that are covered by the baseline budget amounts and those that I aren't".
Cumulative figures

20. 2005 MTEF TARGET – LABOUR TENANTS
Cumulative figures

21. 2005 MTEF TARGET – REDISTRIBUTION
Cumulative figures

22. 2005 MTEF TARGET – STATE LAND ADMINISTRATION
Cumulative figures

23. 2005 MTEF TARGET – COMMUNAL LAND RIGHTS
REGULATIONS
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNICATION
ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNAL &
EXTERNAL STRUCTUREs
SURVEYING OF BOUNDARIES
LAND RIGHTS ENQUIRIES
ACQUISTION OF LAND
Areas of f

24. DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET 2005 MTEF
Programmes
Adjusted
2004/05
R’000
Baseline
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
Administration
Surveys & Mapping
73 617
77 251
81 935
86 032
Cadastral Surveys
80 886
87 468
92 732
97 369
Restitution
Land Reform
Spatial Planning
19 262
20 248
21 462
22 535
Aux. & Assoc Services
8 224
20 269
21 485
22 559
TOTAL

25. THANK YOU

26. Q&A