2.2.6.2.2 Protected and Conservation Areas
2.2.8 LAND REFORM PROGRAMME
The Department of Rural Development has compiled an Area Based Plan for the Cacadu District Municipal Area (2008). An Area Based Plan essentially is a sector plan that seeks to address land related issues at a municipal level which is intended to form part of the Integrated Development Plan (IDP), informing the Spatial Development Framework (SDF) and Land Use Management System (LUMS). Fundamentally the Plan seeks to integrate Land Reform into the municipal planning process wherein identified projects are supported during and post implementation phases to ensure sustainability.
This study therefore identifies the distribution of State Land, land under claim and other forms of tenure.
7KH SULPH SXUSRVH RI WKH FRXQWU\·V ODQG UHIRUP SURJUDPPH LV WR DGGUHVV WKe skewed land ownership patterns. The key objectives of the land reform programmes are:
x Redistribution of 30% of white owned land by 2014 for sustainable agricultural development.
x Provision of tenure security to create socio-economic opportunities for those who have less formal forms of tenure.
x Provision of land for sustainable human settlements, industrial and economic development.
x Provision of efficient state land management that supports development.
x Provision of efficient land use and land administration services.
x Settlement of all outstanding land claims and implementation of restitution.
x Development of programmes for empowerment of women, children, disabled, People Living with Aids, youth and the aged within DRD & LR mandate.
The Land Reform Programme is anchored on three key programmes, namely: restitution, redistribution and tenure reform. These were developed to promote land acquisition, restore land rights lost through dispossession and achieve tenure upgrade respectively.
Figure 2 : Area Based Plan & Land Reform
Ikwezi LM Key Focus Area FOCUS
AREA
NODE GENERAL BACKGROUND RELEVANT COMMODITY
ORGANIZATIONS x Area is indicated as a line along the R75 road x East Cape Agricultural
5 Graaff- Reinet and Jansenville
that links the two towns
x The focus area is fairly large for farming is based on extensive animal husbandry which requires large areas of land.
x Area is well known for extensive goat and sheep farming
x The towns Graaff-Reinet and Jansenville are well established with well-established support industries for goat and sheep farming.
x The area is some distance from the market (Port Elizabeth) for the farm products. This however is the nature for extensive farming areas.
x The focus area is following the main route between the two towns and Port Elizabeth.
Coop
x East Cape Game Management x Chicory Producers
Organisation
x National Wool Growers Organisation
x Red Meat Producers Organisation
x Boere Kooperasie Beperk (BKB)
x SA Mohair Growers Organisation x Wool South Africa x Ooskaap Volstruis
Produsente Organisasie Table 5 : Ikwezi LM Key focus Area
The Cacadu Area Base Plan identified key focus areas with respect to land reform which is indicated in the table and supporting figure. Ikwezi is therefore identified as a key focus area for land reform as per the Area Base Plan.
2.2.8.1 Area Based Plan and Land Reform
In addition and in support of land reform in the District, the Cacadu Land Audit & Area Based Plan makes specific recommendations towards land reform and land reform corridors in the District. A key component of the Area Based Plan is the identification of key focus areas within which land reform should be developed and further explored.
The area based plan identified various levels of key focus areas to address land reform targets in the district. The determination of focus areas is a key component in the government role out for accelerated land reform process.
Determination of focus areas were informed by four main determines:
- Physical criteria for determination of focus areas.
- PLAS programme guidelines such as settlement along main corridors and consideration of the nodal development concept.
- Enterprise concentration, infrastructure and available support systems.
- Expansion of Municipal commonages.
2.2.8.2 Status of Land Reform Programme
MUNICIPALITY GRANTS/
BENEFICIARIES
LAND PRICE IN R
TOTAL PROJECT COST IN R
TOTAL EXP TO DATE IN R
GRANT APPROVED IN R
HA % HA OF TOTAL
% GRANT APPROVED PER MUNICIPALITY
AVERAGE GRANT APPROVED / BENEFICIARY IN R
AVERAGE LAND PRICE PER HA IN R
Ikwezi 72 2,030,000 1,950,000 2,041,817 2,061,000 4,310 5.12 1.34 28,625 471
Cacadu Total 8,853 373,129,684 252,064,950 130,636,078 153,767,909 84,208 100.00 100.00 17,369 4,431
Table 6 : Status of Land Reform Programme (Source : DLA CAPEX July 2008)
2.2.8.3 Restitution Status
MUNICIPALITY
URBAN RURAL TOTAL
GAZETTED NON-COMPLIANCE REFERRED BACK REGISTRY RESEARCH SETTLED SETTLEMENT PHASE VALIDATED NO STATUS ASSIGNED
CLAIMS AREA (HA) CLAIMS AREA (HA) CLAIMS AREA (HA)
Ikwezi 19 1243.28 5 6118.62 24 7361.90
DM TOTAL 371 1726.58138 135 58199.21125 506 59925.79 211 21 5 31 57 77 3 100 1
Table 7 : Restitution Status (Source : DLA & Land Claims Commissioner 2007)
2.2.8.4 Land Reform Projects
The following table outlines the current and past land reform projects as per the Department of Rural Development & Land Reform.
MD &
REGISTRATION DIVISION
PROJECT FARM NAME(S) GRANT PHASE HA
Jansenville Noorsdoring Farm Noorsdoring (De Brakke River 149/R, 2,3 and farms 109/R,1
& Fair View Outspan 150 & Riet Gat 151/2 PLAS Approved 2 392.0
Jansenville Dan Dyeli Family Trust Vergenoegd 112/R & J'ville Erven 397 - 399, 401 - 407, 477
(Zoetfontein) LRAD Approved/H
alted 462.6
Jansenville Delportskraal (Jansenville Comm)
Remainder of the farm Delportkraal No.146/0 FARM
139/1&2, Farm COM Approved/H
alted 934.1
Jansenville Groenleegte Groenleegte 164/6 PLAS in Process 880.45
Jansenville Tannies Tannies 226/2[R] & De Draay 227/1,2,3,4 & Farm 236 PLAS Price
negotiation 3 242.40
Jansenville DIE MEENT (Restit claim)
Restitution
Claim 609.84
Jansenville
Gwebushe Family CC (Perdevlei ) (Bushavlei)
Erven 342, 340, 341, 339, 352, 351, 350 & Rem of Erf 348,
Perdevlei LRAD Transferred 46.6
Jansenville Klipfontein Klipfontein 194/11,20,22, BoschRug 123/R, Pampoenkraal
128/4,5, Platkraal 129/R,1, Newklip 130, Kalkgat, 198/9,11. PLAS Transferred 2 179.37
Jansenville Klipplaat
Commonage Elandsfontein (Hardwood) COM Transferred 4 263.9
Jansenville Ngqeza Family Trust Delports River No 290 PLAS Transferred 2006
Jansenville Phambili L Stock Farmers Association
Newlands (Steijnsrust, Breede Laagte, Bosch Rug, New
Klip, Zwartrivier, Klipfontein) PLAS Transferred 2274
Jansenville Uitkoms Farming PLAS Transferred 5 453.0
Jansenville Waterford (Group 1) Wayside PLAS Transferred 3 619.0
Jansenville Karoo Vlakte Strydoms Laagte COM Transferred 5 096
Table 8 : Land Reform Status (Department of Rural Development & Land Reform, 2012)