PRESENTATION TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS

(NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES)

22 May 2013

CHIEF LAND CLAIMS COMMISSIONERMS. NOMFUNDO GOBODO

THE COMMISSION ON RESTITUTION OF LAND RIGHTS (CRLR) 2012/13(CLAIMS IN FREE STATE, KWAZULU NATAL, MPUMALANGA AND LIMPOPO)

•As requested by the Select Committee on Land and Environmental Affairs (National Council of Provinces) the presentation will indicate progress on outstanding claims in Free State, KwaZulu Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga.

•The presentation will also indicate the budget projections for the respective offices for the 2013/14 financial year.

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THE COMMISSION ON RESTITUTION OF LAND RIGHTS (CRLR) 2012/13(CLAIMS IN FREE STATE, KWAZULU NATAL, MPUMALANGA AND LIMPOPO)

• The Commission on Restitution of Land Rights received approximately 25 965 land claims in respect of Free State, KwaZulu Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga.

• Since inception the Commission has settled 24 332 claims and finalized 10 444 claims.

• In the 2012/13 financial year a total of 218 claims were settled (i.e. Ministerial approvals in terms of Section 42D) and 170 claims were finalized (i.e. this is where awards were fully paid up and properties transferred).

• It should also be noted that the number of outstanding claims is not the variance between 25 965 (approximate lodged) minus 24 332 (settled) which equates to 1 633 claims, as the settled claims is a combination of claim forms and rights.

• From the counting process that was undertaken last year, the provisional total for outstanding claim forms is 5 623. The respective offices are currently unpacking in terms of rights claimed on the claim forms.

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SETTLED & FINALISED CLAIMS: FROM INCEPTION TO 31 MARCH 2013

PROVINCEINITIAL REPORTING OF

TOTAL CLAIMS LODGED

NUMBER OF CLAIMS SETTLED

NUMBER OF CLAIMS FINALISED

FREE STATE 2 682 2 682 3 135

KWAZULU-NATAL 16 394 15 161 605

LIMPOPO 3 489 3 641 3 944

MPUMALANGA 3 400 2 848 2 760

TOTAL 25 965 24 332 10 444

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Note the following•As indicated in the settled claims (24 332) as well as the finalised claims (10 444) consist of a combination of claim forms and rights restored.• The discrepancies in terms of the variance with lodged, settled and finalised claims would only be resolved once the unpacking process of claim forms lodged and rights on claim forms has been finalised. However , this process will need dedicated full-time capacity to deal with it both regionally and nationally.

SUMMARY OF SETTLED & FINALISED CLAIMS: 01 APRIL 2012 TO 31 MARCH 2013

Province Number of settled claims Number of finalised

claims

Free State 5 26

KwaZulu -Natal 61 33

Limpopo 105 104

Mpumalanga 47 7

TOTAL 218 170

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Note: The total of 170 finalised claims consist of 50 backlog claims and 120 new claims

OUTSTANDING CLAIMS AS AT 31 MARCH 2013

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Note the following

• The total outstanding claims in respect of the abovementioned provinces is 5 623 as at 31 March 2013.•In the 2012/13 financial year 218 claims were settled and 20 claims were dismissed. •The total outstanding as at 31/03/2012 minus settled claims as at 31/03/2013, minus dismissed claims as at 31/03/2013 gives a total outstanding of 5 623 claims as at 31 March 2013 for the respective provinces.

Province Not

Researched Validation Research Gazetted Verification Valuation Negotiation Section

42D Total as at 31/03/2012

Settled as at 31/03/2013

Dismissed as at

31/03/2013

Total outstanding

claims

Free State 3 13 5 0 13 3 13 13 63 5 2 56

KwaZulu Natal 1 359 43 55 191 0 35 390 33 2 106 61 0 2 045

Limpopo 529 34 34 63 0 0 80 25 765 105 17 643

Mpumalanga 875 58 1 117 727 0 0 13 137 2 927 47 1 2 879

Total 2 766 148 211 981 13 38 496 208 5 861 218 20 5 623

BUDGET PROJECTIONS FOR 2013/14 FINANCIAL YEAR (FREE STATE, KWAZULU NATAL, MPUMALANGA AND LIMPOPO)

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Office

Commitment Grants New Claims

TOTALNumber of

Projects AmountCommitment Register

Number of Projects Amount

Number of Projects Amount

Free Sate 3 R11,307,401 R30,260,494 7 R22,885,000 1 R57,260,000 R91,452,401

KwaZulu Natal 109 R334,514,773 R573,788,008 25 R87,744,614 27 R252,833,749 R675,093,136

Limpopo 19 R77,507,823 R106,495,367 28 R140,650,000 57 R344,442,177 R562,600,000

Mpumalanga 61 R137,270,400 R583,724,377 1 R144,404,000 50 R295,255,241 R576,929,641

Totals 192 R560,600,397 R1,294,268,246 61 R395,683,614 135 R949,791,167 R1,906,075,178

THANK YOU

BAIE DANKIE

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