Johnathan Paoli
THE Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has announced that it would likely not be able to meet its targets in settling land claims for the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 financial years, due to a reduction in the budget allocation by the National Treasury.
Minister Thoko Didiza replied in writing on Tuesday to questions from Members of Parliament (MPs) and said that R34 million had been cut from the allocation for the land reform and restitution programme.
Democratic Alliance (DA) MP Noko Masipa wanted to know what strategies were in place following the reduction in the department’s funds.
Freedom Front Plus MP Tamarin Breedt expressed concerns over the budget cuts and said the fiscal decline and especially the fall in the department’s targets was extremely worrying.
“All this proves is that the Department has failed the people. Ninety percent of all land projects have failed and the
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