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Dear Cape Town Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD), Mcebisi Skwatsha’s failure to address the plight and continued harassment of Western Cape farmer, Ivan Cloete, raises the possibility that the actions of DALRRD officials in the Province have tacit Ministerial approval. During his appearance yesterday before the Portfolio Committee to give …
Dear Cape Town The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the honesty by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) regarding the challenges in the State land lease program. The Department informed the portfolio committee members during a briefing last night, that they do not have the capacity to manage the leases of all …
Dear MyPE The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the life sentence imposed on the rapist and attacker of Free State farmer and DA councillor, Alison Oates, in the Harrismith Regional Court today. Magistrate van Niekerk sentenced Themba ‘Steen’ Makhubo to life imprisonment for the rape of Oates and a further 15 years for armed robbery with …
Dear Cape Town The Democratic Alliance (DA) will write to the Auditor-General (AG) of South Africa, Kimi Makwetu, to ask for his guidance regarding Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) regulations so that certain vehicles that have been decommissioned by the South African National Defense Force (SANDF) and would soon be up for auction, would be …
Dear Cape Town The plan by the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD), Thoko Didiza, to release 700 000 hectares of “underutilised or vacant state land” for agricultural purposes could potentially prejudice emerging farmers after it emerged that some farms on the published list were already underactive agricultural production. To prevent further …
Dear Cape Town Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD), Thoko Didiza, must issue a moratorium banning all impending eviction notices against emerging farmers, occupying State land, until due diligent investigations are concluded by the Department’s Forensic Investigations Directorate on the farmer’s lease agreements. Recently, there has been a worrying uptick in the …
Dear Cape Town The Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Thoko Didiza, is still refusing to account to Parliament on which farmers received aid from the Covid-19 fund. The Democratic Alliance (DA) believes that this information, which we requested almost four months ago, is of the utmost importance. With this information, the DA …
