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fonourable Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, > 5 million hectares of land in communal areas developed into Small Scale fonourable Members, Commercial Farming Units by 2020; I. I rise before this August House with a deep sense of appreciation to introduce Honourable Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, lote 25 for the Ministry of Land Reform for the 2018/2019 Financial Year and to Honourable Members, ,eek your support and approval.
~.To start with, I believe it is important to highlight and acknowledge the significant initiatives embodied within the Fourth National Development Plan [NDP5] that are contributlons made by the Ministry towards the realisation of the Ministry's mandate earmarked to address the socio-economic development of our country through n various areas of responsibilities.
improved project implementation and the targeted efforts to mitigate the challenges rhe Ministry's operations are premised on Government policy directives that are of unemployment.

The Ministry's four key programmes are premised on the national supported by a robust legal framework guided by several documents, such as Vision understanding of the need to create employment opportunities, the reduction of 2030, National Development Plans, Five-Year Strategic Plan and the Annual Plan.
inequality in the distribution of economic benefits and to contribute towards sustained 4.

While tabling this motivation for Vote 25, the Ministry acknowledges the various ~II these documents have been aligned towards a collective goal whose objective economic growth.

s to keep all levels of Government accountable to the Namibian people to ensure :imely service delivery and in extension development of our Nation.

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Having said the above, I now have the pleasure to present the 2018/2019 budget Honourable Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, for the Ministry of Land Reform, together with the highlights of achievements Honourable Members, during the 2017/2018 Financial Year.The 2018/2019 Budget as expressed in its Medium Term Plan will focus on four key programmes namely: ~.
The Ministry of Land Reform has set itself Ministerial Targets to achieve the 'ollowing: ~ 5 million hectares of agricultural (commercial) land to be acquired by 2020 under the National Resettlement Programme; 3 )rogramme 1: Land Reform Programme communities in touch with real benefits.

Infrastructure development in other regions such as Otjozondjupa and Omaheke is expected to commence in the next Financial i.

The Land Reform Programme especially the acquisition and access to land is Year.
iart of the Ministry's core mandate, and therefore during the previous Financial Year lespite financial constraints eleven (11) farms measuring 44.952.5177 hectares i L Valuation, Property Taxation and Estate Management vere acquired.

These farms were acquired at a total cost of N$112,618,857.75.

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The main valuation roll for 2012 was approved, by the Valuation Court in November )ther (2) farms with a combined extent of 9426.7128 are pending purchase at the 2016.
As a result of the approval, the Ministry revised the rates of land tax downwards :ost of N$18,394,666.17.

Under the Resettlement programme, the Ministry resettled in response to the increase in the land values.

Had the current rate been maintained, !8 farmers of which 15 are males and 13 females.

It should be noted that these this would have led to high land tax being paid by the landowners.
However, some lumbers fall short of the demand for land which is still significantly high and keeps farmers have appealed to the High Court against the decision of the valuation court sscalatinq.

I also want to inform this August House that the N$120,000,000.00 to approve the 2012 valuation roll.

The matter is still pending in the High Court.


In the iudqeted for the Land Purchase Sub-Programme will more or less bring in the meantime, the Ministry has issued the 2016/2017 land tax assessments based on iarne results in the current Financial Year unless more consideration is done in the the 2012 valuation roll.
Following the issuance of the land tax assessments, some subsequent MTEF periods, we should not expect tremendous numbers of farms to farmers applied to the High Court on an urgent basis to stop the issuance of the )e acquired for resettlement.

assessments.

The High Court in its decision of21 February 2018 granted the applicants the interdict.
The consequences of the interdict are that no commercial agricultural a) Water infrastructure development and rehabilitation farmland transactions can take place until the interdict is lifted or the main review case is disposed of.

Notwithstanding the interdict, the Ministry is urgently engaged ~egarding water infrastructure, at least 286,000 hectares of land has been developed with stakeholders to find a solution to the effects of the interdict.
Furthermore, the vith 857 km of fencing, 20 multi-purpose kraals constructed, 30 new boreholes Ministry is in the process of preparing the 2017/2022 Valuation Roll which will be Irilled, 35 boreholes rehabilitated, and 98 kilometres of water pipelines installed in displayed for viewing during the second quarter of 2018/2019 Financial Year.

In the <avango East, Kavango West, Ohangwena, Omusati and Zambezi Regions.
This last Financial Year (April 2016 - March 2017) an amount of N$20,828,627.00 was nfrastructural development will benefit 7,800 farming households thus bringing collected in the form of Land Tax.

5 )rogramme 2: Security of Tenure Sectional Titles were registered, and through these processes, N$2,532, 182.20 was 'enure reform to enhance security in communal areas through the registration is on-going, and so far a total of 44,898 Deeds documents have been digitised.

If land rights is on-going.


In this respect, 177,593 communal land rights were napped and digitised representing 90% out of the 196,000 communal land rights Programme 3: National Spatial Data Infrastructure and Establishment of collected as revenue.

Further to this, the project to computerise property registration rationally that can be registered.
A total of 116,220 Customary Land Rights have Fundamental Datasets leen registered, presenting 65% of the communal land rights currently digitised and 01,432 certificates were issued countrywide.

Upon completion, this programme will The Ministry of Land Reform has also managed to capture and vectorise all Map nprove the livelihoods of over 500,000 Namibian citizens.
Sheets of the project areas, namely the Kavango East, Kavango West and :nhancing tenure security under the National Resettlement programme is on-going.
·0 date the number of Lease Agreements signed between Government and the esettlement beneficiaries has increased to 61, Otjozondjupa - 16, IIKharas - 19, tunene - 9, Erongo - 4, Oshikoto -7, Khomas -1 and Hardap - 5. , line with the quest to improve and contribute to the ease of doing business in [amibla, during the previous Financial Year, a total of 21,894 Deeds and 3,776 Otjozondjupa Regions where Topographic Datasets were required.
The scales were based on the 1:10 000; 1:50 000 and 1:250 000 base scales and these are waiting for cartographic production.

The Quality control of the 1:50000 Map Sheets in the revision of the Erongo Region Topographic Datasets have been finalised and are waiting for the capturing of new satellite data and its approval.
Two-Hundred and Eighty-Seven (287) Survey Diagrams, Sixty-One (61) General Plans, Sixty (60) Sectional Title Schemes and Twenty (20) Lease Areas of Resettlement surveys have iectional Titles were registered, and through these processes, N$2,532,182.20 was been approved.

ollected regarding revenue.

Further to this, the project to computerise property egistration is on-going, and so far a total of 44,898 Deeds documents have been ligitised.
1 line with the quest to improve and contribute to the ease of doing business in lamibia, during the previous Financial Year, a total of 21,894 deeds and 3,776 Programme 4.

Policy, Supervision and Support Services 8.

The purpose of this programme is to provide support to the entire Land Reform and Resettlement Programme.
The main focus is to supervise and coordinate the Ministry's activities and operations which include; the development, application, terpretation, implementation, execution and formulation of relevant policies by 11.

Furthermore, the Government through the Ministry of Land Reform will undertake gislative requirements and national objectives.
This programme is also provided for a Special Programme which is the repatriation of the Batswana's of the Namibian e development of the monitoring and evaluation system that enables us to provide descent.

The repatriations is a voluntary exercise and involve the assistance and regular and timely update to the National Planning Commission on capital projects.
support to those descendants of Namibia currently staying in Botswana as a result of le Ministry has been allocated N$24,500,OOO.OO for the construction, renovation, the cruel German Colonial genocide perpetuated over our communities who would Id documentation of Ministerial Regional Offices during the current MTEF period.

like to be repatriated to the country.


The first phase of the exercise will involve Though Government is confronted with multi challenges in addressing the plight the identifications of would be repatriated, the establishment of reception centres and handling facilities of both humans and their animals plus the identification of our people, I hope that a sustainable solution will be sought soonest to respond to suitable land for this purpose.

e ever-growing land demand.


onourable Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, onourable Members, 12.

In conclusion, I would like to acknowledge and re-emphasise the crucial importance of the Land Reform programme to the overall development objectives of our sovereignty.

Over the years we have experienced an extremely low budgetary I. I would like to inform you that as per the Directives from His Excellency, Dr. Hage provision in the Ministry's allocation in the previous two consecutive years.
During eingob, the President of the Republic of Namibia, the National Land Conference, the 2018/2019 Financial Year, the Ministry of Land Reform requires an amount rich was postponed last year, will take place this year, under the auspices of the of N$476,186,OOO.OO to implement all its four (4) Programmes, though minimal frne Minister.

To ensure inclusivity, a High-Level Committee Chaired by the line compared to the land demand, I require your support to approve this allocation.
inister and comprised of Ministerial and Civil Society, will be established.

Extensive msultation, as undertaken last year by the Ministry, will be supplemented with inputs I thank you.

nn subject matter experts and other important stakeholders who were not included the first round of consultations.

The Ministry of Land Reform jointly with the key akeholders are tirelessly working in preparation for this long-awaited 2nd National md Conference.