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REPORT ON LAND AUDIT PROJECT
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform
Background
In 2010 the Department of Rural Development and Reform as the custodian of Cadastral Information for the Republic of South Africa initiated Land Audit project.
The audit was conducted for State owned land and Desktop analysis for Privately owned land
Scope of work
State Land Audit
Determination of how much land is owned by state and what is it used for and who are the occupants/users.• All spheres of government• Former homelands• Public land (Ingonyama)• State owned enterprises
The exercise excluded surveyed land not registered.
Scope of work (Cont..)
Private Land AuditProvide statistical information pertaining to land ownership in the Republic of South Africa in terms of: • Gender• Race (Not obtainable)• Nationality/Citizenship (Yes)• Percentage share - where an individual owns a land as a result of
company ownership (Not yet available from CPIC)• Marital Status• Living Status (yes)
Distribution of Registered State Land Parcels Per Province
Province Number of Land
Parcels
State Owned Land Extent
(Ha) Percentage Eastern Cape 113 195 1 510 553 9%
Free State 163 012 845 084 5%
Gauteng 249 057 304 137 2%
KwaZulu-Natal 148 956 4 695 245 28%
Limpopo 53 203 2 551 790 15%
Mpumalanga 115 109 1 875 146 11%
North West 139 186 2 409 778 14%Northern Cape 56 263 1 829 347 11%Western Cape 117 527 1 040 801 6%
Totals 1 155 508 17 061 882 100%
Distribution Of Registered State Land Parcels Per Province
State Land Parcels category - National
Government Entities – Parastals, other government entitiesMunicipalities – Local, metropolitan and Transitional, old municipalitiesNational – National Departments, RSA, Union of South Africa, former homelands etcProvincial – Provincial GovernmentNot Classified – appropriate category still to be identified
DESCRIPTION
Number of Land Parcels Extent (Ha) Percentage
GOVERNMENT ENTITY 74 053 3 812 228 22.3%MUNICIPALITY 58 856 2 105 933 12.3%NATIONAL 919 267 6 870 301 40.3%PROVINCIAL 99 891 3 179 908 18.6%NOT CLASSIFIED 3 441 1 093 511 6.4%
Totals 1 155 508 17 061 882 100%
Distribution Of Registered State Land Parcels per Category
FIELD VERIFICATION OUTPUT
Land Use of State Land- National
Land Use Total PercentageAgriculture & Fisheries 4 027 051 19.7%Commercial 1 224 271 6.0%Community Services 1 813 128 8.9%Conservation 1 867 708 9.1%Forestry 1 540 268 7.5%Industrial & Storage 60 875 0.3%Mining 53 037 0.3%Protection Services 353 841 1.7%Recreation & Leisure 2 716 311 13.3%Un-matched General Plan 17 579 0.1%Residential 3 456 202 16.9%Transport 568 225 2.8%Undeveloped Land( Vacant) 2 061 662 10.1%Utilities & Infrastructure 492 249 2.4%Water 176 138 0.9%
TOTAL EXTENT (Ha) 20 428 544 100%
“Un-matched General Plan” are land parcels that could not be identified by field workers due to differences of the layout the ground compared to how it is represented on approved plans.
Land Use of State Land- National
“Un-matched General Plan” are land parcels that could not be identified by field workers due to differences of the layout the ground compared to how it is represented on approved plans.
Land Use Results – Province
LAND USE GP NC WC NW MPU KZN EC LMP FS TOTALAgriculture & Fisheries 23 249 777 021 32 266 1 215 025 153 748 20 701 132 968 1 466 030 206 043 4 027 051 Commercial 2 264 137 457 1 932 17 946 7 732 8 352 19 995 939 810 88 783 1 224 271 Community Services 6 111 129 221 19 448 94 037 22 363 8 174 34 261 1 414 370 85 142 1 813 128 Conservation 6 383 394 149 579 029 161 587 66 297 73 719 231 635 165 559 189 350 1 867 708 Forestry 4 549 2 380 82 491 145 579 150 574 85 039 239 397 829 207 1 052 1 540 268 Industrial & Storage 292 11 765 942 4 173 9 783 1 006 1 306 17 201 14 407 60 875 Mining 1 254 13 134 690 23 640 2 897 6 6 975 2 221 2 222 53 037 Protection Services 5 118 103 501 80 318 8 451 13 972 3 981 5 718 80 262 52 520 353 841 Recreation & Leisure 99 174 260 472 82 524 595 127 318 243 14 671 272 154 937 929 136 016 2 716 311 Un-matched General Plan 1 092 12 550 2 317 109 96 236 84 668 426 17 579 Residential 26 837 703 659 23 420 537 567 229 299 351 384 147 790 1 197 261 238 986 3 456 202 Transport 17 143 84 372 85 126 22 023 19 647 34 318 40 394 165 729 99 473 568 225 Undeveloped Land (Vacant) 31 824 106 441 117 290 448 646 36 066 292 668 389 567 539 662 99 499 2 061 662 Utilities & Infrastructure 51 40 747 40 526 55 072 13 376 5 962 8 482 283 534 44 499 492 249 Water 1 362 23 688 10 658 9 009 24 007 18 620 32 871 55 923 176 138
TOTAL EXTENT (Ha) 225 340 2 778 230 1 172 006 3 339 639 1 053 103 924 225 1 549 347 8 072 315 1 314 339 20 428 544
Land User Results – National
Land User Total Extent (Ha) PercentageGovernment Department 5 767 977 28.2%Municipality 3 902 424 19.1%Organization 531 484 2.6%Private Person 926 031 4.5%Public Entity 455 407 2.2%Traditional Authority 5 223 438 25.6%Unknown 3 632 210 17.8%
TOTAL 20 438 971 100.0%
Land User Results – National
Land User Results – Per Province
LANDUSER_NAME GP KZN LMP NW NC WC MPU FS EC TOTALGovernment Department 46 850 178 079 2 923 146 358 256 752 638 331 936 390 812 554 216 232 044 5 767 977
Municipality 61 400 54 217 507 827 675 578 1 337 719 790 445 48 249 323 661 103 328 3 902 424
Organization 6 898 39 129 195 505 55 031 96 373 766 52 897 27 483 57 402 531 484
Private Person 21 086 19 906 309 158 242 701 122 787 531 91 471 39 939 78 451 926 031
Public Entity 2 335 14 321 32 244 44 162 57 888 1 257 62 802 34 987 205 412 455 407
Traditional Authority 7 033 544 213 3 483 784 927 200 16 511 148 108 655 63 413 72 480 5 223 438
Unknown 90 162 74 361 620 652 1 036 711 394 313 46 923 298 219 270 639 800 231 3 632 210
TOTAL 235 764 924 225 8 072 315 3 339 639 2 778 230 1 172 006 1 053 105 1 314 339 1 549 347 20 438 971
Private Land Ownership
Distribution of Private Land Per Province
ProvinceNumber of
Land Parcels Extent in Ha PercentageEASTERNCAPE 544 977 11 370 084 11.8%FREESTATE 439 350 11 857 160 12.3%GAUTENG 1 392 800 1 181 518 1.2%KWAZULUNATAL 731 594 4 297 235 4.5%LIMPOPO 206 001 8 844 083 9.2%MPUMALANGA 329 145 4 805 344 5.0%NORTHERN CAPE 175 896 35 210 998 36.5%NORTH-WEST 334 321 7 481 942 7.7%WESTERNCAPE 645 601 11 502 427 11.9%
Totals 4 799 685 96 550 791 100.0%
Distribution of Private Land Per Province
Private Land Ownership per category
Private Individuals– Natural personsCompanies – Close Corporations, PTY LTD, etc (excluding State Companies eg Telkom PTY LTD, ESKOM )Trust – All trust as registered by the Master of the high courtPrivate Organisation – Churches, Not Classified – appropriate category still to be identified
OWNER TYPE Extent in Ha PercentageINDIVIDUALS 46 582 643 48.2%COMPANIES 21 479 583 22.2%TRUST 25 821 476 26.7%PRIVATE ORGANISATION 2 665 526 2.8%NOT CLASSIFIED 1 564 0.0%
TOTAL 96 550 791 100.0%
Private Land Ownership per category
Private Land Ownership per category per Province
OWNER_TYPE LMP FS NC KZN GP WC EC NW MPU TOTAL
INDIVIDUALS 3 380 080 5 588 728 19 795 242 1 377 519
471 506 4 241 632 6 090 795 3 640 021 1 997 120 46 582 643
COMPANIES 3 529 628 1 829 059 5 607 865 1 513 116 543 308 2 944 080 1 904 513 1 819 760 1 788 253 21 479 583
TRUST 1 269 780 4 329 431 8 972 298 1 220 636
111 819 3 999 913 3 256 755 1 793 819 867 026 25 821 476
PRIVATE ORGANISATION 663 058 109 943 835 566 185 964
54 886 316 802 118 021 228 342 152 945 2 665 526
NOT CLASSIFIED 1 536 0
28 - 1 564
TOTAL 8 844 083 11 857 160 35 210 998 4 297 235 1 181 518 11 502 427 11 370 084 7 481 942 4 805 344 96 550 791
INDIVIDUALS OWNERSHIP ANALYSIS
Individuals Land Owners
CLASSIFICATION FEMALE MALE GRAND TOTALSA CITIZEN 2 532 200 2 428 597 4 960 797
Alive 2 194 783 2 052 842 4 247 625 Deceased 337 417 375 755 713 172
REFUGEES 126 189 315 Alive 126 189 315
NON SA CITIZEN 30 596 45 136 75 732 Alive 28 931 41 251 70 182 Deceased 1 665 3 885 5 550
UNDER ENQUIRY 1 2 3 Alive 1 2 3
Grand Total 2 562 923 2 473 924 5 036 847
Individuals Land Owners
ProvinceGender (Ha)
TotalMale Female Not IdentifiedEastern Cape 3,364,966 448,733 144,898 3,958,597Free State 3,054,269 777,577 139,369 3,971,215Gauteng 221,760 107,135 11,193 339,204KwaZulu-Natal 896,201 177,720 111,663 1,185,584Limpopo 942,831 304,717 49,711 1,297,259Mpumalanga 878,623 255,216 28,970 1,162,810North West 1,821,884 557,662 96,562 2,476,108Northern Cape 9,080,590 2,083,258 146,520 11,310,369Western Cape 2,465,129 479,140 92,210 3,036,478
Total 22,726,252 5,191,159 821,096 28,737,622
CONSOLIDATED LAND OWNERSHIP ANALYSIS
Consolidate Land Ownership
Province Province ExtentState Owned Land
Extent (Ha)
Private Owned
Land Extent (Ha)
State Land %
Privat
e Land
% Total
Extent
Unaccou
nted Extent
Unacc
ounted Extent
Eastern Cape 16891700 1510553 11370084 9% 67% 12880637 4011063 24%Free State 12982600 845084 11857160 7% 91% 12702244 280356 2%Gauteng 1817800 304137 1181518 17% 65% 1485655 332145 18%KwaZulu-Natal 9332800 4695245 4297235 50% 46% 8992480 340320 4%Limpopo 12575600 2551790 8844083 20% 70% 11395872 1179728 9%Mpumalanga 7649500 1875146 4805344 25% 63% 6680490 969010 13%North West 10488100 2409778 7481942 23% 71% 9891720 596380 6%Northern Cape 37288800 1829347 35210998 5% 94% 37040345 248455 1%Western Cape 12946300 1040801 11502427 8% 89% 12543228 403072 3%
Totals 121973200 17061882 96550791 14% 79% 113612673 8360527 7%
Consolidate Land Ownership
Consolidate Land Ownership
Sectional Schemes
Private Sectional Schemes
Province Sectional Scheme Sectional unitsEASTERNCAPE 3395 38058FREESTATE 3916 30052GAUTENG 24377 396120KWAZULUNATAL 13413 158245LIMPOPO 1026 9338MPUMALANGA 1330 14125NORTH-WEST 2193 19332NORTHERNCAPE 104 1134WESTERNCAPE 9602 187290
Total 59356 853694
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