Agriculture, land reform and rural development minister Thoko Didiza will delivered her budget speech on 12 May. Watch the livestream here as Didiza and her deputies, Mcebisi Skwatsha and Zoleka Capa table the 2022-23 budget vote.
Addressing members of the media in a pre-tabling briefing in Cape Town, Didiza said that the bulk of the budget will be transferred to the provinces and agricultural entities.
“A portion of our national budget goes towards the commercialisation of black farmers through land development support as well as land acquisition.”
The minister also said that the department will focus on providing basic infrastructure on government-owned PLAS farms, while the department intends to support 250 000 subsistence farmers through the PESI programme.
Click here to watch the tabling of the budget speech:
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