Agriculture
With reference to the Waaikraal and Amalienstein farms:
1. For each year since the financial statements have been drafted in their current format, what are the amounts of the financial support that have been transferred by (a) his Department or (b) from other sources to each of these farms’ finances, which have been included in the figures shown as “income” for each of these farms;
2. how much has Casidra charged the farms for its role in managing the farms for each of the last three financial years;
3. (a) which entity or entities are funding the research and/or studies in order to turn around the financial position of these farms for each of the last three financial year and (b) what is the estimated costs for these services?
1. The Western Cape Department of Agriculture’s financial support from 2011 to 2021 is as follows:
Western Cape Department of Agriculture funding to Amalienstein and Waaikraal 2011 -2021 | ||||
Amalienstein | Waaikraal | |||
Year | Annual funding | Drought funding | Annual funding | Drought funding |
2010/11 | 1 577 000 |
| 1 100 000 |
|
2011/12 | 1 738 000 |
| 1 207 000 |
|
2012/13 | 1 712 000 |
| 1 258 000 |
|
2013/14 | 1 258 000 |
| 2 000 000 |
|
2014/15 | 1 421 000 |
| 2 163 000 |
|
2015/16 | 1 363 000 |
| 2 163 000 |
|
2016/17 | 1 337 000 |
| 2 163 000 |
|
2017/18 | 1 402 000 |
| 2 163 000 | 1 897 596 |
2018/19 | 2 103 151 | 1 400 000 | 1 730 849 |
|
2019/20 | 1 200 000 | 630 000 | 2 300 000 |
|
2020/21 | 1 500 000 |
| 2 000 000 |
|
Sub-total | R16 611 151 | R2 030 000 | R20 247 849 | R1 897 596 |
TOTAL | R18 641 151 | R22 145 445 | ||
2. Casidra's management of the farms is part of the services that Casidra provides to the Western Cape Department of Agriculture and which is covered by the Shareholders Compact, thus no separate costs are involved in managing these farms.
3. a) and b) Bigen Africa R1 400 405.50 for the initial study and R237 590 for the water study. In total R1 637 995.50. Pro-consort Town Planners Goodwood (R88 262) for the report on the transfer process to be followed for Amalienstein
