Thread by @new_shana

Let talk about the 89million hectares of land that is owned by:

1. Individuals (37 million hectares)

2. Companies (23 million hectares)

3. Trusts (29 million hectares)

REMEMBER
The same individuals who owns 37m of land also own these companies and trusts!

#FarmingWithShana

1. Individuals
In South Africa, there’s +6million individuals who are “Land Owners”. This simple means they have title deeds and are registered in the Deeds Office in CapeTown!

There’s definitely more out there!!!😌😅

With South Africa population peeking at 60million, this means only 10% are real owners of land in the “Democratic Land of RSA”.

Top 2 Provinces you’ll find these individuals:

1. Western Cape with 2million (3.3%)

2. Gauteng with 1.1million (1.8%)

To further our case, if we breakdown the 37million hectares of land privately owned by 6million individuals we come to this:

- Average land by an owner is 6ha

In South Africa, especially townships like Soweto with a population of 1.2m individuals who own <0.1ha of land.

A summary per Province of individuals who own land:

1. Gauteng - 2m (Population 6m)
2. Western Cape - 1.1m
3. KwaZulu-Natal - 812k
4. Eastern Cape - 659k
5. Free State - 484k
6. Mpumalanga - 336k
7. North West -300k
8. Limpopo - 196k
9. Northern Cape -195k (Population 1.2m)

Summary of hectares owned by individuals in different provinces:

1. Northern Cape (15m ha)
2. FreeState (5m ha)
3. Eastern Cape (4m ha)
4. Western Cape (3.7m ha)
5. North West (3.2m ha)
6. Limpopo (1.7m ha)
7. KwaZulu-Natal (1.5m ha)
8. Mpumalanga (1.4m ha)
9. Gauteng (546k ha)

2. Companies
Companies privately own +23million hectares of land in South Africa.

Here is the summary per province:
1. NC - 5m ha
2. LP - 3.9m ha
3. WC - 3.1m ha
4. MP - 2.2m ha
5. NW - 2m ha
6. EC - 1.98m ha
7. FS - 1.97m ha
8. KZN - 1.6m ha
9. GP - 618k ha

Number of companies who privately own the 23m land in South Africa is 176k!

Here’s a summary of where you will find these companies:

1. Gauteng - 61k
2. Western Cape - 35k
3. KwaZulu-Natal - 22k
4. MP- 11.6k
5. LP - 11.5k
6. NW- 10.8k
7. EC - 10.5k
8. FS - 8.5k
9. NC - 4.3k

3. Trusts
About +118k Trusts in South Africa privately own approximately 29million hectares of land.

Here’s a summary of where you’ll find these trusts in SA :

1. WC - 32k
2. GP - 23k
3. KZN - 16k
4. EC - 11.6k
5. FS - 11k
6. NW - 6.8k
7. MP - 6k
8. LP - 5.3k
9. NC - 4.2k

Here’s a summary of how much land Trust own across South African provinces :

1. NC - 10m ha
2. FS - 4.8m ha
3. WC - 4.1m ha
4. EC - 3.9m ha
5. NW - 1.9m ha
6. KZN - 1.5m ha
7. LP - 1.3m ha
8. MP - 1.2m ha
9. GP - 133k ha

In closing :

Northern Cape Prov is where the majority of privately owned land is located in!

Majority of Individuals/Companies/Trusts are located in Gauteng, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.

The question I’ll leave you with is:

1. Are we really a democratic society?

The End!