It is a real struggle getting hold of hard information showing what Land the blacks are actually claiming. When I first visited Jack Loggenberg at the Transvaal Agricultural Union some years ago, when I was writing my book, Government by Deception, I was shown the Mpumalanga map below.

Recently, Chris Van Zyl of the Transvaal Agricultural Union kindly sent me details of a most interesting paper he presented at the University of Pretoria. I will reproduce the entire talk on my website in the very near future because it covers many of the problems our farmers face including theft and farm attacks.

But first, I want to draw your attention to Land Claims.

I was told that when the ANC started with all these land claims, TAU began compiling maps of all the areas being claimed. Then when the ANC discovered this they became much more vague in the details they actually give out. Since then, the Land Claims have proceeded in a much more secretive manner.

The ANC changed South Africa to have 10 provinces instead of the 4 which we used to have. TAU compiled these two maps back in 1998. To my knowledge these are the only two maps which show some of the land claims. In theory, there was a cut-off on Land Claims in December 1998. But as Chris told me recently the Government recently “discovered” boxes of claims lodged before December 1998! So one can only wonder what else they will “discover” much later.

With regard to the province of KwaZuluNatal, we know that there are more land claims than its entire area! The total land claims for KZN exceeds its area by 1 million hectares!

Here are some interesting excerpts from email exchanges I had with Chris Van Zyl:-
“… I include a paper I delivered earlier this year at an Institute of Strategic Studies Conference at Pretoria University…

“… What is also worrying is the fact that all claims had to be submitted by 31 December 1998. It now seems as if boxes full of claims have been “mislaid” and are only now “discovered”. Personally, I have no doubt that eventually it is the ANCs intention to ensure that all activities, including private ownership, should reflect the demographics in this country…

“Here are the maps attached to my original paper. They indicate claims received by the end of December 1998 in Limpopo (Northern) and Mpumalanga provinces. We do not have maps of the situation in other provinces, but I know that more than 1 million hectares more than the total surface of of KZN is claimed. It seems as if the Free State and Northern Cape are the provinces with much less claims in comparison to the rest.”

Take a look at the North/Limpopo Province map. The red lines are the main roads. The Land Claims are marked in pink. I know that even parts of the Kruger National Park have been claimed.

Mpumalanga province is even more shocking. The yellow areas are the major cities and towns.

I agree with Chris Van Zyl’s fears. I think the ANC “theory” that everything in this country must reflect the current demographics will probably mean that ultimately the Government is after 72% ownership of everything.

Of course I question whether it really will end there!