THE government was often defrauded on land sales, which was detrimental to the interests of commercial farmers, Agri-SA deputy president Theo de Jager said yesterday after a meeting in Pretoria with Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti.
In one instance, a Free State farmer who closed a deal for R8million received a letter from the department explaining it had to cancel the deal because it was unaffordable at R20million.
This meant that R12million would have fallen through the cracks, said De Jager.
He said Agri-SA would not protect any farmers found to be involved.
'State defrauded on land sales'
THE government was often defrauded on land sales, which was detrimental to the interests of commercial farmers, Agri-SA deputy president Theo de Jager said yesterday after a meeting in Pretoria with Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti.
In one instance, a Free State farmer who closed a deal for R8million received a letter from the department explaining it had to cancel the deal because it was unaffordable at R20million.
This meant that R12million would have fallen through the cracks, said De Jager.
He said Agri-SA would not protect any farmers found to be involved.
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