1. Presentation of the 2009/10 Annual Report
to Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform
Presented by
Acting Chief Land Claims Commissioner:
Mr S S Gamede
14 October 2010

2. OUTLINE INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW BY THE A:CHIEF LAND CLAIMS COMMISSIONER
SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS
RESEARCH ON CLAIMS
CHALLENGES
TURN AROUND STRATEGY
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
OUTSTANDING CLAIMS
CASES BEFORE COURT
SETTLED RESTITUTION CLAIMS
CUMALATIVE STATISTICS
RURAL AND URBAN CLAIMS
SUMMARY APPROVALS
BUDGET EXPENDITURE
AUDIT ISSUES
CONCLUSION

3. INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this presentation is to brief the Portfolio
Committee on:
The Programme Performance of the Department of Rural Development & Land Reform (DRDLR) based on the Interim Strategic Plan 2009/10;
The Financial Performance for 2009/10 financial year

4. OVERVIEW BY THE ACTING CHIEF LAND CLAIMS COMMISSIONER
The establishment of the new Department of Rural Development and Land Reform has ushered in a new approach with regard to the implementation of the government’s land reform programme.
The Commission has reviewed it’s strategic focus with regard to the approach for dealing with outstanding claims
The Commission’s focus is on the following:
(1) Research
(2) Alternative settlement models Aligned with CRDP
(3) Innovative approaches to acquire land for restitution beneficiaries viz: State land; Land owned by municipalities

5. SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS
Our statistics reveal a decline in the pace of settling the outstanding claims.
This is mainly attributed to the severe budgetary constraints that the Commission had to grapple with during the year under review.
Treasury had been approached in this regard. A request for R3,5billion.
The situation required the Commission to prioritize a few claims that could be handled with the limited funding.
The Commission only managed to finalize 33 claims with the allocated budget.
Regular meetings are also held with the DAF concerning the finalization of claims on SAFCOL land, including the Komatipoort Forest. Task Team consisting of Commission and DAFF to finalize claims on SAFCOL land
Together with the Department of Public Enterprises we have developed a model for the settlement of claims of forestry land .

6. RESEARCH ON CLAIMS
A large number of outstanding claims have been researched towards identifying ‘prima facie’ valid claims, but have not yet been researched to a stage where negotiations with the land owners can be initiated because of budget constraints.
During the period under review , the Commission experienced an increase in the number of cases referred to the Land Claims Court.

7. CHALLENGES Large number of outstanding claims not researched.
Information Management Systems on areas of research and validation of outstanding claims viz-a-vie gazetting and de-gazetting
Exorbitant land prices
Complexities of the remaining claims viz-a-vie the availability of Human Capacity
Community Border Disputes
Unavailability of Land
People opting for the Restoration of Land
Budgeting constraints
Increase in court cases
Betterment claims
Communication with Stakeholders
Group claim: different options, eg. Financial and or Restoration of land

8. TURN AROUND STRATEGY
A turn around strategy has been developed which focuses on the following areas:
Litigation management
Research
Verification
Settlement models
Finance
Communication plan.
Information Management
It is envisaged that the new turn around strategy will be rolled out
immediately.

9. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
The total expenditure for 2009/2010 amounted to R2.3 billion.
As a result of the high cost of land per hectare, the Commission continued to spend more money in return for lesser hectares of land for restitution purposes.
Approximately households benefitted from the restoration of hectares of the land during the financial year under review.

10. OUTSTANDING CLAIMS OUTSTANDING RURAL CLAIMS AS AT 31 MARCH 2010
Province
Number of outstanding claims
Eastern Cape
515
Free State 21
Northern Cape
156
Gauteng 3
North West
193
KwaZulu-Natal
1329
Limpopo *
419
Mpumalanga
645
Western Cape
571
TOTAL
3852
* 313 claims consolidated into 1

11. CASES BEFORE COURT AS AT 31 MARCH 2010
RLCC
No of Cases in Court
Referral
Review
Direct access
Appeal
Other
(declarator/ compel
Total
Eastern Cape 3 2 5 1 11
Free State/NC 12 15
Gauteng/NW 9 23 4 38
KZN 14 62 94
Limpopo 16 49
Mpumalanga 28 18 63
Western Cape
TOTAL 82
101 40 6 42
271

12. SETTLED RESTITUTION CLAIMS: 01 APRIL 2009 – 31MARCH 2010
PROVINCE
RURAL
DIS-
MISSED
HHs
BEN
FHHs Ha
LAND COST
FIN COMP
GRANTS
TOTAL AWARD
Development
RSG
E CAPE 7
1816
7404
559
1289
4,053,923.00
84,610,560.64
2,387,644.92
7,617,205.00
98,669,333.56
F STATE 3 4
125
269 79
252
0.00
3,998,000.00
143,411.26
211,040.00
4,352,451.26
GAUTENG
KZN 10
3950
23845
1668
30469
316,893,236.04
81,725,313.00
54,914,630.08
14,086,920.00
467,620,099.12
LIMPOPO 1 2
1099
4291
669
25089
163,716,853.00
17,757,143.50
48,541,713.25
5,144,100.00
235,159,809.75
MPLANGA 5 62
300
2353
119
10481
141,701,674.00
346,000.00
43,672,082.75
1,833,410.00
187,553,166.75
N CAPE 30 89
3075 46
67724
70,039,121.00
2,271,520.00
17,603,851.50
580,360.00
90,494,852.50
N WEST
796
3498
409
9551
113,855,400.00
10,998,000.00
28,721,350.00
3,871,265.00
157,446,015.00
W CAPE
1119
628
637
88,621.50
39,949,538.40
12,392,475.00
52,430,634.90
TOTAL 33 98
9294
48233
4177
145492
810,348,828.54
241,656,075.54
208,377,158.76
33,344,300.00
1,293,726,362.84

13. CUMULATIVE STATISTICS: FROM 1995 - 31MARCH 2010
PROVINCE
CLAIMS
HHs
BEN Ha
LAND COST
FIN COMP
E CAPE
16201
62548
215468
94889
217,735,504.13
1,303,231,053.84
F STATE
2661
5938
40893
47615
9,428,300.00
131,492,315.96
GAUTENG
13159
15153
70179
9476
117,283,195.57
635,320,713.73
KZN
15065
72860
433168
642447
3,783,495,709.49
1,343,066,819.18
LIMPOPO
3070
41223
220227
513024
2,523,249,735.37
152,193,039.77
MPLANGA
2755
48666
225877
400050
3,794,808,868.58
362,212,107.94
N CAPE
3696
18305
100554
539620
410,480,454.81
660,744,511.86
N WEST
3709
35914
173321
373751
1,243,488,766.81
255,068,518.35
W CAPE
15528
24105
119795
3769
22,673,168.50
824,058,057.93
TOTAL
75844
324712
12,122,643,703.26
5,667,387,138.56

14. CUMULATIVE STATISTICS: 1995 - 31 MARCH 2010 (CONT)
PROVINCE
GRANTS
TOTAL AWARD
Development
RDG
SPG
RSG
E CAPE
94,357,552.76
93,420,000.00
44,841,600.00
44,463,470.00
1,798,049,180.73
F STATE
26,670,502.74
9,192,000.00
4,099,680.00
2,466,530.00
183,349,328.70
GAUTENG
62,827,001.38
8,617,000.00
2,926,440.00
1,813,625.00
828,787,975.68
KZN
1,103,899,765.45
107,313,000.00
48,345,840.00
49,514,965.00
6,442,003,099.12
LIMPOPO
600,168,678.19
90,843,000.00
41,427,360.00
21,394,180.00
3,429,275,993.33
MPLANGA
215,795,912.84
102,986,640.00
49,614,510.00
22,858,270.00
4,548,276,309.36
N CAPE
96,567,906.99
15,599,890.00
12,071,495.48
13,124,050.00
1,208,588,309.14
N WEST
382,162,481.47
81,587,000.00
39,089,472.00
34,699,325.00
2,036,095,563.63
W CAPE
308,299,975.00
15,765,540.00
3,427,452.00
2,163,160.00
1,176,434,353.43
TOTAL
2,890,749,776.82
525,324,070.00
245,843,849.48
192,497,575.00
21,650,860,113.12

15. RURAL AND URBAN: 1995 - 31 MARCH 2010
LAND RESTORATION
FINANCIAL COMPENSATION
ALTERNATIVE REMEDY
DISMISSED CLAIMS
TOTAL NO OF CLAIMS SETTLED
BENEFICIARIES INVOLVED
URBAN CLAIMS SETTLED
15439
48038
2477
RURAL CLAIMS
4668
4580
436
206
9890
TOTAL
20107
52618
2913
75844

16. SUMMARY APPROVALS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1 APRIL 2009 TO 31 MARCH 2010
Total submissions approved
139
Rural claims 33
Dismissed claims 98
Households
9 294
Total beneficiaries
48 233
Hectares
Section 42D
R1,052,004,904.08
Section 42C
R208,377,158.76
Grants
R33,344,300.00
Total award
R1,293,726,362.84

17. BUDGET EXPENDITURE Standard Item Original Allocation Adjustment
Adjusted Allocation
Expenditure
Transfer Payment
R 1,488,595,000
R 480,766,000
R 1,969,361,000
R 1,967,602,096
Compensation of employees
R 225,666,000
-R 7,510,000
R 218,156,000
R 218,064,394
Goods & Services
R 175,023,000
-R 26,625,000
R 148,398,000
R 144,371,998
Payments Capital Assets
R 0
R 2,478,000
R 1,595,105
Total
R 1,889,284,000
R 449,109,000
R 2,338,393,000
R 2,331,633,593

18. AUDIT ISSUES 2009/10 No Qualifications
Matter of emphasis on the following:
Commitment of R7,3billion
Recovery of interest from conveyancer
Suspense account

19. CONCLUSION How we report Implementation Communication
Time lines – business process
Legal Risk
Risk management

20. Chief Land Claims Commissioner
Thank you
Sibusiso Gamede
Chief Land Claims Commissioner
(Acting)
Tel: (012)