Question NW1131 to the Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development

Dugmore, Mr C to ask the Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development

(1) With regard to claims lodged by claimants in terms of the Restitution of Land Rights Act, Act 22 of 1994, before the deadline of 1998 in each province, what total number of (a) claims were timeously lodged and (b) the specified claims were settled. (2) what total number of the settled claims were (a) settled via (i) financial compensation and/or (ii) returning the land to the relevant claimants and (b) not settled. (3) whether he will provide a comprehensive list of all the claims which have not yet been settled; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) whether he will provide a short description of the cause of the delay in settling each of the specified claims; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details. (5) what is the proposed time frame to settle each outstanding claim? NW1380E