1. COMMISSION ON RESTITUTION OF LAND RIGHTS ANNUAL REPORT 2012/2013
Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform
6 August 2013

2. COMMISSION ON RESTITUTION OF LAND RIGHTS
The Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (CRLR) was established to solicit, investigate and resolve through negotiations and mediation claims for restitution from persons and communities dispossessed of rights in land after 19 June 1913, as a result of past racially discriminatory laws and practices and who lodged a claim no later than 31 December 1998.
It refers disputed claims to the Land Claims Court and those agreed upon by the parties to the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform for settlement. 2

3. PERFORMANCE TARGETS FOR 2012/2013
The targets of the CRLR are contained in the Annual Performance Plan of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, which the Commission is an entity of.
The target was the finalisation of 380 claims; and the settlement of 133 new claims.
Claims are settled when an award is made by the Minister or by the Land Claims Court, and are finalised when the award is implemented and the file relating to the claim is closed. 3

4. PERFORMANCE AGAINST TARGETS
In 2012/2013 the CRLR settled 602 new claims against a target of 133 and finalised 376 claims against the target of finalising 380 claims.
195,967 hectares of land acquired at a cost of R1, 57 billion, and financial compensation amounting to R993 million was awarded to successful claimants.
A total of 111,278 people benefitted from the restitution programme in the 2012/2013 financial year.
The total expenditure for the period under review was R2, 865, 691, 716 against the budget allocation of R2, 885, 753, 000, which amounts to 99.3%. 4

5. SUMMARY PERFORMANCE AGAINST TARGETS
Strategic Objective
Performance Indicator
Target
Actual
Land rights restored or alternative forms of equitable redress awarded to claimants by 2014
Number of land rights restored or awards of alternative equitable redress finalised
380
Claims finalised:
Backlog claims finalised – 153
New claims finalised – 223
Total - 376
Number of land claims settled
133
New claims settled – 602 5 

6. SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS: 1 APRIL 2012 – 31 MARCH 2013
Province
Rural
Urban
Dismissed
HHs
Beneficiaries
FHHs
Hectares
Land cost
Financial
compensation
Eastern Cape 27 26 9
4767
27161
2284
829
0.00
298,350,380.36
Free State 3 2
1081
5356
506
3293
19,035,212.05
81,296,081.46
Gauteng 12
106
286
1488
129
586
6,800,887.00
37,055,319.00
KwaZulu-Natal 50 11
4454
25865
1372
62644
723,759,944.18
136,636,586.82
Limpopo
104 1 17
1465
3818
421
24978
272,757,013.30
147,074,944.89
Mpumalanga 45
3489
11727
1719
27493
258,525,047.75
71,299,341.75
Northern Cape
1576
8691
712
8089
18,279,789.00
88,245,946.00
North West
5769
24161
2743
68004
270,961,749.06
78,722,233.83
Western Cape
197 5
1101
3011
595 51
5,838,405.34
54,465,115.42
TOTAL
255
347 37
23988
111278
10481
195967
1,575,958,047.68
993,145,949.53 6

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8. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
The total expenditure to settle claims was R The expenditure included expenditure on backlog claims, which were approved in previous financial years and where payment had not taken place.
Province
Expenditure - claims approved prior to 2012
Expenditure - claims approved in 2012/2013
Total expenditure
Eastern Cape
67,236,245.39
189,082,130.98
256,318,376.37
Free State
4,963,726.59
86,708,389.27
91,672,115.86
Gauteng
4,187,898.25
31,017,850.44
35,205,748.69
KwaZulu-Natal
181,940,920.69
635,040,192.17
816,981,112.86
Limpopo
80,072,132.97
383,267,279.75
463,339,412.72
Mpumalanga
94,565,801.49
243,554,864.15
338,120,665.64
Northern Cape
8,919,723.52
102,927,204.00
111,846,927.52
North West
51,772,660.76
276,024,847.02
327,797,507.78
Western Cape
15,857,850.13
33,192,170.35
49,050,020.48
TOTAL
509,516,959.79
1,980,814,928.13
2,490,331,887.92 8

9. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Comparison on expenditure new claims (2012/2013) vs backlog (pre 2012) 9

10. EXPENDITURE PER ITEM Office Land purchase Conveyancing fees Grants
Financial compensation
Total
Eastern Cape
70,500.00
0.00
7,103,227.98
249,144,648.39
256,318,376.37
Free State
13,548,512.05
118,384.60
165,853.72
77,957,750.09
91,790,500.46
Gauteng
8,163,907.80
43,109.50
27,041,840.89
35,248,858.19
KwaZulu - Natal
604,182,109.33
1,806,990.35
20,537,485.00
192,261,518.53
818,788,103.21
Limpopo
280,598,987.19
122,689.99
31,346,717.56
151,393,707.97
463,462,102.71
Mpumalanga
274,446,818.97
647,899.90
4,446,924.45
59,226,922.22
338,768,565.54
North West
252,900,948.72
397,303.60
24,346,944.50
50,549,614.56
328,194,811.38
Northern Cape
19,501,658.00
71,869.00
10,280.00
92,334,989.52
111,918,796.52
Western Cape
3,379,647.20
1,659,513.23
44,010,860.05
49,050,020.48
1,456,793,089.26
3,208,246.94
89,616,946.44
943,921,852.22
2,493,540,134.86 10

11. EXPENDITURE PER ITEM

12. Chief Land Claims Commissioner
Thank You
Nomfundo Gobodo
Chief Land Claims Commissioner