History of land claims• 1998 Round 1 closed (63 455 claims)

• We don’t know how many claims as we still do not have a complete list (+/- 79 000)

• Missed finalisation dates 31 March 2005, 31 Dec 2005, 31 March 2008, 31 Dec 2008, 31 Dec 2012

• As stated here in 2005 and 2008, we still believe that, given the current process and capacity, it will take another 20 years

Constraints• Capacity in the regional offices

• Internal strife and conflict within claimant structures

• Prolonged court cases

• Massification of claims (Makgoba 6-417-685, Maupa 225)

• Clashing claims

• Implications for non-claimants (Maupa/Modjadji/Pheeha)

• Newly created/amalgamated claimant entities

6 sons14 daughtersEach marries into a different tribeTheir daughters marry into different tribes

Tobacco shed on Boninthaba 2006

Fertilizer shed on Lofdal 2006

Work shop on Boninthaba 2006

Implements shed on Lofdal 2006

On now-deserted farms transferred to land-claims beneficiaries two years ago, which Business Day photojournalist Martin Rhodes and I visited in Trichardtsdal, we found scene after scene of destruction. These were not farms where production had simply been halted as a consequence of land claims and neglect had taken its toll; these farms had been destroyed beyond redemption.

The last time that I saw such wrecked buildings and the wanton destruction of showcase farms was more than 30 years ago in the aftermath of the South African Defence Force’s invasion of Angola.Here, as in the war zone, the degree of vandalism had gone far beyond the force needed to rip out usable items. It is hard to imagine the level of rage that would motivate someone to break every window pane in a building and knock others down until no two bricks remained on top of each other.

Neels BlomBusiness Day29 January 2008

Capital is as shy as a deer