Hon Deputy Speaker, the issue of the panel, as you alluded to, hon member, is before Cabinet. Cabinet is seized with the matter and will soon be giving effect to its own considerations on that. But, it has also - as you will remember - put it out to the public for the public to be able to comment.
Now, the IMC itself is dealing with matters that include
- but are not only limited to - the work of the advisory panel. The IMC has been given a more overarching-type of mandate to look at land reform processes. What they have done is actually quite admirable, because they have identified portions and pieces of land throughout the country for release to our people, both in the rural and the urban areas. [Interjections.] They are ensuring that we release 14 000 hectares of land in this phase, and
they are identifying further pieces of land. They have engaged me in various processes where land has been given back to our people from a restitution point of view. The redistributive part of giving land back to our people is also part of their mandate.
So, they are looking, hon Mahlatsi, at a very broad scope of land reform interventions and not limiting themselves only to what the panel has been doing. No doubt, they have applied and continue to apply themselves to the report of the panel and they are dealing with that. They are also dealing, obviously, with a whole lot of other reports, including the Kgalema Motlanthe high-level panel report. So, all of these are being looked at by the IMC. They are a fairly active and results-oriented IMC. So, we will be seeing more and more reports and interventions coming from that IMC. Thank you, hon Deputy Speaker. [Applause.]