The Committee undertook joint oversight visits with Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform to the Northern Cape on 28 February to 1 March 2011, Limpopo on 2 to 4 March 2011, Free State on 25 to 29 July 2011 and Mpumalanga on 2 to 5 August 2011. The objectives of these oversight visits were as follows: . To assess progress in the implementation of rural development initiatives under the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP) involving youth development initiatives under the National Rural Youth Service Corps, commonly known as NARYSEC; . To investigate the extent of the challenge of post settlement for land reform beneficiaries; and . To assess how the Revitalisation and Development Programme and other support programmes such as the Comprehensive Agriculture Support Programme (CASP) could address the weaknesses of the current post- settlement support from government.