Hon Speaker, hon President, in a recent court ruling on a case brought to the Land Claims Court by FCL Farming, it was stated, and I quote:
There is a disturbing, if not alarming, number of applications being brought to the Land Claims Court against the Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs, the Chief Land Claims Commissioner and the regional land claims commissioners as respondents. These applications follow an all-too- familiar and unfortunate pattern. They are prompted because of the failure on the part of the commission and regional land claims commissioners to comply with orders of the court, with agreements entered into with landowners, and with orders for contempt of court.
This is clearly not within the ambit of the law. What will you do about these institutional failings that are holding land reform and reclamation back?