Only four land claims in Gauteng and 81 in North West remain to be resolved before the March 2008 deadline for settling all restitution claims in the country, regional land claims commissioner for Gauteng and North West, Tumi Seboka, said on Wednesday.
In Gauteng a total of 11 975 claims were received, of which four are still to be settled. In North West, 1 138 of the 1 219 claims have been resolved.
”While there is remarkable progress in the settlement of land claims we still have to deal with complicated issues of development, untraceable claimants, changing settlement options, community and family disputes, costly and lengthy litigation, as well as phase claims,” Seboka said.
The commission reckoned less than 2% of the outstanding claims would not be settled by the deadline, she said. – Sapa