Hon Chairperson, according to its own objectives, this department is underperforming below the 45% mark. The department does not meet its own deadlines, especially regarding restitution and settlement of claims. At the present rate, it is going to take about a thousand years before land restitution takes place. Land reform projects, in the words of the Minister, have failed by 90%. Until they get all this right, they do not deserve any more budget allocations and should stop apportioning blame on the willing-buyer, willing-seller principle, commercial farmers and even beneficiaries identified by the department itself.
Pre- and postsettlement support in training extension services and capital production support are woeful, to say the least, and results in perennial recapitalisation, which is simply not sustainable. Use what you have properly, efficiently, effectively and sustainably. Ensure the productivity of land under new black farmers' ownership, or lose it. I thank you, Chairperson.