. Programme 4 (Restitution): This programme is implemented by the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (CRLR) and is the most challenging for the department. This section draws from the annual report of the CRLR as presented to the Portfolio Committee. According to the strategic plan, all claims were to be settled by the end of 2011. The target was revised due to budgetary constraints. By the end of March 2010, the CRLR was able to achieve 25% of its targets, that is; of the 131 claims processed during the year, 98 were dismissed and 33 were settled. If tracked for the last 10 years, the figures show a decline in number of claims that the CRLR can settle. A number of reasons were noted for this decline, namely: exorbitant land prices and the decline in budget allocation for restitution, complexity of the nature of outstanding land claims. Other factors that contributed to the decline in settlement of claims is the complexity of claims on large commercial agricultural land linked to international export markets, numbers of rural employment associated with such farms, inter and intra community disputes, and complexity of claims on national strategic assets such as national parks and forests.