The committee welcomed the department's commitment towards protection of tenure rights for farm dwellers through the Land Rights Management Facility. This facility provided legal services to the victims of eviction or those under threat of eviction. While the committee remains concerned about the failure of the programme to achieve the target of confirming, it welcomed the achievement of confirming 438 people's rights. The committee further requested the department to finalise the legislative framework to strengthen the tenure security for both farm dwellers and those living in the former Homelands. With regards to state land management, the department continues to experience problems around vesting parcels of land and surveying and registration of all state land in South Africa.