7.2. An absence of a coherent legal framework to direct the core business of the department. Such core business is land restitution, tenure reform, and rural development. The committee found that the following areas were of major concern if the South African land and agrarian reform linked to rural development was successful: . While the committee commends the department for development of the framework for the comprehensive rural development programme, it is concerned about the capacity and capability within the department to facilitate a meaningful rural development programme informed by the needs of the people. . There are critical challenges confronting South Africa with regards to the communal land rights tenure. The only legislation available to this effect is the Interim Protection of Informal Land Rights Act. However, its enforcement is weak due to the absence of the regulations. . The committee noted the inability of the Commission of Restitution of Land Rights to finalise all the outstanding land claims by 2011 as well as the failure by the department to achieve the redistribution of the 30% of white-owned agricultural land by 2014. One of the reasons why the department fails to settle all the claims is lack sufficient financial resources to ensure that the state buys quality land for redistribution. . Rural development, as one of the key priorities of government, has spent 25% of its budget. The committee welcomed the explanation regarding failure to use the allocation for the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme, for example; that the allocation was received late in the year, thus limiting the extent to which beneficiaries can engage on critical issues such as land.