Since 2009, the Department, embracing both rural development and land reform for the first time, had to focus on policy and legislation development as one of the key strategic areas. However, the Department has since not been able to meet the deadlines it had set for itself with regard to the programme of legislation for example, the Green Paper on Land Reform and Rural Development, tenure legislation. During the briefing, the Department informed the Committee that it has finalised its processes of legislation development and would be tabling the five pieces before the Cabinet during 2013/14 financial year.