Although, Chairperson, there is a lot that the department has done, it does not mean that there is nothing good the department has done, and there are lots of successes. It has been able to improve its spending from 2009-10, when it was 91,6%, to 2010-11, when it was 93,9%.
It has been able to assist the beneficiaries to revitalise their struggling farms for them to benefit out of those farms.
The department has been able to transfer more than 5,2 million ha of land. This has been redistributed under the land reform programme.
It has been able to implement the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme, CRDP, to improve the social and economic conditions of rural people.
The department has also established the Land Rights Management Facility for farm dwellers and farmworkers to get legal representation, although there is still more to be done to make people aware of this facility.
The department has instituted an investigation into the reported alleged corruption taking place in KwaZulu-Natal and in the Land Bank. This is an indication that we as the ANC are totally, totally, against any form of corruption. [Interjections.]
It has initiated the National Rural Youth Service Corps, Narysec, to provide the youth with skills to be used to improve rural areas, although there are challenges to be addressed. [Interjections.]