Examination of the petition entailed analysis of the petition and responses provided by the Commission. Analysis was located within a broader framework expounded by provisions of Section 25 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 108 of 1996 and the Restitution of Land Rights Act, No 22 of 1994 as amended. The Committee further invited petitioners as witnesses at the Committee meeting for discussion on the subject of the petition. A detailed process that the Committee followed is provided in Table 1 below and illustrates a lengthy process undertaken between 4 August 2010 and 9 March 2011. This process was prolonged due to failure of the RLCC and the Commission to provide comprehensible responses on questions from the Committee. Table 1: Details of events during consideration of the petition |Date |Activities and outcomes | |06/07/201|The Speaker of the National Assembly referred the petition to | |0 |the Committee | |04/08/201|Consideration of witness evidence on contents of the petition | |0 |Consideration responses from the Commission and DRDLR | |01/09/201|Consideration of additional responses as requested by the | |0 |committee. However, the response of the Commission failed to | | |specifically address the 10 grievances of the petitioners. | |10/10/201|Consideration of the Report from the CRLR. The report did not | |0 |provide details about developments on land under claim and a | | |strategy to fast track settlement of particular land claims in | | |the petition | |17/10/201|Consideration of the Turn-Around Strategy of the Commission. | |0 | | |23/02/201|Consideration of written responses from the Commission; the | |1 |Committee could not finalise the petition due to failure of the| | |RLCC to appear and provide responses to specific queries that | | |arose from a letter submitted. | |09/03/201|Deliberations on the findings of the committee with regard to | |1 |the petition | |30/03/201|Final deliberations and adoption of the committee report on the| |1 |petition |