3.1 Weaknesses in the legislative framework for restitution: The petitioners pointed out that Section 25(7) of the Constitution does not provide for an opportunity for the Khoisan people to lodge claims in terms of the Restitution of Land Rights Act of 1994 (the Act). Both the Constitution and the Act prescribes that a person or community is entitled to restitution if he/she or a direct descendant lost land rights after 19 June 1913. Petitioners argued that the 1913 date left out some racially-based land dispossessions that occurred prior the 1913 and the most affected are the Khoisan people whose land rights were lost as early as 1652. 3.2 Grievances on processes for restitution and conduct of officials implementing restitution: The petitioners recorded 13 'challenges' with regards to restitution processes. Noting the similarities and overlap of 'challenges', the committee grouped grievances as follows: < Numerous unresolved land claims, many claimants have since perished while waiting to be restored to their land, and the RLCC deliberately delayed settlement of land claims and implementation of agreements; < Misplaced/ lost land claim forms submitted prior to the 31st December 1998. < Developments on land under restitution claims; < The RLCC deliberately lied to, misinformed, and threatened land claimants in order to confuse and frustrate them. In addition, petitioners complained about ineffective and irresponsible approaches of the RLCC towards land claimants; < Acts of corruption between officials of the RLCC and the developers; < Selective and subjective administrative application of policies; and < Numerous claimants have exhausted the overbearing bureaucratic processes and were left without other options but to utilize legal representation. In so doing they exhausted their financial resources. 3.3 Settlement of specific land claims: Petitioners submitted specific land claims that illustrated the failure of the RLCC to facilitate speedy resolution of the land claims and lengthy bureaucratic processes. Table 2 below outlines those land claims and summarises challenges of those claims.