1. The 1913 date, as a base line for lodgement of land claims, indeed excluded those people whose rights in land were unjustly taken away from them. However, the Constitution and the Restitution of land rights act, 1994 provided a framework for restitution which included determination of the period from which victims of land dispossessions could lodge a claim; that is 19 June 1913. The committee noted that there were still some sections of the society who were still aggrieved by the fact that the legal framework in place did not provide them with the opportunity to lodge land claims.