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[FN18]. Ibid. Section 2.[FN19]. DEPARTMENT OF LAND AFFAIRS, 1997, White Paper on South African LandPolicy par 4.14.2.[FN20]. Ibid.[FN21]. This has been made clear during discussions with students at theUniversity of the Western Cape in my Land Law class.[FN22]. Ruth Hall of the Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) atthe University of the Western Cape, argues in a recent research report that"many potential claimants have been excluded because they missed the deadlinein 1998, most because they were unaware that they had the right to claim." R.HALL, 2003, "Rural Restitution." No. 2 of Evaluating Land and Agrarian Reformin South Africa: An occasional paper series at 4.[FN23]. T. GWANYA, (Chief Land Rights Commissioner). "Land Restitution inSouth Africa: our achievements and challenges." 2003. Dated 20/5/03. Availableat http://land.pwv.gov.za/restitution, accessed on 4/4/04.[FN24]. DLA 1997 supra fn. 19 par 4.13.[FN25]. GWANYA 2003 supra fn. 23.[FN26]. Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (CRLR). "Settled RestitutionClaims: Cumulative Statistics as of 29 February 2004," 2004 available athttp://land.pwv.gov.za/restitution/statistics/March/.[FN27]. In this respect see Hall 2003 supra fn. 22.[FN28]. According to the Chief Restitution Commissioner, the average price hasbeen between R1000 to R4000 per hectare, which is already expensive. However,in the case of the Tenbosch farms in Mpumalamga, the owner demanded R23000 perhectare and R45000 per hectare for the other. Thus one farm of 150,000hectares would cost R1.2 billion, much more than the restitution budget forthe year. See Gwanya, supra fn. 23.page 21 of 28