Land issue for the Government of National Unity, The government aimed to return the land to people who had been disposed of it since the Land Act, 1913; land was seen as a symbolic reversal of past injustices
Cut-off date excluded colonial dispossession era and required proof of ownership (limits impact); slow progress due to competing claims and lack of cooperation from current owners
Most claims came from forced removals from urban areas, but rising property prices led to financial compensation falling below market figures