# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says while the Expropriation Act should ensure redress for those whose land was taken away, the process must follow the law. Government currently has a backlog of five-thousand-600 land claims from 1998, with only 300 claims settled annually. Answering questions in the National Council of Provinces on Thursday, Mashatile dismissed suggestions by the US administration that the Expropriation Act was aimed at taking land from white people:
Mashatile says the Expropriation Act will fast-track land reform process [SOUND]
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