more than 60,000 land claims are awaiting settlement as tania page reports. >> reporter: he is one of landowners in south africa in this province, he keeps some of the iconic animals and grows crops but they may not be his forever. five different community who were moved off the land by a white minority government in the early 1900s say his land belongs to them. >> i am quite prepared physical they give me a fair market related price to sell the whole farm. >> reporter: so far the government hasn't met his price. but it may not have to if it succeeds in changing the rules so that an independent body sets the price, he says the uncertainty has stalled his plans for build a renewable energy power plant on the farm and create 400 jobs. >> the biggest problem i have is unsure. we are totally unsure, will we be here tomorrow? will we be here in five years, 10 years time? i would love to get surety from government and whatever they decide they are the government of the day, we will couldn't. >> reporter: in 1994 it's estimated that 82 million hectors of land was owned by whites. the governi

tania page reports. >> reporter: this is one of the biggest landowners in south africa's province.s some of the continents iconic animals and grows crops, but they may not be his forever. five different communities who were moved off of the land by a white minority government in the late 1900s say his land is theirs. >> it is like give me a fair market price to sell the whole farm. >> reporter: so far the government hasn't met his price. but it may not have to if it succeeds in changing the rules so an independent body sets the price. he says the plan has stalled his plan to build a renewable energy farm on his land. >> we are totally unsure. will we will here tomorrow? i would love to get surety from the government. and whatever they decide, we will cooperate. >> reporter: in 1994 it wasess mated that 82 million hectares land were owned by whites. the government promised to detribute 30% to blacks by the engineer of this year. some of the people live up here on the mountain. every day they look down on his success, hoping one day it could be theirs. the land is dry, steep, and sto

tania page, al jazeera, south africa. >>> just a reminder that you can always keep up to date with all of the news on our website that's at aljazeera.com. >> and the white house trying to rein them in today. thank you for joining us i'm joie chen. tonight a look at crime, justice and what may prove president obama's last major campaign. an all-out effort to force change in the criminal justice system. a key part reducing the sentences that many consider excessive for minor drug crimes. much identified is in need of change, places like this, the streets of the nation's capital city with what became known as america's drug laws. >> if you remember dc in the early 1990s, it may help you underwhat happened to rudolph norris. they were high times, cocaine and crack so easy to get, it seemed like everyone was using. even the mayor. at guy like rudy norris could life. angel. >> i was not an angel. i was far from angel. >> you were this the light. >> cost me 27 years of my life. >> he was caught with an ounce of crack. half a candy bar's worth, a relatively minor drug offense. >> you weren't a

as tania page reports. >> reporter: this is one of the biggest landowners in south africa's provincekeeps some of the continents iconic animals and grows crops, but they may not be his forever. five different counties moved off of the land by a white minority government in the late 1900s say his land belongs to them. >> i'm prepared if they give me a fair price to sell the whole farm. >> reporter: the government has not met the price so far. but they may not have to if they change to rules. >> the biggest problem i have is unsure. we -- we are totally unsure. will we be here tomorrow? will we be here in five years, ten years time? i would love to get surety from government. and whatever they decide, they are the government of the day, we will cooperate. >> reporter: in 1994 it is estimated that 82 million hectors of land was owned by white. the government promised to redistribute 30% to blacks by this year some of the people claiming this farm below live up here on the mountain. the land here is dry, steep, and stony. it's almost impossible to grow anything. this man remembers when t