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Land reform in South Africa: A status report 2008
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2008)
After 14 years of democracy in South Africa,
there is agreement across the political and social
spectrum that the state’s programme of land
reform is in severe difficulties. Almost since its
inception, the programme ...
Land redistribution and poverty reduction in South Africa: The livelihood impacts of smallholder agriculture under land reform
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2007)
Since its inception in 1994, South Africa’s land
reform programme has aimed to achieve multiple
objectives, including redressing the historical
racial imbalance in landholding, alleviating poverty
and developing the ...
Municipal commonage as a form of land redistribution: A case study of the new farms of Leliefontein, a communal reserve in Namaqualand, South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
This paper examines the
implementation of a quasi-commercial
land use system on newly acquired
municipal commonage in Leliefontein, a
former ‘coloured reserve’ in Namaqualand,
Northern Cape. This land has been ...