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TRANCRAA and communal land rights: Lessons from Namaqualand
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2003)
The Transformation of Certain Rural Areas Act, Act 94 of 1998 (TRANCRAA) is the first comprehensive legislation to reform
communal land tenure in South Africa. It aims to transfer land in 23 former coloured rural areas ...
Land reform in Namaqualand: Poverty alleviation, stepping stones and economic units
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2001)
This paper examines the consequences of land reform for communal livestock farmers in Namaqualand. It investigates the likely outcomes of recent commonage acquisitions and tenure reform in the former ëColoured Reservesí ...
Contested land tenure reform in South Africa: The Namaqualand experience
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2004)
The legacy of apartheid land policy in South Africa remains one of the most conspicuous manifestations of past injustices. To correct this legacy, diverse land reform efforts have centred on the constitutional
mandate for ...
Hanging on a wire: A historical and socio-eco- nomic study of Paulshoek village in the communal area of Leliefontein, Namaqualand
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2003)
Namaqualand is often considered an
anomaly in South African social
science research because of its
distinct cultural, social and environmental
conditions. No doubt, Namaqualand has
many extremes: a sparse population, ...
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 ...