42 research outputs found
Business models in land reform
This paper reviews the types of business models, or landuse
models, being implemented in land reform projects
involving the transfer of rural land to communities and
other groups in South Africa, under both the restitution and
redistribution programmes. It draws heavily on the series
of Diagnostic Studies prepared as part of the Sustainable
Development Consortium’s (SDC) work on post-settlement
support, but also draws from other studies on restitution,
notably that conducted by the Community Agency for
Social Enquiry (CASE) in 2005, and the wider literature on redistributive land reform in South Africa.Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC
Land tenure in South Africa's communal areas: a case study of the Arabie-Olifants Scheme
Paper presented at the Wits History Workshop: Forging the links between historical research and the policy process, 18-19 September 1999.This paper looks at the evolution of the land tenure system, and the prospects for reform in a Black communal area. It is based on a case study of the Arabie-Olifants Irrigation Scheme in the former homeland of Lebowa (in Limpopo Province)International Water Management Institute (IWMI
Bjatladi community restitution claim
This report focuses on the restitution case of the
Bjatladi Communal Property Association (CPA) and the
development and use of the land that has been restored
to it in terms of the restitution programme. It examines the
nature and content of the post-settlement support which
they have received, and draws lessons from their experience
of a strategic partnership arrangementBelgian Technical Cooperation (BTC
Restitution and post-settlement support: Three case studies from Limpopo
Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC
A critical assessment of land redistribution policy in the light of the Grootboom judgment
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Land reform in South Africa: A status report 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 has been criticised for
failing to reach its targets or deliver on its multiple
objectives of historical redress, redistribution
of wealth and opportunities, and economic
growth. Particular weaknesses – highlighted by
its political supporters and opponents alike – include
the slow pace of land redistribution, the
failure to impact significantly on the land tenure
systems prevailing on commercial farms and in
the communal areas, and the widespread perception
that what redistribution of land has taken
place has not been translated into improvements
in agricultural productivity or livelihood
benefits for the majority of participants. Nevertheless,
despite much political hand-wringing
and some changes in direction, the policy fundamentals
remain largely unchanged from the
formula that was put in place at the time of the
transition to democracy. Of particular interest,
therefore, is not so much the chronic underperformance
of a policy area that many saw as critical
to post-apartheid transformation, but the
ability of the government to persist for so long
with an approach that enjoys so little popular
support and is clearly failing to deliver on its
ostensible objectives
Groenfontein–Ramohlakane community restitution claim
This report examines the efforts of the
Groenfontein-Ramohlakane Trust to develop and use
the land in (Mpumalanga) that has been restored to the
community in terms of the Restitution of Land Rights Act
22 of 1994 (‘Restitution Act’). It examines the nature and
content of the post-settlement support received and draws
lessons from the community’s experience that might inform
the development of a strategy for post-settlement support
provision involving land reform institutions and associated
agencies.Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC
Smallholder Agriculture and Land Reform in South Africa
How canland reformcontribute toa revitalisationof smallholder agriculture inSouthernAfrica?Thisquestion remains important despitenegativeperceptions of land reformas a result of the impactofZimbabwe’s “fast-track” resettlement programmeonagriculturalproduction.This articlefocusesmainly onSouthAfrica, whereahighly unequaldistributionof landcoexists withdeep ruralpoverty,but dominant narratives of the efficiency of large-scaleagriculture exert a s trangleholdon r uralpolicy(cfToulminandGuèye, this IDSBulletinfor WestAfrica)
State, market or the worst of both? Experimenting with market-based land reform In South Africa
The concept of ‘market-based land reform’ (MBLR, also market-assisted land reform, or market-led agrarian reform) has been central to the ‘new wave’ of land reform that has been in evidence internationally since the early 1990s. This so-called new wave followed a lull in land reform in most regions of the world during the 1980s, which marked the end of a long run of (capitalist and socialist) reforms in the decades since the end of the Second World War. This history, and the theoretical positions developed around it, have been debated extensively elsewhere, and will not be repeated here.2 Rather, this introductory section will focus on the relatively recent emergence of MBLR internationally and how the concept has been interpreted and applied in the southern African context. The subsequent section will look in detail at the case of South Africa, while the conclusion draws out key lessons for the region and their implications for land reform policies more generally