Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
Abstract
The main aim of this study was to explore the issues involved in reconciling
the policy objectives of land reform, environmental conservation and
the private sector profit-oriented rural development initiative in postapartheid
South Africa. Rather than examining the conceptual framework
of the projects being implemented, the study attempts to reveal shortcomings
in the processes of development. The research was conducted in
close collaboration with relevant departments, agencies and individuals
driving processes of change in the area under consideration, although the
independent nature of the work was not compromised
