Resettlement and land reform in South Africa

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Resettlement and land reform in South Africa

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Author(s): Chris de Wet ^a

Publication date (Print): September 1994

Journal: Review of African Political Economy

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Since 1913, at least seven million South Africans, mainly Africans, have been uprooted or actively resettled for predominantly political purposes. This article provides a brief overview of the extent and the consequences of several different kinds of resettlement. It then argues that land reform in a post‐apartheid South Africa will require further resettlement, and considers a number of possible settlement patterns, as well as some of the problems likely to arise.

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Title: Review of African Political Economy

Publisher: Review of African Political Economy

ISSN (Print): 0305-6244

ISSN (Electronic): 1740-1720

Publication date (Print): September 1994

Volume: 21

Issue: 61

Pages: 359-373

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^a Rhodes University , Grahamstown , South Africa

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Publisher ID: 8704065 Coden ID: Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 21, No. 61, September 1994, pp. 359-373

DOI: 10.1080/03056249408704065

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Cernea M.. 1990. . ‘Poverty Risks from Population Displacement in Water Resources Development’ . , Harvard University. .
Deliwe D.. 1993. . ‘The Removal from and the Return of the Tsitsikama Mfengu to their Ancestral Land’ . , Department of Anthropology, Rhodes University. .
Wet D. J. de. . 1993. . “‘A Spatial Analysis of Involuntary Community Relocation: a South African Case Study’. ”. In Anthropological Approaches to Resettlement . , Edited by: Cernea M. and Guggenheim S.. Boulder : : Westview Press. .
James D.. 1983. . The Road from Doornkop . , Johannesburg : : South African Institute of Race Relations. .
James D.. ‘From Co‐operation to “Co‐operative”: Changing Patterns of Agricultural Work in a Rural Village’. In: . unpublished conference paper, Association for Anthropology in Southern Africa; .
Keegan T. J.. 1986. . Rural Transformations in Industrialising South Africa . , Johannesburg : : Ravan Press. .
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Peires J. B.. 1989. . The Dead Will Arise — Nongqawuse and the Great Cattle‐Killing Movement of 1856–7 . , Johannesburg : : Ravan Press. .
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Sharp J. S.. 1987. . “‘Relocation, labour migration and the domestic predicament: Qwaqwa in the 1980s’. ”. In Migrants, Workers and the Social Order . , Edited by: Eades J.. London : : Tavistock. .
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Webster A. C.. 1991. . ‘Land Expropriation and Labour Extraction under Cape Colonial Rule: The War of 1835 and the “Emancipation” of the Fingo’ . , Rhodes University. .
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Yawitch J.. 1981. . Betterment — the Myth of Homeland Agriculture . , Johannesburg : : South African Institute of Race Relations. .

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[1] 1993. . ‘Roosboom and Charlestown get back their land’. . AFRA News . , February;: 5––6. .

[2] Bank L.. ‘Finding a Job in Qwaqwa: A Study of Employment Opportunity Resources’. In: . unpublished conference paper, Second Carnegie Inquiry into Poverty and Development in Southern Africa; . Cape Town . .

[3] Bank L.. ‘Angry Men and Working Women: Patriarchy, Gender Relations and Economic Change in Qwaqwa in the 1980s’. In: . unpublished conference paper, Association for Anthropology in Southern Africa; .

[4] Boesen J., Madsen B. S. and Moody T.. 1977. . Ujamaa — Socialism from Above . , Uppsala : : Scandanavian Institute of African Studies. .

[5] Cernea M.. 1990. . ‘Poverty Risks from Population Displacement in Water Resources Development’ . , Harvard University. .

[6] Deliwe D.. 1993. . ‘The Removal from and the Return of the Tsitsikama Mfengu to their Ancestral Land’ . , Department of Anthropology, Rhodes University. .

[7] Wet D. J. de. . 1993. . “‘A Spatial Analysis of Involuntary Community Relocation: a South African Case Study’. ”. In Anthropological Approaches to Resettlement . , Edited by: Cernea M. and Guggenheim S.. Boulder : : Westview Press. .

[8] James D.. 1983. . The Road from Doornkop . , Johannesburg : : South African Institute of Race Relations. .

[9] James D.. ‘From Co‐operation to “Co‐operative”: Changing Patterns of Agricultural Work in a Rural Village’. In: . unpublished conference paper, Association for Anthropology in Southern Africa; .

[10] Keegan T. J.. 1986. . Rural Transformations in Industrialising South Africa . , Johannesburg : : Ravan Press. .

[11] Land Restoration Committee. . Fifth National Community Meeting; . Afrophone. .

[12] 1991. . ‘Permission granted to plough and build after years in the wilderness’. . Land Update . , August;: 11

[13] 1992. . Land Update. . ‘Tenants to buy land’ . , May;: 17

[14] 1992. . Land Update. . ‘Still no place of rest in Zevenfontein’ . , July;: 10––12. .

[15] 1993. . Land Update. . ‘Still Fighting’ . , June;: 5––6. .

[16] Letsoalo E. M. and Rogerson C. M.. 1982. . ‘Rural “Development” Planning in Lebowa, South Africa’. . Geoforum . , Vol. 13((4)): 301––314. .

[17] Mills M. E. and Wilson M.. 1952. . Land Tenure, Keiskammahoek Rural Survey . , Vol. Vol. 4. , Pietermaritzburg : : Shuter and Shooter. .

[18] National Land Committee. . 1993. . ACLA Critique . , Edited by: Harley Anne. . Johannesburg : : National Land Committee. .

[19] 1993. . New Ground. . ‘Tsitsikama — the Amafengu Return’ . , Winter;: 2––4. .

[20] Niehaus I.. 1989. . ‘Relocation into Phuthaditjhaba and Tseki: A Comparative Ethnography of Planned and Unplanned Removals’. . African Studies . , Vol. 48((2)): 157––181. .

[21] Peires J. B.. 1989. . The Dead Will Arise — Nongqawuse and the Great Cattle‐Killing Movement of 1856–7 . , Johannesburg : : Ravan Press. .

[22] Sharp J. S.. 1982. . ‘Relocation and the Problem of Survival in Qwaqwa: a Report from the Field’. . Social Dynamics . , Vol. 8((2)): 11––29. .

[23] Sharp J. S.. 1987. . “‘Relocation, labour migration and the domestic predicament: Qwaqwa in the 1980s’. ”. In Migrants, Workers and the Social Order . , Edited by: Eades J.. London : : Tavistock. .

[24] Sharp J. and Martiny J.. An Overview of Qwaqwa: Town and Country in a South African Bantustan. In: . unpublished conference paper, Second Carnegie Inquiry into Poverty and Development in Southern Africa; . Cape Town . .

[25] Sharp J. and Spiegel A. D.. 1990. . ‘Women and Wages: Gender and the Control of Income in Farm and Bantustan Households’. . Journal of Southern African Studies . , Vol. 16((3)): 527––549. .

[26] Surplus People Project. . 1983. . Forced Removals in South Africa . , Vol. 5 vols. , Pietermaritzburg : : AFRA. .

[27] Surplus People Project. . 1985. . The Surplus People . , Johannesburg : : Ravan Press. .

[28] Webster A. C.. 1991. . ‘Land Expropriation and Labour Extraction under Cape Colonial Rule: The War of 1835 and the “Emancipation” of the Fingo’ . , Rhodes University. .

[29] World Bank. . ‘Options for Land Reform and Rural Restructuring in South Africa’. In: . paper presented at the Land Redistribution Options conference; . October. 1993 ; , Johannesburg .

[30] Yawitch J.. 1981. . Betterment — the Myth of Homeland Agriculture . , Johannesburg : : South African Institute of Race Relations. .

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