Landmarked: Land Claims and Land Restitution in South Africa - Softcover

Walker, Cherryl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 082141870X ISBN 13: 9780821418703

Publisher: Ohio University Press, 2008

Synopsis

The year 2008 is the deadline set by President Mbeki for the finalization of all land claims by people who were dispossessed under the apartheid and previous white governments. Although most experts agree this is an impossible deadline, it does provide a significant political moment for reflection on the ANC government&;s program of land restitution since the end of apartheid.

Land reform (and land restitution within that) remains a highly charged issue in South Africa, one that deserves more in&;depth analysis. Drawing on her experience as Rural Land Claims Commissioner in KwaZulu&;Natal from 1995 to 2000, Professor Cherryl Walker provides a multilayered account of land reform in South Africa, one that covers general critical commentary, detailed case material, and personal narrative. She explores the master narrative of loss and restoration, which has been fundamental in shaping the restitution program; offers a critical overview of the achievements of the program as a whole; and discusses what she calls the &;non&;programmatic limits to land reform,&; including urbanization, environmental constraints and the impact of HIV/AIDS.

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About the Author

Cherryl Walker is a professor and the head of the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the University of Stellenbosch. She was the Regional Land Claims Commissioner in KwaZulu–Natal from 1995 to 2000. She is the author of Women and Resistance in South Africa.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 082141870X
• ISBN 13: 9780821418703
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288