South Africa’s land reform minister should be distributing land owned by the government to black farmers rather than fussing about new laws.
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Almost 25% of all farmland previously owned by white landowners has been restored, redistributed to black South Africans, or moved away to state ownership.
Land disputes arise when the fundamental principles of customary law are breached. The breach can be at the hands of the state or its representatives.
Settler Canadians have a responsibility to build respectful, reciprocal relationships with Indigenous nations on our shared geographic space. This relationship starts with land restitution.
The proposed new law has a long history. The country has been trying for almost 12 years now to come up with expropriation legislation that is in line with the constitution.
A survey shows that support for land reform in South Africa differs according to race.
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Director of the Bureau for Economic Research, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor of Law, North-West University
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Research Director: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES) research division, and Coordinator of the South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS), Human Sciences Research Council
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PhD Candidate in Political Theory, Queen's University, Ontario
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Lecturer, University of the Free State
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Professor and Research Theme Leader of the Flourishing Life Research Theme, University of the Free State