Rural Local Economic Development and Land Restitution in South Africa

The Case of Schmidtsdrift, Northern Cape

Bibliographic Data

ID20154131
AuthorsD E Philander, Diane Philander (University of the Witwatersrand), C M Rogerson (0000-0003-1306-8867, University of the Witwatersrand)
Year2001
Volume22
Issue1
Pages74-89
Publication date2001-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSingapore Journal of Tropical Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0129-7619 • E-ISSN: 1467-9493
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-9493.00094
OpenAlexW1997941983
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Local Economic Development is (LED) an activity of increasing importance in the developing world as globalisation produces new roles for local governments. As compared to a growing number of urban initiatives for LED, rural LED initiatives are relatively undeveloped. In this paper, the focus is upon South Africa, where the post‐apartheid government has sought to encourage both urban and rural LED initiatives. Programmes of land reform and restitution in South Africa result in the resettlement or return to the land of communities formerly dispossessed under apartheid. A critical element of planning for successful resettlement is the implementation of LED programmes. Schmidtsdrift in Northern Cape is examined as an example of participatory LED in a developing rural context. Rural LED in South Africa is distinguished by its focus upon poverty alleviation in the context of addressing the legacies of apartheid

Agriculture · Cape · Citizen journalism · Context (archaeology) · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Land reform · Local government · Political science · Poverty · Restitution · Community Development and Social Impact · Legal Issues in South Africa · Local Economic Development and Planning · Public Administration

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