Buying Naboth's Vineyard
The Challenges of Land Transfer Under the 1936 Native Trust and Land Act
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2137698 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michelle Hay (University of the Witwatersrand, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 361-379 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0184 • E-ISSN: 1469-2872 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00020184.2012.740880 |
| OpenAlex | W1976699357 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
Under the 1936 Natives Trust and Land Act, the government 'released' about 6.5 per cent of the country's land from the restrictions of the 1913 Land Act. The South African Native Trust was established to purchase farms within and sometimes adjoining these 'released areas' for the purpose of African settlement. This article looks at the process of land buying under the 1936 Act in the Letaba District of the Northern Transvaal, an area which saw substantial land redistribution from 1937 to 1960, including the acquisition by the S.A.N.T of highly desirable, arable farms. This process, including a failed attempt to restore 'ancient tribal land' to local chiefs who had been dispossessed of it in the previous century, reveals the many challenges and contradictions inherent in a programme of land redistribution. I argue that understanding this process of land transfer from private owners to the state provides valuable insights for land reform policy-makers
Agriculture · Arable land · Archaeology · Business · Civil engineering · Geography · Government (linguistics · Human settlement · Land reform · Land tenure · Land use · Political science · Politics · Redistribution (election · Settlement (finance · State (computer science · Engineering · Land Rights and Reforms · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · South African History and Culture
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