Land reform and livelihoods in South Africa's Northern Cape province

Local institutions, actors, and natural resource governance in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and surrounds, South Africa

“…There are different rights and institutions for these different KTP zones as described later. This land claim was consistent with the South African Government land restitution programme aimed at restoring land to people who were displaced forcibly from their ancestral land due to the previous discriminatory legislation (Bradstock, 2006). Most San members who were part of the restitution claim, are distinct groups of San families who were scattered all over South Africa but came together to form a large group to lodge a land claim as required by law (Holden, 2007).…”

“…The establishment of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in 1931, under the previous "fences and fines" regime, resulted in the displacement of the indigenous people of the Kalahari, the San (Bradstock, 2006;Holden, 2007). This land dispossession led to infringement of San rights to resource use, obvious livelihood hardships and park-people conflicts (Thondhlana et al, 2011).…”

“…The original land claimants -the Kruiper family was small -but by 1999 when the land settlement agreement was signed, almost 300 people were registered as San claimants (SAHRC, 2004). It is reported that the total number of claimants has surpassed 1000 since the land claim (Bradstock, 2006). The San members live in the resettlement farms located about 60 km away from the KTP, while a few live in small settlements such as Welkom and Rietfontein ( Figure 1).…”

Land Reform in the Republic of South Africa: Social Justice or Populism?

“…(Bradstock 2004: V) White Paper released in 1997 underlined three pillars of land reform: redistribution, restitution and tenure reform.…”

Hybridity emergent: Geo-history, learning, and land restitution in South Africa

“…There is, on the one hand, the skills deficit among historically disadvantaged groups that the government has inherited from the apartheid era (see Bradstock, 2004 p. 3 for a useful discussion) yet with which it must deal in delivering its promises such as restitution. This has contributed to the government's reticence about directly transferring the Levubu farms.…”