Explaining land size demand among potential emerging farmers in South Africa: what does it mean for land redistribution policy?

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Siphe Zantsi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Land Redistribution ◽  
Redistribution Policy ◽  
Land Size

A typology of emerging farmers in three rural provinces of South Africa: what are the implications for the land redistribution policy?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siphe Zantsi ◽  
Louw Petrus Pienaar ◽  
Jan C. Greyling
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Land Reform ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Multivariate Statistical ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Land Redistribution ◽  
Farm Production ◽  
Redistribution Policy

PurposeUnderstanding diversity amongst potential beneficiaries of land redistribution is of critical importance for both design and planning of successful land reform interventions. This study seeks to add to the existing literature on farming types, with specific emphasis on understanding diversity within a sub-group of commercially oriented or emerging smallholders.Design/methodology/approachUsing a multivariate statistical analysis – principal component and cluster analyses applied to a sample of 442 commercially-oriented smallholders – five distinct clusters of emerging farmers are identified, using variables related to farmers' characteristics, income and expenditure and farm production indicators and willingness to participate in land redistribution. The five clusters are discussed in light of a predefined selection criteria that is based on the current policies and scholarly thinking.FindingsThe results suggest that there are distinct differences in farming types, and each identified cluster of farmers requires tailored support for the effective implementation of land reform. The identified homogenous sub-groups of smallholders, allows us to understand which farmers could be a better target for a successful land redistribution policy.Originality/valueMost of the existing typology studies in South Africa tend to focus on general smallholders and in the Eastern Cape province; this study extends the literature by focussing on specific prime beneficiaries of land reform in three provinces. This study uses a more detailed dataset than the Statistics general and agricultural household surveys.

LAND REFORM IN SOUTH AFRICA: OBSTINATE SPACIAL DISTORTIONS

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-31
Author(s):  
Manala Shadrack Maake
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Land Reform ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Land Claims ◽  
Tenure Reform ◽  
Land Redistribution ◽  
Reform Programme ◽  
Theoretical Paper

This theoretical paper seeks to make an empirical contribution to the Land Reform discourses. The paper argues that the pace of land redistribution in South Africa is undeniably slow and limits livelihood choices of relatively most intended beneficiaries of land reform programme. The primacy and success of the programme within rural development ought to measured and assessed through ways in which the land reform programmes conforms to and improve the livelihoods, ambitions and goals of the intended beneficiaries without compromising agricultural production and the economy. In addition, paper highlights the slow pace of land reform programme and its implications on socio-economic transformation of South Africa. Subsequently, the paper concludes through demonstrating the need for a radical approach towards land reform without disrupting agricultural production and further to secure support and coordination of spheres of government. The democratic government in South Africa inherited a country which characterized by extreme racial imbalances epitomized through social relations of land and spatial distortions. Non-white South Africans are still feeling the effects of colonial and apartheid legal enactments which sought to segregate ownership of resources on the basis of race in particular. Thus, successive democratic governments have the specific mandate to re-design and improve land reform policies which are targeted to reverse colonially fueled spatial distortions. South Africa’s overall Land Reform programme consists of three key elements and namely are; land redistribution, tenure reform and land restitution. Concomitantly, spatial proponents and researchers have denounced and embraced land reform ideology and its status quo in South Africa. The criticisms overlapped towards both beneficiaries and state due to factors like poor post-settlement support, lack of skills, lack of capital, infighting over land claims and land management.

Between Global Interests and Local Needs: Conservation and Land Reform in Namaqualand, South Africa

Africa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tor A. Benjaminsen ◽  
Thembela Kepe ◽  
Stine Bråthen
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Land Reform ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
Land Redistribution ◽  
Local Livelihoods ◽  
Community Based Conservation ◽  
Policy Shift ◽  
The Creation

This article presents the case of the creation and expansion of Namaqua National Park in Namaqualand, South Africa, to highlight the contradictions between global interests in biodiversity conservation and local livelihoods. Despite the policy shift in the conservation literature from ‘fortress’ to community-based conservation, we argue that in practice conservation still tends to dominate when there is a trade-off between Western-style conservation and support to the livelihoods of marginalized communities. This can again be explained by the hegemony of a conservation discourse that is shared by a network of actors. The article highlights the role played by powerful environmental organizations and wealthy individuals supporting conservation at the expense of land redistribution in Namaqualand. The combination of scientific research and finances provided by this actor-network aided the creation and expansion of the Park. Local people, however, see the expansion of the Park as direct and unfair competition for land that they wish to acquire through the land redistribution programme, as well as an indirect challenge to their local livelihoods. Whatever the merits of their case, it seems clear that communities aspiring to more land, together with advocates of human rights and poverty alleviation, remain on the margins in terms of policy influence, especially when they pursue goals that are perceived by the conservation advocates to be in conflict with those of biodiversity conservation.

scholarly journals Assessing a potential solution for spatially referencing of historical aerial photography in South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Michele Denner ◽  
Jacobus H. Raubenheimer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Aerial Photography ◽  
Land Reform ◽  
National Standard ◽  
Reference Image ◽  
Land Redistribution ◽  
Historical Aerial Photography ◽  
Mixed Land Use ◽  
Historical Image ◽  
Past Injustices

Historical aerial photography has become a valuable commodity in any country, as it provides a precise record of historical land management over time. In a developing country, such as South Africa, that has undergone enormous political and social change over the last years, such photography is invaluable as it provides a clear indication of past injustices and serves as an aid to addressing post-apartheid issues such as land reform and land redistribution. National mapping organisations throughout the world have vast repositories of such historical aerial photography. In order to effectively use these datasets in today’s digital environment requires that it be georeferenced to an accuracy that is suitable for the intended purpose. Using image-to-image georeferencing techniques, this research sought to determine the accuracies achievable for ortho-rectifying large volumes of historical aerial imagery, against the national standard for ortho-rectification in South Africa, using two different types of scanning equipment. The research conducted four tests using aerial photography from different time epochs over a period of sixty years, where the ortho-rectification matched each test to an already ortho-rectified mosaic of a developed area of mixed land use. The results of each test were assessed in terms of visual accuracy, spatial accuracy and conformance to the national standard for ortho-rectification in South Africa. The results showed a decrease in the overall accuracy of the image as the epoch range between the historical image and the reference image increased. Recommendations on the applications possible given the different epoch ranges and scanning equipment used are provided.

scholarly journals Implementation Challenges of Land Redistribution Programme in South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 1329-1337
Author(s):  
Nwabisa Tyekela ◽  
Christopher Amoah
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Mediation Process ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Implementation Challenges ◽  
Land Redistribution ◽  
The Government ◽  
Apartheid Regime

Upon assuming political office, the ANC government instituted a land redistribution programme to address the land ownership injustice perpetrated during the apartheid regime whereby the non-white citizens owned only 7% of land in South Africa. However, the programme has not achieved the set target; thus, this study sought to understand the challenges curtailing the successful implementation of the programme. The study used a qualitative research approach. An in-depth interview was conducted with three purposefully selected senior officials from three Departments in Greater Kokstad Municipality involved in the land redistribution programme’s implementation. The findings indicate that the major issues curtailing the programme's implementation are land claim disputes and mediation process, reliance on the willing-seller-willing-buyer model, lack of institutional capacity, cumbersome beneficiary selection process, land beneficiary resettlement support, and inadequate programme’s monitoring and evaluation. There is an urgent need for the government to institute measures to address the challenges preventing the smooth implementation of the land redistribution programme in South Africa. These challenges prevent the programme’s beneficiaries from accessing the land, thus preventing them from experiencing socio-economic emancipation as promised.

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