Case studies of redistributed land reveal patchy results

SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
TITLE AUTHOR(S): M.Aliber
KEYWORDS: LAND REDISTRIBUTION, LAND REFORM
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 4314
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/6334
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/6334

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Abstract

The RDP boldly asserted that a national land-reform programme would be the central driving force behind rural development. Over a decade later, this doesn't appear to be true. Were the RDP's expectations fundamentally ill-founded, or has land reform failed to realise its potential, asks Michael Aliber.