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Towards a workable rural development strategy

Reports & Research
December, 2001
South Africa, Southern Africa
Urban Tenure
land reform
poverty
rural development
urbanization
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Land Redistribution in South Africa

A Critical Review

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
May, 2012
South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Urban Tenure
Land & Food Security
agrarian reform
agriculture
farmers
farmland
food security
land administration
land management
land ownership
land reform
land rights
land tenure
land transfers
land use
landowners
leases
property rights
rural areas
rural development
tenant farmers
tenants
urbanization
This paper provides an overview of land reform in South Africa from 1994 to 2011, with the focus on the land redistribution. The government policies and associated implementation since 1994 have not generated expected social and economic results for a number of reasons. Even where land has been transferred, it appears to have had minimal impact on the livelihoods of beneficiaries, largely because of inappropriate project design, a lack of necessary support services and shortages of working capital, leading to widespread underutilization of land.
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Pushing and pulling

Attempts to stimulate smallholder agriculture in metropolitan Cape Town

Reports & Research
September, 2008
South Africa
Land & Food Security
land reform
urbanization
This case study provides a comparative analysis of two different initiatives designed to grow small
scale agricultural production in Cape Town.
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influence of South Africa's post-apartheid land reform policies on bush encroachment and range condition: a case study of Fort Beaufort's municipal commonage

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2014
South Africa, Southern Africa
Urban Tenure
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
urbanization
land reform
rangelands
land tenure
We examined the effect of changes in land use and land tenure on bush encroachment and vegetation condition. An analysis of aerial photographs from three time steps (1949, 1985 and 2004) was used to document changes in woody plant density in different vegetation types on commonage and an adjacent commercial farm in Fort Beaufort, South Africa. Rangeland condition was assessed in different vegetation units of the area and woody plant density was related to distance from urban settlement.
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Financing Cities : Fiscal Responsibility and Urban Infrastructure in Brazil, China, India, Poland and South Africa

May, 2012
Africa, South Africa, Brazil, China, India, Poland
Urban Tenure
land reform
urbanization
This book, Financing cities, emphasized
case studies on different topics to look at the interactions
of a range of variables and factors and to see how they fit
together. Rather than require each case to follow the same
format, the authors have structured their papers around the
issues that matter most from their perspective in addressing
the topic in hand. The first part of this book presents case
studies describing the framework established at the national