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The Geographical Imprint Of Land Restitution With Reference To Limpopo Province, South Africa

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  • MAANO RAMUTSINDELA

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This paper analyses the geographical imprint of land restitution against earlier views that land reform in South Africa will result in the enlargement of former bantustans (homelands), and that it will give black people marginal land. Those views, and their underlying assumptions not only suggest that it would be difficult to dismantle apartheid geography, but also imply that land reform has the potential to reinforce that geography. This begs the question of the manner in which South Africa's land reform programme might contribute to the consolidation of the spatial legacy of apartheid. In this paper Limpopo Province is referred to to conclude that the government's approach to land restitution, together with the pattern and resolution of land claims, largely account for the emerging spatial consolidation of the geography of the former bantustans. It also demonstrates that the resolution of land claims has moved from ‘a case‐by‐case’ to ‘a policy‐oriented’ approach between 1994 and 2004.

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  • Maano Ramutsindela, 2007. "The Geographical Imprint Of Land Restitution With Reference To Limpopo Province, South Africa," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 98(4), pages 455-467, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:tvecsg:v:98:y:2007:i:4:p:455-467
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2007.00414.x
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