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    A critical examination of the legal ambiguities surrounding labour tenants in terms of the Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act
    (University of the Western Cape, 2024) Gabriel, Bronwyn Amor; Fick, Sarah
    The history of South Africa includes the recognition of labour tenants with the numerous enactment of legislation.9 The Land Reform (Labour Tenant) Act (LTA) was enacted to redress the past injustices suffered by labour tenants.10 However since the enactment it only had one amendment, which did not address the pertinent issue namely the definition of a labour tenant. Loosely defined a labour tenant is a person who has land, grazing and tenure rights on the land of another, subject to working on such land.11 The courts have explored various approached to interpret this definition and have caused inconsistency.12 If a claimant falls short of the definition he or she is disqualified from all benefits deriving from the LTA.13 Therefore placing this issue in the hands of the courts is an injustice to labour tenants. This mini dissertation will explore whether the LTA is affording enough protection to labour tenants with its implementation and interpretation of its provisions. The LTA will further be compared to previous legislation that governed labour tenants on farms and the Land Tenure Security Bill14 proposed by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR). Studies of the landmark case law will be discussed to determine which interpretation of the definition of a labourtenant affords more protection.