Bakwena ba Mare a Phogole (Klipgat) community restitution claim
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Date
2007
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Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
Abstract
This diagnostic study examines the case of the restoration
of the remaining extent of the farm Klipgat 18 IQ, falling
under the Ventersdorp Local Municipality in the North West
province, to the Bakwena ba Mare Phogole community
in July 2000. The restored land of the Klipgat farm is
approximately 873 ha in extent.
This report outlines the community’s attempts to develop
and use the land that has been restored to it in terms of the
Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994 (‘Restitution Act’).
It examines the nature and content of the post-settlement
support received and draws lessons from the community’s
experience that might inform the development of a strategy
for post-settlement support provision by land reform
institutions and associated agencies.
At the outset, the report describes the location and physical
features of the restored land, the history of ownership
and dispossession, and the changes in land use that took
place in the post-dispossession period. The process of the
claim lodgement, verification, negotiations and settlement
are then traced. The developments and support provided
during the post-settlement phase are examined in some
detail.
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Community Restitution, Klipgat, Restored land, Dispossession, Land use
Citation
Tilley, S. et al. (2007). Bakwena ba Mare a Phogole (Klipgat) community restitution claim. Research Report 28. Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape