Reforming communal land tenure in South Africa – why land titling is not the answer: Critical comments on the communal land rights bill, 2002

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dc.contributor.authorCousins, Ben
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-28T08:47:59Z
dc.date.available2019-03-28T08:47:59Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.description.abstractThe long-awaited draft Communal Land Rights Bill sets out government’s proposals to resolve urgent land tenure problems in the former ‘homeland’ areas, where most rural South Africans still live, and where land is registered in the name of the state. These problems derive from lack of adequate legal recognition of communal tenure systems, abuse by powerful elites, breakdown of the old permit-based system, and gender inequalities. They result in conflicting claims to land and bitter disputes over authority. Development efforts are severely constrained by lack of clarity on land rights, and the tensions that result. Tenure insecurity also results from the forced overcrowding of these areas under apartheid. This means that de facto rights often overlap and are in conflict.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCousins, B., 2002. Reforming communal land tenure in South Africa – why land titling is not the answer: Critical comments on the communal land rights bill, 2002. Cape Town: Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/4591
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInstitute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)en_US
dc.subjectCommunal land tenureen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectLand titlingen_US
dc.subjectCommunal land right billen_US
dc.titleReforming communal land tenure in South Africa – why land titling is not the answer: Critical comments on the communal land rights bill, 2002en_US
dc.typeOtheren_US

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