Land redistribution in South Africa: Towards decolonisation or recolonisation?

dc.contributor.authorKepe, Thembela
dc.contributor.authorHall, Ruth
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-18T07:35:02Z
dc.date.available2018-01-18T07:35:02Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractContrary to populist political discourses, in South Africa the ruling party’s approach to land policy is reproducing paternalistic relations that echo apartheid practices and represent the ’colonial present’. This reality stands in stark contrast to the initial aim of land reform, which was conceived as part of a larger project of decolonisation. The latest land redistribution strategy, the Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy, where the state remains the landowner, is no longer consistent with the project of decolonisation. This is because, we argue, land redistribution in South Africa has drifted away from the ideal of social justice; it increasingly displays symptoms of what the ’colonial present’ and ’recolonisation’. Party politics, as well as the emergence of a challenge to the ruling party from the left, has prompted a more radical rhetoric, but one that co-exists with deeply conservative practices. This paper argues that the status quo represents a betrayal of the idea of land reform as decolonisation, and that a radical shift in policy and practice is needed in order to align it with a project of decolonisation in South Africa.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKepe, T. & Hall, R. (2018). Land redistribution in South Africa: Towards decolonisation or recolonisation? Politikon, 2018.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0258-9346
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02589346.2018.1418218
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/3398
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.rightsThis is the author-version of the article published online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02589346.2018.1418218
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectLand redistributionen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectANCen_US
dc.subjectLand policyen_US
dc.subjectSocial justiceen_US
dc.titleLand redistribution in South Africa: Towards decolonisation or recolonisation?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Kepe_Land-redistribution_2018.pdf
Size:
1.12 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description: