Restitution and post-settlement support: Three case studies from Limpopo
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2007
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Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
Abstract
This study examines the experience of land reform
beneficiaries after land acquisition in three communal
property associations (CPAs) in Limpopo province, namely
Munzhedzi, Ximange and Mavungeni CPAs. In all three
cases, communities were awarded land through land
restitution, but Mavungeni also includes a portion of land
acquired under the Settlement and Land Acquisition Grant
(SLAG) (redistribution) programme. The identified CPAs are
located in the same geographical area, under Makhado
Local Municipality and Vhembe District Municipality, in
the north-eastern part of Limpopo (see Map 1). All three
restitution claims were facilitated as a cluster that were
officially settled in March 2002. These communities, or
parts of them, have been on the land since then, using it
for a range of initiatives such as residence, cattle farming,
dry-land cropping, irrigation, poultry and pig farming. These
communities are made up of two main ethnic groups,
Tshivenda-speakers and Xitsonga-speakers. The majority of
the people concerned are poor and unemployed.
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Restitution, Post-Settlement Support, Limpopo, Munzhedzi community, Land acquisition
Citation
Manenzhe, T. et al. (2007). Restitution and post-settlement support: Three case studies from Limpopo. Research Report 30. Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape