Land beneficiaries as game farmers: conservation, land reform and the invention of the 'community game farm' in KwaZulu-Natal

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dc.contributor.authorBrooks, Shirley
dc.contributor.authorNgubane, Mnqobi
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-25T12:45:25Z
dc.date.available2017-08-25T12:45:25Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractScholarship on post-apartheid land reform includes research on land claims made to formal protected areas, such as national parks and state game reserves. Little attention has however, been paid to the question of land restitution claims on private lands, on which a range of nominally ‘conservation-friendly’ land-uses (including commercial hunting) have taken place. This article traces the emergence of the ‘community game farm’ as a product of land reform processes affecting freehold land in the midlands of KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. Two groups of land beneficiaries who were granted title to former privately owned game farms used for leisure hunting are studied in detail. The article shows that a range of state and private actors, as well as traditional authorities, have worked to ensure the continuation of the land under conservation or game farming after transfer. The central argument is that in this process, a generic narrative is imposed which works to conflate or deny the distinct historical identities of the beneficiary groups. The article raises questions about the real efficacy of land restitution in this context, as well as the appropriateness of a community-based conservation narrative when applied in the context of small farms such as those considered here.en_US
dc.description.accreditationInternational Bibliography of Social Sciences
dc.identifier.citationNgubane, N. & Brooks, S. (2013). Land beneficiaries as game farmers: conservation, land reform and the invention of the 'community game farm' in KwaZulu-Natal. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 31(3): 399-420en_US
dc.identifier.issn0258-9001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/3154
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2013.811790
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/10.1080/02589001.2013.811790
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectLand reform partnershipsen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectRestitutionen_US
dc.subjectCommunity-based conservationen_US
dc.subjectPrivate game farmingen_US
dc.subjectBiodiversity conservationen_US
dc.subjectHunting industryen_US
dc.subjectLabour tenancyen_US
dc.subjectCommunity game farmen_US
dc.subjectKwaZulu-Natalen_US
dc.titleLand beneficiaries as game farmers: conservation, land reform and the invention of the 'community game farm' in KwaZulu-Natalen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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