Land price premiums in South Africa's land redistribution process: A case study of Northern Kwazulu-Natal sugarcane farms

Mbatha, Cyril; Antrobus, G.G.; Rooyen, J. van

doi:10.1080/03031853.2010.491298

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“…At this time, 'almost 32% of all rural households (were) estimated as having holdings of less than 1.0 ha of land'. These are huge ownership inequalities but still better than those reported for South Africa in 1994, where white people owned 87% of land resources, with only 13% owned by black people (Mbatha et al 2010). …”

Section: An Overview Of the Reform Process In Kenyamentioning

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“…A historical presentation of an evolving land reform policy landscape is presented alongside a review of ethnographic cases in two regions (Limpopo and KwaZuluNatal). The local resettlement data come from cases of sugarcane farmlands of KwaZulu-Natal (Mbatha & Antrobus 2012;Mbatha et al 2010), as well as community settlement cases presented by Terblanche, Stevens and Sekgota (2014). Throughout the discussion, a reflection on what threads run across the international and local cases is compared for general and specific themes.…”

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“…This process has also faced challenges in terms of the rates of land transfers as well as poor or failed commercial uses after transfers (see Mbatha et al 2010). …”

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“…Mamdani (1996) describes how the state's legislation created reserves for 'natives' away from areas demarcated for white European settlers. In South Africa, there was a creation of homelands, which acted as reserves for black labour surplus for the white economy on white farmlands and mines (Mbatha et al 2010). …”

Section: An Overview Of the Reform Process In Kenyamentioning

confidence: 99%

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How to understand, evaluate and influence efficient progress in South Africa’s land reform process: A typology from historical lessons from selected sub-Saharan African countries

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Background: With reports of widespread failures in South Africa’s land reform programmes, the levels of policy uncertainty in the political rhetoric that influences land reform have been increasing. Since 1994 policy targets to transfer land to black farmers have not been met. Of the 2005 target to transfer about 25 million ha of commercial farmland to black farmers by 2014, less than 5 million ha. have been transferred for commercial use. Some studies report failure rates in resettlement projects of up to 90%. To account for the failures, revisions of policies and amendments to legislations have been proposed within a political environment that is becoming increasingly intolerant to slow progress in land transfers and to resettlement failures.Aim: Against this environment, this paper presents a typology for understanding and evaluating important elements of the land reform project in order to influence progress in the process.Setting: The study adopts a historical review of land reform processes in post-colonial Kenya and Zimbabwe in order to identify potential challenges and key lessons for South Africa.Methods: Hence, using institutional and historical analytical lenses in exploring different narratives, the paper reviews reported failures and successes in land reform policy cases from the selected countries. From an institutional framework, prevalent social institutions and key lessons from Kenya, Zimbabwe and South Africa, a typology for evaluating important elements of the land reform process in South Africa is developed and discussed. Additionally, a review of global data collected on average sizes of farms in different regions of the world is provided as evidence to support propositions of what would constitute efficient farmland size ranges for small to medium commercial farms in South Africa.Results and conclusion: A proposition is made on how to use the typology to guide policy and research interventions to reduce failures and promote successful cases in different areas of the land reform process in South Africa, and possibly other similar contexts.

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Section: An Overview Of the Reform Process In Kenyamentioning

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confidence: 99%

“…This process has also faced challenges in terms of the rates of land transfers as well as poor or failed commercial uses after transfers (see Mbatha et al 2010). …”

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confidence: 99%

Section: An Overview Of the Reform Process In Kenyamentioning

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“…From inception it has been accepted that the programmes were premised on the foundations of a pricing system derived from a competitive market mechanism to achieve a market-related kind of fairness. The mechanism is often referred to as the 'willing buyer-willing seller' framework (see Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE), 2008, and Mbatha et al, 2010).…”

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A cooperative benefits framework in South Africa's land redistribution process: The case of sugarcane farmland transfers

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Small-Scale Agriculture, Land Reform, and Government Support in South Africa: Identifying Moral Hazard, Opportunistic Behaviour, and Adverse Selection

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2021

International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi-,

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Land price premiums in South Africa's land redistribution process: A case study of Northern Kwazulu-Natal sugarcane farms

Cited by 4 publications

References 14 publications

How to understand, evaluate and influence efficient progress in South Africa’s land reform process: A typology from historical lessons from selected sub-Saharan African countries

How to understand, evaluate and influence efficient progress in South Africa’s land reform process: A typology from historical lessons from selected sub-Saharan African countries

A cooperative benefits framework in South Africa's land redistribution process: The case of sugarcane farmland transfers

Small-Scale Agriculture, Land Reform, and Government Support in South Africa: Identifying Moral Hazard, Opportunistic Behaviour, and Adverse Selection

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