Open AccessLand Reform Programme (LRP) Controversies - Improving Rural Livelihoods through the LRP: A Discussion Paper
Author(s) -
M.M. Sikwela
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of human ecology/journal of human ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.115
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2456-6608
pISSN - 0970-9274
DOI - 10.31901/24566608.2020/72.1-3.3271
Subject(s) - oppression , land reform , politics , opposition (politics) , poverty , political science , skepticism , political economy , development economics , livelihood , economic growth , pace , sociology , economics , law , agriculture , history , geography , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology , geodesy
It would seem some critical issues that had initially sent the country into a spiral of war–racial oppression and segregation was the land issue. These forms of inequalities and inequities manifested so much through land dispossession and for this reason, as some commentators would say, African political leadership traded off these issues for peace which was vital for nation-building. As a consequence, and after more than twenty years of independence in South Africa, those who were oppressed and were dispossessed by the apartheid regime began to voice concerns on the snail pace of the land reform programme. Some opposition political parties also seized the opportunity to galvanize their support base. Therefore, this paper explores how current land debates will unfold economically and socially. Thus, researchers, academics and development economists are sceptical about which approach to adopt to address this vicious circle of poverty and unemployment.