Has Land Reform been a success?

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Has Land Reform been a success?
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Land Reform target wont be met

• After the fall of apartheid in 1994, the African
  National Congress-led government set itself a
  target of handing 30 of all agricultural land to
  the black majority by 2014.
• The government said last year it had so far
  managed to transfer about 6 of land to blacks
  and had been slowed down mainly by a shortage of
  funds to buy land.
• "We cannot raise R75bn by 2014 to acquire the 82
  million hectares of land that we have targeted...
  we just don't have the money," Gugile Nkwinti
  (Land Reform Minister) said.

http//www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/SA-cant-mee
t-land-reform-target-20100226
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Many Black-owned farms are failing

• Some 90 of farms redistributed to South Africa's
  black population from white farmers are not
  productive.
• Almost 60,000 sq km (23,000 sq miles) have been
  redistributed under policies aimed at benefiting
  black people who were left impoverished by
  apartheid. The land was bought from white farmers
  who sold up voluntarily.
• Many black farmers feel they have not been given
  the resources and support to allow them to make a
  success of their land. Many have no farming
  experience.

http//www.eutimes.net/2010/11/failure-of-south-af
rican-land-reform/
http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8547621.stm
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More than 3000 White farmers murdered

• Many continue to face intimidation in an attempt
  to push them off land. The farm may have an
  outstanding land claim and these acts of murder
  and intimidation are seen by many as an attempt
  to encourage the farmers to become willing
  sellers.
• This has lead to many successful white farmers
  leaving selling up. Often these farms then
  struggle under black ownership.

http//www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Grisly-farm
-murder-scene-indescribable-20110210
http//www.bbc.co.uk/news/10151548
http//www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa
/article7078730.ece
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Townships still home to millions

• Fifteen years after the ANC won its first
  election, more than one million South Africans
  still live in shacks.
• The gap between rich and poor is also wider than
  it was 15 years ago.
• How many still lack access to clean water and
  electricity?

http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8003916.st
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http//www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11947853
http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8010648.st
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http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8163187.stm
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Inflated Land Prices

• There have been instances where prices of land
  have been inflated in order to provide the
  willing seller (farmer) with a bigger profit.
  In the short-term, the South African Government
  would lose out financially as they provide the
  lone for willing buyer but ultimately the
  willing buyer will pay back more than he/she
  should for the land.

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Land Reform has helped some

• Blacks now own approximately 20 of land in South
  Africa, compared to 13 in 1994.
• However, thats clearly still far lower than it
  could and probably should be.

http//www.youtube.com/watch?vwJGrQTczUCA
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Some have benefitted from Land Reform

• Watch the clip below about Gift Mafulekas
  experience and summarise.

http//www.youtube.com/watch?vwJGrQTczUCA
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Fort Hare Dairy Farm

• This partnership between farmers and black
  workers is a BEE initiative where ownership is
  shared between the white farmers who own 35 of
  the land and approximately 600 Black dairy farm
  workers. The University of Fort Hare provides
  research and scientific knowledge to the farm and
  the Land Bank has provided loans.

http//www.youtube.com/watch?vm3ggI_21RP8
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