Land Redistribution in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa: Five Census Surveys of Farmland Transactions, 1997-2001

摘要

This paper presents the results of five annual census surveys of farmland transactions recorded in the province of KwaZulu-Natal from 1997 to 2001. The object was to learn more about private land transfers to historically disadvantaged people. During this time, historically disadvantaged people acquired a total of 121,484 hectares, or just 2.3 per cent of the 5.31 million hectares available for redistribution in the province. Government-assisted purchases accounted for 45,121 hectares, private land purchases (cash and mortgage loans) for 60,266 hectares, and private non-market transfers (mainly bequests) for 16,097 hectares. Private purchases not only redistributed more land than did government-assisted purchases, they also redistributed farmland of much better quality.