Moving Forward or Stepping Back: Land Reform in South Africa

Ciana Hamilton
Sep 4, 2018 · 6 min read
Image Source Credit: South African Tourism via Flickr

South Africa is talking about a long awaited retribution. In February 2018, South African parliament voted in favour of seizing private, rural farmland without compensation, otherwise known as land expropriation. This is extremely symbolic for South Africa because as a country it remained in the grip of a racist minority government for nearly 50 years after it’s independence. Up until…

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