Here is his story :
Laura,
Land distribution does this apply?
A farmer in the Lions River, Natal Midlands, and area owned a 2000 ha dairy farm.
He was successful dairy farmer based on rye grass, eragrostis, kykuyu, maize, lucerne and veld as his fodder source.
One day he divided his farm equally between his two sons. He managed to do it without any problems. He and his wife retired to live at the Coast.
The eldest son got married and had two children. The younger son got married and had five children.
Both sons were successful dairy farmers and were doing well.
13 years after they divided, the younger son approached his older brother. "We know you have two children, and I have five. We must divide our father's old farm again, done according to the number of children we have. . . "
The older brother was indignant. “ My wife and I knew that we only wanted two children. You decided to have five children. That was your choice. Go away and never bother me again. Finance your own children to have better education. We can afford Michael house and St. Anne's. Send yours to Maritzburg College and GHS (government schools), if you can afford it?"
Same with land reform/land redistribution. If Africans breed so fast and produce so many children, it does not mean they can take our farms away!
I have published several articles regarding the land reform issues in the Guardian LV.
South Africa Land Reform and Ownership Confusion
Confusion about the ownership and land reform in South Africa remains a key factor for the government. The African National Congress (ANC) ruling party under President Jacob Zuma does not know the exact figures of how much land is state-owned.
In a speech to Parliament, Jacob Zuma said that it was a priority to “dismantle” the landscape of apartheid, calling for an end to the practices which determined the working and living conditions of a population based on the color of their skin. His words described an ongoing process of reversing the apartheid legacy which included a review of the “willing buyer, willing seller” model in order to more equitably distribute land at an expedited pace. He also, in these statements, made reference to the use of the system of education in South Africa under apartheid to ensure “perpetual subjugation,” citing the words of Hendrik Verwoerd.
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Link to South Africa Land Reform and Ownership Confusion
South Africa Land Claims a Damper on Agricultural Investment
It is becoming a matter of great public concern that agricultural investment is potentially set to suffer once more, as the land claims issue in South Africa rears its ugly head again. Before 1998, a total of 79,000 land claims were filed and more than 8,000 land claims have not been addressed, while the remainder have not been finalized. Over 39,000 commercial farmers have not come to terms with the handling of these claims.
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Link to South Africa Land Claims a Damper on Agricultural Investment
Land Reform and Redistribution in South Africa
Since 1994, under the Nelson Mandela government, land reform and redistribution in South Africa remained a serious matter for the government to implement. Twenty years since the African National Congress (ANC) began to govern South Africa, there have been negotiations and plans to redistribute the land and implement reforms for the democratic society. Whenever an election is due, the ruling party and opposition parties will promise to develop the land reform process and speed up the redistribution. We have seen several attempts during the last twenty years which have failed.
In South Africa and over the past years reports have indicated that about thirteen percent of all land belongs to blacks. A more accurate prediction would be closer to fifty percent.
A substantial amount of land would remain in the farming communities, to change this would be selfish and unreasonable. Some fifteen years ago, there were over sixty thousand farmers in South Africa and today that figure barely reaches thirty thousand. Farmers have expanded their operations significantly over the past years in order to benefit from the growing economy and the supply and demand factor. The farming community remains a constant concern as more and more land is grabbed in illegal and questionable actions. The escalation of farm murders and implementation of broad based economic factors contribute to this disaster.
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Link to Land Reform and Redistribution in South Africa
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