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… the Khoisan peoples lost many of their claims to land, land which largely has never been restored to them. Since the Land Restitution Act of 1994 does not make provision for land …

… Photo-documentary Exhibition and Land dispossession history The text and gallery of images … this feature are concerned with the crucial issue of land rights in South Africa. They are adapted from a rural … South African Council of Churches (SACC) and the National Land Committee (NLC). The Exhibition and programme of Public …

… Other than a small, enfranchised minority who owned land, the majority of Africans living here had been … to maintain an independent livelihood, either on their own land or as sharecroppers on White farms. In good years even small peasants living on small, marginal pieces of land could maintain an independent existence. In the words of …

… as Chiefs who collaborated with the Apartheid state, the land reclamation programme, the Bantu Authorities system and … The Pondo people opposed the implementation of the land reclamation programmeor Betterment Scheme.The Betterment or Land Reclamation Scheme was introduced to Pondoland by …

… J.B.M. Hertzog leaves Botha's cabinet. 1913 The Native Land Act formally divides land between black and white people.African women resist the … to rescind its measure. Many women jailed. The Land Act sets up the 'reserves' (later called 'bantustans' …

… and Cape Town . Gideon Mendel ’s exhibition, Beloofde Land , opens on 19 March, at the Market Gallery and was … De Klerk; Bob Gosani; Ernest Cole and Ranjith Kally. This Land is Our Land exhibition opens at the Tatham Art Gallery in …

… early years. Events include the fight against the 1913 Land Act, the formation of the Bantu Women’s League and the … be sent to Cape Town to lobby for the withdrawal of the Land Act. Amongst the delegates was Thomas Levi Mvabaza. … Executive Committee is held  to discuss the Native Land Act. 19 June, The Land Act, Act No 27, is passed. The …

… Indian labourers were also entitled to a gift of crown land and full citizenship rights. 1872 Law 12/1872 - makes … Indian labourers were also entitled to a gift of crown land and full citizenship rights as per the Natal Coolie Law … manage townships for non-whites. The residents cannot buy land and have to rent. They do have the right to compensation …

… that we had been appropriating more and more of their land which had been theirs all these centuries... They asked … but you come right into the interior and select the best land for yourselves ..." - Jan van Riebeeck. (Morris, M. … Southern Africa and raises as a key factor, the issue of land. It is an issue that has remained the central question …

… to the phenomenon of overcrowding and squatting on empty land by those seeking employment. In many cases, the scramble … Act of 1894 restricted the ability for African men to own land in the Cape (Root & Wachira, 2009: 668). The Act also imposed a labour tax of ten shillings a year on land owned by Africans unless they could prove that they had …

… in an area that was very difficult to reach. A stretch of land of about 200 kilometres, waterless for most of the year, … in 1970 meant that the !Kung lost 90% of their traditional land in Nyae Nyae. Today they have hardly any land on which to hunt and gather. Although modern …

… led by the Trek Boers, who were looking for fresh grazing land for their cattle. The Trek Boers preferred the freedom … fought them off when the Boers tried to settle on Khoikhoi land. Later, in the East, they met up with the Xhosa, who … took widely different routes and spread all over the land beyond the original Dutch-controlled territory. Most of …

… minority government began to dispossess them of their land and liberties.At the conference it is also decided to … is born in Engcobo District, Transkei   1913 19 June, The Land Act, Act No 27, is passed. The Native Land Act formally divides land between Black and White …

… May, Anti-Indian Legislation: The Transvaal Asiatic Land Tenure (Amendment) Bill is introduced by Minister of … those who had acquired interests on proclaimed (mining) land. Anti-Indian Legislation: The Industrial Conciliation … Interior, Dr D.F. Malan, introduces the Transvaal Asiatic Land Tenure (Amendment) Bill. The Bill contains three main …

… areas as a result of soil erosion, population growth and land occupation by whites [5] . Things became more difficult … men were forced to migrate while in the process their land was dispossessed [10] . It was not only because Africans …

… Activist, U.S. Napoleon Webster - Former Marikana Miner & Land and Housing Activist, South Africa Thami Nkosi - Counter …

… of following their own development paths. They lost their land and traditional resources, and were tossed into a sea of … by race, culture, religion and differential access to land and power began to emerge; they became tied together … facts, they were increasingly being squeezed out from the land they held and they rarely succeeded in winning land …

… following their own developmental paths. They lost their land and traditional resources, and were tossed into a sea of … by race, culture, religion and differential access to land and power began to emerge; they became tied together … facts, they were increasingly being squeezed out from the land they held and they rarely succeeded in winning land …

… (1836-1891) decided to secure the community's rights to land. The BaFokeng are descended from the BaKwena, and were … (1836-1891) decided to secure the community's rights to land. Although th e Bafokeng submitted to the rule of … diamond mines to earn cash wages, which was used to buy land. He bought land in the name of missionary …

… Britain, Diamond mining and increasing labour control and land expansion Before South Africa's vast mineral wealth was … prospectors, and they, in turn, placed growing demands for land and labour on the local African populations. The … with those who refused to renounce their freedom or their land. Eventually, as the best land became scarce, groups of …

… policy long before Apartheid started. The notorious 1913 Land Act , passed three years after South Africa gained its … making it illegal for them to work as sharecroppers. The Land Act prohibited Africans, except those in the Cape Colony, from buying or renting any land except in the restricted areas that were reserved for …