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Abstract
ABSTRACT. Since the rise of its first democratically elected government in 1994, South Africa has sought to redress its highly inequitable land distribution through a series of land‐reform programs. In this study we examine land‐redistribution efforts in two of South Africa's provinces, the Western Cape and Limpopo. By analyzing a cross‐section of projects in these two locales we develop a political ecology of stymied land‐reform possibilities to explain the limited progress to date. Given South Africa's ambitious goal of redistributing 30 percent of its white‐owned land by 2014 and the incremental and flawed nature of its redistribution program, we argue that the process is like trying to put out a fire with a broken teacup. Our results are based on interviews with policymakers, commercial farmers, and land‐redistribution beneficiaries, as well as on an analysis of land‐use change in Limpopo Province.
* We are grateful to two anonymous reviewers, and the editor, for their feedback on earlier versions of this article. Portions of this research would not have been possible without support from: the U.S. Department of Education Fulbright‐Hays Faculty Research Abroad Program; the National Science Foundation Geography and Regional Science Program (bcs‐0518378 and ddri 9907061); the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and the Faculty Senate, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, and Office of International Programs of West Virginia University. William Moseley wishes to thank his research assistant, Elizabeth Kruger, and the land‐redistribution beneficiaries, farmers, and farmworkers who so generously shared their time with him. Brent McCusker is indebted to Marubini Ramudzuli, Parvin Shaker, and Paul Fouche of the University of Limpopo for their generous support and to the members of the communal property associations and the land‐redistribution projects who so generously contributed their time and knowledge.
1 Dr. Moseley is an associate professor of geography at Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105.
2 Dr. McCusker is an associate professor of geography at West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506.
* We are grateful to two anonymous reviewers, and the editor, for their feedback on earlier versions of this article. Portions of this research would not have been possible without support from: the U.S. Department of Education Fulbright‐Hays Faculty Research Abroad Program; the National Science Foundation Geography and Regional Science Program (bcs‐0518378 and ddri 9907061); the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and the Faculty Senate, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, and Office of International Programs of West Virginia University. William Moseley wishes to thank his research assistant, Elizabeth Kruger, and the land‐redistribution beneficiaries, farmers, and farmworkers who so generously shared their time with him. Brent McCusker is indebted to Marubini Ramudzuli, Parvin Shaker, and Paul Fouche of the University of Limpopo for their generous support and to the members of the communal property associations and the land‐redistribution projects who so generously contributed their time and knowledge.
1 Dr. Moseley is an associate professor of geography at Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105.
2 Dr. McCusker is an associate professor of geography at West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506.
Notes
* We are grateful to two anonymous reviewers, and the editor, for their feedback on earlier versions of this article. Portions of this research would not have been possible without support from: the U.S. Department of Education Fulbright‐Hays Faculty Research Abroad Program; the National Science Foundation Geography and Regional Science Program (bcs‐0518378 and ddri 9907061); the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and the Faculty Senate, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, and Office of International Programs of West Virginia University. William Moseley wishes to thank his research assistant, Elizabeth Kruger, and the land‐redistribution beneficiaries, farmers, and farmworkers who so generously shared their time with him. Brent McCusker is indebted to Marubini Ramudzuli, Parvin Shaker, and Paul Fouche of the University of Limpopo for their generous support and to the members of the communal property associations and the land‐redistribution projects who so generously contributed their time and knowledge.
1 Dr. Moseley is an associate professor of geography at Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105.
2 Dr. McCusker is an associate professor of geography at West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506.
